Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Lord_Calidor

Bodhi, is it possible to make a zoom tool, so we can zoom in/out on the map?
I think it could be useful for a better strategic view and planning over specific areas.

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ORIGINAL: Bodhi

Good idea, spent a bit of time on the train this morning thinking about how it could be implemented. Would be a nice thing to try, both from the user interface and programming aspects. Unfortunately, the rate at which I'm working on the update, I doubt it'll see the light of day anytime soon, if at all. However, one part of the update may be useful for strategy and planning in specific areas. I've just got to stop playing the damn game and get coding! Maybe now that the Solomon Islands appear secure and Rabaul is taken, I may do some more before I start my next offensive.

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: Apollo11

I keep my fingers crossed for new version that would contain the spotted TFs vectors...

#Ships   Speed Knts
  1          1 
  3          5
  6         10    
  9         15
  12        20
  15        25

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ORIGINAL: Bodhi

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

I keep my fingers crossed for new version that would contain the spotted TFs vectors...

They're already in my version.

Here's a quick screen to show they'll look. They look a bit different on a cluttered map, but I think it's still possible to get useful info at a glance.





Apart from the direction, the width gives an indication of the TF size, and the colour an indication of speed. In the example the TFs are, from top to bottom:

#Ships   Speed Knts
  1          1 
  3          5
  6         10    
  9         15
  12        20
  15        25

So yellow->red is slow->fast, and thin->thick is small->large.

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: Knavey

That sure looks great. Since we don't get many WitP patches anymore, some of us eagerly await yours!

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ORIGINAL: jamesm
Would be also be able to add an option with allows you to define how dates are shown in the various screens i.e. DD/MM/YYYY, MM/DD/YYYY, YYYY/MM/DD, etc.

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ORIGINAL: jamesm
A useful report to filter into another tab is if intel reports that the emeny is planning an attack on a certain location.

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ORIGINAL: Xian
could you also add a screen where all the arrived units are tabulated? That way I don't miss anything coming on board.

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Thanks again for a great tool.

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ORIGINAL: Knavey
If I wanted to manually put in a sighting that is not on the official list of sightings, how would I go about it?

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ORIGINAL: Widell

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ORIGINAL: Knavey
If I wanted to manually put in a sighting that is not on the official list of sightings, how would I go about it?

There is a comment function built in. Place the cursor over the hex you want to add the comment to and hit F1

If this is not what you are looking for, I guess you need to edit the .txt file generated by WitP before you run the utility. You should be able to add a line of text that the utility picks up provided you copy the exaxt format that the game produces (Bodhi - Please correct me if I´m wrong)

/Robert

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

Bodhi,

Before I run your utility I would like to know - does it leave processes running in the background? Or, is the window the only process that runs?

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ORIGINAL: Bodhi

Good idea, spent a bit of time on the train this morning thinking about how it could be implemented. Would be a nice thing to try, both from the user interface and programming aspects. Unfortunately, the rate at which I'm working on the update, I doubt it'll see the light of day anytime soon, if at all. However, one part of the update may be useful for strategy and planning in specific areas. I've just got to stop playing the damn game and get coding! Maybe now that the Solomon Islands appear secure and Rabaul is taken, I may do some more before I start my next offensive.

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ORIGINAL: Lord_Calidor

Bodhi, is it possible to make a zoom tool, so we can zoom in/out on the map?
I think it could be useful for a better strategic view and planning over specific areas.

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ORIGINAL: jvgfanatic

The wheel used for zoom if possib. :) and right-click and hold on an empty space will allow the user to drag the map.

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ORIGINAL: Bodhi
13/0/32005 Update

Fixed two missed types of operations reports:
- Aircraft attacking subs
- Aircraft sighting unnamed ships with only direction noted (not speed)

Fixed missed coastwatcher sightings (added in edit)

Added extra ways to scroll the map
- keyboard scroll keys
- mouse wheel - right mouse button switches axis of scroll
- click and hold centre mouse button (mouse wheel button), then move mouse to scroll

Status bar now gives the coords of the hex under the mouse cursor

Status bar now displays the program version number

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Somehow vector arrows or tiny icons representing direction of travel of a tf. If multiple tf's travelling in a hex arrows can be done appropriately. I can draw this up in Photoshop if you'd like to see some ideas.

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ORIGINAL: Bodhi

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

I keep my fingers crossed for new version that would contain the spotted TFs vectors...

They're already in my version.

Here's a quick screen to show they'll look. They look a bit different on a cluttered map, but I think it's still possible to get useful info at a glance.





Apart from the direction, the width gives an indication of the TF size, and the colour an indication of speed. In the example the TFs are, from top to bottom:

#Ships   Speed Knts
  1          1 
  3          5
  6         10    
  9         15
  12        20
  15        25

So yellow->red is slow->fast, and thin->thick is small->large.

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ORIGINAL: Reg

Is there any way to filter combat/sighting reports by geographic region?

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The reason I ask is that after a while (if you are tracking reports for a long time period), the number of reports gets rather large. I know you can sort the report lists by date and by X and Y coordinates but in these cases the list is interspersed by reports from all across the Pacific.

It would be nice if you just display reports for an area, (for example Malaya or Wake island) so you easily keep track of what is happening in a localised campaign. I suppose the best way to implement this could be to specify a central point (or cursor position) and include all reports generated within a specified distance from this reference point.

I don't think I would apply the filter to tracking reports associated with individual ships (except perhaps limit tracked ships to ones seen in the area of interest).