The Cartooners

I would have thought that was easy enough. We just all agree to discuss Geocaching on the GC Uk site. I for one have just created an account.

Ah but we do! Try GC UK Quote from GC UK home Page All the cache data used by these pages is downloaded from www.geocaching.com, the definitive site for worldwide geocaching. I agree with Fatblokecaver. Perhaps the site could be extended?

We have been reading the forums recently with interest but never expected 2 mods to go due to the enforced changes in forum protocols. I have only published a new cache this afternoon which Deci reviewed within a few hours. A fast service indeed given the situation. Many thanks to you both for an excellent service that you have given us. That's all folks!!!

When testing my cartridge on the latest version of the player I receive the following error message when attempting to open a cartridge that I have just saved. A native exception has occurred in Player.exe. Select Quit and then restart this program or click on details ... On clicking on details I receive Exception Code oxc0000005 Exception Address 0x01911130 Reading 0x00000000 I subsequently revisited my cartridge start point with the previous version of the Player installed and everything worked fine. Looks like a bug in the new player and a configuration management issue.

Think I have solved it. if k == string.char() then return "" end

This fails. Whan I enter a valid string I now get bad arguement #1 to 'len' (string expected, got nil)

We were known as Dick Dastardly, Dougal, Scooby and Angelina after our favourite cartoons but the name was too long for the forums. Whilst we still keep our individual names we are collectively known as The Cartooners. That's all folks!!!

HI There, I have just come back from yet another cartridge test and have the following error. I have a Question that the Player needs to answer. If they type the correct answer or even an incorrect one the concathex function that RangerFox supplied works a treat. However, if the Player leaves the question blank an error occurs. By the way, I have un-remarked the string.lower line of code to overcome upper and lower case issues. Does anyone know how to modify the code to check for a blank string. In other words, blank string = incorrect answer. non blank string = carry out the concathex().... Thanks in advance.

I can reproduce this with even a 50' zone and the Colorado. The GPSr really does like to hit zero before registering that the user is in the zone. I have not tried anything larger. I thought it may have been consulting the EPE, but with even a 40' radius zone, I would think EPE would fit inside it with a little room to spare. When I created and tested an early cartridge I made, I found the Pocket PC I have was more forgiving. I wasn't 5 feet from the edge of the zone, I was 5 feet from the center of a 30-40' zone. This didn't happen only once either, it was every zone. Just a note but I experienced something similar and found that I had moved the zone co-ords and hadn't updated the Original Point. The PPC I was using couldn't detect the zone even though it was plenty big enough.

Hey, What I have found is the best is to go through and delete portions of the file, one section at a time, and then try reopening the file. Alternatively you can copy sections into a new cart file and see when you get the error. I have found that somehow the .lua file itself can get messed up, and simply copying the contents to a new .lua file is needed as well or can fix the problem by itself. This method will cause other errors with the file if you delete things that are linked without making the proper changes. For this specific file were you changing the .lua file manually before the error? If so then it could be a syntax error, and the above method is probably the best. If not, and you were just using the builder, then chances are you put a character in one of the names or descriptions that the builder doesn't like, quotations for example. Also if you'd like feel free to upload the code and I'll take a look at it. Kevan Hi USCcouple, It definitely happened within the builder. I'm just going through the code now checking for a rogue quote. Apologies for the duplicate thread.

Hi, Whats the best way to find the problem within the Lua file?

Are your tasks both active and visible?

Teh .Net compact framework is a set of base libraries (code) which all .Net applications need to use. In your case it looks as though you have it installed but have an out of date version. use this link to download the file to your desktop and then install onto your PPC http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en Hope this helps.

Hi, I am almost at the stage where I wish to upload a cartridge. Having had a quick look at the Wherigo site at the Cartridge page it mentions that I need to compile a GWZ file. This file should contain at least the Lua file. As far as I am aware the GWZ file is just a zip file. My question is this: Should it not be the .GWC file that gets uploaded. (I dont want everyone to view/open the Lua file) Can anyone explain the process? Thanks in advance.

I too have just found a similar problem. At the end of the cartridge I want to show 6 items, each containing a digit which will be used to enter into a GPS as the lowest digits for both lat and long. However, it appears that there is a limit of 5 items that can be displayed.

The Somerset Team are finalising things and will be entering very soon. We will be known as "Cache me if you can". Thanks to Ross (Other half to Maple Leaf) for dreaming up the name

Well, I have just come back from another recce and proved my point. By adjusting the OriginalPoint to the centre of the zone (with no other changes) allowed the detection of my zone work a treat. Something to note for the future perhaps. Ciao

Create a Variable to store the answer from the player Click on the button named Variables on the left of the main screen Click Add Give the variable a name (e.g vAnswerToQuestion1) Specify the variable type (String, Number, Flag) Leave the box below empty Create a Variable to store the answer to the question Click on the button named Variables on the left of the main screen Click Add Give the variable a name (e.g vQuestion1) Specify the variable type (String, Number, Flag) In the box below type in the answer Create an Input (A question to ask the player) Click on the Inputs button on the left of the main screen Click Add In the Create an Input box dialog screen give the Input a name (e.g QuestionFromJohn) Type the question that you wish the player to see in Text (help the payer with text) Against the Pick an Object select the variable that we created earlier called vAnswerToQuestion1 (The players answer will go in here) Click OK Create an Event against the Zone Click the Zones button on the left. In the Events section on the right hand side click on When the Player enters the zone. Click on the New Script button In the small dialog box that appears type something like OnEnterMyZone (change My to something else) Click OK In the toolbox click Add an Action Select the Get input from the player At the top click on the words zInput in blue and select the input that you just created (QuestionFromJohn) Click OK from the Select Object dialog box Click OK (save my changes) You have now created an event and when that event is fired (when the player enters the zone) it will trigger the question (the input that we created) However, that is not it. At the moment we just ask the question but do nothing with the answer. We now have to deal with the result. Checking the players answer Click on the Inputs button on the left hand side of the main screen Click on the Input that you just created At the moment we have not specified an event Click on When a player inouts data Click on the button named New Script Give the event a name Adding code to the event Click on the button named Add If-Then-Else Click on Compare an Object Property.... Then click on the blue text at the top of the screen First click on zobjectproperty Select the radio button named variable Click the Get a Variable button Select vAnswerToQuestion1 Click OK Secondly, click on Operand Select Equal Click OK Lastly click on zobjectproperty, value, variable Select the radio button named variable Click the Get a Variable button Select vQuestion1 Click OK Click OK Click OK (save my changes) What we are doing here is comparing the players result (vAnswerToQuestion1) against the real answer (vQuestion1) You will now see an empty If Else End statement You now need to display a message (Corect, Incorrect) and set the next zone to active and visible as you see fit Hope this helps

Hi folks, I am having an issue regarding PPC detection of a zone. I believe that it has something to do with the zones OriginalPoint. I also believe that the OriginalPoint should be in the centre of the zone. If you change the co-ords of the zone and fail to amend the OriginalPoint then the PPC really struggles to detect/find the zone, even though the zone is large. Has anyone else had this issue? Can anyone tell me the exact purpose of OriginalPoint? Thanks in advance.

Hi there, Another question for you all. I have a PPC Mio P560 with a 4GB SDHC card. When installing software onto the PPC what is considered best practice: 1. Installing to Main Memory (32Mb) 2. Installing to Flash Disk (400Mb) 3. Installing to Storage Card (4Gb) Also, when copying the exe or any other file (CacheMate.gpx for example) across to the PPC which is best: 1. Copy to Device. 2. Copy to Flash Disk 3. Copy to Storage Card My concern with the latter is that if you change storage cards the software would not run. Obviously performance is also a concern. Therefore I am leaning towards the Flash Disk and to use the Storage Card purely for maps etc. Anyone any thoughts?

I've totally reset to factory settings, reloaded the mapping software which also wouldn't work and reloaded Cachemate. It gave me the original SmittyWare ID, so I did not have to request a new code. I've downloaded caches into it, turned it off, made a cup of tea and turned it back on, and everything seems to be working OK. Looks like a factory reset has fixed my issue. (I don't know why I didn't think of it) Thanks Cathy and all who contributed.

I've totally reset to factory settings, reloaded the mapping software which also wouldn't work and reloaded Cachemate. It gave me the original SmittyWare ID, so I did not have to request a new code. I've downloaded caches into it, turned it off, made a cup of tea and turned it back on, and everything seems to be working OK. I will try a factory reset tomorrow and let you know how it goes. Need to test my Wherigo cartridge before I do anything. Thanks all

The Status Text is not implemented on the Garmin device. David. If Status Text isn't supported on the Garmin how are we supposed to create a cartridge that is guaranteed to work on any device?

Sorry, forgot to say that I had put in a request. Brian seems to think its an issue with the PPC's registry? I just wanted to hear other peoples comments /experiences before trying things like a firmware update or returning it to depot.

I have recently purchased CacheMate (1.3.1b) for our PPC, a Mio P560. In order to register you have to submit a SmittyWareID which you identify from you PPC and in return you receive a text string Code. When I type in the code and it readily accepts. So far so good. However, if you turn the PPC off and then back on again CacheMate informs me that the software is unregistered and then insists on only displaying 10 caches instead of the 400 I have in an imported Query. If you keep the PPC switched on and then close and re-open CacheMate all is well. Has anyone else had issues like this? And ideas greatfully received.