WitPTracker AE News

[Chris21wen]

I dom't think Tracker mines what version it uses, but the computer might. Win 7 comes with both 32 and 64 bit versions so whatever version you have you need an equivelent Java version but I think 6 will actually still work on with windows 10/11 you just need a separtate install of Java. But what Ranger said, I'm no expert here.

[gottagofish]

Thanks Ranger Joe and Chris21wen, I cut short the effort and loaded Tracker1.92 and it works just fine. I'll give your suggestions a try somewhere down the line.

[RangerJoe]

Thanks Ranger Joe and Chris21wen, I cut short the effort and loaded Tracker1.92 and it works just fine. I'll give your suggestions a try somewhere down the line.

You are most welcome and I am glad that it is working for you.

A suggestion, if you do try a different version of Tracker just keep the working one in a file somewhere so you can always go back to it if the different version doesn't work.

[floydg]

All -

WitPTracker was released over 15 years ago for Admiral's Edition.

Back then, Java was a fairly popular programming language so I started the development with it. There were issues with Java, mostly related to the use of 32-bit instead of the more common 64-bit. It was frustrating for me and for you. Java has fallen out of favor, and the architecture of the program is a bit of a mess (you may even feel my frustration from my profile signature).

I've been looking at ways to modernize using Python (a modern programming language), but the way to read the save files is locked in a 32-bit world. I tried to get a 64-bit version, but it was too much effort and I was not going to play the 32-bit games any more. After some time, I was able to get a 64-bit Python process to interact with a 32-bit Python wrapper around the save file reader.

So now I'm embarking on an effort to re-work the WitPTracker from the ground up. I'll reuse some algorithms and a few other things, but I mostly want to re-do it and make (hopefully) better design choices.

My plan is that the database will be the current view and history will only be loaded on demand. That should make start-up significantly faster. Otherwise, the overall look and feel will be fairly similar.

Before I go down some undesirable rabbit holes, I am asking for suggestions on improvements or whatever you'd like to see different or the same. No promises on what I can do, what I will do, and I don't have a release schedule yet. But I was able to get some core functions working, so I'm confident I can do something usable.

Over to you now...

Floyd

[Admiral DadMan]

Wow....

[RangerJoe]

I have a request but it would be a different game . . .

How about one for WIS since it can export .csv files?

[Coach Zuck]

Floyd

This is GREAT NEWS!
LOVE that darn tracker, especially when I play the Japanese side!

[btd64]

Floyd, I'm glad that you're doing this. May I suggest that you start a fresh thread for this. That way your new information won't get mixed up with the old questions. This is just a suggestion....GP

[floydg]

Good idea.

[Chris21wen]

Not sure what's going on here but I'm repeatedly getting fewer operation/event info being imported into Tracker when I do a read? Here's the latest intel screen and the alerts are not much better. I expect at least 5 times this amount, to start with there's no recon info

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It's can't be size related as I've only got 15 turns in the db with negligiable delay on load and it's not the filter for the intel, they are all on.

[Diliwitm]

I would say a search function is what i am missing most, specially trying to discover a LCU unit in the various formations.

[floydg]

Not sure what's going on here but I'm repeatedly getting fewer operation/event info being imported into Tracker when I do a read? Here's the latest intel screen and the alerts are not much better. I expect at least 5 times this amount, to start with there's no recon info

Screenshot 2026-03-02 072550.jpg

It's can't be size related as I've only got 15 turns in the db with negligiable delay on load and it's not the filter for the intel, they are all on.

I can't immediately think of what the problem would be, but I'm going to focus on the new version and not the old one...

[floydg]

I would say a search function is what i am missing most, specially trying to discover a LCU unit in the various formations.

That's a good idea. And not hard to implement.

[Chris21wen]

Not sure what's going on here but I'm repeatedly getting fewer operation/event info being imported into Tracker when I do a read? Here's the latest intel screen and the alerts are not much better. I expect at least 5 times this amount, to start with there's no recon info

Screenshot 2026-03-02 072550.jpg

It's can't be size related as I've only got 15 turns in the db with negligiable delay on load and it's not the filter for the intel, they are all on.

I can't immediately think of what the problem would be, but I'm going to focus on the new version and not the old one...

Fair enough.