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V2cx
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No PDA task start

Post by V2cx » Wed Sep 15, 2021 1:25 pm

Hi All,

I know there is an old thread on this and I have watched the K13 video on pointing your wing to the base of the pole and taking a screenshot, though it never says task started. Does anyone know if this still works in condor2? I am actually trying to so the silver badge tasks on condor club.

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Re: No PDA task start

Post by Lord_Archon » Wed Sep 15, 2021 1:40 pm

Yea it should say task started and you'll hear a sound. It has to be the left wing I think.

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Re: No PDA task start

Post by wickid » Wed Sep 15, 2021 1:46 pm

Left wing and Turnpoint base need to be in frame. And you need to be within the sector
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Re: No PDA task start

Post by Crakob » Wed Sep 15, 2021 1:48 pm

You have to be in the Start-Sector


You have your left wingtip pointing towards the base of the (red/white) pole of the startsector ( did you enable turnpionts ?. Usually with the key "J")

while the wingtip is pointing towards the base of the pole you have to press "S" . If you did everything accordingly it with "start your Task"
If not, you have a nice screenshot :)

also see :

https://www.condor.club/generic/179/

https://condorsoaring.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4487
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Re: No PDA task start

Post by V2cx » Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:27 pm

Thanks for confirming everyone. I have 280 nice screenshots from every angle :-/
Oh well, I will keep trying.

Thanks.

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Re: No PDA task start

Post by Jarmo K » Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:46 pm

If you really:
1) are inside start sector
- check what size sector you have,: default radius is 3000 m and sector angle is 90 degr. = so it's a "piece of pie" -> change that 180 degr.

2) and you have left wing tip and pole base same time visible
Note: if your turn point helper visibility is more than 3000 m, you can see the pole base, but start is not accepted as you are not inside sector (if default is not changed)

3) and pressing S does not give you "task started" text on bottom left of screen

Then only possibility is that start line is not open:
4) check your screen up left corner, if there is race in -clock running, you cannot start before that set time is over.

Condor has default 10 min race-in and 0 min time window = regatta start setting. Change those to your liking: for example race in 1 min and time window 30 min. Then you have lot of time for starting and your task time starts to run only after start.
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Re: No PDA task start

Post by Bre901 » Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:50 pm

One thing I haven't seen mentioned :
The gate must be open: you must have seen the countdown "Race in ..." and heard the beeps

How many monitors do you display Condor on ?
There are some issues with multiple screens, as far as I can remember the start point must be in monitor #1 but I'd gladly stand corrected if I'm wrong

Maybe you could post one of those nice screenshots
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Re: No PDA task start

Post by Bre901 » Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:52 pm

Jarmo K wrote:
Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:46 pm
Change those to your liking: for example race in 1 min and time window 30 min. Then you have lot of time for starting and your task time starts to run only after start.
Only for test purposes :!: :!:
For badges, no change is allowed in the task definition
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Re: No PDA task start

Post by Jarmo K » Thu Sep 16, 2021 3:17 pm

Bre901 wrote:
Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:52 pm
Jarmo K wrote:
Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:46 pm
Change those to your liking: for example race in 1 min and time window 30 min. Then you have lot of time for starting and your task time starts to run only after start.
Only for test purposes :!: :!:
For badges, no change is allowed in the task definition
Very good point Marc, I missed that silver badge part from original text; no changes then, if you want valid result :wink:
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