The Twilight ZoneVGAP Add-Ons |
Last updated: 21 Nov 99
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into several parts, please select the group of add-ons that you're looking
for.
*** All Add-Ons/Utilities are shareware unless otherwise stated *** |
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and Utilities |
Utilities and add-ons to allow the player to play the game with more efficiency. |
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Add-Ons |
Add-ons from Dan Gale, Dave
Killingsworth & Cliff McKeithan.
N.B. Hosts, please remember to supply your players with a copy of the docs when using add-ons |
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Other add-ons for the game.
N.B. Hosts, please remember to supply your players with a copy of the docs when using add-ons |
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This group includes Host Automation Utilities, Scoring/Stats Utilities, etc. |
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Utilities |
Anything that I can't fit into one of the above categories. |
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Legacy v2.4 (400k) |
Crystal Ball, by Juha Pohjalainen, is a windows
utility for Dosplan (planets.exe), that gives you a better graphic viewer
for the starmap screen, it does some other things too, but as I haven't
used Dosplan for nearly 3 years, and I didn't have Crystal Ball, maybe
someone out there can help me out on this one. ;-) freeware
*** If there's anybody out there still using the
Dos client for VGA Planets ***
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Echoview, a program by Stefan
Glasauer is a Windows player utility for VGA Planets. It's very good
at keeping a graphic history of your game, so that you can see where you,
or perhaps more importantly, your enemies have been, and where they might
be heading for.
A beta version, v1.2.14ab is in testing at the moment, which supports the 999 ship limit in the latest version of host999 released by Tim Wisseman. |
16 Mar 96 |
***** (beta) |
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Fleets is a database program, by Jim Wilson, designed to read your data files and keep a running log of all the ships that have come into your short range scanners. It will give you various information about any ships it finds. |
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Penguin works by converting the .DAT (data) files into formatted text files. You can edit these text files at your leisure in any ascii text editor, such as Notepad or Edit. Penguin will then convert the .TXT (text) files back into data files. |
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Cliff & Dave Add-Ons |
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Asteroid is an add-on utility for VGA Planets 3.5 that takes advantage of the AUXHOST features found in HOST 3.20. This add-on provides the capability for players to capture asteroids and tow them to planets for added mineral resources and the ability gather Quadbenium (a new mineral) from the surface of the asteroid and use it as a super fuel. |
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Jump Gate is an add-on utility for VGA Planets 3.5 that takes advantage of the AUXHOST features found in HOST 3.20. This add-on provides the capability for players to Build, Attack, and Repair Jump Gates as well as using them as a form of travel. |
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A utility to edit the Jumpgate database, which is where the Jumpgate positions are kept. | 17 Apr 97 |
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The RacePlus is an add-on utility for VGA Planets
3.0 /3.5 that takes advantage of the AUXHOST features found in HOST 3.20.
This add-on provides all eleven races with new racial and ship abilities.
This add-on allows for abilities ranging from a modest native government
modification ability to the ability for a ship to generate a massive gravity
well.
The abilities provided to the races are many and varied. |
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Starbase+ is an add-on utility for VGA Planets
3.5 that takes advantage of the AUXHOST features found in HOST 3.20.
This add-on provides starbases with more inherent abilities, such as;
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v1.12 (156k) |
This add-on allows the host to create a circular
area on the starmap in which combat and special abilities are prohibited.
A UFO object marks the centre of the Neutral Zone and the UFO label indicates
the radius of the Neutral Zone.
This is the final version, it will no longer be supported, but the source code (28k) is available. |
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Stormfront v1.00 (261k) |
Lurkers is a multi-part VGA Planets Add-on.
It will serve a two fold function. It will offer a target as a kind
of Computer Player for people wishing to play as a group against a common
enemy. It will also act as a background (add-on) to normal games
of VGAP. This program can operate in three different modes.
Mode 3 - (Ally) StormFront is a 3rd party add-on for VGA Planets that uses the new third party features in VGA Planets host 3.2x. This program allows the player, through the use of a device that they build and attach to their ship, to manipulate the power and/or heading of an Ion Storm in a game of VGA Planets. |
8 Oct 96 |
Not tested |
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Satellite Bank Version 0.60á (164k) |
1st Corsarian's Satellite Bank is an add-on for
VGA Planets by Nestor Delfino &
Alejandro Biondo. This program allows you to buy and sell minerals,
supplies and fighters in the Corsarian's Stock Exchange and to
deposit money in the Bank (to collect interest). The Bank will even allow you to request loans! The Corsarians are shrewd investors.
They know they are bringing a
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v3.15 (280k) |
The Gambler is a multifunction host side addon,
by Thorsten Kaben of DarkSoft-Productions,
for VGA-Planets v3.x. It can be used with Host/Host999 and PHost. It combines
many completely independent programs in one exe file. News are in the whats.new
file ! Use
only one or all functions - it's your choice! With The Gambler you can do the following and more: Set an alliance limit
and watch it
No annoying writing in any AUXHOST?.INI's
or cryptic config-files any more ! The Gambler has its' own setup.
The archive includes a ready-made players.zip file with everything your players will need to use this add-on. |
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Homeworld is an addon for Vga Planets version 3.x by Kenneth A Strom. Homeworld adds a value to the loss of a races homeworld by having other ships and planets join the race which captures the homeworld. |
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Margetios Bazaars are part of an add-on utility for VGA Planets 3.5, by Montcalm Consultants , that takes advantage of the AUXHOST features found in HOST 3.20. This add-on provides the capability for players to Build and Improve ships, Collect Information on enemy starbases and obtain reports on their own minefields. |
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v1.90 (45k) |
Sanctuary Zone, By Evan Shanks, creates a "Sanctuary Zone" - a circular area in which ships cannot fight with each other. It's a good place to arrange trades, etc., so you can make certain that the person you're trading with can't double-cross you and set up and ambush. Also, if your ship is damaged, it can wait for help in the Sanctuary Zone. |
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Trade is an add-on for VGA Planets by Nestor Delfino & Alejandro Biondo. This program allows you to buy and sell ships between all the races of the Echo Cluster. |
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v5:0.5 (165k) |
Wormholes is an add-on by Robert Coeyman, which allows the Host to put wormholes in the Echo Cluster. The first player to use a wormhole can claim it, and if the Host allows it, then claims a toll every time another player uses it. |
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ACTion by C. J. Holz, follows a player's TRN actions. Whether the Player get their TRN in or not, or when the TRN file is stale, records YELLOW and RED Host Errors, whether the Race is controlled by a Computer Player, or the Race doesn't exist at all. This make the Host's job easier in determining when players miss too many turns to remove them from the game and possibly find a replacement player. |
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AutoTroll v1.10, by the ShareNet
Trolls, is a auto-hosting system with it's own built-in Mail &
FTP systems. AutoTroll has it's own mailing list for support,
bug reports and suggestions to the program.
freeware
If you can use CGI scripts on your web-site, then
the AT-Webforms, from Hawk at Dark Soft,
will make thing a lot easier for the host and the players. If you
can't use CGI, then mail requests, from players, have to use their own
language, or the host has a lot of work to do.
Due to the size of the file, this is a link to the AutoTroll web-page. |
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Information Reader v1.4 (34k) |
RCC VGAP Host Information Reader (HIR), from Ryo Nakamura of The Den of the Draconian, will read in act.log created by Chris Holz's ACTion. Then it will create a customizable message body for games with the info from act.log displayed in plain English. This message could be used in any way the host desires. Usually, it is best used as part of a host automation program. |
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NOSCORE is a program, by Chris Holz, that allows the host to remove game scores from the PLAYER#.RST files before being sent out. Very useful to protect the weakest race in the game, because no-one knows who it is. |
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Planet Master's Host Control Centre, by Bernd
Ruf, is a auto-hosting system that uses MAPI compatible mail readers,
and your FTP program. It generates it's own web-pages for you, (customizable
by the host), that players can use to send mail requests to PHCc
for game enrolment, game joining and other requests.
It would be nice if it had it's own built-in mailer & FTP, to save having to run 2 separate programs after the Host-run. This is the final version of PHCc for VGAP v3, development is now taking place on VGAP v4 only. Due to the size of the file, this is a link to the Planetmaster web-page. |
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This program, written by Alan L. Warchuck, is designed to put the scores from your games onto your web page, it includes a set-up program, and lets you format your page how you want it. If you need the full package (1.3M), you'll need to get it from the authors directly at The Last Wave. freeware |
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Screensaver (253k) |
VGA Planets Screensaver- The OFFICIAL VGA Planets
screensaver!
Includes planets and ships from the game VGA Planets. Configure the number of planets, ships, speed, etc. Includes installation program to automatically setup the screensaver for Windows 95/98 and NT 4.0 Special pricing for registered users of VGA Planets. Requires Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0 |
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