WitP Utility

[Tristanjohn]

Wonderful utility. Thank you very much, Bodhi.

Question: can anyone tell me exactly where the option is to turn map hexes on and off? Can't find that.

[Bodhi]

ORIGINAL: HercMighty

One last thing, when I get a coast watching sighting I get a report that says:

ting: 1, Speed 4, Moving East 08/06/42

So I think Coastwatcher sighting is being cutoff.

Otherwise it is working great now. Thanks

That's what you get for doing bug fixes when you're already late for work. [:D] Will fix that bit this evening, until then translate "ting: " as " Coastwatcher sighting: Allied/Japanese ship(s)". Thanks for the heads up.

[Bodhi]

ORIGINAL: Tristanjohn

Question: can anyone tell me exactly where the option is to turn map hexes on and off? Can't find that.

Replied in the other thread, but here is the answer for anyone else that's wondering:

Start up window menu Tools->Options. (see Ref manual 1.1.2.1 & 2.3)

[bradfordkay]

Bodhi, do we get to keep the intel in our game when we update the utility?

[Bodhi]

ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

Bodhi, do we get to keep the intel in our game when we update the utility?

Yes, that's kept in sub folders of the main WITP SAVE folder. The uninstall process doesn't remove/alter them. It also doesn't remove any games/opponents you've entered, so as long as you reinstall the utility to the same folder, you should be ready to go with the updated version.

If/when you really want to get rid of the utility, you'll have to manually delete these files yourself.

[Bodhi]

Small update (1.0.0.1) 14/03/2005

• Corrected the reporting of coastwatcher sightings
• Clicking on an intel report for the current hex results in the complete text appearing in the status bar
• Clicking on an operations report for the current hex results in the complete text appearing in the status bar

[scout1]

Bodhi,

Is your "small" update a standalone load, or is this a delta load ?

[Bodhi]

As always a standalone, sorry.

[Skyros]

I'm curious as to how to use this utility in the macro sense. That is do you finish executing a turn and then alt-tab to the utility to review the reports and then alt-tab back and forth as you plot your next turn?

I have looked at an older version but have not yet installed it on my main playing computer.

[bradfordkay]

Finish processing a turn, SAVE it in the save point to which the utility was directed, alt-tab to the utility, click "update reports", review the reports, alt-tab back to the game.

[Admiral DadMan]

What would cause combat reports to not be? I get Intel and Ops, but no ComReps.

[scout1]

These work alittle different. The Ops reports show up in the window. You click on them and they take you to the location on the map. The combat report doesn't show anything in the window until you click on the map on a hex with a combat icon. Then the actual combat report is listed in the window.

[Admiral DadMan]

ORIGINAL: scout1

These work alittle different. The Ops reports show up in the window. You click on them and they take you to the location on the map. The combat report doesn't show anything in the window until you click on the map on a hex with a combat icon. Then the actual combat report is listed in the window.

SWEEEEET!

What a silly bunt I am...

[erstad]

Has this been reported?

Playing multi-day turns, the utility gets confused over the "days old" for things like the ops report. For example, playing 2 day turns:
12/7 and 12/8 will be in the same report
12/9 and 12/10 will be in the next turns report
The com_xxx file therefore puts things in this order
12/9
12/10
12/7
12/8
So it thinks the 12/9 is the 1 day old, 12/10 the 2 day old, etc. Be nice if it wasn't confused - but I already get plenty of value for what I paid you for this [:)] so if it's beyond the scope to address, that's OK too.

[Bodhi]

ORIGINAL: erstad

Has this been reported?

Playing multi-day turns, the utility gets confused over the "days old" for things like the ops report. For example, playing 2 day turns:
12/7 and 12/8 will be in the same report
12/9 and 12/10 will be in the next turns report
The com_xxx file therefore puts things in this order
12/9
12/10
12/7
12/8
So it thinks the 12/9 is the 1 day old, 12/10 the 2 day old, etc. Be nice if it wasn't confused - but I already get plenty of value for what I paid you for this [:)] so if it's beyond the scope to address, that's OK too.

Ah, pretty obvious problem that shows a total lack of testing for multiple day turns.[:D]

I'll set up my system to do some overnight AI vs AI games with 2 day turns and see if I can fix it. Don't think it will be too difficult (but don't quote me on that [;)]).

[medicff]

ORIGINAL: scout1

These work alittle different. The Ops reports show up in the window. You click on them and they take you to the location on the map. The combat report doesn't show anything in the window until you click on the map on a hex with a combat icon. Then the actual combat report is listed in the window.

Combat reports, a very nice addition [&o][&o][&o]

[Skyros]

Ah! so simple yet effective.[:D]

ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

Finish processing a turn, SAVE it in the save point to which the utility was directed, alt-tab to the utility, click "update reports", review the reports, alt-tab back to the game.

[byron13]

Bump (I'm downloading tonight)

[Bodhi]

Updated version 18/03/2005

• Multiple day turns should now be correctly handled.
• Status bar message displayed when invalid "game" found

This update should only affect multiple turn games. During testing with the tutorial scenario I still got the odd "missing data" message, but this was because there wasn't actually any data output by WitP for that turn. If anyone finds any problems please let me know.

[erstad]

What version should it say? I'm not seeing the difference with multi-day. I believe I installed correctly, have 1.0.0.2.