Congratulations on 8 years Front-End!
Right.
8 years of exciting things happening... here a screenshot from 2 years ago...
Look closely (the contrast is bad due to the colors on MEDiAFiRE), S3F has been downloaded more than 40000 times!
2 old versions had 4500+ downloads already plus almost 5000 downloads of the module_SFSF() alone :)
and here one of just now...
Source:
www.mediafire.com/folder/e88qja72j1jbr/TOOLSSo speaking of today, on S3F's 8th anniversary, we can speak of more than 50000 downloads
(42000+ current version, 4500+ old versions, 5000+ downloads only module_SFSF() alone
I am only dissappointed with the support. I wrote the following below ages ago (20200713):
Now that module_SFSF() seems complete with its version 10 I want to resume work on the automization of the Stiebler-Patch (
S3S = V1.6B1-4C).
Before I go into more details, I need testers.
PLEASE COME TO TEAMSPEAK!Weird... Did not spark interest. Very strange. There seems no interest in the automated Stiebler-patch.
Sometimes it is astonishing. You offer to do something and the dumb people does not want to support you.
They go crying wolf about every step they must take to get things achived, but they will not support you.
They throw their money into the SuSi-money-collector-whiners and hope it will all be miraculously get done...
Let me then put it this way, you guys, yes, all you, who are reading this thread - I see you!
You can signal to me that I shall continue the code by making a donation to DEF (not to me).
I do not want money for myself. But I want the the servers of my group get paid.
I shall not spend immense time of my life and then even pay for everything myself!
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Or do you seriously throw your money over to SuSi, where nobody ever does it?
Think about it.
Hm. Sometimes you look at your own code. And when you can not understand it.
I am practically recoding S3F. More than 2500 lines of code to go through. Without modules.
Much to do...
The module_S3S uses the original files by Stiebler.
IF it does not find that file in the CurrentDirectory(), it downloads that file from Stiebler's directory.
IF it finds that file in the CurrentDirectory() and the MD5Sum is correct, it uses that one.
it verifies if you have provided an original Stiebler-archive in the same directory as S3F
if not, it will download from Stiebler's site
in either case it verifies the MD5Sum so that only an original Stiebler-archive is going to be used
that verified archive is then unpacked
...
it then verifies if S3H or H.sie-patch has been applied
if not, it asks you to confirm execution of S3H
if that is done S3S continues
...
...
And I have recoded the module for renumbering.
This is as far as I got until today with grandmaster Stiebler delaying communications severely.
Oh! How nice it feels that I can say that and do not have to fear that some SuSi-idiot like that copper infracts me for saying.
Ha... that feels good.
The S3S is not only a one-shot-go, it now has an own menu with CHECKBOXES
- - 4C (the basis patch = always ticked on)
[ ] - 4C_Use_EnvSimAct
[ ] - 4C_Use_AI_Sensors.dat
[ ] - 4C_Use_CAM-SHIP-Fix
[ ] - 4C_Use_ChangeGridMod
[ ] - 4C_Use_WeatherMeterMod
[ ] - 4C_Use_RadarOnTurms
When selecting either, any or all of the additional sub-mods, their very mod-folders are generated and so everything is reversible.
Originally Posted by Stiebler You are welcome to include the current Options Selector, but (I repeat) it would be a major task to recode it for any purpose.
Congratulations with your S3F patch.
I am happy for you to include my Stiebler-Patch with S3F. (That is, permission granted.)
Good luck!
Stiebler.
In the process of recoding all this Stiebler said it would take someone else for the task to recode a new OptionsSelector, so here I do it:
Want to take a first glance?
YES!
This is now ONE OptionsSelector for BOTH:
+ H.sie (and its automated version "S3H")
+ Stiebler (and its automated version "S3S")
Will naturally keep you updated.
Hmmm... + with
STIEBLER's latest additions+ NYGM detection and message "Realistic Repair Times is not compatible with NYGM and must be unchecked for NYGM users!"
Note to myself: That is exactly where Stiebler and I left off - when I was keelhauled in all but name.
I sent him several mails and even had them forwarded through DS, GD, and lastly PA.
No response.
b1(+2m)
Ok, let me give some news and changes that I am now working on:
[I]Support for any language other than ENGLISH is going to be removed.
Reason: German players have proved to be no help whatsoever.
No more to do... Fix SETTINGS in German: NOT "Abbrechen", but "EXIT"
[II]S3B/SH3BAK is a backup-solution for SH3-installation-specific files.
I have seen so many players screwing up their installation and thereby crashing or even losing their career or campaign-data so this can be very helpful.
You simply select the installpath (as in SH3RME), S3B reads Filemanager.dll and offers you to make a backup of...
the entire installation (installpath$)
only the mods-folder (installpath$\MODS\)
the SP/CP-related files (career/campaign-data in %MyDocuments%)
your settings in %MyDocuments%
THIS MODULE IS SOON TO BE INTEGRATED IN S3F (MENU_SETTINGS!)
and mirrored in S3Q (same code)
[III]S3F is going to let you tick the checkbox to run S3C with SHxVAR
lets you pick your installation of SH3 (as in SH3RME)
creates %installpath%\..\TOOLS\SHxVAR
writes SHxVAR.exe, SH3VAR.cfg
lets you pick your installation of S3C
moves doc files where they belong (to \documentation)
patches SH3Cmdr.exe like S3H, i.e creates a mod and activates it so "mod" is listed and all files are saved
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Now working on...
+ completing the code-integration of SFSF.
+ new menus such as those in S3Q - see there!
+ Explore installation folder icon -> Open game path
+ Explore career files icon -> Open save data pathparentwin of
- settings
- copy
put in NEW copy routine
(elapsed time comparison)
Do you want to add this newly created installation to be registered to WINREG, so other programs can find and use it?
Only needed in very rare occasions and if you use Front-End you do not have this problem anyway.
New Endscreen for module_SFSF() coming...
After completion of the fix, you can then...
TAKE YOUR NEXT STEPS
- CONTINUE WITH FIEDLER'S INSTRUCTIONS
- SUPPORT THIS TOOL
- COME TO CHAT ON TEAMSPEAK
- JOIN DEF AND PLAY WITH US
- SUBMIT FEEDBACK
Leave feedback in Steam-thread
Give an award on Steam-thread
Give an award to FIEDLER
- EXIT TO WINDOWS
And it may look a bit like the new
S3Q-menu...
Idea: What if you replace the current end screen with the feedback window?
I am figuring that out... but the total code-inclusion with sub-calls has higher priority.
Did you drum up some donations so our server-costs are covered yet?
Because when the forum and domain are down it has little use of programming to me...
Also for 1 month nobody of all those "community-lame-asses" helped testing:
Also I would like to invite everyone to help testing: V1.8.0.0b "C0R0N0iA-EDiTi0N II"
(this one has 100% of the SFSF-code included that was previously an external module).