GreenAsJade Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I only play H2H. I found various aspects of this to be a pain. Copying files around from here to there depending how you received them, remembering who's turn it is, forever pruning the files in Incoming so the list in the game menu is manageable etc. So I've been tinkering away with an app I've called H2H Helper. A few fine folk at We Band Of Brothers have been helping with testing. * It tells you who's turn it is (So what?... You'll be amazed how handy that can be!) * It can tidy up your "Incoming Email" and "Outgoing Email" folders... .... so when you go to the "Saved Game" screen, you have only one file per game showing * It can keep all your game files, per game, saved nicely in a folder someplace else you choose * It can handle all the copying in and out of files...... if you use DropBox, or some other means to receive files: - it sees when you received a file and copies it into Incoming Email for you - it sees when you finished a turn, and copies the file out from Outgoing Email into the shared folder It can do all this either when you tell it, or automatically (watching behind the scenes when things change) If you want, you can start up H2HH and never have to touch it again: your files magically go where they need to - perfect if you have a shared folder system like DropBox. It's a shame it can't start up the game and enter your password for you, like the old PBEMH used to do: I haven't heard back from BFC on the small support (command line option) that this would need. Anyhow, I wrote some doco: http://gregories.net/h2hh/H2H%20Helper.html At the moment updates are moderately frequent - both adding features and tweaking out bugs, so I'm distributing it via DropBox shared folder. Drop me a line if you'd like access. GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rune Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 While I don't play h2h too much anymore, an excellent job GaJ! Rune 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Version 0.6 does offer the time since last turn - ideal for seeing if someone has forgotten to reply. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Joch Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Looks great GaJ! I presume this will work with CMSF as well? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Grunt Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 It works with CMSF and CMA as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonzoAttacker Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Really would like a copy sent my way....thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 It works with CMSF and CMA as well. Hot dang - thanks for testing that. I should add these are default installations that it detects. Can someone tell me what a CMSF and CMA installation looks like: I guess it's a similarly named directory under Battlefront? GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnsy Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I'd really like this as well. Can you send it my way GaJ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakuth Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Amazing. I'm not running any h2h atm, but plan to and want to use this! Can you hook me up? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finalcut Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Yes,I would love a copy of this as well.I am new to PBEM and am hooked on it.So much more fun when the Human element is involved as the opposition.Nice work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 I contacted everyone so far... if you'd like to get access to the shared folder with H2HH in it, you need to get your email address to me: private message works. Cheers, GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matarreyes Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Congratulations, great program. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 With the patch being kicked out today I figure a bump is in order for this. Perhaps such a popular and useful program deserves a sticky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 Thanks to all those who've tried this out and the good feedback. Just popping in to say that once again, I think I have given access to everyone who's asked, so if you are still waiting, let me know GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Williams Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I love it! Thanks GAJ. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnsy Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 This is a great help. Well done mate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluescreen2 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 still waiting. pm was sent 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 Spanish doco courtesy of Cesar Moreno. GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD82 Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I sent pm asking for access. Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smbecket Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I sent a PM. Thanks for your hard work! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I'd like a way choose files to add to an ignore list for H2H helper. So they don't appear in the active PBEM list. Since I like to archive older the final AAR PBEM files, usually adding "AAR" to the file name for trips down memory lane. Or is this already possible, might be missing something? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 The way it's intended to work is that only ACTIVE games will have game files in Incoming/Outgoing folders. H2HH assumes that you will use _it_ to archive the old game files, in the "Game File Folder" (aka DropBox folder), as described in the section called "I like having my Incoming and Outgoing Email folders tidy, but I want to save my game files, not delete them" in the doco. So ... if you are using H2HH to save old game files, then all that you need to do is delete all game files for finished games from Incoming/Outgoing folders, and the game will no longer appear in the H2HH list, and all the old files will remain for posterity in the place that you asked H2HH to put them (the "Game File Folder") If you aren't using H2HH to save the old files, and aren't using H2HH to keep Incoming and Outgoing folders tidy, then ... H2HH is always going to think all those game files that you leave lying around are "active" But I can't imagine why you would do that GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Millet Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Truly awesome Both myself and a friend setup dropbox and H2H Helper on both our PCs today, and it works a dream. PBEM exchange is now so smooth. Fantastic work GaJ, thanks for writing / sharing H2H Helper 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 Hey - thanks! It's nice to know when it's working for folk. Lots of people have it now, I only have one outstanding bug report, something wierd for one person. I can't resist posting this screeny of the coming up things: internationalisation and chat. Nearly ready for folk to try this, too... GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 The way it's intended to work is that only ACTIVE games will have game files in Incoming/Outgoing folders. H2HH assumes that you will use _it_ to archive the old game files, in the "Game File Folder" (aka DropBox folder), as described in the section called "I like having my Incoming and Outgoing Email folders tidy, but I want to save my game files, not delete them" in the doco. So ... if you are using H2HH to save old game files, then all that you need to do is delete all game files for finished games from Incoming/Outgoing folders, and the game will no longer appear in the H2HH list, and all the old files will remain for posterity in the place that you asked H2HH to put them (the "Game File Folder") If you aren't using H2HH to save the old files, and aren't using H2HH to keep Incoming and Outgoing folders tidy, then ... H2HH is always going to think all those game files that you leave lying around are "active" But I can't imagine why you would do that GaJ Ok I moved my AAR files into the CMBN installed path of saved games. I prefer to store them there rather than the Dropbox folder. Thanks for the help. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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