08-07-2007, 09:20 PM
There was some talks about unit viewer for Campaign Series.
As PLTNDATA.HLP and WPNDATA.HLP files in current game are obsolete, its hard to find stats for all units. And in the game viewer (F2 key) is limited only to your side.
So I made Unit Viewer for John Tiller's Campaign Series.
All data are read dynamically from game directory and they are always up to date.
Installation and usage is very simple, see below
Installation
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Step 1: Download - http://arkady.cz/utilities/JTCS_Unitviewer.zip - 745 kB
Step 2: Unzip archive to destination by your choice (two files in zip archive, keep them together)
Step 3: Run JTCS_UnitViewer.exe
Enjoy It!
Requirements
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- John Tiller's Campaign Series properly installed on your machine
- .NET Framework 2.0 (if you are not sure about this just run the viewer and if you receive error message you'll need download and install .NET Framework from Microsoft. It is free, size is 22.4 MB - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...b15c5e04f5)
Work with viewer
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After start you se only one combo box, select game (EF, WF, or RS)
Now you have another choice, you can select nation (list depends on platoonXX.obx files in game directory)
If you pick a nation, list with all available platoons/units appear, now just click unit in the list and you will see all details about the unit.
Additional you can see game counters with NATO symbol and Graphical icon , 3d graphic for unit (you can rotate unit, display base for better visibility and switch to alternative camo if available).
Full description from unittext.txt is on screen and you can open weapons chart too.
Movement and weapons sound can be played for each unit.
Issues
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If you encounter any problem with JTCS Unitviewer, cotact me with description and I'll help you.
- no 3D graphic displayed for some units: corresponding bmp files are missing, report to Matrix Games
- no unit picture available: corresponding picture files are missing, report to Matrix Games
- no unit text displayed: corresponding entry in unittext.txt is missing, report to Matrix Games
- 2D graphic not aligned: bitmaps in icons2d files are not centered in the grid, report to Matrix Games
- not corresponding sound files: my fault ;) , I'm not sure how exactly are data from obx files tied to weapon and movement sound files.
I hope that someone find this utility useful
Arkady
As PLTNDATA.HLP and WPNDATA.HLP files in current game are obsolete, its hard to find stats for all units. And in the game viewer (F2 key) is limited only to your side.
So I made Unit Viewer for John Tiller's Campaign Series.
All data are read dynamically from game directory and they are always up to date.
Installation and usage is very simple, see below
Installation
------------
Step 1: Download - http://arkady.cz/utilities/JTCS_Unitviewer.zip - 745 kB
Step 2: Unzip archive to destination by your choice (two files in zip archive, keep them together)
Step 3: Run JTCS_UnitViewer.exe
Enjoy It!
Requirements
------------
- John Tiller's Campaign Series properly installed on your machine
- .NET Framework 2.0 (if you are not sure about this just run the viewer and if you receive error message you'll need download and install .NET Framework from Microsoft. It is free, size is 22.4 MB - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...b15c5e04f5)
Work with viewer
----------------
After start you se only one combo box, select game (EF, WF, or RS)
Now you have another choice, you can select nation (list depends on platoonXX.obx files in game directory)
If you pick a nation, list with all available platoons/units appear, now just click unit in the list and you will see all details about the unit.
Additional you can see game counters with NATO symbol and Graphical icon , 3d graphic for unit (you can rotate unit, display base for better visibility and switch to alternative camo if available).
Full description from unittext.txt is on screen and you can open weapons chart too.
Movement and weapons sound can be played for each unit.
Issues
------
If you encounter any problem with JTCS Unitviewer, cotact me with description and I'll help you.
- no 3D graphic displayed for some units: corresponding bmp files are missing, report to Matrix Games
- no unit picture available: corresponding picture files are missing, report to Matrix Games
- no unit text displayed: corresponding entry in unittext.txt is missing, report to Matrix Games
- 2D graphic not aligned: bitmaps in icons2d files are not centered in the grid, report to Matrix Games
- not corresponding sound files: my fault ;) , I'm not sure how exactly are data from obx files tied to weapon and movement sound files.
I hope that someone find this utility useful
Arkady