[Aiken]

How to use SE4Batch on WinXP/2000 machine:

1. Install Se4Batch and apply the patch to Version 1.1
Assume that Space Empires IV installed into the "C:\Games\SpaceEmpires IV" folder.

2. Locate file paramete.dbf in folder where SE4Batch installed. Open it with any DBF editor you can find (ie CDBF or DBF Viewer), if you have Microsoft Office you can try to open it with Microsoft Access. Though I had errors after I've tried to edit this file with Notepad, but Unknown_Enemy said that Notepad works fine. So you can try Notepad also. Make a backup copy of paramete.dbf befor editing!

3. Open file should look like this:
--------------------------------------------------
PARID | PARPATHSE4 | PARPATHSAV |PARREPEAT | PATHMOD |PARDELAY |
--------------------------------------------------
1 | C:\PROGRA~1\SHRAPN~1\MALFAD~1\SPACEE~1 | C:\PROGRA~1\SHRAPN~1\MALFAD~1\SPACEE~1\SAVEGAME | 10 | TDM-MODPACK | 0 |
-------------------------------------------------- (sorry too little space to fit strings)
Now change the values of fields according to your setup:
PARPATHSE4: "C:\PROGRA~1\SHRAPN~1\MALFAD~1\SPACEE~1" to "C:\GAMES\SPACEE~1",
PARPATHSAV: "C:\PROGRA~1\SHRAPN~1\MALFAD~1\SPACEE~1\SAVEGAME" to "C:\GAMES\SPACEE~1\SAVEGAME",
PARREPEAT: "10" to any number of turns you wish to process in batch,
PARPATHMOD: "TDM-MODPACK" to the name of a mod folder you're going to play, or delete it completely if you're playing stock,
PARDELAY: "0" to any number of turns between backups (see SE4Batch readme) or leave it "0" if you don't want backups.
Save and exit.

4. Follow the points 5-10 of SE4Batch Readme (too lazy to rewrite 'em).

Unknown_Enemy, if I'm wrong about Notepad, correct me please and maybe rewrite this howto in good language if you wish. I'll delete my post when.

[ April 05, 2004, 20:31: Message edited by: aiken ]