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Hi,

Is anyone interested in an Order of
Battle Manager?

This tool would allow player to keep
many different OOBs and swap them in
and out as needed.

I started work on a program to help
a friend and I for internet play.
We have three OOBs and switching, and
remembering which one was installed,
was always a pain.

If anyone is interested I will
complete this tool and post it.
If one exist let me know and I'll
use that(and save my time).


Thanks,
Heintz28
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"Beer is proof that God loves us
and wants us to be happy"
Benjamin Franklin

I've never switched out OOBs because I was afraid of screwing up the original. A tool like yours just might open up this game to alot of "what-if" situations. i think you should pursue it.Look at Henri Pesonen's Pbem Helper, it is now a part of the game. Yours could be too.

Great idea!

this is a great idea. Close Combat had something similar to handle the different Mods. OOB's should be easier, because it is just one standard file.

PLease do! I had posted a while ago that such a utility would be appreciated!

Thanks for the responses.
Give me two weeks or so.
I'll post the download site then.

Originally posted by heintz28:
Thanks for the responses.
Give me two weeks or so.
I'll post the download site then.

This would be a great option for testers to have, I would dearly love to be able to flip-flop OOB's to observe the effect on an in-progress test.

Bring it on soon as you can. Once again the SPW@W faithful come through with flying colors!!

Bing

That sounds like a great idea. That way you will be able to task organise your OOB to suit the scenario. Thats what I like about this game; the flexability one has to do different things.

Are there alot of modified OOB's around? I've only found a couple.

[ August 06, 2001: Message edited by: MacCready ]

For sure a welcome tool. Do!

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Harry

That's a splendid idea. I would really love to have this utility since I work with many custom OOB's!

Since now I an offering my website to host it...

Fab

[QUOTE]Originally posted by MacCready:
[QB]Are there alot of modified OOB's around? I've only found a couple.

Yes, probably just not available for public!! Mine are heavily modified, special icons, redone formations, etc., but I don't release them, I play campaigns primarily, so I use them for that purpose. This program would be excellent!!

Warhorse:

Are these campaigns of your own creation you speak of?

WOW!, Didnt know there would be that many people interested.....

OK. I've got a 12-pack of Coke and a 6-pack
of beer,pop corn,a computer and i'm wearing sunglasses .....

hope to get this out by monday or tuesday.
dont expect greatness...

heintz28

OK its done
Over budget and Past Scedule....

the winNT version of OOB Manager is done.
goto http://jphz.tripod.com/
to download the OOB manager.
there is also some notes on usage(nt complete)

The win9x version will be posted soon.
check tonight after 11:00 pm mnt

sorry about the cheezy web page.

let me know if it works.....

Paul V,

Is there any chance that mech.exe could support a command line interface in future versions? That would let the script writers go to town and allow specific scenarios/campaigns to be linked to custom OOBs.

Just a thought,
Reg.