Distant Suns/iPad issues
Posted by proxima | Filed under Uncategorized
[UPDATE] If you are getting random crashes with the iPad version of Distant Suns see if your iPad case has magnetic latches. Some clever designer forgot that magnets+things-with-a-compass=really dumb.
Distant Sun’s didn’t know how to process those kind of extreme heading errors and would just check out. That has been fixed and should be in the chute shortly.
2 Responses to “Distant Suns/iPad issues”
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Carl Milner Says:
June 15th, 2010 at 11:55 amI have skewing problems also. Using the apple case. Located in NYC. At 12:00 Noon. I hold the iPad overhead and see the sun on the display. I drop the pad facing south and see the compass indicating south. So far Ok. now I swing 90 degrees CW and expect Distant Suns to say I am looking in the west direction. The compas says I am facing east.
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proxima Says:
June 15th, 2010 at 1:04 pmThe compass in the iphone is pretty fickle. Sometimes it works absolutely right, other times not so right. Apple tells us to expect errors up to 15 degrees under normal use. If you have cars nearby or other large metallic objects that can likewise effect it. Hopefully the iPhone 4 compass will be a little more accurate.
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Mike is available for contract work in C/C++/Java, focussing primarily in the 3D arena but can also handle server side jobs, SDK and tool development,
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