Re: Blind Galaxy Turn Viewer? where would it be?

From: Disraeli <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu>

Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Rich Meese wrote:

> I've been playing standard Galaxy for a few months now using the
> excellent GalaxyTV program on PC Windows.
>
> I have now begun my first game of Blind Galaxy and wondered if there was
> anything similar I could use for this? I've read the rules and so on,
> but would like to simplify things a little bit. Is there a web page
> resource or FTP site where I can get something?
>
> If you respond could you please advise of the File name, as I've been to
> a couple of Galaxy sites and been confused by the mass of files
> available.
>
> nb. I don't have access to a 'c' or 'c++' compiler which makes things a
> little difficult, so if possible could it be a precompiled dos/windows
> version.

Well, Rich, you may have to do what I did:

Open up a word processing program in Windows like Word (ech) or WordPerfect
   (also ech).  Compare the turn reports from your standard Galaxy game with
   those from Blind Galaxy.  Change the words "Systems" to "Planets," delete
   sections that standard galaxy doesn't use, and for gosh sakes, turn off
   your Blind Galaxy techplus.  You'll have to cut and paste some figures,
   and change all 0.00 planets (standard galaxy doesn't have uninhabitables)
   to size 0.01, and when it's all in the same order with the same information,
   open it up in a GalaxyTV window and viola!  There it is.  However, you'll
   still have to do your turn by hand, as some of the orders are different,
   but at least it lets you see the lay of the Galaxy, use the ship calculator,
   etc; though you will have to update the viewed files by hand.  [The reason
   for using Word/WP is for having two text windows open at once for
   comparison.]

I warn you now, though, GalaxyTV doesn't like negative XY values, so you
   need to load the unknown planets section into a spreadsheet and run the
   numbers + 210 (for my particular game).  The whole shabang took about four
   hours, but it beats plotting by hand and wading through reports for that
   one little piece of intel you need, or worse yet, missing a nearby planet
   altogether.

That's for GalaxyTV.  Other turn viewers, especially ones for UNIX/clones,
   I'm not familiar enough with these to suggest any.  Most of the real mavens
   end up writing their own, and only they know how to use them...<grin>

Hope it helps.

L F Braun
   louisville/Crimson

References

Blind Galaxy Turn Viewer? where would it be?
Rich Meese <rich@desking.co.uk>
Fri, 12 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0000