Utilities/Calculators
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Calculators
Battlesim Testbed
- download battlesim.zip 58kb
- source: offsite download at Stars! FAQ
- author: Ben Setala
- Superceded by Wumpus's Stars! Battlesim generator
Set of game files for conducting battlesim testbeds in, allows for most PRT/LRT combos and all races are at max tech with all MT components. Unzip into a new directory and edit the links to suit your own directory structure.
Chaff Sweeping Calculator
- download chaffsweep32.exe 87kb (self extracting zip)
- download ChaffMine.zip v0.3.2 6kb
- offsite download at Stars! Autohost
- authors: Dan Neely and LEit
A program that estimates the number of chaff needed to "chaff sweep" a minefield.
Opt Move
- author: LEit
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.
Packet Damage Calculator
- download pacal.zip 17kb
- offsite download at Stars! AutoHost
- no homepage, originally hosted at Stars! AutoHost
- author: abcraig
Program for calculating the impact and effects of packets at different speeds and at different sizes
Packet Flinger Calculator
- download pfc.zip v1.0 10kb
- author:Chris Spagnoli
A program for calculating optimal packet size & speeds. "Mass Destruction Made Easy"
Packet Location Calculator
homepage: Stars! FAQ
- author: James McGuigan
Program for predicting the future location of mass packets and fleets. Accurate over multiple years. Released under GNU Public Licence, source code included in zip file.
RWCalc
- download RWCalc.sfx.exe v0.35beta 304kb
- source: offsite download at Сайт о Stars!
- author: Piotr Marasz
Graphically displays resource,population,mines & factory growths.
Stars! Calculator
Stars! Xpert
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.
Spreadsheets
These all require Microsoft Excel of varying versions. A viewer is available from Microsoft downloads
Attractivness Calculator Spreadsheet
- download target.zip 7kb
- source: offsite download at Stars! FAQ
- author: Art Lathrop
Spreadsheet for calculating the relative attractivness (for targeting order during battle) of ship designs
Bombardment Spreadsheet
Russian excel file for calculating packet damage(I think)
- description at Olden Stars Host: Рассчёт бомбардировок в Exel
Bombing Spreadsheet
Excel file for calculating population & installation kills from mixed bombing fleets.
Dog's Multiple-Packet Calculator
For calculating the damage done by multiple packets and bombs.
Per's Terra-Hab-Tool
- download Pers-terra-hab-tool_v1.03.zip v1.03 1.21Mb
- offsite download at Altruist's Collection of Strat & Tact
- author/source: Per Rindom
Click a button and automatically your and your allies p-files get loaded, sorted and a hab-value-comparison of the planets will be calculated for you and/or your allies (extremely helpful in alliances and much easier to use than the other tools I know). Additionally see how much improvement 1-10 units of terraforming gives you and several other features.
Population Growth Rate Formula
- download pben3.zip 136kb
- author:Paul Benjamin
Excel spreadsheet for determining the effectiveness(vis a vis population growth) of exporting population between two planets. Includes an explanatory html file on how growth works.
Race Information
- download raceinfo.zip 11.2kb
- source/author: offsite download at Stephen Posey's Stars! Page
- homepage: Stephen Posey's Stars! Page
Feed it race screen info and get max factories/mines/resources/hab clicks/starting tech levels
S.B.Posey's Spreadsheet
- download posey.zip 107kb
- source/author: offsite download at Stephen Posey's Stars! Page
- homepage: Stephen Posey's Stars! Page
- Online: as a Google Document Spreadsheet
Expansive spreadsheet for calculating most of the guts within stars, including jamming, movement, cloaking, colony projection, planet habitability, tech trade probabilities, research timescales, minefields and more
Terraforming Spreadsheet
- download TerraForm.zip 538kb
- source: offsite download at Stars! FAQ
- Contains Visual Basic scripts
- author: Karl Peninger
Spreadsheet for calculating the most optimal order for terraforming planets in an alliance.
TeamTT8
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.