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The Lasertank Utility Suite
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by Harvey Solomon
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The Lasertank Utility Suite
(5 programs)
by Harvey Solomon
n the Files Section of the Lasertank utility Page
http://pages.globetrotter.net/lasertank/LT_Utility/start3.htm
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============================================================================== Welcome to the LaserTank High Scores / Levels Utilities Suite, Version 1.10 (Freeware) ============================================================================== Distributed Files ----------------- The LT-HSLUS.ZIP file contains the following files; LTCopyHS.EXE - The LaserTank Copy High Scores Utility program. LTDelHS.EXE - The LaserTank Delete High Scores Utility program. LTDupL.EXE - LaserTank Duplicate Levels Utility program. LTLCStat.EXE - The LaserTank Levels Completion Statistics Utility program. LTMatchL.EXE - The LaserTank Match Levels Utility program. ReadMe.TXT - This file. WBDCC34I.DLL - Required DLL (from Wilson WindowWare, Inc.). See below for installation instructions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ********************************************************************** *** Descriptions of the LaserTank High Scores / Levels Utilities *** ********************************************************************** --------------------------------------------- LaserTank Copy High Scores Utility (LTCopyHS) --------------------------------------------- This program copies the "better" High Scores (see below) of a user selected input LaserTank Levels file, e.g., InFile.lvl, to a user selected output LaserTank Levels file, e.g., OutFile.lvl. The High Scores data for these files are in the InFile.hs and OutFile.hs files, respectively. The InFile.hs file must exist in the same folder as the InFile.lvl file. If the OutFile.hs file doesn't exist in the folder containing the OutFile.lvl file, it will be created (if necessary). For InFile.lvl and OutFile.lvl levels with matching "playfield" definitions, the InFile.lvl High Score is "better" (and optionally copied to OutFile.hs) if it has fewer moves, or, if the moves are equal, it has fewer shots. The InFile.lvl High Score is always "better" than a matching OutFile.lvl level that is not completed (i.e, its number of moves is 0). Note, for an input LaserTank Levels file with a lot of levels, this program may run faster if the "Only consider the first (lowest numbered) match of multiple matching levels" processing mode is selected. CAUTION 1: This program assumes that files with .hs and .lvl extensions are valid LaserTank High Scores and Levels files, respectively. CAUTION 2: To be completely safe, backup the output High Scores file (e.g., OutFile.hs) when prompted to do so, or before running this program. ============================================================================== ---------------------------------------------- LaserTank Delete High Scores Utility (LTDelHS) ---------------------------------------------- This program deletes High Scores from a user selected LaserTank High Scores file, e.g., InFile.hs. It has two modes of operation; (1) Delete the High Scores of user selected levels in InFile.hs. You can specify; (a) A single level number. (b) A comma-delimited sequence of level numbers in any order, e.g., 3,6,27,11,874,59. (c) A dash-separated range of level numbers, e.g., 11-22 or 455-98. (d) Any combination of the above, e.g., 27,11-22,874,455-98. (2) Delete the High Scores of all of the Deleted levels in InFile.hs. For this mode, the LaserTank Levels file corresponding to InFile.hs, InFile.lvl, must exist in the same folder as InFile.hs. CAUTION 1: This program assumes that files with .hs and .lvl extensions are valid LaserTank High Scores and Levels files, respectively. CAUTION 2: To be completely safe, backup the input High Scores file (InFile.hs) when prompted to do so, or before running this program. CAUTION 3: In Mode 2, this program recognizes a 'Deleted' level if, and only if; it is Not Rated, and its name is "Deleted Level " (without the quotes, but case sensitive), where is the level's number. This 'standard' has been used for the last several updates of the Temp.lvl file (and Donald Drouin assured me that he will use this standard from now on). Earlyer Temp.lvl files, that use different ways to denote Deleted levels, will not recognize these levels as Deleted. ============================================================================== ------------------------------------------- LaserTank Duplicate Levels Utility (LTDupL) ------------------------------------------- This program finds the duplicate levels in a user selected LaserTank Levels (.lvl) file. Levels with identical Playfields (regardless of their Names), and/or identical Names (but different Playfields) are identified. The user is presented with options to; 1) Display each duplicate pair on the screen, 2) Copy (or append) all of the duplicate pairs to the LTDLOut.TXT file in the same folder as the first Levels file. This file is created if it doesn't exist. 3) Both - Display each duplicate pair on the screen and Copy (or append) all duplicate pairs to this LTDLOut.TXT file (see Item 2 above). CAUTION: This program assumes that a file with .lvl extension is a valid LaserTank Levels file. ============================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------- LaserTank Levels Completion Statistics Utility (LTLCStat) --------------------------------------------------------- This program computes the Levels completion statistics of a user selected LaserTank Levels file, e.g., InFile.lvl. Its corresponding High Scores file, InFile.hs, must exist in the same folder. The output of this program is a table containing; the number of levels, the number of levels completed, the number of levels not completed; and the percent of levels completed, for; All of the (not deleted) levels, and each difficulty category of levels (i.e., Kids, Easy, Medium, Hard, Deadly and NR). This output is displayed on the screen, and the user is presented with options to either; copy it to the Windows Clipboard (replacing its contents), or copy (or append) it to the LTLCSOut.TXT file in the same folder as the InFile.lvl file. This file is created if it doesn't exist. CAUTION 1: This program assumes that files with .hs and .lvl extensions are valid LaserTank High Scores and Levels files, respectively. CAUTION 2: This program recognizes a 'Deleted' level if, and only if; it is Not Rated, and its name is "Deleted Level " (without the quotes, but case sensitive), where is the level's number. This 'standard' has been used for the last several updates of the Temp.lvl file (and Donald Drouin assured me that he will use this standard from now on). Earlyer Temp.lvl files, that use different ways to denote Deleted levels, will treat them as Not Rated. ============================================================================== --------------------------------------------- LaserTank Match Levels Utility (LTMatchL.EXE) --------------------------------------------- This program finds the matching levels of two different, user selected, LaserTank Levels (.lvl) files. Levels with matching Playfields (regardless of their Names), and/or matching Names (but different Playfields) are identified. The user is presented with options to; (1) Display each match on the screen. (2) Copy (or append) all of the matches to the LTMLOut.TXT file in the same folder as the first Levels file. This file is created if it doesn't exist. (3) Both - Display each match on the screen and Copy (or append) all matches to this LTMLOut.TXT file (see Item 2 above). CAUTION: This program assumes that files with .lvl extensions are valid LaserTank Levels files. ============================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation, Use and Deletion of the LaserTank High Scores Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------- Although these utilities have only been tested on Windows 98 and NT 4.0 systems, they should run on any 32-bit Windows platform. To install these utilities, just un-Zip the files in the LT-HSLUS.ZIP file to any folder on your hard drive. The folder that contains your LaserTank program, and/or its Levels (.LVL) and High Scores (.HS) files is a good choice. The WBDCC34I.DLL file may (optionally) be copied to any folder that is in your Path. The programs can be run by double-clicking on them in the Windows Explorer. Or, you can create shortcuts (e.g., in your Start menu, or on your Desktop) to them in the usual manner (see your Windows documentation - Ha, Ha, Ha). The execution of these programs can be terminated at any time by pressing + . To uninstall these utilities, just delete the files that you un-Ziped to install them. ============================================================================== ------------------------- Liability and Legal Stuff ------------------------- The author of this software will not take any responsibilities for any damages that may occur with its use. This software is proveded "as is" and without any expressed and implied warranties. The user assumes the entire risk of using this software. This software may not be distributed as part of any commercial product without a prior licence agreement with the author. ============================================================================== --------------------- Contacting the Author --------------------- If you have questions, comments or suggestions you can email me at [email protected], or post a message to the Yahoo! LaserTank group - www://group.yahoo.com/group/LaserTank/ (another way to get to this group is to go to the LaserTank web site, www.jccontrols.net/laser/, and click on "Club House"). Enjoy, Harvey Solomon (DrWiseKing) ==============================================================================