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SB HQ (Squad Battles Launcher) v.1.5.5 (new!)
02-20-2022, 11:43 PM, (This post was last modified: 02-20-2022, 11:51 PM by Embis.)
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RE: SB HQ (Squad Battles Launcher) v.1.5
(02-18-2022, 11:15 PM)Xerxes77 Wrote:
(02-18-2022, 06:24 PM)Embis Wrote: I usually have 6-8 games running at a time and sometimes I struggle to keep track of whose turn it is. So i would like something which helps me to do that, so something that:
  • scans all my SB games and gives me the details of the .bte files, particularly the date they were saved, the name of the scenario, the original scenario file name. (some scenario designers give their games different file names and scenario names and this can make it difficult to find the right scenario when reporting it at the Blitz, (your SBHQ program reports both the scenario and file name, and that's a useful feature for that very reason)
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Mark,
Those are very good. I actually intended to provide all that functionality but I hit a brick wall - encryption. The program takes everything it needs from the .bte files and doesn't keep any metadata (which explains why there's no validation and you can accidentally open your opponent's file). Encryption makes it impossible to determine info like scenario, current turn, etc. 

You'll notice the standard in-game PBEM dialog provides no info for encrypted saves either... realistically, we could have the program provide you with a list of all your PBEM games and then custom information fields that you could fill manually with opponent name, turn, and other notes. I have to mull it over a bit more to see if it'd be actually usable and worth the effort.

(02-18-2022, 06:24 PM)Phoenix Wrote: It's great. Many thanks, Carlos. It picks up 12 of my 13 SB titles. Doesn't see Falklands. I wonder why?

Well, that's embarrassing... Looks like I simply forgot to check for it! It's a quick fix so I can upload a new version right now, but I don't have the game -- could you please let me know the executable? Is it fw.exe?
Thanks Carlos,
Its a shame it cant provide that functionality. What you describe as an alternative sounds good, but filling in fields manually doesn't sound that attractive.
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