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Setup Flight Matrix
Manually
With the use of the manual Matrix screen, the ‘problems’ found by the automatic calculation can be solved.
There is a lot of functionality in this screen, so playing with creating a couple of ‘practice’ matrixes is recommended.
· On the top of the screen you see the Round for which the matrix is displayed.
· In the list on the bottom-left, you will see the pilots that are not placed in the current round.
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In the middle you will see two options that
control the behavior of the checks that are performed when a pilot is added to
the matrix.
- Use helper team info, when selected, the helper team info will be
checked. If a member of the team is found in the same slot. It is not possible
to add this pilot to the selected location.
- Use same freq/channel for all rounds,when selected, the placing
algorithm will not try to select a different frequency while adding the pilot
to the matrix.
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Below the options there are three actions that
can be performed.
- Sort teams on startpos This will place all consecutive pilots of a
helper team on the same start position. This will save the number of
replacements of start lines.
- Check for freq conflict An extra check trough the matrix for
conflicting frequencies will be performed.
- Check for team conflict An extra check trough the matrix for
conflicting team members will be performed.
On the menu bar, there are some options that control the amount of info in each cell of the matrix.
Also the size of this screen can be changed. The more overview the easier it is to work with the matrix.
How
to add a unplaced pilot to an empty spot
Adding an unplaced pilot is very simple. First select the pilot in the ‘unplaced’ list, and then double click on a free cell in the matrix.
If there are no errors caused by the check of team-member or frequency the pilot will disappear from the unplaced list, and appear in the matrix.
You will however notice that most pilots will cause an error, the same error the automatic algorithm detected. Now it’s your task to solve the problem. In most cases switching of one of the two options can solve the problem.
You will also notice that a competition that has many start positions and view slots is very difficult to build a matrix for.
How
to replace a pilot from the matrix
In some cases it is needed to replace a pilot from one position to a different position. This is as easy as adding a pilot. Simply double click on a filled cell in the matrix. The pilot in that cell will move from the matrix to the unplaced list, and the cell will become empty. Now select the pilot in the unplaced list and double click on the new cell.
With these tools it must be possible to build a useful matrix. !!