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Fleet Information Gathering

Tue, 23 December 2003 04:10

Robert

Lt. Junior Grade

Messages: 393
Registered: November 2002
Location: Dortmund, Germany

Hi everybody...

Another question most likely answered somewhere around here, but I could not find it...

So here it comes:

Is there a way (or a tool) to simply count other player's ships?

I would like to know how many types of NubA, NubB, chaff etc... exist (or I can see).

Exporting the .f files gives me the names, ship counts etc, but not the detailed fleet composition.

Can somebody help???

And: Is there a tool to visualize the scanning rate of other's fleets? It is shown in the .f files, but some picture would be nice.

(And I dont dare to ask: Is there a tool that records fleet movements from several turns??? Rolling Eyes

)

Thanks

Robert

2b v !2b -> ?

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Re: Fleet Information Gathering

Tue, 23 December 2003 09:53

Staz

Lieutenant

Messages: 514
Registered: November 2003
Location: UK

If it's not in the fleet report file, you basically can't have it.

For fleet scanning, you've just prompted me to sit down and write a "fleet scanning" layer for my JStars utility.

JStars does/will record fleet movements over a period of time, but there are limitations, regarding fleets that disappear from view or get split/merged/renamed.

Before you ask, I have no idea when JStars will be at a point when I can release it. Right now it's a bug-ridden pile of poo, but I'm working on it as much as I can.

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Re: Fleet Information Gathering

Tue, 23 December 2003 10:13

Staz

Lieutenant

Messages: 514
Registered: November 2003
Location: UK

staz69uk wrote on Tue, 23 December 2003 14:53

Iyou've just prompted me to sit down and write a "fleet scanning" layer for my JStars utility.

Of course, I have no idea when (if ever) Stars! exports the scanning capability of enemy fleets, which is what I really want.

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Re: Fleet Information Gathering

Wed, 24 December 2003 14:41

zoid

Ensign

Messages: 348
Registered: December 2002
Location: Murray, KY - USA

I just use a calculator and calculate their best scan range based on their best known scanner, then I click the mouse wheel button on top of the fleet and draw a line out to the distance of the calculated scanner range to visualize how close I can get.

It's far from being the perfect answer, but it's enough for me. Every since someone else mentioned the mouse wheel button, I've found it very useful.

I'M NOT AN EXPERT AND I'M OFTEN PROVEN WRONG. TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU READ MY POSTS.
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