Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: bretg80

Hey Leo,

Yes, I would love to enhance the tool, but in order to add the changes you requested I need access to the save file and Matrix has not responded yet to my inquiries yet about getting access to the save files. So until I can read a save file, I'm out of luck unless I make it a two step process and use WitpTracker first which will make the tool awkward to use.

I am also looking at enhancements to the view so that you can see combat by hex or area. That is a bit more work and I'll look into it.

Keep up the suggestions and I'll look at enhancing the tool as time goes on.

Bret

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ORIGINAL: n01487477

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ORIGINAL: bretg80

Hey Leo,

Yes, I would love to enhance the tool, but in order to add the changes you requested I need access to the save file and Matrix has not responded yet to my inquiries yet about getting access to the save files. So until I can read a save file, I'm out of luck unless I make it a two step process and use WitpTracker first which will make the tool awkward to use.

I am also looking at enhancements to the view so that you can see combat by hex or area. That is a bit more work and I'll look into it.

Keep up the suggestions and I'll look at enhancing the tool as time goes on.

Bret

Bret,
you wouldn't need access to the save file for this, the OP's report gives the info (if you parsed it correctly - size, direction etc)

Sighting report: 2 Japanese ships at 85,70 near Batan Island , Moving East
E13A1 Jake sighting report: 3 Allied ships at 123,56 near Kushiro, speed 16, Moving Southwest

Tracker doesn't give this information ... yet ... and the savefile wouldn't help you in this manner anyway.

I must say though that I'm thoroughly impressed with your work so far and it certainly is a great benefit to any player. Well done.

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ORIGINAL: bretg80

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ORIGINAL: n01487477

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ORIGINAL: bretg80

Hey Leo,

Yes, I would love to enhance the tool, but in order to add the changes you requested I need access to the save file and Matrix has not responded yet to my inquiries yet about getting access to the save files. So until I can read a save file, I'm out of luck unless I make it a two step process and use WitpTracker first which will make the tool awkward to use.

I am also looking at enhancements to the view so that you can see combat by hex or area. That is a bit more work and I'll look into it.

Keep up the suggestions and I'll look at enhancing the tool as time goes on.

Bret

Bret,
you wouldn't need access to the save file for this, the OP's report gives the info (if you parsed it correctly - size, direction etc)

Sighting report: 2 Japanese ships at 85,70 near Batan Island , Moving East
E13A1 Jake sighting report: 3 Allied ships at 123,56 near Kushiro, speed 16, Moving Southwest

Tracker doesn't give this information ... yet ... and the savefile wouldn't help you in this manner anyway.

I must say though that I'm thoroughly impressed with your work so far and it certainly is a great benefit to any player. Well done.

hmm, yes I could parse that and produce a similar screen with that information. I hadn't noticed that information before. I guess I'll have to go back and take a look at that particular report. Thanks for the heads up.

Prior Preparation & Planning Prevents Pathetically Poor Performance!

A & B: WitW, WitE, WbtS, GGWaW, GGWaW2-AWD, HttR, CotA, BftB, CF
P: UV, WitP, WitP-AE

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ORIGINAL: bretg80

I made a few small changes based on some feedback. You may want to get the latest version.

Tweaks: when changing the save directory, the combat reports are now picked up correctly.
ability to set date/time by hand in preferences
fixed a potential classpath problem with the jar file

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I think I have the most current version, and it installed and works fine for me in XP.

However, when I change the Date to an earlier date and re-run the data load, it only loads the OPS reports and SIGINT reports. No combat reports in the tree. But if I close it all down and relaunch it, it loads everything from the new, rolled-back date. Am I doing something wrong?

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The Moose

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ORIGINAL: bretg80

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I think I have the most current version, and it installed and works fine for me in XP.

However, when I change the Date to an earlier date and re-run the data load, it only loads the OPS reports and SIGINT reports. No combat reports in the tree. But if I close it all down and relaunch it, it loads everything from the new, rolled-back date. Am I doing something wrong?

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The Moose

Yes, that was fixed in the latest update. :-) You may want to download again. Oh, and I did not update the version number, so it still says 1.0.

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ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

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ORIGINAL: bretg80

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I think I have the most current version, and it installed and works fine for me in XP.

However, when I change the Date to an earlier date and re-run the data load, it only loads the OPS reports and SIGINT reports. No combat reports in the tree. But if I close it all down and relaunch it, it loads everything from the new, rolled-back date. Am I doing something wrong?

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The Moose

Yes, that was fixed in the latest update. :-) You may want to download again. Oh, and I did not update the version number, so it still says 1.0.

Oh, OK. I was going by the time. It had been up for download 20 hours, and I downloaded it 12 hours before the post above. I'll get the new one.

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ORIGINAL: Roger Neilson II

Just a little thank you, have downloaded this and it looks very nice.

Looking forward to the enhancements you are planning.

Roger

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ORIGINAL: bretg80

I will caveat the above with the fact that I will be taking a break from development for a while as the summer hiking season is upon us. I will fix bugs or other issues and will continue with development in the fall when the weather turns colder. Please submit any ideas in the interim as I will continue my design work and topic discussion over the summer so I'm ready to continue with the coding in the fall. If by chance you are a Java developer and you want to join in the fun, let me know and we can figure out how to work on this together. :-)

Bret

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ORIGINAL: bretg80

Thanks for the great feedback everyone. I will plan to enhance this tool over time and I have started working on some designs for the following enhancements:

1. Show graphics for sighted objects such as ships, planes, LCUs, etc. from the reports (including movement info and vectors).

2. Provide a view that depicts combat by area (or hex) so you can track activity over time.

If you have any ideas about how this should look on the screen or how this type of information should be aggregated, post some mockups or suggestions. I'm open to ideas.

I will caveat the above with the fact that I will be taking a break from development for a while as the summer hiking season is upon us. I will fix bugs or other issues and will continue with development in the fall when the weather turns colder. Please submit any ideas in the interim as I will continue my design work and topic discussion over the summer so I'm ready to continue with the coding in the fall. If by chance you are a Java developer and you want to join in the fun, let me know and we can figure out how to work on this together. :-)

Bret

Prior Preparation & Planning Prevents Pathetically Poor Performance!

A & B: WitW, WitE, WbtS, GGWaW, GGWaW2-AWD, HttR, CotA, BftB, CF
P: UV, WitP, WitP-AE

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ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

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ORIGINAL: bretg80

I will caveat the above with the fact that I will be taking a break from development for a while as the summer hiking season is upon us. I will fix bugs or other issues and will continue with development in the fall when the weather turns colder. Please submit any ideas in the interim as I will continue my design work and topic discussion over the summer so I'm ready to continue with the coding in the fall. If by chance you are a Java developer and you want to join in the fun, let me know and we can figure out how to work on this together. :-)

Bret

Don't know if this is a bug, but I had an event at Paramushiro-Jima, in the Kuriles (I invaded it as Allies and took it) and the map would not snap there. It remained near the Soviet off-map entry box in the north center of the map when I clicked on the event. Is every base hex in the spreadsheet I see in the folder? Or is this maybe something to do with bases near the map edges?

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ORIGINAL: warrenup

Just wanted to add my thanks for this great utility.
It has greatly enhanced my WITP AE experience - no longer have to wonder where hex xx,xx may be in combat reports. It has
also allowed me to turn off animations, which greatly speeds play. I may be able to actually play a full campaign in 2 years instead of the actual 4 years!