I really don't know until I see it. If it's just scrambling the sector numbers, it would give us a way to plot distances from known areas.

Ok, I thought that was what you were suggesting, just scrambling the warp numbers. You're saying actually completely rebang the map but keep the contents of each sector exactly what it is? If everything is basically isolated to a particular sector, that would work. But if you have groups of sectors that are built up in a cluster, those would end up getting broken up into isolated sectors. Maybe I could keep clusters together by nebula name, though... That would retain the structure of all FedSpace, alien HomeSpace, various game nebulae, as well as any nebular clusters the gameop created, but would mix them up so they're not in the same relative positions. I really like that idea.

Prometheus I took a look at that code that you posted and it was harder for me to read than my first year taking Chinese. Any chance if your not totally busy you would mind assisting me over skype? This would go for anyone who knows/understands what I'm trying to do and how to do it. Many thanks.

-Lawdog

k, I posted another version in the scripts area that is commented, and does a little bit more. viewtopic.php?f=15&t=32210

I don't have skype..

Basically all you need to do is telnet into the admin - select T-edit - select the game letter and run the script through TWX.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

Thanks for the help Prometheus, I'll try this right now.

I started up SWATH and connected on the admin port, I followed T-edit and selected the game name. It brought up the menu for editing game features. While at that menu I right clicked on TWX and loaded the script. Nothing happens. =( I'm a sad panda.

One thing to watch out for, if he wrote this for T-Edit on v3.21 or before, it may not work on v3.22, because this update is the one where I finally did all of the work that I've been putting off on T-Edit for years. Things won't change much after this, but the transition from pre-3.22 to 3.22+ is a pretty big change.

k, the first thing the script should do is send "s" to get to the sector trigger (the trigger is probably active so kill the script). The trigger I am using is "Sector number (0=Abort) (0 to". It use a delay trigger also to send the 0 to abort and get the full line.

What version of TWGS are you running? I just received an update notice when I opened my TWGS.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

I'm using TWGS v2.07. I'm still very confused as to how this script is supposed to run /sigh. I'll fiddle around with it some more. Maybe I configured TWX wrong, what listening port should I be on? I see no link between my telnet window and the TWX activity.

I try on port :23 and I get the following message.
"Unable to bind a listening socket on port 23"

I *really* like that idea.

I ran the script and worked like it should, all you will see on the screen is a flicker unless you add a delay before going to the next screen. Adding a longer delay will make it real slow to run though. Nice script.

I added a menu for those that do not want to edit or understand how.
-------====== Ferrengi Random Figger =======--------
A) Maximum Sectors to Fig :100
B) Minimum Figs Per Sector :1
C) Maximum Figs Per Sector :15
D) Type 0=Def, 1=Toll, 2=Attack, 3=Random :3
E) Delay between sectors (default 500ms) :500
G) Go!
S) Stop Script!
>

Connect to Admin Port on port 2003, press E (Run T-edit), then select game letter once at this prompt "Trade Wars 2002 Editor (?=Help) [?] :" fire up the script.
I added in a check to the Options D & E, if you select anything other than 0 1 2 or 3 on D it loops back to option. E if less than 150 you can get random errors, so if you enter less than that it sets to 150 automatically. Added credit to the Original Author too.

Cool on adding the menu, that will make it much easier to use.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

For anyone trying to connect twx to anything .. Swath , telnet , putty or zoc

try a listing port of 6060 .. so as to never confuse it with actual server ports.

It has taken me years to get to the bottom of all the noobie troubles on understanding this concept.

Thanks to my newest students on hammering this home for me

hope this helps.

I was playing with the first version of the script and noticed it was Ferrengi only. I was bored so I wrote one that does Gold Aliens.

Thanks for the Idea's I hope Sysop's find these version's helpful in making some edits a little different.

Below is the link to the new version I wrote.
http://classictw.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=32242