My java skills are also zip, until I started to play with the steel series gauges file. A few things that I have found invaluable when playing
1. Always ALWAYS save a working copy somewhere safe so you can resort back if you need to and it breaks.
2. Notepad+ program has been a great tool as it shows line numbers. (Much easier with 3000+ lines of code)
When updates come through from Mark with the code, I have made notes as to where and what line numbers to look to apply my own customisations to the file.
3 The files is divided up into sections, as you go through it, this will become apparent.
4 // this is a comment line, so you can put anything after that on that line as it is ignored as not being part of the script (for my customisation notes file, I have comments all over the place that give me hints when I come to do it in 6 months time and have forgotten what I did last time)
5 Not everything for temperature is all in the one location in the file. But it is still quite logically laid out. Just on that point, full credit to Mark for laying out this way, it does make it substantially easier to find out where one is inside it.
Way back when I had a crack at the cloud base gauge and to my amazement and some key strategic help from the guru Mark, I got it! Rough mind you, but it worked. (I think Mark took some pity on me for my struggle)
I am glad I at least had a go as I have learnt a heap. I am still no way an expert but it was worth just a try for me.
