This section is for all the addons for Vga Planets that I have
made. All of these should work on Dos/Win98, and most, or all, should
be able to be used on win2k systems. If you find one that doesn't, and
take the time to email me, I can try another compiling the program
specifically set for win32. Most of these could compile on linux
systems, not sure about bsd or sun? All of the ones I tried seemed to
compile correctly on debian. I do not have a secondary computer to
install and make different compilings for each linux variety.
I have updated it a few times to
try to keep it up to date with the current host. Adding handling for
1000 UFOs and just recently the FF friendly codes. I have gotten it to
compile with djgpp, mingw32 and on linux with gcc. I am placing it here
with my addons so anyone can get the most recent version.
VGA Planets Tool Kit - Updated 2003
Tactical VCR 2 has many
improvements from the first version. Among these are a graphical
interface, simulator to test tactics, and a large configuration system.
The simulator is currently in open testing to determine if it is
creating battles properly, and to see what needs to be updated or
enhanced in the interface.
Fullscreen works much better than windowed mode
on slower computers. Even greater speed can be acheived by turning
the graphics delays down to 0. Sounds are still not what I would like them
to be, but I haven't found much better ones yet. I hope to replace them
once I do.
Tactical VCR Has its own page...
Tactical VCR 2
Primary File Pack (Needed)
Latest EXE File
Like uscore this program
needs you to run host.exe to generate score.log, ton.exe to generate
tons.log, vgascore (v2.2) to generate the vgascore.blt, and Ptscore
(v1.3) to generate the PtScore.log. Host and tons are included with the
Vga Planets host files, and the other two are available in some of the
Vga Planets addons sites.
You must intercept and tow the debris with ships or build a
pulsed tractor beam device on a planet to collect the debris,
before you can salvage it.
Successful salvaging of debris will tell you what you
discovered, and unsuccessful salvaging may mean you lose some
systems, minerals, or even lose a relic.
Many types of relics exist. They range from computer viruses
that cause ships, planets and bases to do strange things, to
viruses that may affect populations, to high powered explosive
devices capable of destroying or damaging anything within the blast
radius.
Yes, space faring bugs and hives.
Swarms is the 1st use of the 1000 UFO record potential, built
into the Host program for Vga Planets. Swarms has many hives and
bugs flying around your cluster, scavenging clans, fighting ships,
and generally cause problems for the players. Swarms is best
played with WINPLAN as you can see the hives and bugs displayed,
however, the Fcodes will work with DOSPLAN, and you will be able
to see where the swarms are as they scavenge through your area.
*** NOTE *** The win32
version does actually work, however, due to some compiler problem there
is no backup drawpage allocated so tactview.exe ends up drawing
everything to the screen very slowly. The dos viewer is highly
recommended if you can use it.
Tactical VCR
The VGA Planets Toolkit
The VGA Planets Toolkit was created and released to public use by Roger Burton West.
VGA Planets Tool Kit (Linux) - Updated 2003
Shareware
Tactical VCR 2
Tactical VCR 2 is a mass
combat system, which uses specific tactics, speeds and primary target
sets for each ship. By using varying tactics fleets will be better able
to engage the enemy in battle and survive. Ships are no longer be
required to go in and slug it out at point blank range until they are
dead.
Freeware
Admiral Cplayer
Admiral is a computer player program designed for flexibility.
To achieve the best amount of flexibility Admiral was designed to use
external variable settings. Each Admiral has 31 settings for ship
building and deployment, and each of the 25 tactical packages has 36
settings, determining starbase, ship and planetary tactics.Autoname
Autoname simply names all
the ships that don't have names. This is very similiar to the code I
use for Admiral to name the ships. (Host Addon)EControl
EControl is my first decent
attempt at a utility to build factories, mines, defenses and tax
colonists and natives. It is currently still a work in progress, but
appears to work decently for most races. Any input on this is welcome.Fallout
Fallout is a small addon for
use with VGAP 3.x. Fallout calculates radiation and its effects on
clans and natives. Two new Fcodes are introduced to allow
bombardment and flushing of radiation at planets. Source is no long
available so I cannot recompile this one.Homeworld
Home World operates very
simply. If the home world is captured from the original owner of the
home world, some of the original owner's planets and ship may join the
new owner. If the original owner of the home world recaptures it from
an invader, some of the invader's planets may join the original owner.
If the home world is destroyed, but not occupied, as when you capture
the Crystals 100 temp home world, the effects are halved.Host One Ally
Honeally (Host One Ally) was
made to prevent super alliances from ruining games. Currently too many
games seem to come down to large alliances which then end in stalemates
because it gets time consuming to coordinate efforts. This program
allows only one ally to be set at a time, any attempt to add an extra
ally will be blocked, however, you can still break an alliance and form
a new one.Maintain
Ships require maintenance.Map Draw
A simple program to draw out Vga Planets maps.Maptotxt
A simple program that lists out the xyplan.dat file into a text file.MineUP
A simple program that does
an additional no damage minesweep at the end of the turn to make
certain that you get proper minefield information. This was made for
use with Orbiter as minesweep comes before the actual rotation of the
map.Nuscore
nuscore - Since the
disappearance of the author of uscore no one was able to get the reg
code so I wrote up this clone so people can use the uscore system
again. I am not sure if the weighting system was in the original, but I
saw that somewhere and no one really objected to it. I didn't make any
graphics output since there were several objections to that.Orbiter
Orbiter rotates the map
every turn. This is still semi experimental, while the program works
flawlessly, the amount of maximum rotation is still being tested. This
version has a 9 degree maximum rotation at the center of the cluster
and 1 degree minimum on the outer edge. This may change as more games
are played. Using MineUp with oribiter is suggested to get proper
minefield sizes and locations.Randname
Randname is a client end
ship naming utility. To use it you simply put a list with the names of
the ship you want to use into the game directory and before you use
maketurn run randname on the directory to randomly name your ships from
the list. Two ship lists are included, however, making a new list is as
simple as typing one name per line into a text file.Relic Wars
Many clusters of debris are floating around the map, they can
contain almost anything, from minerals and ship systems to fighters
and torpedos. Some will also contain powerful relics.Swarms
Swarms?Tactical VCR v1.x
Tactical VCR is a mass
combat system, which uses specific tactics, speeds and primary target
sets for each ship. By using varying tactics fleets will be better able
to engage the enemy in battle and survive. Ships are no longer be
required to go in and slug it out at point blank range until they are
dead.
Tactical VCR for win32Terraformer
T_FORMER speeds the
terraforming of planets. For every three turns that a planet is being
terraformed an additional degree of temperature change is gained per
ship. If a ship leaves a planet and then comes back the sequence starts
over. Default is 3.Tourngen
Tourngen is a simple
campaign creation utility that allows a host to create a map with 11
cone or wedge shaped arms and a central core. Each arm will contain the
exact same amount of minerals and natives, however, they will not be on
the exact same planets. Each race will also be allocated a standard
base and the homeworld extraction rates match the normal ones set by
master. Using the settings in the INI file you can easily change the
size and number of stars in each arm as well as minerals and natives
levels.Tvcrhtml
Tvcrhtml creates ship list tables in html format with css for coloring. This allows for
quick coloring of any lists generated. Tvcrhtml works on any ship list and will produce
data for normal vcr.exe games and Tactical VCR 2 games. The pictures provided are the one
mostly created by bane, which are used in Tactical VCR 2. They can easily be replace by
any other gif with the proper index. You will need to read the tiny text file to see how
to generate the lists.Universe
Universe is a simple utility to give players and idea of what the mineral and native content of the universe are.