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Because the best old Stars! websites keep quietly disappearing all of the download links below are from the wiki site itself, if you are the author of any of these files and would like a file to ''not'' be available from the wiki site, please contact [[user:Gible|Gible]] to have it removed. Links to the file's homepage & original web locations will be added if possible. - feel free to help :)
Because the best old Stars! websites keep quietly disappearing all of the utilities below have download links from Stars!wiki itself, if you are the author of any of these files and would like a file to ''not'' be available from Stars!wiki, please contact [[user:Ricks0333|Rick]] to have it removed. Where possible, links to files' homepages or original web locations are included. - feel free to add any we missed. {{:)}}
You can also help by writing the individual articles for the utilities that require installation or usage instructions, or just coz they deserve it. :)
You can also help by writing the individual articles for the utilities that require installation or usage instructions, or just coz they deserve it. {{:)}}
*see also:
*see also:
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: [[downloads]]
: [[Patches and versions]]
: [[Related Websites]]
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: [[Technical Information]]
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To reduce bandwidth for slower connections, the utilities have been sorted into sections. You can also [[Utilities/Index|view the complete list]].
===[[Utilities/Index]]===
The complete list of utilities on one page.
==Game setup utilities==
===[[Utilities/Game setup]]===
===[[Map2XY]]===
Relating to customising game setups. Includes Stars Editor.
*[[file:map2xy.zip|download map2xy.zip 66kb]]
===[[Utilities/References]]===
*[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=65726&package_id=124942 offsite download at sourceforge]
Reference material. Does not include software.
*homepage: [http://stars-util.sourceforge.net/ stars-utils] at sourceforge
===[[Utilities/Calculators]]===
*author:LEit
Programs for performing various calculations.
Map2XY will take a .xy file and a .map file and modify the .xy file to match the .map file. This allows moving planets on the y axis (north/south) quite a bit, since you cannot change the order of the planets, the x axis isn't too modifiable, except you could stretch or compress the universe. It also allows renaming the planets, to other Stars! names only.
===[[Utilities/In-game information processing and sharing]]===
Programs for processing .f/.p/.map files and organising/sharing game data.
===[[Utilities/m and x file management]]===
Programs to assist in the logistics of .m/.x turn files.
===[[Utilities/Online Utilities]]===
Websites which provide online utilities.
:''Not a list of websites with utility downloads''
Allows you to change the names of your stars/planets in Stars! games. This only affects your XY file, so if you want the changes to apply to everyone, they will need to receive the updated XY file. Zip file contains instructions, and different versions for different operating systems.
A great utility that allows hosts to not only model the galaxy off a bitmap, but also allows them to move homeworlds around. There are some restrictions as to where the new homeworlds are placed.
*[http://starsautohost.org/files/ChaffMine.zip offsite download at Stars! Autohost]
*authors: [[Dan Neeley]] and [[LEit]]
A program that estimates the number of chaff needed to "chaff sweep" a minefield.
===Opt Move===
===Stars Player Colours Changer===
*author: LEit
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Utility that allows you to enter max warp and distance and it punches back the optimal warp settings and distance for travelling that distance. Very useful for ship movements that are fuel-limited or time constrained like shifting population or orbital adjustors.
*Source: [http://stars.atlantissoftware.co.uk/StarsPlayerColoursChanger.exe offsite download at PaulCr's Page]
* Requires Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 or higher
*Author: PaulCr
* [http://starsautohost.org/sahforum/index.php?t=msg&th=4177&start=0&rid=78&S=67a71ced0eb5e16b645784edc43b785a release announcement in The Academy] at [[HWF]]
"Player Colours editor that edits the English (or what Americans call English anyway) version of stars 2.6jrc4 that is 3,344,384 bytes long." Purely cosmetic.
Colour Map which shows a set of colours on the Space, Scanner & Pen Scanner Coloured backgrounds, the default set creates the page using value of 0,64,128,192 & 255 for each of the components which produces 125 colour combinations but it can also be set to use a different list in the parameters such as [http://stars.atlantissoftware.co.uk/colourmap.aspx?Colours=0,51,102,153,204,255 link] which create 216 based on 0,51,102,153,204 & 255 (00,33,66,99,CC,FF) For helping to find suitable colour values to use.
===[[Packet Damage Calculator]]===
*[[file:pacal.zip|download pacal.zip 17kb]]
*[http://starsautohost.org/files/pacal.zip offsite download at Stars! AutoHost]
*no homepage, originally hosted at [http://ww.starsautohost.org/ Stars! AutoHost]
*[http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Stage/2592/Strxprt.zip offsite download at homepage]
*homepage: [http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Stage/2592/xpert.html Jeff Donville's Stars! Xpert Page]
The Xpert is a calculator for cloaking, bombing, packet damage, weapons damage (with respect to capacitors, deflectors, computers and jammers), fuel consumption, and planetary resources.
===TeamTT8===
*[[file:teamtt8.zip|download teamtt8.zip 76kb]]
====[[TT8v2]]====
*author: overworked(OWK)
This is the second generation of the Ugly_TT spreadsheet for calculating terraforming values and "best race" to colonize a given planet.
==In-game information processing/sharing==
===Combine.exe===
*author: LEit
Utility that combines multiple pxx or fxx reports into a single output file.
===[[Information Trader]]===
*[[file:i-trade.zip|download i-trade.zip 498kb]]
*[http://starsautohost.org/files/i-trade.zip offsite download at Stars! AutoHost]
*no homepage, originally hosted at [http://ww.starsautohost.org/ Stars! Autohost]
Allows players to transfer gaming information without compromising their own security.
===[[mSplit]]===
*[[file:mSplit.zip|download mSplit.zip 10kb]]
*[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=65726&package_id=186619 offsite download at sourceforge]
*homepage: [http://stars-util.sourceforge.net/ stars-utils] at sourceforge
*author: [[Wumpus]]
mSplit is a small command-line tool to split a multi-year M file into it's consitutent 1-year parts. Includes source code and compiled binaries for both windows and linux.
The Stars! Message Reader automatically scans Stars! and reads all messages. It stores them into an internal database, or you can save them as a plain text file. You can easily read messages from previous turns and filter player messages.
*[http://starsautohost.org/files/starsreportsprocessor.zip Offsite download at Stars! Autohost]
*Author: Feliks Przybyszewski (Nexus One)
*No homepage, [http://starsautohost.org/sahforum/index.php?t=msg&th=890&start=0&rid=114&S=685bf39347e7681bd18b8d4c6f741641 release announcement in the Bar at HWF]
A program for managing/visualising existing/potential fleet movements, scanning capabilities, distances and more.
A mapper program which allows players to combine and analyse data extracted from the game, including the visualization of each players influence over a territory, mapping of stargate networks and the display of allies scanner data, while providing a convenient place for keeping notes on the other races in the game.
==.m/.x file management==
===[[AutoHost Client]]===
[[Image:getjavalogo.gif|right|frame|[http://www.java.com/java/download/ Get Java now!]]]
The AutoHost Client is a program to automate the interactions with the Stars! AutoHost web site, as well as some other common actions such as making backups of turn files, launching Stars!, and dumping fleet and planet reports.
===Stars! TurnXChange===
*[[file:xchange.zip|download xchange.zip 98kb]]
*[http://starsautohost.org/files/xchange.zip offsite download] at [[Stars! AutoHost]] KN-2050
*author: Thomas Tong
Allows a web server to automate the hosting part of the game. The original perl code for the web hosting services provided by Stars! AutoHost.
A utility to help hosts manage the sending of turns to players (both MAPI and SMPT supported), allows for optional attachments, custom messages and alternate email addresses
Complete component and hull editor for Stars! with a an easy to use interface (works with both I and JRC3 patches), modifications can be saved into a small .MOD file, which can be distributed to players to modify their own exe's with. (Note: It's best to keep an unedited copy of stars on your harddisk)
==Online Utilities==
See also [[Related Websites]]
===Flash Race Wizard===
*can be found [http://www.gible.net/WebStars/WebStars%20-%20RW.html here]
===Stars! Overall Planet Habitability and Race Econ Calculator===
*can be found [http://home20.inet.tele.dk/craebild/hab_range_tool/habcalc.html here]
===Wumpus's Stars! Battlesim generator===
*can be found [http://wumpus.mine.nu/stars/battlesim_tech.php here]
===Wumpus's Stars! race file checker===
*can be found [http://wumpus.mine.nu/stars/check_race.php here]
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Latest revision as of 02:41, 20 September 2024
Because the best old Stars! websites keep quietly disappearing all of the utilities below have download links from Stars!wiki itself, if you are the author of any of these files and would like a file to not be available from Stars!wiki, please contact Rick to have it removed. Where possible, links to files' homepages or original web locations are included. - feel free to add any we missed.
You can also help by writing the individual articles for the utilities that require installation or usage instructions, or just coz they deserve it.
"Player Colours editor that edits the English (or what Americans call English anyway) version of stars 2.6jrc4 that is 3,344,384 bytes long." Purely cosmetic.
Colour Map which shows a set of colours on the Space, Scanner & Pen Scanner Coloured backgrounds, the default set creates the page using value of 0,64,128,192 & 255 for each of the components which produces 125 colour combinations but it can also be set to use a different list in the parameters such as link which create 216 based on 0,51,102,153,204 & 255 (00,33,66,99,CC,FF) For helping to find suitable colour values to use.
