______________________________________ //-- EA Gravity Scan Manager ReadMe --\\ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Introduction --\\ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Thank you for downloading the EA Gravity Scan Manager Tool. To use this at anytime, simply double click on the HTML file, and it will open in your default browser. Compatibility --\\ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ The EA Gravity Scan Manager Tool is 100% compatible with IE6+, Mozilla1.5+, NS7.1+, Firefox 1.0+ and should work in all other browsers except Apple Safari. For the record, the creator of this tool uses IE7, and it's appearance, and functionality work best, and the way they should. Quality of appearance, and functionality can only be guaranteed for IE7. I highly recommend you use IE if you are experiencing any problems. Contact --\\ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ If a bug is found, something that looks odd, or even something that you think should be changed, feel free to e-mail me at admin@richinnovations.net. I may not reply right away, but I will try to address your concern as soon as possible. If you wish, you may also contact me on AIM, using the Screen Name: Furdabip. I am less likely to be on AIM, however. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ --\\ The latest version of the EA Gravity Scan Manager Tool document, and this ReadMe document //-- --// can be found at http://www.esm.tripod.com/ - Check there regularily for updates. \\-- ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Version History --\\ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Version: 2.9c ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Changed the maximum amount for Shields to 12% for the GA Calculator. - Changed the Barracks Calc to work with the new building type. Version: 2.9b ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Finally changed, and externalized the -20% Defense penalty from lack of power in the GA Calculator to -10%. - The Login boxes correctly point to the Public Forums now. - Changed the default skin colors to that of Blue & Green. You won't notice it until you delete the Scan Manager's cookie, or start again from scratch. Version: 2.9a ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Added code to prevent Scan Manager results from being on multiple lines. - Fixed the GA Return Time miscalculations. - Added new Bank searching techniques to find active & inactive Banks. - Re-added customized Bank input information, like in v2.8a and below. - Fixed sorting by name results for the Scan Manager to be case insensitive. - Changed my contact to my new e-mail. Version: 2.9 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Added "st" "nd" "rd" or "th" to places in the Scan Manager. - Score Locator now displays "Position," helping Score Keepers keep track of Alliance Positions. - Removed DL's GA Strategies link. He is never getting a link in my Scan Manager again. - Made "Highlight All" and "Unhighlight All" faster. - "[pos]" now displays the Position in the Scan Manager list for Highlighting. - Added "Quick Ops" to quickly change between preset options in the "CUSTOMIZE" page. Best used for Score Keeping. - Fixed JS error caused by Planet/Realm names being all numbers. - The number of Excluded Planets when you run a searh is now shown. - Added ability to include Excluded Planets for the current search. They are clearly marked in bold and italic. - Excluded Systems specified directly in the "Search by System" search will always be returned. - Added abilty to return ONLY Excluded Systems in the "Search by System" search. Good for comparing Alliance positions. - Changing your Excluded Systems while a search is still up will now re-evaluate the search. - Changed the Bank Search to assume the given formula for finding Banks. Now you only need the Hours between the Scans. Version: 2.8b ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed the Stardocks to now support 180 Military instead of 150. The amount supported is now in the external variable 'calc_stardocks'. - Removed the non-existant Ultimate SL Tool link. No clue what happened to it... - Changed DL's GA Strategies link. I swear he changed it just to force me to update. Version: 2.8a ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed the new "Can't calculate attack with just AAVs" bug that was caused by my stupidity. Version: 2.8 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed the Galaxy -> Scan Tool so Planets beginning with "Dead" in their name are not skipped. - Fixed the GA Calculator to send Guerrillas before any other unit. - The Calculator now understands SoP's. - Added a "Highlight All" feature. - Added support for the new MR Personalities Version: 2.7 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Changed Stardocks support for the Barracks Calc to allow input of current Barracks. - Added Configuration Script support (see 'Help?' popup in the Scan Manager for details). - Changed Calculator function to support numbers only in the Unit input boxes. Version: 2.6a ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed Peter's miscalculation for Steppes, from ADDING 30% to SUBTRACTING 30%. - Added Stardocks support to the Barracks Calc. Version: 2.6 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - CONTRIBUTED BY Peter van Alphen. Thank you for your hard work! I didn't think anyone could understand my source code. - Added new unit for GA (Guerrillas). - Added new Planet Types for GA (Tundra, Steppes, Taiga). - Added new Personality (Thrifty). - Fixed the link to The Dark Lord's help site. Version: 2.5 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Changed the Training calc to allow from 6-24 hours. - Added the new Wonder bonuses for MR to the Calculator. - Changed "Raid" Attack Type to Raid 1.6-8.0%, to allow more accurate Raid results. Version: 2.4b ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed the Login boxes, and forum link to point to the new public forum. Version: 2.4a ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed minor Forts calculating bug for the Barracks Calc. It was still at 100, instead of 120. Version: 2.4 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed typo in Skin Creation help. - Re-added the login boxes. I programmed them, I damn well want them to be there. - Converted "Elemental" into "Halfling." - Replaced support for Elemental with Halfing support in all "Other Tools." - Fixed a military find error that was caused by "Giants" being called "Giant" in Mage Realms, for the Orc race. Version: 2.3 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed a bug that allowed you to upload a GA Scan as MR, or a MR Scan as GA. - Fixed a highlighting bug that was caused when you set Excluded Systems while having results displayed. - Added a "Load as a Scan" link to the Galaxy -> Scan tool. Version: 2.2 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed the first color option causing an error, due to "0" evaluating to false. - Fixed the evaluation of the Comparison Scan, so that "Bank Search" doesn't remain when you Unload it. - Fixed the "broken border" display bug that happened when I removed the Login feature. - Added Wonder support to the Barracks Calc. Remember, it's both GA & MR compatible. Version: 2.1 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Removed Login boxes, due to their potential security hazard. - Fixed "HTML" bug for Last used scan, where you could use HTML tags, and it would display them. Version: 2.0 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Changed entire layout, and added new options. - Added new "pop-up" messages for help/errors. - Added Mage Realms support for the Scan Manager. - Improved search time by up to 10 fold. - Improved search results display. - Added new "Format" to Highlighting. - Switched the "Load Scan" and "Load Comparison Scan" options to a pop-up window. - Added new "Search By Planet Type" search option. - Added the ability to search by "Land Diff" and "NW Diff" to the Basic Search option. - Added "Attack Type" to the "Find Perfect Target" search option. - Added a search to automatically find your Land and NW while uploading a Scan for the "Find Perfect Target" search. - Allowed the "Last Used" links to stay if there was a previously used Scan uploaded, no matter if there was a current one or not. - Added support for Realm Details to the "Details" list. - Added a "Favorite" to the "Details" list. - Added an attack Calculator. - Added automatic setting of your Planet Type or Race (if they are set) to the Calculator. - Added "Other Tools" to use as well as the Scan Manager itself. - Added support for using "Excluded Systems" in the "Score Locator." - Added a variable to hold the current Scan data for the Galaxy -> Scan Tool. - Added "My Links." - Added Login boxes for GA, GAX, MR, and the Public Forums. All with the support to save the login information. - Added the ability to modify your own Skin for the Scan Manager. - Added easy-to-use color selections for the custom Skin. - Added Import/Export for the custom Skin. - Added my Contact information to the bottom of the Scan Manager page. Version: 1.12c ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed the Highlighting Location display bug. Version: 1.12b ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed Excluded Systems bug that didn't exclude Systems below 10. Example: 3:6, 1:9 wouldn't be excluded. 4:15, 3:12 would. Version: 1.12 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed the bug that retained highlighted data if you did a Bank search, when no comparative scan was loaded. - Changed repeat errors into one single variable. - Added Mozilla & Opera support for the Comparative Scan, which I forgot to add in v1.11b. - Added Mac support to the Comparative Scan, which I forgot to add in v1.11c. Version: 1.11c ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Added Mac compatibility for it's odd way of copying table data. - Added Return Time search option for Basic Search. Version: 1.11b ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Added copy/paste support for Mozilla 1.5, and Opera 7.21. - Spruced up this ReadMe. Version: 1.11 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed   error in the Options Box that only appeared in NS 7.1. - Fixed the auto-finder for your Planet Type, and co-ords. It wasn't working after the last bug fix. - Added code to automatically select your Planet Type and co-ords when uploading, so it doesn't cause confusion. - Fixed other minor glitches that weren't found noticably. Version: 1.10c ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed the default setting variables. They kept causing skin errors. - Fixed the new "Unhighlighted" highlighting, caused when you switched a page. - Added another new skin, so you don't get mad at a third 1.10 version. Version: 1.10b ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed the "Whiteout" bug that was caused by Default skin usage. - Added a new skin, upon request by Glen. Version: 1.10 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Added Return Time calculations to the data table. - Added new cookie Data to save specified Planet type, co-ords, and Skin type. - Added backward compatibility to retain already saved Cookie data from version 1.09. - Added sorting functions for Return Time, Planet Name, and Planet Location. - Added "Find Bank" search option. - Modified the upload() function to automatically find your Planet co-ords, and type. - Added an automatic variable to store the Scan you uploaded, in case you forgot to save it. - Stripped non-needed color codes from all the HTML. - Added Skins, to customize the Scan Manager to the user's liking. - Added the ability to change the Planet type, and co-ords used for Return Time Calculations when uploading. Version: 1.09 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Added Cookies to save user preferences. - Added "Excluded Systems" list, set by the user, that stops the search from finding certain Systems. - Fixed NS7.1 pixel display error. - Changed "Perfect Target" search to look for Planets between 50% and 130% Land, instead of 75% and 133% Land. - Modified all search options to work correctly with Excluded Systems. - Added new set-up that removes exposed Links (eg. "Excluded Planets") when clicking on other pop-ups. - Added my AIM to the ReadMe. Version: 1.08 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed Highlighting so that it would work a lot faster than the old way. - Moved version information to a new ReadMe. - Fixed an unnoticed display error that did absolutely no harm but annoyed me. Version: 1.07 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Added FORM tags to the search options, to allow the user to press [Enter] and have it perform the search. - Fixed a few random typos, and text errors. - Added Details to Planet Types. - Added Highlighting - Added Option to enable or disable highlighting. Version: 1.06 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed minor Sorting bug where it would sort by Land Difference, instead of NW Difference, even if you selected NW Diff. Version: 1.05 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed the "@-bug" which popped up randomly after running a comparative scan. - Re-sized all the DIV-elements to fit PROPERLY over top of the status table. - Added help for the comparative scan. Version: 1.04 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed annoying NS7 HTML display errors. - Added comparative scanning. Version: 1.03 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Added help to the document, and trouble shooting. - Fixed an Options box display error I found with NS7, which allowed you to display Help, and Options at the same time. Version: 1.02 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Fixed an Options display bug, that was caused by old code. - Fixed a 'negative number' bug that would happen if you changed options while you had results displayed already. - Made the Options page close after you re-set the ops. Version: 1.01 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Reverse sort has been added. - Added reverse sort to table header links. - Added changable ops, for faster or slower computers. - Fixed a glitch that would return the maximum results, if you did the same search twice. Version: 1.00 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ The original version. This version contains the ability to upload a Gravity Scan from Galaxies Ablaze and then search through it using tools designed within this document, for more specific matches. - EoF Created On : August 6th, 2003. 11:06:23 AM. Last Modified : December 17th, 2007. 8:07:05 AM.