The preference setting to "Run out-dated simulations. . . " refers to Flight configurations that are not selected. For example. without that preference checked, if you have 10 simulations and simulation 5 is shown as the current flight configuration, a component change will update only simulation 5 (if you set the current Flight configuration to No motors, none of the simulations will be updated); with that preference checked, if you have 10 simulations, a component change will update all 10 simulations regardless of which simulation is the current flight configuration. OpenRocket always updates a selected Flight configuration.
I realize I've kind of taken over this discussion, and I apologize. And tempted as I am to just leave it where it is and walk away, I want to understand exactly what you're saying here, and why I'm missing it. Please forgive me if I seem to be beating a dead horse; I don't mean to.
Let me show you the steps I'm taking, then, if you would, please show me precisely what I'm doing wrong. (By
precisely, I mean by using my steps, not a random example of 10 simulations. Please.)
The design is open in v22b4, with all simulations deleted and
the preference to run outdated simulations unchecked:
Then I run five simulations back-to-back, for five different motors:
I switch from Flight simulations to Rocket design, and following your instruction—"...(if you set the current Flight configuration to No motors, none of the simulations will be updated)..."—
I select No motors under Flight configuration, then open the Nose cone editor and change the Cd to 0.09:
Then I switch back to Flight simulations:
All previous simulations are outdated.
Now I want to run a simulation using the G10 motor (simulation 3) to compare the data from that motor before and after the Cd change. But as soon as I select the motor in the Edit simulation window, the previous G10 flight is updated to show the new flight data, before I actually run the simulation:
After running the new simulation:
Both G10 sims are the same.
All I want is to compare the two G10 flights—before the Cd change, and after.
Again, I apologize if it appears I'm taking over this discussion of OpenRocket v22b4. I started by replying to
@JoePfeiffer's comment that Cd overrides were "completely broken at present" by showing how I changed the nose cone Cd to effect a change in apogee (to which Joe never responded), only to discover this issue with simulations updating when I don't want them to.
I never had this happen in v15, and in fact relied on being able to see flight data before and after a component change.
If you—
@H. Craig Miller —or anybody else (
@neil_w or
@JoePfeiffer?) could explain what I'm doing wrong using my example in this post, I'd appreciate it more than I can say. Thanks very much.