Mapthis .5 - can and cannots - read and ask

August 23rd, 2007, 05:31 Posted By: atari800

My RANT!!!

Ok - as some of you know - I lost my PSP
but I have been keeping up on the development

A couple of things...
#1 Everyone kept asking "where is it, where is it?"
Well it did show up....and the delay?
Think about it...there are a zillion questions and "oh, I want to go back to .499999" and "I cant do this or that"...
Just think...if you said this 1-2 months before - the birth of .5 wouldnt be here

#2 "I want it to draw a chart from where I am to were I want to go without GMDL"
Think about this...if this was currently doable...do you thing in7ane would make onlya Windows version? Maybe...possibly...aMAPTHIS and GMDL and a 10 mgb download does not have the capability to do this. Maybe...just maybe it was thought out that this might be a great idea but unfeasible?

#3 My PSP take <insert value here> minutes to coonect if ever - why?
Come on....Its not the program...there are not 23 variants of the same thing (unless I make another Unofficial version...which isnt likely until I get some money and...blah blah blah)

#4 Performance is slow
ok...you got what you paid for...there are the previous versions put there...you can always revert....like I did with Vista

#5 Can you make this read addresses in Romania, Antarctica, Johannesburg, etc
...not yet.... it is what the region gives you through the internet that is decryptable that in7ane can figure out

#6 Why does this hang on me when I....
ok...good question but think of it this way...
Say you have a computer...a weird one but powerful...that can read/write/delete stuff and show pictures.
Now...Introduce MIB.42 and Deniska
They make a program that needs to look at a lot of data but only a segment at a time. Well...that gigantic book of "Weird Computer..it's underlying code Volume 1" although it is right there for the Googling ....well being sarcastic...it doesnt...
So they go on what is available
The stuff they code makes sense however Sony wont release their developers notes or environment to the public.
*personally - I think the file i/o needs to be examined...or slow/speed the threads up...again no psp at the moment...but I did stablize my build a bit by reduce the mp3 buffer...nuff said

#6 I cant make it work with my psp
...like everyone else?...Do you think that maybe you might have plugins or some special thing that makes your cooler that they are not developing on?


Work with these guys....dont DOWN them
Try a smaller map
Try a different mem stick
Try giving psp time to discover without moving around

Here was something I did that made me get a lock in 18-53 second almost all of the time...
a) set it to 222 (based on .499) and walk our front door
b) stand in front of truck and face at an almost 2 oclock position at neighbors house
c) wait
d) LOCK

Personally I think their walls and my carport (almost like a box) and truck front (triangular shaped in nature if you think about it) must have the best satellite acoustics to "hit the birds"


If .5 isn't working for you quite right....ok revert back
GMDL still works - uncheck the sound option


Or better yet....find time to read the source code..Deniska is proud enough to reveal it, MIB.42 and in7sane ...when they have time will explain their contributions and the flow
google is a wicked resource on understanding C

And there maybe a Neiko that can do external cool sh!t to give tools to make it better


I see a lot of praises in his thread...and also a lot of anchors...

make a thread of complaints....
make a thread of compliments...
make a thread of "wishes"

I am not part of that crew...but it does 'irk me when I see..."hurry up!!" and "this sucks" in 1 thread

From my non-psp point of view...it is fantastic...
and if I had one again...I would contribute with an example of how "my problem" could be resolved

/|\ t a r i
*Thanks Deniska, MIB.42,In7ane,Neiko, et al
**even though I am psp-less

If anyone has a negative or positive to say...please do

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