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Anyone interested in opening the "Library of WitE-... - 8/27/2021 12:30:52 AM

EwaldvonKleist

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Hi all,
I am running running a the library of WitE-resources, a collection of useful links and player-made resources (guides, maps and AARs) for WitE 1, and it has been a useful help for quite a number of players*. For the links see my signature or https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4317692
I currently don't have the time and commitment starting something similar for WitE 2, so I wondered if there is someone here who would like to take up the beacon and create a "Library of WitE2-resources". I would be happy to sign over any brand rights to a volunteer

Please note that such a library needs maintenance over the years so it would be good if you are quite sure you will be at least semi-interested in this game for the time to come.
All you need to do is have an eye on the forum to spot interesting threads and link them, and to safety-copy interesting documents (pdfs, maps etc.) on a cloud service like Gdrive. It is advisable to sort them and to add a brief description and credit the creators of the resource. The idea also is to only include up-to-date and/or high quality resources (so having some experience in the game is helpful to separate good from bad), aka "quality over quantity", but of course the judgement would be up to you.

If several people are interested, please coordinate your efforts in this thread.
Best regards
EvK

*Judging by the hit counter

< Message edited by EwaldvonKleist -- 8/27/2021 1:06:47 AM >

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Do you want total war? Guide for WitE players

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RE: Anyone interested in opening the "Library of W... - 8/27/2021 1:08:17 PM

MarkShot

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Ewald,

I looked at the link in your sig. Very useful, but I only bought WITE2 and WITW (my first GG titles).

I did notice you had one link to a non-generic AHK utility. I wrote two totally generic AHKs for WITE2/WITW ... it will work for all GG titles running in a window to support 2-3 displays with just a minor change. The problem are where the displays meet and scrolling left or right. I raised this with Matrix who said it was impossible to fix. As such being a former CTO, I had it done in a couple of hours. But Matrix has declined to host an EXE for the community to fix their missing multi-monitor support. (I am willing to share my coding with Matrix, but not host fixes to their products.)

WITE2
=====

#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
#SingleInstance force
#Persistent
#NoTrayIcon

Game01 = War in the East 2 v

TimerInterval = 100

SetTitleMatchMode 1
CoordMode, Mouse, Screen

Sleep, 30000
SysGet, MonCnt, MonitorCount
If MonCnt==1
ExitApp
SetTimer, ScriptDone, %TimerInterval%
SetTimer, WatchCursor, %TimerInterval%
return

ScriptDone:

IfWinNotExist,%Game01%,
ExitApp

Return

WatchCursor:

IfWinActive, %Game01%
{
SysGet, Screen, Monitor,
MouseGetPos, XPos, YPos
If (XPos > ScreenRight)
{
MouseMove, ScreenRight+5, %YPos%
}
If (XPos < ScreenLeft)
{
MouseMove, ScreenLeft-5, %YPos%
}
}
return

; This is reserved for future key binds - hard coded name is needed here
; for games. If you know how AHK works, then you can remap the game's
; hot keys here.

#IfWinActive, War in the East 2 v,

WITW
====

#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
#SingleInstance force
#Persistent
#NoTrayIcon

Game01 = War in the West 1.

TimerInterval = 100

SetTitleMatchMode 1
CoordMode, Mouse, Screen

Sleep, 30000
SysGet, MonCnt, MonitorCount
If MonCnt==1
ExitApp
SetTimer, ScriptDone, %TimerInterval%
SetTimer, WatchCursor, %TimerInterval%
return

ScriptDone:

IfWinNotExist,%Game01%,
ExitApp

Return

WatchCursor:

IfWinActive, %Game01%
{
SysGet, Screen, Monitor,
MouseGetPos, XPos, YPos
If (XPos > ScreenRight)
{
MouseMove, ScreenRight+5, %YPos%
}
If (XPos < ScreenLeft)
{
MouseMove, ScreenLeft-5, %YPos%
}
}
return

; This is reserved for future key binds - hard coded name is needed here
; for games. If you know how AHK works, then you can remap the game's
; hot keys here.

#IfWinActive, War in the West 1,

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RE: Anyone interested in opening the "Library of W... - 8/27/2021 1:20:00 PM

EwaldvonKleist

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Hi Mark,
indeed there are some macros linked in the library.
Regarding hosting things, this is really easy with Gdrive as you surely know. Collecting things like your fix is what the library is for, since otherwise the thread is buried somewhere unless it is pinned, but you can only pin so many. I am sure over time people will add quite a lot of things similar to your contribution and they need to be organized.

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The Library of Gary Grigsby's War in the East resources.
Do you want total war? Guide for WitE players

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RE: Anyone interested in opening the "Library of W... - 8/27/2021 1:34:09 PM

MarkShot

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I beta tested/developed/invested in games for about 20 years. Now, I am retired, and only play games. Feel free to take above code and compile/host. (Most people will not want to install a AHK, whole development environment, for a game fix. They probably are likely to download an EXE if they know where to find it from a trusted source.)

This issue is not one of bytes and servers, but more what do you do when someone gives you free code which fixes one of your product lines? (In fact, this will be final post of these fixes for GG's titles.)

PS: As of 2000, I have a beta agreement (in general) with Matrix; not with David Heath who sold the business. So, if I produce it for one of their titles, they own it.

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