The SE4 companion - Why the long wait?.

[Ruatha]

Whats left:

//Set-up wizard
//Settings page
//Plug-in editor
// More plugin parameters
//enable del turn button in gamecomp
//PBW settings from settings page
//earlier Versions of exe and savegames/Gam files (Re-install SE-4 and do all patches one by one, save exes and savegames)
//Rewrite OSD to delete text
//Fill in all default values
//Enable pop-up for nag-mail and misc PBW mails
//Global error handler for underprograms
//If fail to acces internet, release Scan button, bugfix.
//move files to resources
//misc mail Messages?
// Does proxy settings work??? Think now! Check!
// When adding extra savegamedir to mod, app locks up when accessing mod editor, bugfix.

Should be finished about on wednesday, then one and a half week of personal bug tracking while I finish the "Dogscoff plug-in pack" that hopefully will be shipped with the 0.8 release.

App currently tested on Win NT, Win 2K and win XP, will test on Win98 before release.

[ July 30, 2004, 16:02: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

[dogscoff]

*dogscoff bounces excitedly up and down in his chair...

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! I can hardly wait. You have no idea how this program is going to revolutionise my life!

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by dogscoff:
*dogscoff bounces excitedly up and down in his chair...

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! I can hardly wait. You have no idea how this program is going to revolutionise my life!

Oh no! All this pressure, I can't take it!!!

Hope you'll like it for real too, so far it looks good though (But I'm a tee bit biased ).

[Fyron]

Could you please move a lot of the extraneous features (such as mp3/midi player) to become plugins/extensions? No need to clutter up the program for those that do not want such features...

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Could you please move a lot of the extraneous features (such as mp3/midi player) to become plugins/extensions? No need to clutter up the program for those that do not want such features...

Sorry, but those functions where already included before I added plug-in capacity, and the current plug-ins are user started, the current in-built features such as event-editor, sidenotes and musiclist can be autostarted when the game starts, that isn't supported by the current plug-in feature either, can be in next Version though...

But the exe will propably be around 6-800 K and these features are only discreete buttons, I can include a "Don't use" setting in the settigns to disable them and not show them at all (some other features have this already), as the settings screen is the Last thing I do, I want to have all variables defined first so I can plan the settings screen from ground up instead of adding things until it's not overseeable, as it was in the Last Version.
This time I've actually given the UI some thought

The current UI is a bit less cluttered than the previous (In my opinon, you are free to disagree when you see it , but I can confess that it's too easy to add "just one more" button, I try to evaluate the use of each button, label before I add them, but still they are too many right now.... Will hear from the Users after next realease which ones should go or be moved ).
I've noted your ideas and think they are valid!

31/7: to do
//Set-up wizard
//Settings page
//Plug-in editor
// More plugin parameters
//Plug-in: empire upload, create new game, host upload, host download, change PBW game password,
//PBW settings from settings page
//?? doesn't count players left to uplaod correctly?
//earlier Versions of exe and savegames/Gam files
//Rewrite OSD to delete text
//Fill in all default values
//Global error handler for download
// om Failed to access web page >5 then quit browse
//move files to resources
//misc mail Messages?

[ July 31, 2004, 15:50: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

[Ruatha]

Here is the current Version with all features enabled (i e Max clutter Version) if IRC is hidden, the window shrinks in height and fits in a 800x600 resolution now, otherwise 1024x768 is recommended.:

[ August 02, 2004, 07:21: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

[Ruatha]

And the individual gameCompanions look like this (These aren't needed to run the game but they give you more info and options, it's recommended that one use them) :