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Re: Possible new utility for creating testbeds Sat, 10 January 2009 21:24 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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DenHam wrote on Sun, 11 January 2009 00:38

Any chance that this test bed system will pick up damage from the M files and/or allow you to add damage to ships before testing?

It will automatically pick up your damage since you know that, opponents damage isn't visible or at least I can't see it so I won't include that even if it is in the MFile although from memory I'm sure it wasn't. If you had a battle with a fleet you can see damage in that so I will probably eventually take those values into account but analysing the battle board is likely to be one of the last things I do.

The utility is basically a modified version of the host editor and almost every value is going to be editable so you will be able to modify it yourself. I have also written an editing app for it which shows the .hst values in a treeview control which would allow people who can't script to modify the resulting .hst but I wouldn't like to use it for modify a large number of values, ie all planet habs but for a small number of value it is fine.

I'll probably make a sample .hst available along with the files it was generated from available before actually making the utility available so people can see exactly what it is doing and to provide a chance to see if anybody notices any problems.

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