[readme.txt] ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bishop22 Subspace Manager Version 1.61 Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 Bishop22 ------------------------------------------------------------------- -[Contact Info]- mailto:bishop22@pobox.com http://www.globalserve.net/~nisus (NOTE - See file REVISION.TXT for revision history) Press F1 from within the program for online help. (The Bishop22 Subspace Manager hence forth known as B22SM) SPECIAL THANKS -------------- O Z Z Y (steelhdr1@aol.com) for the Win95 Help file. Descension (slave1@mindspring.com) for the graphics/logo. Kinetics (kinetic1@ix.netcom.com) for help with the registry. Here's some quick stuff to get you started. First, you will need the file MSVBVM50.DLL in your Windows/System directory. I didn't include it here because its kinda big. If you do NOT have it, you can get it here: www.globalserve.net/~nisus/download/msvbvm50.zip Ok, the first time you run my program, you'll be asked to tell it the location of your Subspace.exe. Simply press the BROWSE button and locate it. When the program starts up, it will load the current Subspace registry settings. IMPORTANT! - I highly suggest you SAVE these settings right away to a .bsm file. Do this by selecting File->Save As from the menu. For now, all .bsm files must be saved/read from the same path you installed B22SM to. Basically, you set all the options you want, and SAVE them to a .bsm file. Make a different file for different macros (League, War, Running, etc.). Also, for those you who use multiple aliases, this is very usefull as well. AND, not sure how many this applies to, but if there are multiple SS players using your machine, each person can have their own .bsm file with all the SS settings the way they like it. As well as saving all the settings to a .bsm file, the B22SM also saves just your macros to your Subspace directory in a plain text format, readable by the ?loadmacro command in Subspace. The name of this file will be the same as the .bsm file, but with an extension of .ssm (SubSpace Macro). There is also the ability to "Import" a plain text file into B22SM using the File->Import command. This will allow easy trading of macro files to be included in your .bsm profile. Cool eh? :) Now, instead of running the subspace.exe file when you want to play, you'll run B22SM instead and load the settings you want, then press the big button to run Subspace. The B22SM also provides a System Tray Icon (a small icon on the application bar, where your volume icon is). This lets you have immediate access to your 5 favourite SS profiles. Simply right click on the System Tray Icon, and choose the profile you want. Your profile will be transfered and SS will be started all with one click of the mouse button. If you want the B22SM to be available when you boot your computer, you can put a shortcut in your Startup program group. To start the B22SM in "quiet" mode, you need to add "/q" as your command line option in the shortcut (without the quotes). This will skip the splash screen and main from of the B22SM and just add the System Tray Icon. You can also start the B22SM with a command line switch to load a .bsm file, then launch SS. Simply create multiple shortcuts to B22SM.EXE with the command line, as follows: :\B22SM.EXE /lr:.bsm eg: c:\games\SSMGR\B22SM.exe /lr:c:\bsmfiles\mywarzone.bsm Thats it! ('lr' stands for load/run). When you use this method, you will not see any of the user interface to B22SM. The program will simply load your .bsm file, transfer the settings to Subspace (registry), and launch Subspace. ================================================================== The Log Utility ================================================================== To bring up the log editor/filter, simply choose "Log Utility" from the menu bar. I think everything is fairly self explanatory on this screen. You have the ability to filter our certain types of messages. You can also choose to include or exclude any pilot name you wish contained in the currently loaded log file. The log window, include list and exclude list all have menus you can bring up by right-clicking your mouse within the respective window. You can change the font that is used to display the log in the "Options" menu. Any changes you make to included message types, or the include/exclude player list must be applied before you can see the changes. Press the "Apply Filter" button to do this. If you have a fast machine, or a small log file, you may wish to have these changes show up immediately, without the need for you to click the button. You can set this in the "Options->Apply Filter Immediately" menu option. ================================================================== To uninstall B22SM (whatever for?), just go to the control panel and use Add/Remove programs. How much am I charging for the finished product? $0.00. This is my gift to the Subspace community. :) Have fun with this, Bishop22 bishop22@pobox.com