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OPT - object won't move ? - Workaround

BASys

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Hi Folks

Don't know if anyone's posted this already.

As many of us have experienced problems where
un unlocked object refuses to move with click-drag.

I'd noticed that on manually editing coords,
the object sometimes moved unexpectedly.

Just realised something related -
you can reposition the reluctant object
with the mouse without click-drag. ;-)

Using Top-Down mode.

Double click in the coords area
then just click the FS window location you require.

Object will jump then to that location.

Zoom in and repeat as required.

HTH
ATB
Paul
 
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Thanks for that info, Paul. I use this feature a lot, have to admit that I used it from the beginning for I didn't know how to drag&drop at first. :D

But the problem remains that sometimes objects just won't move if you try it with drag&drop. This seems to be a bug, and although the described way is an alternative it's much more difficult to move an object to the exact position you want it to be. :(
 
Hi Folks

the described way is an alternative
it's much more difficult to move an object to the exact position you want it to be.
Click to expand...

Thorsten -
I find it's reasonably exact. :D

I'd forgotten to include the key point
i.e. You must be working in Top-Down mode.

I've corrected my original post to reflect this.

HTH
ATB
Paul
 
Yes, another thin gthat took me weeks to figure - the ability to change views while working in the OPT. :o

I guess you're quite right - but I'd still like to know why the movement of objects is sometimes not possible. :(
 
I have been moving objects like this, but not in the top down view. I point the cross in the center of the screen to the location I want to move the object, double click on the coords, then click on the new location.

It is a bit quirky. I found this by the "try stuff till it works" method :)

Gunner
 
Trying it like described twice above, my control tower still did not bulge but I did get a runtime error R 6025 about a call to a pure virtual function and FSX aborted. So, yes, there is a bug in the slew-OPT interaction.
Regards. Yves-
 
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