Lagoon User Manual
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1. If you are running as the client who is the server server 134 197 40 138 Port to connect to server over note server must have matching port port 28000 Fig 14 Option Explorer Networking Options 12 Lagoon User Manual KEE Tree NEVA Tree moor nthing nent Ets Name map i E options game Path map Lu Type Hib Class Role b sp comm Var Name var Type x ly I w H is pos vector3 Ei E me rot quatemion 1 0 P stats side ref game sid res octradius float 1 0 D net name string Open Water description string continued terrain string water z heightmap string sandiegoh detail string waterDetail Skybox string clearbluer detailsize int 64 error int 5 maxheight float 0 101868 FI worldsize float 20000 0 lattop float 40 0 latbottom float 38 5 ID Inolaft float 1200 Le Fig 15 Eva Explorer 76mmfire Sinchshelifire Fig 16 Sound Explorer v LIES 0x Ms ep Coef 1 000000 LZ sum Behavior move Coef 1 000000 nearValuableEnemies Coef 20 000000 func VALUE OVER THREAT pol LINEAR radius AREA who ENEMIES radiusCoef 1 000000 7 awayPowerfulEnemies Coef 10 000000 func POWER pol LINEAR radius WEAPON2. who ENEMIES radiusCoef 1 000000 Ek distract E gekuness P collisionAvoidance Ek defend b riskyness b collisionAvoidance Fig 17 IM Explorer 13 Lagoon User Manual 1 3 Lagoon 3D World The Lagoon World is the actual graphical 3D domain in which ships are created and maneuvered by users Detail of its characteristics and operational capabilities are given in Section 2 of this manual 1 4 CAT Interface CAT allows authoring and execution via direct control of individual entities users control are given via CAT s Command panel In addition visualization of the current state of a behavior s execution is also possible via CAT s Visuals panel Details of CAT S capabilities are available in Section 3 of this manual 15 SP Interface SP is responsible for organizing entities into groups and assigning tasks to groups In addition it displays various pieces of information about the Lagoon world Details on SP are provided in Section 4 of this manual 14 Lagoon User Manual Lagoon World 2 1 Overview The main elements present in Lagoon World s GUI are a compass and an indicator of simulation speed Fig 18 An essential interface device for operating within Lagoon is the Petal menu which gives access to a variety of user operations This menu is detailed next Compass Lagoon 3D orld Simulation Speed Fig 18 Lagoon World 2 20 The Petal Menu
3. Output entity information on the console and terminal Take screenshot of world Stop game Decrease camera speed Toggle camera lock on ship Toggle sky active Toggle water active Rotate camera to the left Double simulation speed Move camera up Increase camera speed Toggle display of axis Toggle display of octree Move camera down Camera zoom out Toggle screen grid n x x 2 lt c a a w o v o e o Z Z a s Camera zoom in 50 Lagoon User Manual Known Issues The following is a list of known issues Suggested format DESCRIPTION Brief description with context and relevant details POSSIBLE CAUSE Brief description 51
4. Values Default Description Values Default stickyselect Description cove coveserver side map loadplan skybox net ip server Values Default Description Values Default Description Values Default Description Values Default Description Values Default Description Values Default Description Values Default Description Values Default Description Values Default Description Values Default Remember options between runs 0 1 1 Enables disables weapon firing 0 1 0 Enables disables weapons doing damage 0 1 0 Enables disables sticky select where clicking in the open doesn t unselect entities 0 1 0 Load Cove data or Lagoon data 0 1 1 IP of the cove server 192 168 1 4 Which side the user runs as empty string enables the dialog blue red green yellow bm observer bm Which map to be loaded openwater Which saved plan to be loaded none Which skybox to be loaded none Is this machine running as a server or a client server client server This machine s IP myip If this machine is a client which IP has the server x 134 197 40 138 48 Lagoon User Manual Connecting Lagoon with COVE The following is a series of steps to connect Lagoon with COVE You will need to know the IP address of the Windows machine where COVE is installed or where COVE i
5. Hel MAN EE RATS 44 Cl E 45 ET EE 45 el EE 45 SIWHEG ca P C 46 02 1 DCI T Destroyer suonate 46 9 Fishing BOSE o nop dese cb OO en aed aeq o e pe ctos gaia 46 BA ROO d Sedo odd den ee ein Ce eege 47 Lagoon User Manual Introduction 1 1 Overview Lagoon is a 3D environment for naval surface simulation and training Its main purpose is to help navy officers and trainees better prepare against potential attacks by swarms of small boats To achieve this two major modes of operations are supported in Lagoon Authoring during which scenarios involving a variety of entities ships are created and saved as learned behaviors internally these are represented as behavior networks and Execution during which recorded behaviors scenarios are played back under the user s control In both authoring and execution modes of operation the users can select individual entities or groups of entities in Lagoon and maneuver them using a set of commands available via Lagoon s GUI Details of these commands as well as of the other features provided by the environment are given throughout this manual As shown in Fig 1 the main parts of Lagoon s GUI are 1 Lagoon 3D world 11 CAT controller and iii SP In addition some Lagoon functions are available through the environment s menu bar Lagoon User Manual M GUIManager File VShipComm Exec Formations Flags Tools ontroller Authoring Tool PC
6. Fig Lagoon User Manual List of Figures REC EE 7 2 Lagoon Menti Bar rr 8 3 Lagoon File Menu eene nenner ene nen nete nnne tree nennen nnns 8 4 Lagoon VShipComm MeDt sude ses Opus edd 8 5 Lagoon Exe Meni m 9 b Lagoon Formations MEO 9 7 Lagoon Flags su T 9 8 Lagoon Tools Men 9 OG EXDIOPSE lattiera 10 10 Option Explorer Boolean Options Submenu sese 10 11 Option Explorer Tools Submenu i 11 12 Option Explorer Cove SUDImenu eese Celer cxi ch eat cud e a cu era catt eats 11 13 Option Explorer Game Options Submen 12 14 Option Explorer Networking Options 12 15 EY aE OVER EE 13 RE 13 Feet 13 I8 Lagoon World arl ani 15 19 Lagoon World Main Petal Men 16 20 Lagoon World Petal Menu Camera Controls Submenu 17 21 Lagoon World Petal Menu Time Controls Submenu 17 22 Lagoon World Petal Menu Battle Master Submenu ssssssssss 18 23 Lagoon World Petal Menu Create Entity Submenu sss 18 24 Lagoon World Petal Menu Create Large Entity Submenu osssensneseesssesees0ee 19 25 Lagoon World Petal Menu Create Medium Entity Submenu 19 26 Lagoon World Petal Menu Create Small Entity Submenu 20 27 Lagoon World Petal Menu Move Entity Submenu esses 20 28 Lagoon World R Petal
7. Lagoon User Manual CREATE TRIGGER uu Name trigO Type AlertSensor Cancel Add Fig 58 CAT Create Alert Sensor Trigger Panel As shown in Fig 59 the additional details needed to create a Distance trigger consist of a Subtype as previously described in Fig 57 a To ship selected from the drop down list of existing entities in Lagoon 3D world and a From ship also selected from the drop down list of existing entities in Lagoon 3D world CREATE TRIGGER B Name trigl Type DistanceSensor Subtype greaterThan v To cigarette From ddg510 Ba Cancel Add Fig 59 CAT Create Distance Sensor Trigger Panel As shown in Fig 60 the additional details needed to create a Damage trigger consist of a Subtype as previously described in Fig 57 and a To ship selected from the drop down list of existing entities in Lagoon 3D world CREATE TRIGGER E Name trigl Type DamageSensor Subtype greaterThan D To ddg510 D Cancel Add Fig 60 CAT Create Damage Sensor Trigger Panel Fig 61 shows that information displayed about a trigger consists of name type and specific trigger dependent details such as subtype to and from in the case of a distance trigger This information can be obtained by clicking on the Info button of the Triggers panel Figs 54 and 55 36 Lagoon User Manual DistanceSensor lessThan E cigarette ddg510 K Fig 61 CAT Trigger I
8. Lagoon User Manual Fig 28 Lagoon World R Petal Menu Entity Submenu As shown in Fig 29 the petal menu s Groups submenu that opens for a selected entity allows the user to remove the entity from a group option Remove From Group or assign the entity to a group via the submenu Assign to Group further detailed in Fig 30 Fig 29 Lagoon World Petal Menu Groups Submenu Fig 30 which contains the Assign to Group submenu indicates that an entity can be assigned to any of the 10 possible groups numbered from 0 to 9 21 Lagoon User Manual Fig 30 Lagoon World Petal Menu Assign to Group Submenu The Entity Battle Master submenu shown in Fig 31 applies for a selected entity and contains 2 options Place and Delete and a submenu Set Side Place allows quick placement of the entity at a desired position and with desired orientation by dragging the entity in the Lagoon 3D world while Delete serves for removing an entity from the Lagoon world The Set Side submenu is detailed in Fig 32 Fig 31 Lagoon World Petal Menu Entity Battle Master Submenu As shown in Fig 32 the Entity Set Side submenu contains 5 sides to which an entity can be assigned to Blue Yellow Neutral Green and Red 22 Lagoon User Manual Fig 32 Lagoon World Petal Menu Entity Set Side Submenu The petal menu s Entity Behavior submenu has one submenu Target Group further detailed in Fig 34 and 5 possible behaviors that can be assi
9. AT Menubar Lagoon World tous HEH swosSpeedBoatl ingboatl I Fig 1 Lagoon World Specific details of operations for the first three Lagoon World CAT and SP are further given in their dedicated sections 1 2 Menu Bar Lagoon s menu bar Fig 2 allows access to a number of operations as follows The File menu Fig 3 allows saving and loading files as well as exiting the system The VShipComm menu Fig 4 is used in connection with COVE specifically for getting harbor information from the COVE world as well as for connecting with and disconnecting from this external environment COVE The Exec menu has Fig 5 has only one menu item Execute which is used for executing a plan further details are given in Section 4 The Formations menu Fig 6 is used as an alternative for grouping entities units into three types of formation column formation V formation and row formation grouping entities can be performed directly using Lagoon World s petal menu detailed in Section 2 of this manual The Flags menu Fig 7 provides access to two types of umpire cues start scenario and target query The Tools menu Fig 8 gives access to advanced explorer features of the environment These are used mostly for debugging purposes but could also Lagoon User Manual provide good insight to users into the status of the Lagoon environment as follows o Option Explo
10. Lagoon User Manual July 25 2006 Project Team Dr Sushil Louis Dr Monica Nicolescu Dr Sergiu Dascalu Chris Miles Ryan Leigh Adam Olenderski Juan Quiroz David Carr Anil Shankar Lagoon User Manual Table of contents EE ee EENEG 3 E E E ZE 4 ee 6 Li aa 6 1 2 Menu eebe 7 iS Lagoon 3 D World E 14 E E E 14 LS SP cse EE UM 14 Lagoon WEE 15 Eae cii E 15 2 2 Th Peta T 15 2 3 Entity and Group Markets esee ira 24 DUE Uu E LE LL ML 27 Bl Rca 27 3 3 T pgers Panel sisses cu doses tad nsa PUN t e EAEE shed t 34 3 4 Vis als PAUel E 37 c CT S o 38 LL DI cT ccm 38 4 2 Information Panel cssseestos on idupt thm E UC Y QU PARA E EUR Pus ba psa ERU enn 38 4 3 Assignment Info Panel 39 AA Groups Panel E UTEM 39 49 Individ ls uu nne E ERE EE 39 AT MDa NENNT UU mmm 39 cdi 4 5 1 Authoring Scenarios 41 5 2 Ex cutina SEA iaia 41 vais 14 c m ah RR RR ER E EE E EE 43 LEE EE EE 48 Connecting Lagoon with E 49 ke Mappe 50 LT e E EA 51 Lagoon User Manual Abbreviations CAT Controller Authoring Tool GUI Graphical User Interface SP Strategic Planner Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig
11. Menu Entity Submenu sse 2 29 Lagoon World Petal Menu Groups Submenu sse 21 30 Lagoon World Petal Menu Assign to Group Submenu 22 31 Lagoon World Petal Menu Entity Battle Master Submenu 22 32 Lagoon World Petal Menu Entity Set Side Submenu 23 33 Lagoon World Petal Menu Entity Behavior Submenu sss 23 34 Lagoon World Petal Menu Target Group Submenu 24 35 Lagoon World Entity Selection Markers 25 36 Lagoon World Target line from entity to selected target 25 37 Lagoon World Distance trigger line with actual distance value 26 38 Lagoon World Move to glowing point and current heading line 26 39 CAT Command Triggers and Visuals Tabe seen 27 40 CAT Command Tab in Authoring mode sse 27 41 Command Tab AE 28 42 CAT Approach Behavior Panel with Maintain Speed 30 43 CAT Approach Behavior Panel with Maintain Tmme 30 Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Lagoon User Manual 44 CAT Maintain Station Behavior Panel with Maintain Speed 31 45 CAT Maintain St
12. The Petal Menu whose name comes from its resemblance with a round shaped flower with symmetrical petals is an innovative interface device that uses a compact form to give access to a variety of user operations These operations are illustrated next starting with the Petal Menu s main ayer or main menu Fig 19 and then continuing top down inside the hierarchy of layers or submenus that make up the Petal Menu s structure Camera Controls Fig 20 Time Controls Fig 21 Battle Master Fig 22 Create Entity Fig 23 Create Large Entity Fig 24 Create Medium Entity Fig 25 Create Small Entity Fig 26 Move Entity Fig 27 Entity 15 Lagoon User Manual Fig 28 Groups Fig 29 Assign to Group Fig 30 Entity Battle Master Fig 31 Entity Set Side Fig 32 Entity Behavior Fig 33 and Target Group Fig 34 As shown in Fig 19 the main petal menu consists of three submenus Battle Master which includes options functions related to creating and control entities in the Lagoon 3D world Camera Controls which provides options for moving the camera view within the Lagoon world and Time Controls which has options for changing the speed of the simulation Fig 19 Lagoon World Main Petal Menu In Fig 20 the Camera Controls submenu consists of three options for moving the camera view within the Lagoon world Faster which increases the camera speed action that can be also performed by pressing the T key o
13. ach Fig 42 and Fig 43 2 MA Maintain Station Fig 44 and Fig 45 3 RA Ram Fig 46 and Fig 47 4 MO MoveTo Fig 48 and Fig 49 5 FI Fire Fig 52 6 AL Avoid Land Fig 50 7 AE Avoid Entity Fig 51 In addition a small red button is used to clear stop all entity s primitive behaviors The Behavior Control panel has a sub panel the Target panel Fig 53 which provides information about the selected target if any of the selected entity Also when a specific behavior is selected the sub panel corresponding to that behavior e g Approach as shown in Figs 40 and 41 opens in the Behavior Control panel just below the set of 2 letter marked buttons Fig 42 shows the Approach behavior control sub panel with option Maintain speed selected In this case the Selector slider allows setting the desired speed while the New station range and New station bearing sliders allow setting of desired range and bearing respectively Note that in general for all behaviors the values of sliders can be fine tuned by using the regular left and right arrow keys found on the keyboard 29 Lagoon User Manual Fig 42 CAT Approach Behavior Panel with Maintain Speed Fig 43 shows the Approach behavior control sub panel with option Maintain time selected In this case the Selector slider allows setting the desired time while the New station range and New station bearing sliders allow setting of desired ra
14. ation Behavior Panel with Maintain Tme 31 46 CAT Ram Ship Behavior Panel with Maintain Speed 32 47 CAT Ram Ship Behavior Panel with Maintain Time 32 48 CAT Move To Behavior Panel with Maintain Speed 33 49 CAT Move To Behavior Panel with Maintain Tume sess 33 50 CAT Avoid Land Behavior EE 33 51 CAT Avoid Entity Behavior pei o prd ri 34 D2 CAM Fire Behav om oda dd dae eh ia 34 DO CONT EE ET 34 54 CAT Triggers panel in authoring mode 35 55 CAT Triggers panel in execution mode eu eet rana 35 56 CAT Types of Triggers Dropdown Mer aio o eaedem eei x cete uet 39 57 CAT Types of Trigger Subtypes Dropdown Menu 35 58 CAT Create Alert Sensor Trigger Panel L usi riore 36 59 CAT Create Distance Sensor Trigger Panel eene eret eet tine 36 60 CAT Create Damage Sensor Trigger Panel 36 61 CAT Trigger Information Panels 2 25004 Nae edes Aude nma Port e iquat 37 62 CAT Delete Trigger Panel ceo hc oret E E ete tr eem 37 63 OP EON E 38 OA SP Load SavedPlilicron lode 38 65 SPSAVE PIAN siii i 39 66 SP Assignment Info Panel WEE 39 67 San Di go Mint Map sed eege ege 40 68 CAT Behavior Recorder EE 41 69 CAT Save Recorded Behavior Panel EEN 41 70 CAT Behavior Playback Panel ie rtt etr eth ttn eret Eeer 42 71 CAT Select Network to Load Dropdown Menu 42 79 Doria TEE 43 SCI lean 43 PAC TEAL CLES BOA 1 lella helena 44 Pinder E 44 VOCE QUE sche Be ca eek a cet ot ada ape as E 44
15. e cursor in the Lagoon 3D world a large entity that can be of any of the 9 types listed on the petals e g FFG7 DDGS1 etc 18 Lagoon User Manual Fig 24 Lagoon World Petal Menu Create Large Entity Submenu In Fig 25 the Create Medium Entity submenu is shown Via this submenu the user can create at the place of the cursor in the Lagoon 3D world a medium entity that can be of any of the 3 types listed on the petals Fishing boat Sail boat Tractor tug Fig 25 Lagoon World Petal Menu Create Medium Entity Submenu In Fig 26 the Create Small Entity submenu is shown Via this submenu the user can create at the place of the cursor in the Lagoon 3D world a small entity that can be of any of the 5 types listed on the petals e g Cigarette Launch etc Lagoon User Manual Fig 26 Lagoon World Petal Menu Create Small Entity Submenu When an entity is selected in the Lagoon 3D world the petal menu invoked by right clicking the mouse in the Lagoon world opens the Move Entity submenu with six options as shown in Fig 27 Move Move To Move Pos Route Add Waypt and Follow Track Fig 27 Lagoon World Petal Menu Move Entity Submenu Also when an entity is selected in the Lagoon 3D world the petal menu that opens for that entity has two submenus Battle Master and Groups and four submenus Debug Watch Reset Track Attach Camera and Watch Entity s Groups and Battle Master submenus are described next 20
16. en mode of operation the Mode Toggle buttons of the Mode sub panel top of Command panel as pointed out in Fig 40 can be used to switch between Authoring and Execution 3 1 Mode Panel The Mode panel serves for switching between Authoring and Execution The mode shown Authoring in Fig 40 Execution in Fig 41 is the current mode of operation for the selected entity 3 2 Entity Panel The Entity panel Fig 40 second from top displays information about the selected entity and allows setting the desired heading by using the knob s red needle the desired speed 28 Lagoon User Manual by using the vertical slider on the left hand side of the panel the desired safety factor i e the weight of avoiding collision by using the horizontal slider on the left hand side of the panel and the desired objective factor i e the weight of achieving the entity s objective by using the horizontal slider on the right hand side of the panel 3 3 Control Panel The Behavior Control panel Fig 40 center serves for controlling the behavior of the selected entity The small 2 letter marked buttons on top of this panel provide the interface for accessing one of 7 possible primitive behaviors When the cursor is over such a button a tool tip indicates the full name of the primitive behavior the button is associated with For easier identification 2 letters are assigned to these behavior buttons as follows 1 AP Appro
17. gned to the selected entity Fire Move To Ramship Maintain Station and Select Target Fig 33 Lagoon World Petal Menu Entity Behavior Submenu As shown in Fig 34 the Target Group submenu has two options Ram and Attack 23 Lagoon User Manual Fig 34 Lagoon World Petal Menu Target Group Submenu 2 3 Entity and Group Markers The following visual circular markers each with a specific contour color as specified next are used in Lagoon Fig 35 BLUE Cursor over entity YELLOW CAT selected GREEN SP selected RED Target selected In addition for easier at sea identification from a distance additional markers are attached to entities these are visible only at a higher level of zooming out Fig 35 TRIANGLE Small size entity SQUARE Medium size entity POLYGON Large size entity 24 Lagoon User Manual Fig 35 Lagoon World Entity Selection Markers Other visual markers in Lagoon World are Target line ORANGE line from an entity to its selected target Fig 36 Distance trigger line YELLOW line between two entities Fig 37 Current heading BLUE line from the entity Fig 38 Move to point LIGHT GREEN glowing point the entity is moving to Fig 38 Fig 36 Lagoon World Target line from entity to selected target 25 Lagoon User Manual Fig 37 Lagoon World Distance trigger line with actual distance value Fig 38 Lagoon World Move to glowing point and c
18. ior Panel with Maintain Time Fig 48 shows the Move To behavior control sub panel with option Maintain speed selected In this case the Selector slider allows setting the desired speed for moving to the selected point the coordinates of which being displayed in XY format 32 Lagoon User Manual Fig 48 CAT Move To Behavior Panel with Maintain Speed Fig 49 shows the Move To behavior control sub panel with option Maintain time selected In this case the Selector slider allows setting the desired time for moving to the selected point the coordinates of which being displayed in XY format Fig 49 CAT Move To Behavior Panel with Maintain Time Fig 50 shows the simple interface of the Avoid Land behavior control sub panel which can only be started using the Start button or stopped using the Stop button as the Start button changes into a Stop button when the behavior is started Fig 50 CAT Avoid Land Behavior 33 Lagoon User Manual Fig 51 shows the Avoid Entity behavior control sub panel while Fig 52 shows the Fire behavior control sub panel both similar to the Avoid Land control sub panel Fig 51 CAT Avoid Entity Behavior Fig 52 CAT Fire Behavior Fig 53 shows the Target sub panel of an entity s behavior Control panel If a target was selected the information displayed about it consists of name speed heading range range and position XY 1925 11623 19231 Fig 53 CAT Ta
19. n the keyboard Slower which decreases the camera speed can be also performed by pressing the G key and Unattach Attach which toggles the camera lock on the ship can also be performed by pressing the L key In Fig 20 the camera is attached to the ship and thus the left hand side petal indicates the Unattach as possible action When camera is unattached this petal will indicate Attach as possible action 16 Lagoon User Manual Fig 20 Lagoon World Petal Menu Camera Controls Submenu Fig 21 shows the Time Controls submenu with three options Faster which increases doubles the speed of simulation can also be performed by pressing the R key Slower which decreases by half the speed of simulation can also be performed by pressing the F key and P which pauses resumes the simulation can also be performed by pressing the P key Fig 21 Lagoon World Petal Menu Time Controls Submenu Lagoon User Manual The Battle Master submenu of the petal menu is shown in Fig 22 It allows access to the Create Entity submenu detailed in Fig 23 Fig 22 Lagoon World Petal Menu Battle Master Submenu The Create Entity submenu shown in Fig 23 allows the user to create entities of three types Large Medium and Small these submenus are further detailed next Fig 23 Lagoon World Petal Menu Create Entity Submenu In Fig 24 the Create Large Entity submenu is shown Via this submenu the user can create at the place of th
20. nformation Panel In Authoring mode if the Delete button is clicked on for a selected trigger the warning message shown in Fig 62 is displayed to prevent accidental deletion of the trigger by the user No Yes Fig 62 CAT Delete Trigger Panel 3 4 Visuals Panel The Visuals panel will be incorporated in the near future into CAT s GUI Lagoon User Manual H SP 4 1 Overview SP is responsible for organizing entities into groups and assigning CAT tasks to those groups In addition it displays a variety of information about the state of the Lagoon world This section details information on the usage of SP describing the interface and all of its components The main component of SP s GUI are shown in Fig 63 Assignment Entity Under Information Cursor Information Panel Groups Individuals Panel Panel Panel l Egiove Selected Assignment Info Groups Individuals Py llifeboato ddg510 coan cigarette1 me lifeboat ddg51 Objective T lifeboatO 100 0 100 0 cue LL cigarette0 launchO ddg510 default J default J LE Kn Selected Entity Information Panel Minimap Fig 63 SP Interface 4 20 Information Panel The Information panel Fig 63 left hand side shows information on what is currently selected This can be helpful in selecting a particular entity or in getting information about an entity Furthermore it has two butto
21. nge and bearing respectively Fig 43 CAT Approach Behavior Panel with Maintain Time 30 Lagoon User Manual Fig 44 shows the Maintain behavior control sub panel with option Maintain speed selected In this case the Selector slider allows setting the desired speed while the New station range and New station bearing sliders allow setting of desired range and bearing respectively Radio buttons Rel and Abs are used to choose between relative and absolute types of maintain station Fig 44 CAT Maintain Station Behavior Panel with Maintain Speed Fig 45 shows the Maintain behavior control sub panel with option Maintain time selected In this case the Selector slider allows setting the desired time while the New station range and New station bearing sliders allow setting of desired range and bearing repectively Radio buttons Rel and Abs are used to choose between relative and absolute types of maintain station Fig 45 CAT Maintain Station Behavior Panel with Maintain Time 31 Lagoon User Manual Fig 46 shows the Ramship behavior control sub panel with option Maintain speed selected In this case the Selector slider allows setting the desired speed for ramming Fig 46 CAT Ram Ship Behavior Panel with Maintain Speed Fig 47 shows the Ramship behavior control sub panel with option Maintain time selected In this case the Selector slider allows setting the desired time for ramming Fig 47 CAT Ram Ship Behav
22. ns that allows loading Fig 64 and respectively saving a plan Fig 65 In Fig 64 notice that if the Run Immediately checkbox is checked then all entities of the plan are loaded as quickly as possible Otherwise the entities are loaded at the same speed they were created when constructing the plan Filename sandiegoOutbound v NUM Load C Run Immediately Browse Browse pem 3 Cancel X Cancel Fig 64 SP Load Saved Plan 38 Lagoon User Manual Filename plano ly Casa C Save Camera Position Browse 3 Cancel Fig 65 SP Save Plan 4 3 Assignment Info Panel The Assignment Info panel Fig 66 displays information on the currently selected group It shows the name of the group and what it has been assigned to do including its target Assignment Info Group Objective Point Target Fig 66 SP Assignment Info Panel As shown in Fig 48 the colors attached to the entities in groups can be either GRAY neutral entities BLUE own entities or friendly or RED enemy entities 4 4 Groups Panel The Groups panel Fig 63 center is used for creating new empty groups as well as for spliting and merging existing groups Dragging a box in the 3D world over units designates them to be added to this new group The user can control click on the entity list to select or deselect individual entities He or she needs to choose a side for this group to belong to as well as a name and then hit a group n
23. order panel are STOP PAUSE RUN DELETE 41 Lagoon User Manual ieee s Fig 70 CAT Behavior Playback Panel To load a scenario the user has to select the behavior network to be executed from a drop down list Fig 71 Select Network gt maintainAvoid test2 move moveAvoid approachAvoid attack maintain test Fig 71 CAT Select Network to Load Dropdown Menu 42 Lagoon User Manual H Ship Models Following are the ship models that can populate the Lagoon system Figures 72 to 84 These ships can be created through the Petal Menu under the Battle Master Create Entity submenu option details are given in Section 2 Ships can be controlled independently or in groups Once a ship is created its velocity and heading can be specified through the CAT interface described in Section 3 Fig 72 Aircraft Carrier Fig 73 CG47 43 Lagoon User Manual Fig 74 Cigarette Boat Fig 75 Tractor Tug Fig 77 Lifeboat 44 Lagoon User Manual Fig 78 Sailboat Fig 79 Container Ship Fig 80 FFG7 45 Lagoon User Manual Fig 81 WHEC Fig 82 DDGSI1 Destroyer Fig 83 Fishing Boat 46 Lagoon User Manual Fig 84 Roro 47 Lagoon User Manual F Execution Options The options most commonly used on invoking the execution of Lagoon are the following nomem firing damage Description Values Default Description
24. r Load a Gui allowing the user to see edit all runtime options optionexplorer Fig 11 Option Explorer Tools Submenu Load cove data or lagoon data cove IP to the cove server Lagoon User Manual Ce A fe coveserver 192 168 1 4 Port on the cove server to connect to Coveport 4000 Enable disable transfering of harbors from cove V harborclient Fig 12 Option Explorer Cove Submenu 11 Lagoon User Manual Game Options e Y Name of the current player Identified as in multiplayer name localplayer Which side Should run as empty string enables the dialog side blue gt Which map should the thing used map sandiego Which mission should be loaded mission empty Which saved plan should be loaded Joadplan_ Should the autoloaded plan execute all its command immediately loadplaninst Overload which skybox to load skybox which windowsettings xml file to use for different resolutions windowsettings windowsettings How many steps can an AStar search take before failing maxastarsteps 100000 Fig 13 Option Explorer Game Options Submenu DESEN e Is this machine running a server standalone or as a client net server What is this machines IP can detect if properly setup otherwies overload here lip 127 0 0 1
25. rer submenu Fig 9 with the following subcategories Boolean Options submenu Fig 10 allowing various binary settings such as enabling disabling fire enabling disabling weapons doing damage enabling disabling sticky select option and so forth Tools submenu Fig 11 containing facilities for exploration such as logexplorer evaexplorer and soundexplorer Cove submenu Fig 12 with details on connecting to Cove such as the IP of the Cove server Game submenu Fig 13 with settings such as plan loaded side selected and skybox used Networking Options submenu Fig 14 with information on current machine and its networking characteristics e g is it working as a server or as client o Eva Explorer submenu Fig 15 o Sound Explorer submenu Fig 16 o M Explorer Fig 17 Eile VShipComm Exec Formations Flags Tools Plan Controller Authoring Tool PCAT Fig 2 Lagoon Menu Bar Fig 3 Lagoon File Menu Connect Disconnect Kill Cove Server Get Available Harbors Fig 4 Lagoon VShipComm Menu Lagoon User Manual Execute Fig 5 Lagoon Exec Menu Column Formation V Formation Row Formation Fig 6 Lagoon Formations Menu EH Start Scenario Target Query Fig 7 Lagoon Flags Menu As previously mentioned the Tools set of snapshots that follow Figures 8 to 17 are primarily useful for debugging purposes but could provide the interested user some insight into the internal
26. rget Pane 3 3 Triggers Panel This panel Fig 54 and Fig 55 allows creating and firing various types of triggers In Authoring mode a new trigger can be created deleted fired and queried for its detailed information Fig 54 while in Execution mode an existing trigger can only be fired and its detailed information displayed Fig 55 34 Lagoon User Manual Triggers trig2 100 0 trigl 1784 97520342 Delete Fire Fig 54 CAT Triggers panel in authoring mode Triggers trigl 315 230458054 x trig2 100 0 Info Fire Fig 55 CAT Triggers panel in execution mode Currently three types of triggers can be created Alert Distance and Damage Fig 56 While Alert is a boolean flag Distance and Damage need be further defined as either 5 66 less than greaterThan or approx Fig 57 Additional details are needed to create specific triggers as shown in Figs 58 59 and 60 Information on a trigger can be obtained by clicking on the Info button Fig 61 and in Authoring mode only a trigger can also be deleted Fig 62 AlertSensor DistanceSensor DamageSensor v Fig 56 CAT Types of Triggers Dropdown Menu SC greaterT han approx e Fig 57 CAT Types of Trigger Subtypes Dropdown Menu As shown in Fig 58 a name of type trigX is automatically and sequentially generated when a new trigger is created This name can be overwritten by the user 35
27. s of the Lagoon software As these tool options are being currently in the process of refinement and thus subject to modifications details on each of them will be provided in future versions of this manual EH Option Explorer Project Explorer EVA Explorer Sound Explorer IM Explorer Fig 8 Lagoon Tools Menu Lagoon User Manual we Sption Explorer lt 2 gt 8 Tools uu I N Game Options e 14 Networking Options ee A Chris s Research Options ee 4 Fig 9 Option Explorer f Remember options between runs nomem Display the 3d window ig Load sp and its widgets sp Initialize executive executive Load cat and its widgets cat Enables Disables weapon firing mp JI Enables Disables weapons doing damage damage 7 Display profiling data prof O Disable enable sticky select where clicking in the open does not unselect entities stickyselect L1 Fig 10 Option Explorer Boolean Options Submenu loaded Old Tools 00 0 0 0 0000 000 0 0 0 0 o Load a Gui which allows you to see which project files have been projectexplorer Load a Gui which shows all the data saved to logs logexplorer Load a Gui which allows you to go through the eva tree evaexplorer Load a Gui which lists all the sounds and allows you to play them soundexplore
28. s planned to run 1 2 10 Start COVE Open the ConnectToLagoon py script on the script editor in COVE Load and start the desired scenario and or exercise in COVE Run the script loaded in the script editor in COVE Start Lagoon with the covehost command line option along with the IP address of the machine where COVE is running The IP address given in the following example is a dummy IP address You would replace the IP address shown with your corresponding address Example go covehost 192 134 0 1 In Lagoon go to the VShipComm menu option on the menubar and select the Connect option This will connect Lagoon with COVE The ship entities are controlled in Lagoon If the speed of a ship is set in Lagoon the corresponding entity in COVE will have its speed set to the same speed Similarly the heading of any entity is controlled in Lagoon When done in Lagoon go to the VShipConn menu option on the menubar and select the Disconnect option End the simulation by pressing F12 This will terminate Lagoon End the COVE exercise by stopping the scenario closing the script editor window and exiting COVE 49 Lagoon User Manual 9 Key Mappings The following is the list of controls accessible via the keyboard Key Action A Move camera to the left D Move camera to the right E Rotate camera to the right ESC Toggle scripting console Decrease simulation speed by half
29. umber button digits between O and 9 Entities will be removed from any groups they currently belong too and added to the new group 4 5 Individuals Panel The Individuals panel Fig 63 center right shows the list of individuals in the world entities that have not been assigned to a group 4 7 Minimap The minimap Fig 67 shows the positions of units in the world from a top down view It is useful to survey the situation in Lagoon In the future support will be included for right clicking in it to command units 39 Lagoon User Manual Fig 67 San Diego Mini Map 40 Lagoon User Manual Scenarios 5 1 Authoring Scenarios In Authoring mode scenarios internally called behavior networks can be recorded and saved using the recorder device available in the CAT s Command panel Fig 68 From left to right the buttons available on the Recorder panel are SAVE START RECORDING PAUSE STOP Recorder Stopped G ii x Fig 68 CAT Behavior Recorder When saving a scenario the dialog that opens prompts the user for a name of the behavior network Fig 69 SAVE RECORDED Please specify Network name Cancel OK Fig 69 CAT Save Recorded Behavior Panel 5 2 Executing Scenarios In Execution mode scenarios behavior networks can be loaded and executed using the playback device available in the CAT s Command panel Fig 70 From left to right the buttons available on the Rec
30. urrent heading line 26 Lagoon User Manual CAT 3 1 Overview CAT allows authoring and execution via direct control of individual entities As shown in Fig 39 CAT s GUI consists of two panels accessible via the tabs Command and respectively Visuals Specifically user control and entity information are available via CAT s Command panel Fig 40 Authoring mode and Fig 41 Execution mode while visualization of the current state of a behavior s execution is available via CAT s Visuals panel to be included in future versions of the Lagoon environment Command Visuals Fig 39 CAT Command Triggers and Visuals Tabs Command Visuals es j gt gt gt ji ENTITY cigarette0 Position X Y 7732 12420 215 265 00 00 Mode Toggle Entity Control Heading Current Desired Behavior Control arget Panel J trig0 False trigl 315 230458054 q Triggers Recorder Fig 40 CAT Command Tab in Authoring mode 27 Lagoon User Manual Command Visuals ENTITY cigaretteo Position X Y 7732 12420 275 265 00 00 l Heading Current Desired trig0 False trigl 315 230458054 Info Fire Load Execute ul gt x lt Select Network gt si Fig 41 Command Tab in Execution mode The structure of the Command panel varies in time depending on the chos
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