Hey guys/gals,
I've started a small companion application for this wonderful game.
I decided it would be open source so anyone can pitch in, either, via coding or bug reporting.
Here is the project page.
Here is where you can post bugs.
Here is a page where you can comment at will.
I hope this helps our community with a better game experience.
Edit: Per Hobnocker's request, and a sensible and politely formulated one as it is , I'm explaining what it does:
The User interface is multiple tabs.
New Tab The first tab is now the News tab. Apart from my side of some news, I'll also try and add news from the game.
The second tab is now "Todo list". It's a simple task editor.
The third tab is "Keyboard Shortcuts" and has the 3 keyboard shortcuts that I know of.
The fourth tab is titled "FAQ" and will contain a copy of all the FAQ content I can muster.
The fifth tab is titled "Tips and Tricks" and will have content that seams important from the forums.
The sixth Tab is called "Adventure Guides". This tab will have a list of the best Adventure Guides on the forums.
The seventh tab is titled "Battle Calculator" and should have code from Selak, if he replies to my private.
The eighth tab is titled "Production Chain". It contains the contents from BB_Arad1's post on the subject. It will however contain a calculator with more interaction so you can put your building and their levels and it will calculate if you have enough to not go short.
New Tab The nineth tab is the Trade Calculator. Still not done, but I still have a long way to go.
The last tab is the "About" tab and contains various links related to the app.
Will post a/some screenshot/s once I choose which app to use on Ubuntu
Developer Diary
Wed 28 Mar 2012: I've added a tab for Adventure guides, just the tab . I'm building a software library of the units(Buildings, Settlers, Bandits) that can be used in this app and by future developers if they want.
Sun 1 Apr 2012: I've added a Todo List tab so we can track our todos. I've picked this one up from suggestions for the Dev team forum.
Sun 8 Apr 2012: I've been mildly busy at this and had the time to test some components for Free Pascal/Lazarus.
I'm now using an HTML Viewer which will give a better presentation of all of the content I'm planning on getting on.
I've also started the Settings Dialog with the early stages of all the tweaks I can muster onto the app.
Content will be served from the source repo and can already be seen under the content folder.
Mon 9 Apr 2012: The settings functionality is up and running.
Added the possibility to configure Top or Bottom for the tabs.
A stub for language selection is in place.
A stub of the frequency for update checks is also in place.
Wed 18 Apr 2012: Add, Edit and Delete are done, on the Todo List tab.
Just need to code the Save, now.
Thu 26 Apr 2012: Re-wrote all of the tab management system to include the hide tabs feature.
Added 2 more tabs: News and Trade Calculator.
Sun 6 May 2012: Added the possibility to turn "Show Close Button" on/off for the tabs.
I've started to add Hints to some components. They show as regular Hint Windows and a more detailed int show on the Status bar.
This includes having the address for the clickable links on the About tab showing on the Status Bar.
One of the containers for the Online Updates was created.
Next release will be RC2 (Release Candidate 2) with the Online Update feature.
Cheers,
Gus