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Solex 1.4.2 is on its way to your devices!
I'm leaving for a business trip on Monday, and wanted to get this out before then. So here's what's in this update:
. Dynamic ROI in Missions
This is a refined version of what was in that "Dynamic ROI" video I put up last Sunday. Essentially, it allows you to set a ROI (Region Of Interest) in a mission without having an explicit "Set ROI" command in the mission itself. For example, let's say you have a mission flying around a certain area, and you're in a vehicle or on foot in that area. You can select "Me" from the "ROI" options in the Mission Layer, and your copter will turn to point at you and track you as you move. You can select "Touch" and it will turn to point at whatever location you touch on the map. In a later version, I'll add support for Solex Target. The video below shows the copter flying around a field with me in it. At one point I switch from a Touch ROI (pointing at my car) to pointing at me. It's otherwise just a normal spline-type mission flying around a field. Later today, I hope to make a mission where it's following me in a vehicle, so I can test/demo the location prediction the app is doing.
. Increase max circle radius on missions
Someone asked for the ability to make larger circles in missions. I think the max value was 50 meters before, and now it's 200. That's a huge circle, but there you go.
. Fix missing "Missions Doc" button
It seems some people were unable to find the "Missions Doc" button. It turns out that was a bug, which has been fixed. You should be able to see it now.
. Mission Jump command
This is really handy if you're doing a mission where you want it to repeat part of a mission. Suppose you have a set of points you want to fly 4 times over and over, and then continue and finish the mission. You can do that with Jumps. It works pretty well with Movable ROIs, for example if you'd like to fly a certain path a number of times, while looking at a moving object or different points.
. Mission YawCondition command
This lets you specify a specific Yaw when the copter arrives at a waypoint in a mission.
. Mission SetRelay command
Really not much different than running an in-app command at a specific waypoint, but this variant of "Set Relay" is on the vehicle itself, so it will run in the mission even if you've flown far enough away that you lose contact with it.
. Fixed bug in battery stats
The flight counts for batteries should seriously be correct now. Really!
. Fixed "Spinning HDR shot" issue
Someone found a weird case where if you do an HDR shot while pointing the camera straight down, the copter would spin in place. It wasn't really an actual spin, it was just the copter moving to try to keep the subject in view as it drifts around slightly.
. Minor layout fixes
With "Advanced Mode" turned on, the flight-mode indicator on the flight screen is a drop-down, which was previously large enough to crowd the altitude and distance fields on smaller devices. I reduced the size of the drop-down, which should help with this. If it continues to be an issue, I'll make the entire view scrollable.
Here's a video of my Solo flying around doing a couple of ROIs, and otherwise just having fun in a wide-open space.
Have a good week, everyone. I'll be glad to be back from the trip.