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Memory is for the weak![/font]
Well, honestly I half remember all the things I touched from the last entry, but I'll try to get to them. This is the base ridge (with sub ridges) map:
The indices of my squares were off. After analyzing how the Square class gets initialized and what the loops use for strides and sizes, I reorganized them so each square would be the right size.
After that I realized that a part of my implementation was wrong. The paper differentiates between DEM and C_DEM (Digital Elevation Model and Copy of Digital Elevation Model respectively) and there were a few spots where in my implementation, both got mixed and parts of the algorithm affected the DEM where it should have affected the C_DEM and vice versa.
Once I had that solved, the additional data got into the heightmap just fine.
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Lost in translation?[/font]
The weird thing is that while I get similar results, the recursive MDI method in my case only generates the additional height data, I still have to do a "context-aware" midpoint displacement pass over the heightmap to fill in the missing heights. As far as I understand, the recursive MDI method should do all of that already.
This is the same map, blurred, with the (broken) river network generated, and with the (hopefully) correct MDI values:
You can see the dots that the MDI pass generates all around, the rest of the blurred heights are there just for reference, they shouldn't matter for the final passes. The river network turned out to be quite important since it defines the slopes of the ridges on many places though you can vary a lot by just messing with the max heights, base heights, amount of blurring, ridge/river quantity, etc.
In any case, an additional call to midpointDisplacementPass() was enough to fill in what was missing. The midpoint displacement pass showed a lot of squared artifacts, so I tried with a diamond square pass, which should in theory excibit less artifacts.
I used the diamond square algorithm to fill the remaining heights, working without big artifacts as expected but something was wrong...
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Artifacts in my soup! Wait, already did that one...[/font]
See, when I tried to color the heightmap, I use the elevation state map as a reference to know if I have to color the vertex blue (river), or green/brown (land/ridge). When I did the coloring pass, turns out that most of the values were in NULL state (ie, greyscale color), yet the heightmap was created fine.
The final regular diamond square pass checked for already computed height states but, for the missing ones, it calculated the height without setting the new state as "LAND" (or DONE like in the paper). So it was "aware" of the previously computed states but it wasn't "self aware" in the sense that it didn't kept track of the missing heights it was filling.
I set up the thing to put the correct states and bam! Artifacts again everywhere. So the root of the squared (and now, "diamoned" ) artifacts wasn't the algorithm itself but its "self awareness".
I left it "broken", ie, without the state changes, and it works fine that way heh.
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Here you can see how the ridge lines help to define high places whereas the river lines help to define the lower ones. Have in mind that the river network generation is pretty broken so the river lines don't make much sense.
And here is a colored version for your viewing pleasure ( "I can make a lerp with a gradient woot!" ).
From what I've experimented, it seems that for the algorithm to look kinda good, it needs to have nice ridge lines, and a good river network that makes sense. Terrain gets weird if the ridge lines are at odd positions or if the rivers get traced badly.
I can also show you the terrain in 3D with all of its per-vertex coloring glory (nevermind the Great Green Cube Overlord of the "Positive Y Axis" house watching over his realm):
The borders are messed up but it seems like its a common trait of the diamond square algorithms. You could make it have some checks and wrap it around but I think I'd just crop the borders (ie, instead of 513^2 map, cropping it to a 512^2 map).
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What is left...[/font]
Now I'll have to fix up the river network generation, which means possibly trying later with a water erosion algorithm (since the river generation is just that, a water erosion algorithm applied to a few particles). Besides that, the generator is currently a big mess o' code for the most part, so I'm going to tidy it up and see if I can come up with something more useable.
For example, at first I had an "ElevationMap" class with a bunch of arrays with ElevationState, floats, Particles, etc, but now I think I'm going to repurpose my CmpMat matrix class to have all of them under a more homogeneous interface. ElevationMap has like 4 kinds of "getValueAt(x,y)" methods, one for each type of data it stored. Half the code is using the older ElevationMap, the other half is using the "newer" CmpMat matrix storing ElevationState and height values.
I'll have to come up with a bigger structure for all the generator if I want it to be useable. The good thing is that it was very useful for completing my math library, coming up with some generic components and so on.
Right now I have a lot of static stuff (I remind you I'm doing all of this in Java). For example, all of the midpoint displacement, diamond square and mid passes are static methods on an "UtilsTerrain" class, I have a image utils class that has a bunch of static methods to convert from ElevationMaps to ImageBuffers so I can store them in a .png.
There is also some cruft from my previous project, the renderer above, in the math utils and some array/matrix classes that I need to get rid of. For example, in Java you need to write your float arrays to FloatBuffers before passing them around to native libraries. For the OGL project it seemed perfectly fine for each matrix class to have its own FloatBuffer inside... Which suddenly stopped making any sense once I started using the matrices for non GL stuff. So for using the math library, i had to import the matrix/vector classes, which needed the buffer utils to work for no good reason. See what I did there?
I'm 80% done on fixing the whole math utils and classes, and once I fix them, I'll have to replace all the old code and banish those buffer utils / data array classes out of existence. And then retroimplement them on the OpenGL project where they came from.
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What is left isn't right[/font]
I'll try to do all of that once I'm on my desktop again. Coding with an Atom N450 (1,6Ghz and single core mind you) isn't the most efficient thing in the world. Its better than no coding at all though See ya in the next entry!


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Poll: Obama ahead of Romney in Virginia
There are 16 comments on the WTAE-TV Pittsburgh story from May 3, 2012, titled Poll: Obama ahead of Romney in Virginia. In it, WTAE-TV Pittsburgh reports that:
As President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney campaign in Virginia this week, a new poll shows the president with a seven point advantage over his likely opponent in the Commonwealth.
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#1 May 3, 2012
I am sure if the Republicans in VA similarly require pseudo vaginal probes for men that they can gain ground on Obama there.
People in VA want big government out of their lives and into their orifices.
#2 May 4, 2012
#3 May 4, 2012
Nonsense. I can't speak for all my southern evangelical friends who take the Holy Bible word for word, but I get all emotional when I think of that glorious day when Bishop Romney puts his hand on the Book of Mormon and swears to uphold the Constitution of the USA so help him Joseph Smith.
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#4 May 4, 2012
Everyone knows Virginia is the state of big government godless liberals. They only learned about the old Bible and rejected it. Well we will teach them the new improved version that Joseph Smith brought us. Those rotten Democrats will learn about the Book of Mormon. We will all learn together, one nation under Joseph Smith with liberty and justice for all. The south will fall in line and embrace Mormonism once and for all.
"Prey for Rmoney 2012!"
#6 May 4, 2012
Under mor(m)on rugby and his latter day saints, there are 3 levels of heaven. And if you are not a card- carrying joe smith/book of mormon thumper, you cannot get into the highest level of heaven.
Christians are second class believers according to rugby:
Latter DAy Saints Article 5:We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.
When Christ was on earth, He set up a priesthood and an organization of the church, Johnston said.After he died, the people fell away and the priesthood left the earth. It didnt return until the priesthood was given to Joseph Smith.
That means that born-again believers, Catholics, Jews and any other religion does not have the fullness of the gospel and therefore does not preach the true gospel.
#7 May 4, 2012
Honestly, I don't care about the economy. I care about social issues.
No one really believes that the Holy Bible was meant to be taken literally!
In the voting booth, it's just you, your ballot, and Joseph Smith.
DON'T STAY HOME. Affirm you agreement with Bishop Romney!
You have to vote with your heart.
"Prey for Rmoney 2012!"
#8 May 4, 2012
you must be joking or you belong in the west wing with the rest of the loony's
#9 May 4, 2012
Again, honestly, I don't care about the economy. I care about social issues.
No one really believes that the Holy Bible was meant to be taken literally!
In the voting booth, it's just you, your ballot, and Joseph Smith.
DON'T STAY HOME. Affirm your agreement with Bishop Romney!
You have to vote with your heart.
"Prey for Rmoney 2012!"
#10 May 4, 2012
you wingnut, I'm voting with my heart,President Obama
#11 May 4, 2012
would Romney be a bishop or a president?
#12 May 4, 2012
strap this guy down and haul him to the west wing before he hurts someone or his self.
#13 May 4, 2012
Bishop Romney will be our Holy Leader and President.
This I pray in the name of Joseph Smith!
"Prey for Rmoney 2012!"
#14 May 4, 2012
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#15 May 4, 2012
The latest polls indicate that polls are accurate less than 50% of the time.
#16 May 4, 2012
Sometimes poster Makes sense is too subtle. Not in this thread, however.
#17 Sep 9, 2012
Ex. Va. congressman spells trouble for Romney
A former congressman is running for president as a third-party candidate and may spoil the GOPs chances for a win in Virginia.
Virgil Goode Jr., the conservative Constitution Partys presidential candidate, will be listed on the Virginia ballot, ruled the states Board of Elections today, as will the Green Partys Dr. Jill Stein and Libertarian Gov. Gary Johnson.
Goode, though unknown outside the Old Dominion, is an established political figure in that swing state. He served 12 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and 24 years in the Virginia state legislature.
In two automated polls, Goode garnered 5 to 9 percent of the Virginias likely voters, which would siphon off votes from Romney and turn the traditionally red state blue.
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Hello guys and gals! If you aren't aware of my recent absence, it's because I'm currently away from home and touring in California, with my recent trip being all the way up north in the San Francisco Bay area! For some reason, IGN keeps crashing on my phone's web browser, which hasn't happened before this trip, so I've been unable to keep everyone updated. :\ I'll admit I'm still somewhat tired from the whole drive, but it was very fun going sight seeing and visiting relatives I haven't seen in many, many years! It was pretty tough seeing my uncle, who currently has Alzheimer's, and seeing him react to his siblings who've known him for all their lives. Also, it was hard adapting to California's bipolar weather (even though I'm from SoCal myself har har)! XD Going through the stretch of plains felt much like back home in Arizona, but on the vista point at the Golden Gate, I was freezing because how cold and windy it was! Although I might be getting sick because of that, haha... We came back to the Los Angeles area by way of the Pacific Coast Highway, and while it was breath-taking, I was also pretty unnerved by the steep cliffs!
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Seahawks @ Chiefs: Week 3 Preseason
Seahawks @ Chiefs: Week 3 Preseason
When Seattle completed their draft in April this year there was a queue of people lining up to rip them for a lot of their decisions. Now that the real action has started, and the intellectuals who grade drafts before the players have even turned up for OTA's have scuttled back into their holes, there may be a little bit of revisionist history going on. Four Seahawks draftees started, another three had prominent early roles and all played in a thoroughly professional performance. It now looks possible, when things settle in a few years, that many teams will be looking to this as a benchmark for drafts should be run.
The Chiefs didn't need the draft to make them immediately dangerous; the wealth of talent on their roster already marks them as such. However, a number of injures in the secondary and the somewhat inconsistent play of Matt Cassel makes them suddenly vulnerable. This is a team that could easily win the division and make a deep playoff run but given the performance here (being 37 points down with two minutes left in the third quarter) you'd need a constitution of ice to put your house on it.
Seattle Seahawks – Three Things of Note
1) Wilson Delivers
The prevailing wisdom until recently was that because the Seahawks gave Matt Flynn such a big contract it was illogical to then draft Russell Wilson in the third round, especially since his height has been hinted at as low 5-foot-10. There are a number of issues with this view. First, Flynn is getting $5M a year for two years, that's approximately $1.25M a year more than what Jason Campbell is being paid to be the back-up in Chicago; it's hardly Kevin Kolb territory. Second, when a guy falls to you in the third round with that level of talent, at the most important position in football you'd be stupid not to take him. However good a punter Bryan Anger turns out to be, do you think in a number of years the Jaguars may be ruing that selection (he was taken six picks earlier than Wilson). Lastly, my view is that he's probably only half an inch shorter than Drew Brees and his height doesn't seem to be too much of a disadvantage to him.
So, after playing superbly with the backups in the first couple of weeks of the preseason, an elbow problem for Flynn gave Wilson the start here. Once more, he rose to the occasion. I only counted one poor pass in the 23 he threw and even this was of the inaccurate as opposed to dangerous variety. He attacked the defense deep, in areas of weakness and never once seemed as if the game was too big for him. Wilson also also picked up 58 yards on two scrambles without putting himself in any danger.
On the basis of pure performance I'd start him week one at Arizona; forget the rushing skills he's just been a better passer and leader than Flynn so far. Will the coaches see it that way or will Flynn's elbow issue make that question moot?
2) The "Turbinator"
The pick after Wilson was his current room-mate, halfback, Robert Turbin. He was initially envisioned as a back-up to Marshawn Lynch but injury and potentially a suspension for the veteran has seen him step into the starting role.
He doesn't run with the palpable aggression or sheer desire to break tackles that Lynch does but he is still extremely physical. He's a very direct north-south, one-cut back who does little wrong. His touchdown run was longer but perhaps the best of his 14 carries (which went for 93 yards) was the play with 10:18 gone in the second. Turbin cut outside the containment of Justin Houston for nine yards and then refused to go down, dragging tacklers for another five.
In clear passing situations he was removed for Leon Washington but that's to be expected given his lack of experience and the type of runner he is. Whatever happens next it looks as if the Seahawks will be well stocked at running back.
3) Easy Sweezy
The first of the seventh round picks was teammate of Wilson's at N.C. State, J.R. Sweezy. What's remarkable about him is that he was actually a defensive lineman all the way through college and is already the starting right guard after a move across to the offense after he was drafted.
As a run blocker he just about held his own, doing well at the point of attack but struggling a little bit with linebackers and in particular Derrick Johnson who knifed underneath his pull block on one play to take Turbin down for a short gain.
However, his pass protection in the first half was excellent. Sweezy gave up nothing and often held his opponent at the line of scrimmage giving up nothing to the tackles and ends he faced. Even when he was driven, he always seemed to have the ability to recover and anchor.
If this is his ability after only a few quarters playing offense it will be interesting to see how he matures as the season progresses.
Kansas City Chiefs – Three Things of Note
1) Will the Real Matt Cassel Please Stand Up?
The success of the Chiefs season is going to be entirely predicated on the play of Matt Cassel which is completely infuriating given I still don't know exactly how good he is. I think half the problem is that he's not entirely sure himself.
Cassel didn't play that badly, but is often so marginally inaccurate with his throws you tend to give him the benefit of the doubt. This has you tell yourself that it was close to being a great throw as opposed to him missing another opportunity. He led Steve Breaston into a collision with Earl Thomas that will probably go down as a drop, put the ball on the wrong side of Tony Moeaki on a dump-off and later allowed the same player to get two hands to a deep seam pass that, in hindsight, other quarterbacks would not have made him leap for. Unlucky or just not quite good enough is the question for Cassel.
I think my mind was made up on his touchdown throw and the interception that was returned for a touchdown. On the touchdown, a nice scramble to evade pressure and decent throw, he celebrated with such gusto you felt he'd just made the pass that got the Chiefs into the Super Bowl; watch it if you can – I can't do the comedy justice but needless to say he didn't act as if he'd been there before. To add to that stupidity he then somehow managed to get himself into a mid-air fetal position while throwing a pick six to Earl Thomas. It's fair to say he was about to be tackled by another Seahawk draftee, Korey Toomer, at that time but I believe the protective position came before the hit and not as a result of it.
2) Flowers to Brown
With Brandon Flowers still nursing a heel injury and no one apparently too sure as to when he'll return, Kansas City decided to give Jalil Brown the first shot at replacing the excellent corner on the left of their defense. It wasn't too long before the end of the first quarter they probably began re-thinking that strategy. By that time Brown had given up three first downs, a penalty and was looking like "the gift that always gives" so frequently was Wilson going back to get more.
He did manage to come back with a pass defensed from the generous Chiefs scorer (I'm fairly sure he never got a hand on the ball) and fared better in the second quarter but was later by Jacques Reeves.
If Flowers isn't ready to go this will be a major cause for concern will Julio Jones and Roddy White coming to town in week one.
3) Amen Amon
While the scoreboard is slightly misleading what's more certain is the lack of quality performances for Chief fans to cheer about. Even when the first string unit scored their quarterback ended up making himself look like a clown. So it looks like we'll need to look to the defense for some decent play. To be fair all of the usual suspects; Derrick Johnson, Tamba Hali and Eric Berry did OK but the stand-out for me was Amon Gordon.
Lining up at defensive end in a three man line the ex-Seahawk gave his old team lots of problems in the running game and also got pressure too. On consecutive plays at the end of the first quarter he got the better of Russell Okung, cutting down Turbin for two yards on second and later got inside Paul McQuistan to pressure Wilson.
Kansas City has a lot of talent on their line but watch out for Gordon this year, if he can up his productivity in the passing game (it was a little limited last year) he may demand a few more snaps.
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Feature #27916
Increase climbing speeds for armored vehicles
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The threaded vehicles climbing speeds are unnecessary too slow and hugely annoying in MP as well in SP.
My suggestion is to either increase the speeds to 30-40Km/hr when climbing steep/er hills under E+shift gear, or introduce some kind of gear mechanics.
Updated by Fireball over 5 years ago
- Due date set to 02/02/2012
- Status changed from New to Feedback
Any real world comparisons on that?
Updated by Beee8190 over 5 years ago
Yes I've uploaded some videos to this thread -
Updated by kju over 5 years ago
Videos are no use.
You need to provide actual data from reliable sources.
Updated by ricnunes over 5 years ago
I would even be more precise regarding this ticket's title, the title should be the following:
- Increase climbing speeds for TRACKED vehicles
This is because the problem isn't related to any armored vehicle "per se". This problem affect ONLY the tracked vehicles. For example a Stryker which is an armored vehicles climbs OK.
Like I said the problem is related to any tracked vehicles (like for example the M1 Abrams) where they are TOO slow while climbing, specially when compared to wheeled vehicles (again like the Stryker for example). If fact in rought off-road terrain a tracked vehicle should climb better (at better speed) than a wheeled vehicle because:
1- Tracked vehicles have MUCH BETTER traction!
2- Tracked vehicles usually come with very powerfull gearboxes which together with the tracks gives much better traction and therefore much better performance while climbing.
What's odd is that at the same time a tracked vehicle is much faster than a wheeled vehicle while driving downwards (driving down a hill for example) when it should be exactly the opposite since if Tracked vehicle drives too fast it may damage (or even lose) it's tracks.
Resuming: A wheeled vehicles is normally faster than the Tracked vehicles, specially when driving in a straight line or downwards BUT a Tracked vehicle should be faster when climbing sloping offroad terrain such as hills due to the much better traction that tracked vehicles obviously have.
Updated by kju over 5 years ago
People have made many claims already, yet according to BI the tanks
are based on realistic value.
Unless you can provide hard facts both on realistic values and ingame
behavior, this remains - sorry to say - all cheap talk.
Updated by TheCapulet over 5 years ago
Hard facts are nice and all, but should we really need them when common logic and sense tell us that something is wrong? Physics tell us that tracked vehicles will have better traction. Most any wikipedia article will tell us that tracked vehicles, on average, have a ton of horsepower and torque. Logic and physics tell us that tanks moving incredible fast (I've seen an M1 IG hit speeds of 170) will throw tracks. Not only that, but because of the improved traction from earlier, their rolling speed will be limited at their gearbox speed at the very most. And we all know we aren't going to find reliable research information on this subject, since most main battle tank information is classified.
This isn't a matter of requiring facts to replace what was previously thought to be fact. It's instead replacing one theory with another much more plausible theory. Refusing to change theory in light of better theory simply because no one can present absolute fact defies logic and advances ignorance (In general, not talking about the game now. :P)
And why exactly aren't videos any use? They can't produce specific numbers, but they do, in fact, produce visual evidence that can at the very least confirm that there is an issue.
Updated by kju over 5 years ago
ArmA is as such a simulator as many aspects are based on real life physics
or close approximation formulas - how do you expect to get BI derive data from videos,
if you were right?
Updated by Beee8190 over 5 years ago
I am with capulet, on thisone, obviously, becouse he's right.There is no info / hard data to provide and I just spend like 2 hrs
looking for some evidence but those videos uploaded are the best i could get hold of.
I also agree with Beagle in ( http://forums.bistudio.com/?t=102313&page=4 ) thread.
I really couldn't care less if the speeds are realistic or close to it as I never seen any backward evidence for default speeds too. There are articles on BIS forums as
well elsewhere of how unnecessary and painfull this is.
Game should be also fun to play but its quite hard to have some with driving armor for 30 minutes and looking trough the also known, periscope view.
I really fail to see why it is unaccaptable for some that the speed is increased from usual 8km/hr to 30 or 40 Km/hr and considering the fact that there is no such support vehicle as M1070 or similar, the only way to get to objective is drive, or as is popular, useing scripted chinook to lift the armor, which is also not exactly realistic.
The solution -
Gear mechanics
or towing vehicles such as M1070
or as suggested, speeding up / increasing power of tracked vehicles
Updated by Suma over 5 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Rejected
This was already brough up several times, but was always proven not correct so far. The problem might be perhaps caused by wrong perception of slopes ingame?
Current implementation is carefully tuned to match the reference data from http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m1.htm:
Speed - 10% Slope 20 mph ... 32 km/h
10 % slope is a moderately steed road hill. The steepest slopes on main roads in mountain areas are usualy 12 % or 18 %.
Speed - 60% Slope 4.5 mph ... 7.2 km/h
60 % slope is 30 degrees. This is a slope which one would have a hard time traversing on a mountain bike. For comparison, maximum operating slope for tractors other agricultural vehicles is usualy 20 degrees (36 %).
Updated by Beee8190 over 5 years ago
I acknowledge the possiblity that the current speeds might be close to relistic.
I however find mission/s with such armor as M1a2 abrams in hilly takistan, without any towing vehicles incomplete and of course also unrealistic and is why I've created the ticket.
I'm also aware that this topic has been brought up few times and I look at it as desperate scream from players for reconsideration / review of this paintfully realistic data.
As said, the immersion is rather broken, more so with engine being dead quiete and not even simulating it is used to its fullest torque while climbing
Updated by TheCapulet over 5 years ago
In that case, I think your source information is suspect. So they're [The Federation of American Scientists] suggesting that at a roughly 6 degree slope (≥10%), the 1500 horsepower 2,750 ft-lbs torque Abrams will lose over half it's speed?
Where did FAS get their specifications? I notice that their only "sources" point back to their own information (lol?), and even in that, there's no mention on information for it's slope speed.
I also notice in other articles of theirs that they present information, again without sources, on equipment data that an American scientific whistle-blower organization most definitely wouldn't have access to.
Updated by ricnunes over 5 years ago
In your oppinion, having the ability to attain speeds of 170Km/h in a M1 Abrams while driving downwards is realistic? Because this is what really happens currently in ArmA!
And since you like written data, where are you data that indicates that a wheeled vehicles such as a Stryker or an Humvee are faster than a M1 Abrams or other combat tracked vehicles while climbing a high degree off-road slopes??
Updated by Beee8190 over 5 years ago
On this video, the MBT (leo 2) climbes this slope a lot faster yet very safe, than some 7Km /hr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0et5e3fGoto&feature=related - pls skip to 1:50
Best video I've found, pls bear in mind that the T80 is 20 ton lighter than M1a1 but has HALF the HP...
pls skip to 0:55
and (0:44)
Updated by coopr over 5 years ago
Like I suggested on the forums. Wouldn't it solve all of these problems if proper gearing and torque values where implemented? Because currently vehicles don't work like that? This will maybe solve the downhill problem and leave options open for mod teams.
Updated by TheCapulet over 5 years ago
The transmissions in tanks (and nearly every vehicle for that matter) have transmission brakes to protect from overspeed while in gear. If that fails, there's likely an emergency external brake system to cover the tanks ass, should it be sailing down a hill.
Updated by TheCapulet over 5 years ago
This is documented evidence that tanks can go faster than they're set to go in game. It's irrefutable because we see it with our own eyes, and there's no evidence of video tampering that would compromise the results. Does it give us exact specs to go off of? No it doesn't. But it does let us know that the 4 mph "Estimate" made by "The Federation of American Scientists" is incorrect, and gives us better evidence to make better estimates from.
Updated by Suma over 5 years ago
- File slope.png added
This is documented evidence that tanks can go faster than they're set to go in game.
You overestimate the slopes seen in the video and underestimated ingame slopes. The slope in the T80 video is about 40 % - see attached image for a measurement. As for the speed, it can be seen between 1:06 and 1:07 the tank traverses about 5 m, which means 18 km/h.
Updated by ricnunes over 5 years ago
The Leopard2 (versus Humvee) video that Beee8190 posted basically proves what I've been saying here!
That video (which is a REAL LIFE situation) easily proves the following:
- The Leopard2 (tracked tank) doesn't lose much speed when climbing the high degree slope compared when driving in straight line.
- The Leopard2 (tracked tank) climbs much faster that high degree slope than a M1 Abrams (tracked tank with very similar performance to the Leopard2) in ArmA when climbing a similar or even less pronouced degree slopes.
- The Leopard2 (tracked tank) climbs that slope as fast if not faster than the Humvee (off-road wheeled vehicle)
- The Leopard2 (tracked tank) is faster than the Humvee (off-road wheeled vehicle) in rough terrain not only when climbing slopes but also in straight (not sloped) terrain.
- The Leopard2 (tracked tank) is slower than the Humvee (off-road wheeled vehicle) when driving downwards in a high degree slope.
- The Humvee (off-road wheeled vehicle) is only faster than the Leopard2 (tracked tank) in-road (dirt or paved) or in "good shape" off-road straight (not sloped) terrain or when driving downwards in high degree slopes.
By comparison in ArmA we have:
- A tracked tank (such as the M1 Abrams) loses TOO MUCH speed when climbing high degree slopes when compared when driving in straight line.
- A tracked tank (such as the M1 Abrams) climbs a high degree slope MUCH slower than the real life Leopard2 shown in that video.
- A tracked tank (such as the M1 Abrams) climbs a high degree slope MUCH, MUCH slower than an off-road wheeled vehicle (such as the Humvee).
- An off-road wheeled vehicle (such as the Humvee) drives faster than a tracked tank (such as the M1 Abrams) is any kind of rough terrain.
- A tracked tank (such as the M1 Abrams) is MUCH FASTER than an off-road wheeled vehicle (such as the Humvee) when driving downwards in a high degree slope.
Resuming, the off-road behaviour of wheeled versus tracked vehicles in ArmA is for the most part EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE than what happens in real life (and what the Leopard2 versus Humvee video proves), for example in ArmA an off-road wheeled vehicle driving in rough off-road terrain is always faster than a tracked vehicle except when driving downwards but in real life this is EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE!
Finally, I want to say that "direct observations" are also a GOOD SOURCE of information which should NEVER be ignored!
Updated by Beee8190 over 5 years ago
Suma wrote:
As for the speed, it can be seen between 1:06 and 1:07 the tank traverses about 5 m, which means 18 km/h.
Yes, this estimates are correct alright, however, the 18km/h is calculated while the tank is almost on top of the slope; and this part is the crucial, it is burying its tracks heavily into the gravel like surface as can be seen when looked closely enough, which again makes the current estimation of its top speed to climb is incorrect.
Updated by cyrilator over 5 years ago
I also agree there is a problem with tracked vehicle speed, and their ability to maintain motricity and climbing speed.
on what datas BI are basing the ingame paramters ?
Updated by kju over 5 years ago
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Re: iPhone navigation apps.
I have an iPad 4g with wi fi and GPS these are the apps I'm really liking so far.... pocketgrbs for winds. Compass eye for compass, not bad, isailor for navigation seems
Better than Inavx because its simpler and the vector map zooms better. Sail compass and speedometer are nice too.
|There are a bunch of other good sailing apps too. I particularly like the anchor alarm. Works pretty well (once you make sure the phone is in a spot that will ready its GPS well down below) and doesn't use the boat's batteries over night.
I used Navionics a bit when chartering in the BVI on my iPhone.
I never used it as a primary means of navigating, however there were a couple times I used it to scan through options when trying to find a suitable replacement place to land.
Example: Ran out of cash and used it to not only search the closest ATM around, but also what the general options were for me to make port. The refresh rate was quite fast, so I could browse the coast of Tortola by swiping my fingers from the cockpit.
Word of warning:
With AT&T I called a month ahead of my chartering trip and spoke at length with someone about what I was planning on doing and what changes I needed to make to my rate plan for data and voice so I wouldn't get hammered with fees. So after a ton of changes and an international call and data plan I went ahead and used it carefully in the BVI.
1 month later my bill was $950. Not joking.
I had roaming turned off and tried as hard as possible only to use the data when I had a wifi spot, never the less I incurred that amount just talking on the phone with my office a few times and using email.
I got the bill reduced by half, but the lesson here is make sure you really cover your ass when using the iPhone overseas. I would recommend getting a prepaid sim card in that area or exploring other options. The "Maps" app uses a ton of mobile data. So be careful.
Originally Posted by bjung View Post
Is the ActiveCaptain info in the Charts &Tides app loaded or does it require cell connection/ wifi to retrieve info? How precise is the GPS without cell/wifi service?
The understanding y'all have of AGPS is way different from mine. My understanding is the phone uses the cell phone tower locations to get close and seed the GPS solution. Once the GPS has a location there is no other data in to the algorithms except the satellite information. The response of the mapping and navigation apps is consistent with my understanding.
If anyone has definitive, sourced data to the contrary I'd be pleased to see it. I'll try and wake up some of my old colleagues and see if something has changed.
Jim, most cell phone GPSes are preset to use A-GPS modes. "A" for "Assisted" with information either form the cellular network, or local wifi networks, or both. If they can identify a local Wifi router, that information goes out to a database of WiFi fixed locations and gets used for a quick rough position fix. Meanwhile, they may be using the cellular towers for a rough fix (if there's no better information) or to hot start the GPS data, or to process the data from the satellites instead of processing it in the phone.
One can argue that this is done to enhance profits ($$data plans) rather than performance but that's not relevant here. the point is, they all are set up to use A-GPS modes out of the box. And they all CAN be modified to run in "Standalone" mode now, although older phones locked this out, and the setup menus are often hidden and "secret".
So you certainly should be able to set up your cell phone to use GPS in standalone mode. But a $50 (not 100 in the US) standalone Bluetooth GPS will be WAAS-enabled and it will work better than whatever is in the cell phone anyway. It is just "more stuff" to deal with, but it can be located where it will get a better signal than your cell phone, with no water damage worries for the tablet.
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I had the Navionics charts on my earlier generation UK iPhone when I was sailing in the San Juans, but I didn't like them much because the GPS didn't seem to want to work. I didn't want to connect to the 3G data network with a phone from out of country (a 7 quid charge per connect), but then it seemed like the GPS was disabled without it.
Here in the UK with a 3GS iPhone, Memory Map software is very slick. For 40 quid, you get the Admiralty Charts of the entire UK (on both your PC and one mobile device, like an iPhone or iPad), and the GPS tracks well (at least when 3G data is around).
I also have a Wi-Fi only iPad, for which there is a GPS plug in module that is about $100. I'm wondering if the module would do better (being designed to work without a 3G network) meaning that I could have my Admiralty charts, a larger screen, and a GPS without needing any data network. I"m still tempted to try that...
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"Unfortunately the phone GPS won't acquire a signal in airplane mode. There is no error message "
Because there is no error. GPSes are among the prohibited devices on aircraft, because most of them can and do "leak" some signal. (Probably from something akin to a superhet stage in the receiver.)
I'd be surprised if there isn't a way to shut the cellular radio and allow the GPS to keep running, but cell phones are full of surprises.
AFAIK no cell phone with a GPS uses a WAAS-enabled GPS, so they will always be less accurate than a "real" commodity grade GPS these days. And on the Verizon system, or any CDMA-based system, they are set up so an incoming voice call will SUSPEND THE DATA SERVICES. If your phone is using the A-GPS modes, that should mean a larger GPS error while the voice call is in progress, too.
WRT the phone chewing up the battery when there is no call signal to be found, that's also normal. On the Palm Treos there are applications that can tell the phone to shut down cellular radio when there is a loss of signal, there's probably something similar for the iPhone since all cell phones work about the same way there: When there's no signal, they ramp up to high power (600mW) and keep trying to ping a tower. When they get a signal, they ramp down to the lowest power that will keep a connection. That's why cell phones today get 5x-10x more standby time than cell phones did a decade ago, they all implement this in similar ways.
Dedicated chartplotters aren't obsolete, yet.
Originally Posted by bjung View Post
Is the ActiveCaptain info in the Charts &Tides app loaded or does it require cell connection/ wifi to retrieve info?
I have iNavX, which is great so far, although I've only scratched the surface of using it. If you've got MacENC for your computer you can use the GPS from your iPhone via wifi. Might also work with other plotter programs that can get NMEA over wifi. I think it works both ways, too, if there's an AIS or something putting out a NMEA wifi signal, the iNavX app can use it.
I also have the app Cruiser's Nav which has a lot of great info about clearing customs/paperwork and good cruising spots, mostly for Caribbean.
Originally Posted by SVAuspicious View Post
I've been very happy with Charts & Tides, including the excellent ActiveCaptain information. Offshore away from cell signals I keep the phone in airplane mode except for when I'm explicitly looking at Charts & Tides or one of my other GPS/navigation applications. That seems to be a reasonable approach.
I'm hoping that some future upgrade to iOS will give us a way to turn the GPS back on in airplane mode, just as we can currently choose to turn wifi back on in airplane mode.
Is the ActiveCaptain info in the Charts &Tides app loaded or does it require cell connection/ wifi to retrieve info? How precise is the GPS without cell/wifi service?
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ITF style Tae Kwon Do with a dabble in boxing, Jujistsu etc...Course now that I'm old, I rely
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Whenever I see posts like this, I think basics, basics, basics.Start with how are you holding
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The Flemish border is alongside Nord. Its influence is felt throughout the region. The flat plains and narrow waterways with windmills of the Flandre Maritime, make this an interesting experience. You can go from your Nord hotels to see Noordmeulin, the oldest windmill in Europe (1127). Bergues is a fortified wool town. Its major sight is a municipal museum while Dunkirk is home to a Maritime Museum. This Dunkirk attraction houses pictures of the evacuation of the British and French troops from these coasts during 1940. You can find these in the Museum of Fine Art. It is worth more than a weekend. Nord is the home of such dramatic history. In Lille, you can visit another of Vaubans fortified fortresses. This Lille attraction is is a five-star brick citadel with a garden. The garden now has a carousel. Visit the Palais de Beaux-Artes or the Museum of the 15th century Countess hospice. Lille is also home to excellent shops, perfect for spending money.


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"The dog barked. But it didn't bite," said Robert L. Bixby of the Concord Coalition, which pushes for fiscal responsibility in Washington. Bixby said he worries that this budget maneuvering will eventually backfire.
After all, sequestration is not finished, and another round of cuts is coming in October. "Next time you warn about those things, people just say, 'Yeah, sure,' and write it off as political hype," Bixby said. "There is that danger."


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wikiHow to Grow Petunias
Four Parts:Getting StartedGrowing Petunias From SeedCaring for Your Blossoming PetuniasTroubleshooting Your PetuniasCommunity Q&A
Knowing how to grow petunias can give your garden bright, continuously blooming flowers from spring to frost. Found in a wide variety of colors, petunias are well-suited for growing in flower beds, borders, window boxes, and other containers. Cascading varieties work especially well in hanging baskets.
Part 1
Getting Started
1Pick your type of petunia. Although there are hundreds of named petunias, they tend to fall into four basic categories, which are determined by flower size and growth habit. Some of these types of petunias work better being grown in a container, while some are better suited to the garden.[1]
- Grandiflora have the largest flowers and are the most commonly-used type of petunia. Some have single blooms while others are doubles and are available in both upright and cascading varieties.
- Multiflora petunias have smaller flowers but have masses of blooms and provide big splashes of color.
- Milliflora grow close to the ground and have small flowers. They are easy to control and thus work well as an edging plant.
- Ground cover petunias spread and trail along the ground, from window boxes, and cover large areas quickly. This type will need more frequent watering.
2Select your petunias. After you've chosen the type of petunia you want, you'll need to pick the petunias themselves. There are some things that you should look for in terms of the best bedding plants.
- Pick petunia plants for bedding that are compact (not tall and leggy) because these will thrive better.
3Choose the right place to plant them. All types of petunias need at least five to six hours of full sunlight per day, although they can tolerate some shade. The soil needs to be well-drained, although it doesn't have to be particularly nutrient-rich.
- Petunias work well in containers, as well as planted in the garden. However, if you're going to plant them in a container you will want to make sure that you use a soil-less mix (a soil-less mix is composed of things like peat moss, composted pine bark, or coir, as well as inorganic components like sand).[2]
4Prepare the soil for planting. Make sure to dig the soil so that it is nice and loose (allowing for better drainage). You want to both condition the soil and fertilize it to make it ready for petunias. If you're planting in the garden, condition the soil with organic matter like baled peat moss, well-rotted leaf compost or manure. You'll need to spread this organic matter about two to three inches thick.
- Incorporate the organic matter into the soil by using a garden fork to about the depth of eight to ten inches. This can help break up heavy clay soil, allowing for better water drainage or increase the ability of sandy soil to hold nutrients and moisture.
- Fertilize your soil by using a balanced fertilizer (like 8-8-8, 10-10-10, or 12-12-12) into your garden's soil. You'll want to do this at the rate of about two pounds per hundred square feet. When the season changes (early to mid-July) you'll want to give liquid fertilizer that's meant specially for flowering plants a try, at about every three weeks (although, weekly for spreading petunias).
- Now, if you're using a window box, or container, you'll need to mix timed-release fertilizer into the soil.
5Space them correctly. Most petunia varieties require at least 12 inches (30.5 cm) between plants in full sunlight. If you have to use a shadier location, then go for several inches closer together (around nine, ten inches). There are some exceptions to this rule to keep in mind.
- Milliflora petunias can be placed closer together than the other types with as little as four to six inches between them.
- Spreading petunias, on the other hand, should really be spaced as much as one and a half feet.
6Plant them in the right season. You want to begin bedding the plants in early spring to help acclimatize them to the outdoors. If you're planting them in the ground you should make sure to wait until after the danger of frost as past (or you can cover them at night to protect them from frost).[3]
- You want the soil temperature to be about 60 degrees. Colder than that and the petunia won't flourish.
- If it is really hot, make sure to provide some shade for the petunias. Although they love and thrive on lots of sun, too much can have an adverse effect on them.
Part 2
Growing Petunias From Seed
1Start your seedlings. Petunias aren't exactly easy to grow from seedlings, but it can definitely be done and it usually means that you can cultivate more petunias for cheaper! Start your seedlings 10 to 12 weeks before you plan to plant them (early spring, is recommended, such as March in the northern climates).
- Try to get pelleted seeds, because these are easier to handle, especially for inexperienced gardeners. Petunia seeds can be difficult to handle, because of their size, so make sure you take that into consideration.
2Prepare the seeds for sprouting. Petunia seeds require specific conditions in which to sprout. They need somewhere warm and bright (about 70 to 85 degrees) indoors, because they cannot yet handle being outside yet.
- Spread the tiny seeds on top of fresh damp potting soil or sphagnum moss. Make sure that you spread them sparingly, so they don't crowd one another out as they are trying to grow.
- Press them into the potting material gently or water with a fine mist to wash them into the potting soil.
- Cover with clear plastic wrap and store in a bright warm spot away from direct sunlight until they begin to sprout (which usually happens seven to ten days after planting).
3Take care of the newly sprouted seedlings. When the seedlings begin to sprout you will want to remove the plastic film. Move to bright, cool spot after sprouting. This usually takes place about seven to ten days after you plant the petunia seeds.
- Move to a brighter cooler spot after they have sprouted. The best temperatures are 64 degree days, with the temperature at night ranging from 55 degrees to 65 degrees.
4Place the petunia seeds beneath fluorescent lights. You will want the petunias to be at least four to six inches beneath the light fixture. Make sure that you put a timer on the lights so that they are lit between 16 and 18 hours each day.
- Raise the lights as the seedlings grow, so that there is always that four to six inch space between the petunias and the lights.
- You don't particularly need to get an expensive light fixture that is especial to growing plants. Ordinary fluorescent light tubes work just fine.
- Make sure that the plants are directly beneath the lights (unlike before they sprouted when you want the seeds away from direct sunlight).
5Transplant seedlings. You'll know it's time to transplant the seedlings when they have three true leaves each. Then it's time to put them in their own individual peat pots or packs that hold several plants each.
- Feed them diluted liquid fertilizer until frost danger is past and you can plant outdoors.
- Be sure to plant in moderately fertile well-drained soil.
6Harden the young plants. You'll do this by putting the young petunias outside on days that are sunny and warm. When it cools down for the night, bring them back inside, so that they stay warm.
- After doing this for several days you can plant them outdoors permanently.
Part 3
Caring for Your Blossoming Petunias
1Encourage new growth. Depending on the type of petunia you'll need to do some deadheading and some pinching to encourage new growths and flowering side shoots. This will encourage more flowers.
- For grandifloras and multifloras, when they reach about six inches tall, pinch them back so that you encourage the rapid formation of their flowering side shoots.
- Avoid pinching millifloras or "spreading" petunias.
- Deadhead them. Maintain constant blooming of your petunias during the season by pinching off faded blooms (deadheading). Multifloras won't need deadheading. Trim the plant by a third if it becomes too scraggly and isn't blooming well. That will encourage new growth and vigor.
2Give them the right amount of fertilizer. You want to make sure that your petunia is healthy without over-fertilizing it. If the foliage of the petunia is looking healthy and vigorous, but the petunia isn't blooming, or isn't blooming well, you need to reduce the amount of fertilizer.
- A good idea is to fertilize your plants monthly, because this will ensure good growth without over-fertilizing.
- Double-flowered cultivars, however, should have a biweekly dose of fertilizer.
3Water them properly. Most petunia types are fairly easy-going when it comes to water. So a thorough watering about once a week should be good enough, unless the weather is incredibly dry. You want to soak to about a depth of six to eight inches each time to you water.
- Spreading types of petunias do need to be watered more frequently (more than once a week).
- Petunias in containers also need more watering depending on their size and the volume of the soil that they contain. Often petunias in containers need to be watered as much as once as day.
- A good rule of thumb is to allow at least one inch of soil on the top to dry before you water them again.
Part 4
Troubleshooting Your Petunias
1Control the pests in your garden. You will see signs of aphids and caterpillars, pests that can destroy your petunias. You will want to get rid of them so that the petunias will keep thriving.
- If you see that you have aphids make sure to get rid of them by spraying the petunias with a strong blast of water. Keep doing this until the aphids are gone.
- Watch for small black droppings and holes in leaves and buds which may indicate caterpillars are after your petunias. Treat with environmentally friendly insecticide.
2Water evenly. Sometimes the new flowers will wilt before they actually bloom. When this happens it's because you aren't watering them evenly. Allow the soil to dry out and water thoroughly.[4]
- Make sure that you're watering at the base of the plant and not on the plant itself.
3Avoid petunia diseases. There isn't a whole lot that you can do about diseases like soft rot and mold. However, if you live in a rainy area, you might try planting the rain-resistant multiflora, rather than one of the other petunia kinds.
- it's super important that you don't over-water. This can lead to problems with soft rot and mold.
Community Q&A
Will they come again next year?wikiHow ContributorMost petunias are perennials, they should return or be there next year if properly cared for.
My newly planted out petunias have some white areas on the leaves. Could this be from overwatering them?wikiHow ContributorNo, you probably just need some more sun on the plant. The white areas are a result of lack of sun. If you are in a warm place, put them outside. If cold, place by a nice window.
How can I distinguish between an upright and trailing petunia plant?
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When is the best time to sow petunia seeds in southern Europe?
How should petunias be planted and cared for in Iraq?
What should I do with my petunias when the leaves are small & a lighter green color? Does that mean the plants are going to seed?
- If you're looking to plant a specific petunia color scheme keep in mind that purple-flowered varieties tend to be more vigorous, while the yellow-flowered ones tend to be the least vigorous. This can make them more difficult to grow together.
- When you want your petunia to bloom more you need to cut the stems (with the flowers on it) off.
- If you are growing your petunias in pots, try to keep them outdoors as much as possible so they can adapt to the weather.
- Petunias tend to die at temperatures around or below freezing, so remember that these are only short-lived perennials. You can take some cuttings and keep them in water over winter, but it's usually best just to start fresh and re-plant each spring.[5]
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Hi, I was blessed with the opportunity to attend Tom Givens Advanced firearms class at FAS. I will give a more thourogh AAR later, but in short it is a fantastic class. I have extensive firearms experience as a retired 19D, served 5 years with Ed Stock in the 19th Group, 4 Combat tours, and was just the subject of a documentary Seconds to a New War, 9 times fired at the All Army matches in either rifle or light machine gun. But, I have to admit I pretty much ignored the handgun as something to get me to my rifle. Now, as a civilian, the owner of Gator Farm Tactical, I have been putting an emphasis on handgun. I wish I had attended Tom Givens class sooner. I live 12 miles from the border and my SOCOM16 will still be my go to firearm, but I will employ the drills I learned from Tom to great use. I will send Vicki Butler, and possibly Phil Wong to the class as soon as it is economically
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Belief revision systems aim at keeping a database consistent. They mostly concentrate on how to record and maintain dependencies. We propose an axiomatic system, called MFOT, as a solution to the problem of belief revision. MFOT has a set of proper axioms which selects a set of most plausible and consistent input beliefs. The proposed nonmonotonic inference rule further maintains consistency while generating the consequences of input beliefs. It also permits multiple property inheritance with exceptions. We have also examined some important properties of the proposed axiomatic system. We also propose a belief revision model that is object-centered. The relevance of such a model in maintaining the beliefs of a physician is examined.


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Good afternoon.
My name's Kel.
This machine is intended for smaller projects.
Say for example painting or finishing furniture.
You'll find it slow going for a garage.
It's not designed to finish horizontal surfaces.
So it won't work for decks.
Unless you have A LOT of other projects I'd recommend going to a rental shop and getting a larger system for the garage --especially an airless unit. You can rent much higher quality equipment and get the work done more quickly to a higher quality.
They could also set you up with equipment for the deck.
When you type, 'how does this work?'
have I answered your question?
How about this one. this one has an ez tilt technology.
here is the video - he is doing it for horizontal surface too.
The good news is the video shows it'll work at any angle.
So that'll do all the surfaces you want. Eaves, walls and decks.
The only down side I see is there's no hose to put into a five gallon bucket, so be prepared for the awkwardness of having to reload a lot for larger projects.
If you've never used a sprayer the most important technique is to keep it PARALLEL to the finish surface. The natural tendency is to spray in an arc which will cause it to run from too thick in the middle and too thin at the ends of the pass.
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The V&A has operated the Fund since 1881, helping museums, libraries and archives to develop their collections. The Purchase Grant Fund supports the purchase of material as diverse as a collection of letters from Daphne Du Maurier to Ivan Magee (Exeter University Library; £1,600 grant); the mixed media work Roberta Breitmore by Lynn Hershmann Leeson (Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester; £50,000 grant) and a hoard of Iron Age coins from Little Horwood (Buckinghamshire County Museum; £12,900 grant ).
The maximum grant is normally 50% of the purchase price. In exceptional circumstances grants of more than 50% may be considered, subject to available funds. Local financial commitment is essential. Grants are calculated on the level of local contribution. Up to £5 of grant aid may be given for each £1 of locally-raised funding. Local sources might include the applicant's own funds, special appeals, contributions by friends' organisations, local business or private donations.
The balance may be sought from other nationally-administered grant giving bodies such as the Art Fund, the Friends of the National Libraries, the Beecroft Bequest, the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
A minimum purchase price of £500, and maximum of £300 000, apply.
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The Headley Trust is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts. Its trustees are aware of the great difficulties many regional and local museums find in raising the purchase sum to secure archaeological artefacts.
This scheme runs alongside, and in close collaboration with, the V&A Purchase Grant Fund. Applicant museums need to meet the eligibility criteria laid out in the Information for Applicants document available from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund. An application will only be accepted by the Headley Trust's office if the V&A Purchase Grant Fund has already offered a grant.
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