Raceview2

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Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Features 2 Download 3 Installation 4 Running the Program 5 History 5.1 V1.24 (May 07th, 2008) 5.2 V1.23 (May 06th, 2008) 5.3 V1.22 (May 04th, 2008) 5.4 V1.21 (May 03rd, 2008) 5.5 V1.20 (March 20th 2008) 5.6 V1.19 (February 17th 2008) 5.7 V1.18 (February 10th 2008) 5.8 V1.17 (January 13th 2008) 5.9 V1.16 5.10 V1.15 5.11 V1.14 5.12 V1.13 5.13 V1.12 5.14 V1.11 5.15 V1.1 5.16 V1.0 Initial Release 6 Bugs / Feature Requests 7 Screen Shots 8 See also

[edit] Overview

Raceview2 is a replacement for the normal Raceview application included in the Planets 4 package.
It it is a .NET program, so you must have the .NET v2 framework installed.

[edit] Features

• Raceview2 shows you devices that are missing in the original Raceview like Plasma Stream Enhancer, Target Enhancer, Clone Lab, Bio Computer, Organic Armor, Ballistic Battle Computer.
  UEA ships with 100ly always on Contraband Lockdown Sergeant-At-Arms Class Strikeship & Law Dog Class Battleship.
• Raceview supports replacement pictures.
• Wiki links for ships, devices...

[edit] Download

• Download the latest version of Raceview2 [1] (Zip-file)

[edit] Installation

• Make sure that you have installed .NET Framework Version 2.0 [2]
• Unzip the Raceview2 Zip-file anywhere on your computer.

[edit] Running the Program

When starting the first time, the program will ask you to enter the path to your Planets4 directoy. This will be saved in a file called "rv2-config.xml" in the program directory. The usage of the program itself is pretty forward:

• Choose a race in the left Listbox
• Choose the tab you want to look at (Racedata, Ships, Fighters, Mechs)
• In case of ships, choose the ship you want to look at

[edit] History

[edit] V1.24 (May 07th, 2008)

• Fixed new bug with ship wiki link introduced in V1.23 (due to a missing "not" in a check, it wasn't working at all).

[edit] V1.23 (May 06th, 2008)

• Fixed bug with ship wiki link (When no ship was selected an exception was thrown).
• Changed ship display when selecting another race (before the ship you had selected was still shown - now the ship page is resetted)

[edit] V1.22 (May 04th, 2008)

• Fixed bug with tow display introduced in V1.21

[edit] V1.21 (May 03rd, 2008)

• Fixed initialization bug that caused ship images to be written in "C:\" instead of the planets temp directory. On systems with restricted write access to "C:\" this caused the program to crash.
  Details: Previous versions placed the files "hull_1.bmp", "hull_2.bmp", "hull_3.bmp", "hull_4.bmp" and "hull.ico" in your "C:\" directory
• Fixed IMT Great Pyramid Tractor Beam display. Now displays "infinte" instead of the (very) big number.
• Changed alignment on fighter and mech pages slightly.
• Changed the "Anthem" button on the race page, as before it may have shown only "Anthe".

[edit] V1.20 (March 20th 2008)

• Fixed Aurora Class Flagship showing a Gravity Sensors while it should not.
• Fixed display error for mechs (fighter defense hadn't been shown).
• Fixed typo "Live Support" -> "Life Support"
• Added display of IMT special building Metals Exchange.
• Changed the color of all wiki links (buttons, special buildings, devices) to a green color, so that you know that they are links and not some normal text.

[edit] V1.19 (February 17th 2008)

• Added support for the additional devices on some RCS ships in Host 212e

[edit] V1.18 (February 10th 2008)

• Fixed "Attack Fighter" settings for assault crafts.

[edit] V1.17 (January 13th 2008)

• Added display of Gravity Sensors on A. Interstellar Class Frigate, A. Odin Class Carrier, and Lotus Class Pursuit Ship
• Fixed Large Weapon mounts/sizes and Warp Drag display

[edit] V1.16

• Spelling fixes for Nanovirus Bomb and Solar Ragnarock Device
• Added an "About" screen to show the current version. (In the menu Help | About)

[edit] V1.15

• Changed location of "hull mass" (moved to metal requirements) (Ship Tab)
• Fixed bug in ship devices. "Ore Processing" and "Alchemy Forge" where mixed up. (Ship Tab)

[edit] V1.14

• Added Max. Warp Speed for hulls (was missing)

[edit] V1.13

• Config file will be deleted if something went wrong with setting the planets dir.
• Added "Wiki Page" buttons to all tabs, that open the corresponding wiki page.
• Does not use "XP Styles" anymore, as that caused some trouble on systems not using those styles (Buttons).
• "Y" / "N" denoting if a race has a certain building are now colored.
• Style of headers changed (nicer to the eyes ;)

[edit] V1.12

• Changed the pictures showing if a building is available to ordinary labels. This makes switching between the races much smoother.

[edit] V1.11

• Changed Application Icon to something similar to original Raceview (may be a bit buggy).
• Allow to sort the Races according to id or name (General)

[edit] V1.1

• Added support for leader & symbol replacements (LXXX.bmp / SXXX.bmp) (General)
• Added special race buildings (Race Tab)
• Added a link to the wiki entry when you click on a specific special base building (Race Tab)
• Added support to play races anthems (Race Tab)
• Added Race Description text (Race Tab)
• Added governement type (Race Tab)
• Added leader name (Race Tab)
• Added Ship hull number (Ship Tab)
• Added a link to the wiki entry when you click on a specific ship device (Ship Tab)
• Fixed a major bug, as the program was writing temp files to "c:\" instead of "%Planets4Dir\Temp\"!

[edit] V1.0 Initial Release

[edit] Bugs / Feature Requests

Take care that this program is considered beta, so please report any bugs or feature requests to [3] or just put them on the Discussion Page.

[edit] Screen Shots

• Side by side Raceview vs Raceview2 (RCS Lotus)
  
• EE Slayer
• Gorn Trex
• RCS Lotus

[edit] See also

• Raceview
• Changing Graphics