NEW 12/8 : The SE IV Companion 0.82 Released

[Ruatha]

THIS IS BETA SOFTWARE, DON'T EXPECT IT TO WORK WITHOUT BUGS!
Released one day ahead of schedule!

Release notes:
Has during development been tested on:
Win XP (Dev enviroment, works best, tested today))
Win 2000 (worked good, tested some time ago)
Win NT (Had problems, tested some time ago)
Win 9x (Had major problems, tested a long time ago)

Known issues in v 0.80

// Today only works with v 1.91 and 1.84, will add earlier Versions in next Version.
//?? doesn't always count players left to upload correctly?
// OSD blurs text if underlying form is moved.
//if Failed to access web page too many times, the PBW scan button might not reappear until app restart.
//Sometimes starts another individual game companion than requested
//Sometimes shows disabled mods at upstart.
// Doesn't remove plug-in box if all plug-ins are disabled, only if the .plg files are deleted.
// The Star shaped burning splash screen causes some computers to crash, so it's disabled as default, enable in settings.
// Icon alert is not enabled
// Proxy support is questionable...

(SJ, can you upload it to the right location?)

here it is today:
http://ruatha.homelinux.org/Companion_080.zip
Unpack with directorys.

THIS IS A BETA RELEASE!!
When in trouble, Go to the SETTINGS -> APPLICATION SETTINGS -> LOG MODE -> DEBUG
and provoke the error again, you can also reset log mode to normal and set "Show backstage".
If downloads fails, set "Log downloads".

Logs can be found in the Companion_resource directory.

If it doesn't work for you, POST here why not, complaints without attempting to view the log will be disregarded.

A new release will propably take some time but then I'll try to fix all bugs.

BTW: The help button is only used for development, don't use it!

(The archive is about the same size as ver 0.75, but I think the app is a bit better now)
GOOD LUCK!

EDIT: 3 downloads so far and no feedback... good or bad??

[Ragnarok]

The companion looks nice but I am having some problems. It will not download my turns. I select which game to download, or it automatically begins to when I first open up, and it comes up and says "Error! Could not download path/to/my/game.zip" I set the thing to debug mode and when I download again it pops up with a box that says "I/O Error 123."

[Ruatha]

Ok,
And the Download log for that game (Can be found in the Comapnion_resource directory) is empty?

Error 123 means
ERROR_INVALID_NAME ("The
filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.").
What is the path and filename, is it strange in anyway, aother drive or?




:s
:d

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[Ragnarok]

Correct, it is empty.

[Ed Kolis]

Excellent, it automatically detects mods, even if I place them in a Mods folder instead of under my SE4 root!

Why is it that when I minimize the Companion, it still appears in the corner of the screen as a tiny window as if it were an MDI form? I'm using Windows XP Pro.

The program hangs on this message: [28] Found Mod sweetmod2.0lite. Do I have too many mods installed or something?

[Ruatha]

Rags:> I'll make a better download log for the next Version, that will write to the error.
It's something about the path for the downloaded file..
Is there something special with the path? Different drive than the app?
Could you post the Path, that way I can set it up on my computer aswell to test it.


Ed:> No, there's no limit to the amount of mods.
It might be something with the dot in the mod name.
Will have to try that.
EDIT : NOPE, IT'S NOT THE DOT...Tested..
The minimize thing is soemthing I haven't seen. I use XP Pro aswell.
Will have to look into that!.
There is the option to minimize to the tray instead, not fully developed but it works.
EDIT: THE MINIMIZE TO TRAY DOESN'T OPEN THE POP-UP MENU, CAN'T SEE WHY...
It must be something with the minimize to tray function, course now it minimizes to the tray even if I haven't set that setting!!

[Ruatha]

Ed, I think I've found the mod problem.
The Another Sweet mod uses a little variant on the modinfo.txt file.
Will adjust to allow a broader variation of modinfo.txt files!

The minimize issue is a Last minute change to way I handled minimize to tray... Now I see why it's messed up!
These modinfo files have moved the "-" sign to the next line, that's what causing it.
Will allow for this in next Version-

BTW, ed you can download and owerwrite the current Version with this:
http://ruatha.homelinux.org/companion.zip
(Only executable, not complete)
It should fix the problems.

[tesco samoa]

the program just locks up for me

Running xp latest service pack,,,

latest Version of se4

it locks up when it asks me to select the Version and starts to do what ever it does...

[Ragnarok]

The path to the savegame folder is C:\Program Files\Shrapnel Games\Malfador Machinations\Space Empires IV Gold\Savegame

All my programs for SEIV are on the C drive on my computer so different drive letter is not an issue.

Thanks for all your hard work on this Ruatha!

[tesco samoa]

ok your new Version works...

cool