PantherTac Help

What is PantherTac?

PantherTac is an Android app, designed for tactic games, like airsoft or mil-sim.

PantherTac allow us to know out position in the map of the playfield.

What do you need to make it works?

The main screen

When PantherTac is start, it shows a screen like this one:

Main PantherTac view

This screen show us our own position in the map, placed in the center. It is symbolized by an icon that represents our role(rifleman, sniper, machine gunners...).

You can move the map to other position dragging the screen with one finger. The app will center on our position again passed 5 seconds.

You can zoom in or zoom out the map opening or closing your fingers on the screen.

The icons at top mean:

Game and map configuration

If you touch the "menu" key of your Android device, the app will show this 4 options: "go to config", "remove map", "help" y "close".

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Go to config

Shows the necessary options to see the custom map our possition and the teammates data and position. It has 3 tabs: Game, Map, Help

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If you want to insert the game data, so you can see teammates and teammates can see you, please go to the tab "Game". The game organizer will tell you the data.

Game configuration

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The url field will be always http://system.panthertac.com/

Before starting the game, the organizer will give you your name, password and game id that we will insert and save. The organizer is the person who admin the PantherTac control panel, assign, teams, roles, etc. You must introduce the three data given and touch "Save".

With this data saved you are in the game, so you can see you own posistion, and the teammates ones, and the state of them over the map in almost real time

The instructions for the organizer will be published at forum.panthertac.com

Map configuration

If you want to see a custom map instead the OpenStreetMaps one, you must go to the "Map" tab. You can select the map of the field you are going to play in with the file browser. The OpenStreetMap images are downloaded while needed, so you will need a faster internet connection, and the PantherTac will run slowly.

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You can find the maps of the game fields in the app forum or, maybe the organization of the game will have one of their field. You can also build your own maps and use it( see howto at forum).

If you have load the map, and you have your GPS running fine, the screen will show the map you loaded and your position on it.

Help

This user manual.

Remove map

Make the applicaction get the map from OpenStreetMaps.

Help

This user manual.

Close

Closes PantherTac fine, leaves demanding position to GPS and consuming data. If you exits the app pushin your device "back" button, it will be a PantherTac task working in the background and the notification area will show the PantherTac icon.