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[donaldseadog]

This may or may not be obvious (or useful) to you,
I often use the scenario editor and am frequently using it with non standard databases or going back over the previous scenario. You can open the scenario editor from Tony's "launcher" (in the downloads section if you haven't seen it) by overwriting "winharp32.exe" with "wscenedt.exe". You can make some of the selections such as battleset, scenario file and database. When you launch it (since the last update) you have saved all the settings from the last launch.
To make it work well, copy the 'launcher.ini' file to another (any) folder, make a desktop (or other place) shortcut to the launcher.exe and call it scenario edit start (or whatever you like), click it and open its properties. Rewrite the "start in" field to point at your folder in which you put the 'launcher.ini' file. launch the shortcut and amend the executable to wscenedt.exe (as noted above).
Now it sounds like a bit of fiddling but once it is done you can get into your scenario editor and change batlesets and scenarios and in particular databases very quickly. If you are going back to the last scenario you edited it is just ready to start with one click.
What's the bet that Tony is about to release an update with the scenario editor tab filled in, making all this pointless?
Are but its just a game, eh.
Don

[divefreak]

This may or may not be obvious (or useful) to you,
I often use the scenario editor and am frequently using it with non standard databases or going back over the previous scenario. You can open the scenario editor from Tony's "launcher" (in the downloads section if you haven't seen it) by overwriting "winharp32.exe" with "wscenedt.exe". You can make some of the selections such as battleset, scenario file and database. When you launch it (since the last update) you have saved all the settings from the last launch.
To make it work well, copy the 'launcher.ini' file to another (any) folder, make a desktop (or other place) shortcut to the launcher.exe and call it scenario edit start (or whatever you like), click it and open its properties. Rewrite the "start in" field to point at your folder in which you put the 'launcher.ini' file. launch the shortcut and amend the executable to wscenedt.exe (as noted above).
Now it sounds like a bit of fiddling but once it is done you can get into your scenario editor and change batlesets and scenarios and in particular databases very quickly. If you are going back to the last scenario you edited it is just ready to start with one click.
What's the bet that Tony is about to release an update with the scenario editor tab filled in, making all this pointless?
Are but its just a game, eh.
Don

Good idea....

[TonyE]

Don,
Does your path to HCE contain space in it?

i.e. C:\Matrix Games\HCE or no spaces C:\Games\HCE ?

Just curious, quite awesome it if works with the former.

[TEPonta]

I must have something hosed up here. When I open the Launcher, the Scenario Editor tab shows a blank page. Absolutely nothing but the blue background. Same for the Other tab. The Game Engine tab is fully functional.

Buddha

[divefreak]

I must have something hosed up here. When I open the Launcher, the Scenario Editor tab shows a blank page. Absolutely nothing but the blue background. Same for the Other tab. The Game Engine tab is fully functional.

Buddha

Don is modifiying the GE Tab for use with the SE

[TEPonta]

Thanx. I don't really use the launcher very often and was checking it out because I read Don's post. I was afraid I'd missed something because I wasn't following launcher developments too closely, but the latest DL gave the same results.

Buddha

[donaldseadog]

Don,
Does your path to HCE contain space in it?

i.e. C:\Matrix Games\HCE or no spaces C:\Games\HCE ?

Just curious, quite awesome it if works with the former.

No spaces D:\hce_beta
Also if the scenario file name (or path?) has long file name, spaces etc then it doesn't pass onto scenario editer (the old dinasaur that she is) but in any case I don't think it would handle them from a normal start anyway.
I think if you have a copy of the launcher executable (I have it in another folder and with another name-don't know if all that is necessary- I guess it depends on how it writes to the 'ini' file at exit) then you kind of get two independent programs for starting editor and GE.
You can also use launcher to start different GE versions by giving them unique names and amending it in the 'GE Name' window, I use winharp32.exe as the latest beta and previous versions I name like winharp42.exe (for 2009.42) etc. Just an alternative to having lots of shortcuts, especially handy for different database (which can't be selected from SE or GE once started)
Any way I find it useful and thought it was worth sharing.
Don