Navborg is a Bolo brain to assist with simple navigation tasks while playing Bolo. When playing with large or unfamiliar maps it is often easy to get confused or disoriented. Navborg can assist in two different ways: by showing the distance and range to any base or (once visible) pillbox, or to any pillbox shown via pillbox view.
Operation is simple. Just drop Navborg into the Brains folder, and after starting a game select Navborg from the Tank Control menu. To control the tank, use the default control keys (I wimped out on using what the user had configured, maybe later), and use the mouse as normal. To find the direction of any base, click on the icon of the base in the base status pane. The distance to the base will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. The direction to the base is indicated by an arrow at the top right of the window (where the direction to your man sometimes is). By pressing 't' (for turn), the tank will turn until it is facing in the direction of the base. To find pillboxes, hold the mouse down in the pillbox status pane, and the result will be the same as for refuelling bases. Note that you must have seen the pillbox sometime previously.
When using pillbox view, the distance to the displayed pillbox is shown at the bottom of the screen. Press return to get back to tank view, and 't' to turn the tank to face the last displayed pillbox.
Notes:
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• If you are on slow terrain when you press 't', you will turn slowly.
• The auto-turning can be cancelled at any time by pressing 'o' or 'p' to turn normally.
• A fast machine will probably help. You might notice a slightly looser turning circle. That'll be a problem with any borg.
• If you see a pillbox, and somebody moves it, Navborg will assume that it is in the same place until it sees that pillbox somewhere else.
• It's free. If you have any comments to make, you can e-mail me at: plumpton@wampyr.cc.uow.edu.au
