CivLackey
Chieftain
Hello fellow Civvies,
Tired of Alt-Tabbing out of Civ to use the web-browser combat calculator that Thunderfall, Valant2 and the rest contributed? You can read about it and who created it in this thread .
So was I, so I decided to make a Windows utility program that let me pop up a calculator form from inside Civ. Thunderfall has encouraged me to put it out here for you all to use ( he thinks it's that good ) So, here it is!
In the uploads 2 file area there is a zip containing an installation file for version 1.0.0 of CivLackey's Civ Assistants . Just download, extract and run the exe file it contains. The rest is handled by the installer.
QUICK INSTRUCTIONS:
After installing Civ Assistants program, ( you just downloaded it, right? )
put in your Civ cd - (close the autorun screen if it pops up )
Start CivLackey's Civ Assistants using the [launch Civ] version of the shortcut on your desktop.
From inside Civ, press Alt+C to show/hide the Combat Calculator. Press Alt+M to show/hide the launch menu.
No need to close Civ Assistants program, it will autoclose with Civ ( unless you change that option via the settings menu ).
There are popup hints on nearly everything in the program, so if you want to know what a button does, move the mouse over it for a second or two.
For those modders among you, it is possible to create alternate unit lists. Just click the edit list button from the main Combat Calc screen. The rest should be self-explanatory if you use the pop-up hints when in doubt. NOTE: The data file is just a .csv, so you could create your new unit lists, save them and then include the .csv in your mod-pack. One of the things I'll do next is an import/export function to make it easy to save out and read in a unit list.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS:
As you will see on the launch menu bar, I plan to put in two other utilities ( they are fleshed out, but I'm still working on them ):
Historian's Assistant - will be a simple notecard-type editor for you people that like to write stories about your Civ games. This would work just like the Combat Calc - a keystroke to show/hide it without having to leave Civ. Example:
Title NOTE
800 BC Those pesky Romans marched into London - Aaack!
1200 AD After a long and bitter war, we retook London from the Romans... whew!
Snapshot Assistant - is a quick way to take / manage your screenshots. You configure where you want the files to be saved,
then with a keystroke you can save a screenshot to that folder, or
you can popup a screenshot utility that lets you select a smaller portion of the screen and then save it to your screenshots folder.
NOTE: - as I mentioned in the installation readme ( you did read it, right? ), the further completion of these two extra utilities depends upon your feedback. Let me know if you want them or not. Since no one will pay me to play Civ ( I've tried ), I have to work for a living, and I don't want to waste time making something that won't be used. So please, drop me a note of encouragement if you want to see one or both of these utilities.
They may eventually get finished anyway, but your encouragement helps make it all seem worthwhile!
That's it. It has been tested most heavily with 2000. Those of you with 9x or other flavors of Windows, please let me know how it's working for you. I'll do my best to fix any problems you may find.
Again, your feedback will be appreciated, so don't hesitate to contact me with a post or a PM here, or
send a message to my Hotmail account .
I'll let you know in this thread when there are further developments... 'Till then,
Happy Civving,
CivLackey
Tired of Alt-Tabbing out of Civ to use the web-browser combat calculator that Thunderfall, Valant2 and the rest contributed? You can read about it and who created it in this thread .
So was I, so I decided to make a Windows utility program that let me pop up a calculator form from inside Civ. Thunderfall has encouraged me to put it out here for you all to use ( he thinks it's that good ) So, here it is!
In the uploads 2 file area there is a zip containing an installation file for version 1.0.0 of CivLackey's Civ Assistants . Just download, extract and run the exe file it contains. The rest is handled by the installer.
QUICK INSTRUCTIONS:
After installing Civ Assistants program, ( you just downloaded it, right? )
put in your Civ cd - (close the autorun screen if it pops up )
Start CivLackey's Civ Assistants using the [launch Civ] version of the shortcut on your desktop.
From inside Civ, press Alt+C to show/hide the Combat Calculator. Press Alt+M to show/hide the launch menu.
No need to close Civ Assistants program, it will autoclose with Civ ( unless you change that option via the settings menu ).
There are popup hints on nearly everything in the program, so if you want to know what a button does, move the mouse over it for a second or two.
For those modders among you, it is possible to create alternate unit lists. Just click the edit list button from the main Combat Calc screen. The rest should be self-explanatory if you use the pop-up hints when in doubt. NOTE: The data file is just a .csv, so you could create your new unit lists, save them and then include the .csv in your mod-pack. One of the things I'll do next is an import/export function to make it easy to save out and read in a unit list.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS:
As you will see on the launch menu bar, I plan to put in two other utilities ( they are fleshed out, but I'm still working on them ):
Historian's Assistant - will be a simple notecard-type editor for you people that like to write stories about your Civ games. This would work just like the Combat Calc - a keystroke to show/hide it without having to leave Civ. Example:
Title NOTE
800 BC Those pesky Romans marched into London - Aaack!
1200 AD After a long and bitter war, we retook London from the Romans... whew!
Snapshot Assistant - is a quick way to take / manage your screenshots. You configure where you want the files to be saved,
then with a keystroke you can save a screenshot to that folder, or
you can popup a screenshot utility that lets you select a smaller portion of the screen and then save it to your screenshots folder.
NOTE: - as I mentioned in the installation readme ( you did read it, right? ), the further completion of these two extra utilities depends upon your feedback. Let me know if you want them or not. Since no one will pay me to play Civ ( I've tried ), I have to work for a living, and I don't want to waste time making something that won't be used. So please, drop me a note of encouragement if you want to see one or both of these utilities.
They may eventually get finished anyway, but your encouragement helps make it all seem worthwhile!
That's it. It has been tested most heavily with 2000. Those of you with 9x or other flavors of Windows, please let me know how it's working for you. I'll do my best to fix any problems you may find.
Again, your feedback will be appreciated, so don't hesitate to contact me with a post or a PM here, or
send a message to my Hotmail account .
I'll let you know in this thread when there are further developments... 'Till then,
Happy Civving,
CivLackey