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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:Gible|Gible]] to have it removed. Where possible, links to files' homepages or original web locations are included. - feel free to add any we missed. {{:)}}
  
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You can also help by writing the individual articles for the utilities that require installation or usage instructions, or just coz they deserve it. {{:)}}
 
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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]].
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===[[Utilities/Index]]===
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The complete list of utilities on one page.
  
==Game setup utilities==
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===[[Utilities/Game setup]]===
===[[Map2XY]]===
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Relating to customising game setups. Includes Stars Editor.
*[[file:map2xy.zip|download map2xy.zip 66kb]]
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===[[Utilities/References]]===
*[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=65726&package_id=124942 offsite download at sourceforge]
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Reference material. Does not include software.
*homepage: [http://stars-util.sourceforge.net/ stars-utils] at sourceforge
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===[[Utilities/Calculators]]===
*author:LEit
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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.
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===[[Utilities/In-game information processing and sharing]]===
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Programs for processing .f/.p/.map files and organising/sharing game data.
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===[[Utilities/m and x file management]]===
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Programs to assist in the logistics of .m/.x turn files.
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===[[Utilities/Online Utilities]]===
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Websites which provide online utilities.
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:''Not a list of websites with utility downloads''
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==Uncategorised==
  
===[[Mapper]]===
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===Stars automated micromanagement===
*[[file:mapper07.exe|download mapper07.exe v0.7 88kb]]
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*[[local:autoproduction.zip|download autoproduction.zip 196kb]]
*homepage: [[Related Websites|Stars R Us]]
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*source:[http://blueturbit.com/Starsautomate/autoproduction.zip offsite download] at [http://www.blueturbit.com/stars.html Blue's Stars Page]
Recreates the xy universe file from a GIF file. Also allows the xy file to be exported to a GIF.
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*[http://starsautohost.org/sahforum/index.php?t=msg&th=4626&start=0&rid=78&S=8bc902e1fad88aa88d3e5baeb7291e89 thread] at [[HWF]]
===Star Name Changer===
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*Author: [[BlueTurbit]]
*[[file:StarNameChanger.zip| download StarNameChanger.zip 49kb]]
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[[Stars automated micromanagement]] is an AutoHotKey program that simluates keystrokes  mouse clicks to automate setting production queues.
*homepage: [http://www.pirates.retreat.btinternet.co.uk/indexpr.htm Pirates Retreat]
 
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.
 
===[[Universe Creator]]===
 
*[[file:uc.zip|download uc.zip v1.3 58kb]]
 
*homepage: [http://gray.ucom.dp.ua/dstars/ DStars!] (offline)
 
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.
 
==Calculators==
 
===[[Attractivness Calculator Spreadsheet]]===
 
*[[file:target.zip|download target.zip 7kb]]
 
*[http://www.starsfaq.com/download/target.zip offsite download at Stars! FAQ]
 
*author: [[Art Lathrop]]
 
Spreadsheet for calculating the relative attractivness (for targeting order during battle) of ship designs
 
  
===Battlesim Testbed===
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===Stars Player Colours Changer===
*[[file:battlesim.zip|download battlesim.zip 58kb]]
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{{.net}}
*[http://www.starsfaq.com/download/battlesim.zip offsite download at Stars! FAQ]
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[[local:StarsPlayerColoursChanger.exe|download StarsPlayerColoursChanger.exe 35.5kb]]
*author: Ben Setala
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*Source: [http://stars.atlantissoftware.co.uk/StarsPlayerColoursChanger.exe offsite download at PaulCr's Page]
*Superceded by [[#Wumpus's Stars! Battlesim generator]]
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* Requires Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 or higher
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.
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*Author: PaulCr
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* [http://starsautohost.org/sahforum/index.php?t=msg&th=4177&start=0&rid=78&S=67a71ced0eb5e16b645784edc43b785a release announcement in The Academy] at [[HWF]]
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"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.
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*<s>http://stars.atlantissoftware.co.uk/colourmap.aspx</s> offline
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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.
  
===[[Chaff Sweeping Calculator]]===
 
*[[file:chaffsweep32.exe|download chaffsweep32.exe 87kb]] (self extracting zip)
 
*[[file:ChaffMine.zip|download ChaffMine.zip v0.3.2 6kb]]
 
*[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===
 
*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]]===
 
*[[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]
 
*author: [mailto:abcraig@methane.hf.intel.com abcraig]
 
Program for calculating the impact and effects of packets at different speeds and at different sizes
 
 
===Packet Location Calculator===
 
*[[file:PLC.zip|download PLC.zip 913kb]]
 
homepage: [http://www.starsfaq.com 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.
 
 
===[[Planet Sniffer]]===
 
*[[file:Planet%20Sniffer.rar|download Planet Sniffer.rar 332kb]]
 
 
===[[Population Growth Rate Formula]]===
 
*[[file:pben3.zip|download pben3.zip 136kb]]
 
 
===[[S.B.Posey's Spreadsheet]]===
 
*[[file:posey.zip|download posey.zip 107kb]]
 
*homepage: [http://members.aol.com/sbposey/stars.html Stephen Posey's Stars! Page]
 
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
 
 
===[[Stars! Calculator]]===
 
*[[file:Starscal2.5.rar|download Starscal2.5.rar v2.5 155kb]]
 
*[[file:Starscal3.06.rar|download Starscal3.06.rar v3.06 217kb]]
 
 
===Stars! Xpert===
 
*[[file:Strxprt.zip|download Strxprt.zip 123kb]]
 
*[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.
 
 
===Terraforming Spreadsheet===
 
*[[file:TerraForm.zip|download TerraForm.zip 538kb]]
 
*[http://www.starsfaq.com/download/TerraForm.zip 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===
 
*[[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.
 
 
===[[Secret Intelligence Reporter]]===
 
*[[file:sir.zip|download sir.zip 310kb]]
 
===[[Star Map]]===
 
*[[file:starmap10.zip|download starmap10.zip v1.0 28kb]]
 
Allows players to pool player information to create a graphic representation.
 
Dos based, Nice output.
 
===[[Stars! Message Reader]]===
 
*[[file:starsmsg.zip|download starsmsg.zip v1.1 162kb]]
 
*Author: Thomas Stüfe
 
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.
 
===[[Stars! Notebook]]===
 
*[[file:snb_v2xf.rar|download snb_v2xf.rar 227kb]]
 
===[[Stars! Report Processor]]===
 
*[[file:starsreportsprocessor.zip|download starsreportsprocessor.zip v0.9.4beta 319kb]]
 
*[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.
 
===[[Territories]]===
 
*[[file:territories.zip|download territories.zip 1.81Mb]]
 
* homepage: [http://home.columbus.rr.com/orionian/index.htm Orionian Empire]
 
===[[Xtreme Borders]]===
 
* [[file:dlXB.zip| download dlXB.zip v1.6.5 2.6Mb]] (includes VB6 libraries)
 
* [[file:dlXBupdate.zip| download dlXBupdate.zip v1.7.1 106kb]]
 
*requires [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bf9a24f9-b5c5-48f4-8edd-cdf2d29a79d5&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime Libraries]
 
*homepage: [http://www.pirates.retreat.btinternet.co.uk/indexpr.htm Pirates Retreat]
 
*author: Stuart Douglas
 
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!]]]
 
*[[file:ahclient.jar|download ahclient.jar v2.2 180kb]]
 
*[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=76218 offsite download at sourceforge]
 
*requires Sun's Java Runtime Environment v1.4 or higher
 
*homepage: [http://autohostclient.sourceforge.net/index.html Stars! Autohost Client]
 
*author: jchoyt
 
:note: v2.2 program incorrectly reports v2.11
 
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.
 
 
===Xtreme StarMail===
 
*[[file:dlstarmail.zip|download dlstarmail.zip v1.3.0 32kb]]
 
*requires [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bf9a24f9-b5c5-48f4-8edd-cdf2d29a79d5&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime Libraries]
 
*homepage: [http://www.pirates.retreat.btinternet.co.uk/indexpr.htm Pirates Retreat]
 
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
 
 
==[[Stars Editor]]==
 
*[[file:dlStarEd.zip|download dlStarEd.zip v1.2 53kb]]
 
*requires [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bf9a24f9-b5c5-48f4-8edd-cdf2d29a79d5&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime Libraries]
 
*homepage: [http://www.pirates.retreat.btinternet.co.uk/indexpr.htm Pirates Retreat]
 
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]]
 
===Craebild's Stars! Overall Planet Habitability and Race Econ Calculator===
 
*version: 1.0.39
 
*can be found [http://home20.inet.tele.dk/craebild/hab_range_tool/habcalc.html here]
 
*downloadable for offline use
 
**[[file:habcalc.zip|download habcalc.zip v1.0.39 30kb]]
 
**[http://home20.inet.tele.dk/craebild/hab_range_tool/habcalc.zip offsite download at Craebild's website]
 
Useful tool for visualising the quantity and quality of greens/yellow/reds for a given hab setting & terraforming capability. Can also calculate maximum output for a given econ/planet and resources needed to obtain tech levels.
 
 
===Flash Race Wizard===
 
[[Image:getflashlogo.gif|right|frame|[http://www.adobe.com/downloads/ Get Flash!]]]
 
*can be found [http://www.gible.net/WebStars/WebStars%20-%20RW.html here]
 
*requires Adobe Flash Player.
 
*author: ninja_squirrel (Andrew)
 
Abode Flash version of the Stars! race wizard.
 
 
===Wumpus's Stars! Battlesim generator===
 
*can be found [http://wumpus.mine.nu/stars/battlesim_tech.php here]
 
Creates an HST and xy files for conducting battlesim testbeds in, includes most PRT/LRT combos with all MT components. Allows user defined tech levels.
 
 
===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 19:28, 22 March 2012

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 Gible to have it removed. Where possible, links to files' homepages or original web locations are included. - feel free to add any we missed. Icon smile.gif

You can also help by writing the individual articles for the utilities that require installation or usage instructions, or just coz they deserve it. Icon smile.gif

  • see also:
downloads
Patches and versions
Related Websites
Technical Information


To reduce bandwidth for slower connections, the utilities have been sorted into sections. You can also view the complete list.

Utilities/Index

The complete list of utilities on one page.

Utilities/Game setup

Relating to customising game setups. Includes Stars Editor.

Utilities/References

Reference material. Does not include software.

Utilities/Calculators

Programs for performing various calculations.

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

Uncategorised

Stars automated micromanagement

Stars automated micromanagement is an AutoHotKey program that simluates keystrokes mouse clicks to automate setting production queues.

Stars Player Colours Changer

download StarsPlayerColoursChanger.exe 35.5kb

"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.