Campaign Watcher !

headhunter · Post by **headhunter** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 6:02 am

Hello fellow gamers !

Campaign Watcher is a tool to keep track of the development of the coreforce
over the course of a campaign. CW analyzes differences between saves and
presents them in the form of a sortable datasheet with changes highlighted.
For a number of statistics there are also graphs available.

You can download CW and get more info here

[ July 20, 2001: Message edited by: headhunter ]

Drex · Post by **Drex** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 6:41 am

What an original idea. I think I will try it. should I download it into the SPWAW directory?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 9:04 am

This sounds really cool. I'm definately going to try in on the next campaign i play.

bobaloo000 · Post by **bobaloo000** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 9:46 am

Does it work with the Mega campaign?

ectizen · Post by **ectizen** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 10:41 am

Folks, this is one cool chunk of software

It adds an extra element of role-playing depth to the game. You can follow all of the important stats of your core units in a campaign - you really get to know your leaders, following their progress, see how they develop from battle to battle.

And here's the really good bit: the graphs! Average/minimum/maximum experience, rank and unit type compositions, kills, speed, cost, and more!

In short: if you play campaigns, you want this

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Drex, you can put this anywhere. When you first run it, you'll have to select and set the default save directory. After that, it won't care where it is.

A_B, it is really cool! Don't wait for your next campaign, instead try a quick, small generated one.

bobaloo000, as far as I know, it should work with a Mega Campaign - it works by analysing your game saves. Although I haven't tried this yet.

headhunter, nice work!

Disclaimer: I helped test this, and have since developed quite a liking for it. My opinions may be a little biased

headhunter · Post by **headhunter** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 12:34 pm

Very kind words from you, ectizen, thank you !

Drexx: As ectizen already answered, install it anywhere you like.

A_B: Or, if you still have some saves from an old campaign around, you could use these for a first look.

bobaloo000: Good question. Do the units in the MC carry over from one battle to the next, or do you start each battle with different forces ?

I would be interested in hearing from MC players if/how CW does work with MC saves.

AC · Post by AC » Sat Jul 21, 2001 4:21 pm

Headhunter,

some time ago I asked on this forum about such a tool, but got no reply. I surely will download now! Thank you!

AC

Mark Ezra · Post by **Mark Ezra** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 6:14 pm

This is an oustanding program. Since the original SP I keept a hand written record on a spread sheet. With Sp2 that became just two much work with so many units. SPWAW was way over the top keeping track. This program does all the difficult, time consuming stuff! Great idea! Great program! Great SPWAW community!

Slind · Post by **Slind** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 6:50 pm

Cool! I'll dl it immediately!

SAMWolf · Post by **SAMWolf** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 8:28 pm

Originally posted by bobaloo000:
Does it work with the Mega campaign?

I downloaded and installed Campaign Watcher.

When I try to point it to my MegaCAM\Save folder the program does not recognize any of the files as being valid.
It appears that it is looking for *.cmt files and my MegaCam/Save folder only has *.cam, *.rec and *.mig files.

Campaign Watcher works fine if I point to the SPWAW Save folder.

Any work arounds available?

lnp4668 · Post by **lnp4668** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 8:44 pm

Cool program. Definitely a keeper.

Bing · Post by **Bing** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 9:03 pm

For those of with slow phone connections or just plain slow ISP:

Campaign Watcher is a compact zip file of 277K size, it downloaded smoothly for me. Too often this information is not given and it does make a difference for us gamers who don't have or can't get a fast connection.

I'll be using CW for the generated campaign I'm starting today - I haven't installed CW yet, but hope the data can be exported to Excel, if not in xls format, then in CSV form.

Even if that isn't the case, CW looks terrific, I will definitely use it, thanks to everyone involved with the creation and testing. The Panthers continue to be the best gaming group I've been around. And I've been around.

Bing

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 10:19 pm

Well, well, Headhunter! You've outdone yourself. Between you, ECtizen and all the SPWAW support sites, man, we got a thing going on!

I have downloaded your program and will definitely give it a try tonight.

Thanks so much.

Wild Bill

RockinHarry · Post by **RockinHarry** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 10:47 pm

Thank you headhunter..just downloaded CW.
It´s definitely something I was waiting for...

________
Harry

ectizen · Post by **ectizen** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 11:45 pm

SAMWolf, I've just had a look at how the MC saves work. As it stands, I don't think a practical workaround for this exists.

I've mailed my observations to headhunter. Hopefully he'll be able to give a more authoratative answer.

This was my first look at starting the MC: Oh my!

I see I'm in for something special!

KG Erwin · Post by **KG Erwin** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 12:05 am

Thanks, headhunter! This is just what I needed to follow the development of Kampfgruppe Erwin through the long campaign. Maybe this should be included in the SPWaW package in future editions.

headhunter · Post by **headhunter** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 5:41 am

Guys, thanks for you kind words !

AC: In fact, I saw your request back then, and it inspired me to write CW.

SAMWolf: I tried to email you on the issue of MC but got a 'user unknown' response.

Bing : I will add the size info to the download page. At the moment, exporting to excel is not possible.

I'll look into the MC issue.

AlvinS · Post by **AlvinS** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 6:28 am

Good job Headhunter

Just when you think a great game can't get any better, guys like step it up a notch.

Thank you, I look forward to trying it out.

Alvin

Bing · Post by **Bing** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 6:31 am

Originally posted by headhunter:
Guys, thanks for you kind words !

AC: In fact, I saw your request back then, and it inspired me to write CW.

SAMWolf: I tried to email you on the issue of MC but got a 'user unknown' response.

Bing : I will add the size info to the download page. At the moment, exporting to excel is not possible.

I'll look into the MC issue.

Exporting in CSV form would do it, and possibly save a lot of work. But it is not really critical, either. CW does a fine job all on its own. Thanks much,

Bing

Drex · Post by **Drex** » Mon Jul 23, 2001 1:02 am

Hi Headhunter. I tried to use CW with Mega-Campaign but it doesn't seem to work . I will use with a regular campaign.