LAN helper

[Aub]

We are getting ready to play SE over LAN, and so I downloaded SJ's LAN helper.

I think it's a very cool little app. But after experimenting with it for a while it looked like it still did not provide fully automated game play and all the convenience one would expect form this type of multiplayer game.

So I went off and put together my own helper (with such tools as VB it does not take long ). You can find it on http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/andrei...?.dir=/Friends

There is a setup that installs all the necessary DLLs and fonts (but it is quite huge because of that ) No help file is provided but I guess it's very easy to figure out how to work this thing (just fill in all the fields and start it up!)

I've also included the sources -- in case someone would like to improve it

Comments, suggestions and bug reports are always welcome

Aub

Edit: typos

[This message has been edited by Aub (edited 26 September 2001).]

[This message has been edited by Aub (edited 26 September 2001).]

[tesco samoa]

can you place the files here or in the mod section.

I have right clicked and downloaded them.

But that way they will not get lost.

Thanks.

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[This message has been edited by tesco samoa (edited 26 September 2001).]

[Suicide Junkie]

I'm a bit swamped with work right now, but I'll definitely check it out.

I am always willing to take suggestions for improvement on my stuff.

[Aub]

I've made a couple more small UI enhancements, and I am testing them right now. As soon as I am done I'll post the result in the Mod section.

SJ - I basically wanted it to be 100% automatic, so that's where all the improvements are (of course I was building on your idea!). It now handles hosting as well as playing, and it takes care of transferring the files between the players and the host. And since it knows the game name and watches time stamps of game files, you don't need to make any additional clicks. It just works.

I hope someone will find it useful.

Aub

[Suicide Junkie]

My LAN helper was designed for sequential turn games. You've just done the other half

What I really need to do is add a checkbox "don't ask before loading SE4", then it will be totally automatic.

PS: Do you know anything about the sequential turn bug? (loading a sequential game from the commandline leaves all ships with zero movement!)

[Seik]

SJ - I ve posted MM this bug (we talked about).

But until yet there is now answer - I hope they had read it and fix it asap.

I ve tried many ways to start SE4 squl.game but every time ships did nt have any movement points left.

Seik