Found a fault at last!
If you enter the order 363TrHost and later change your mind and enter
the order 650 Execute the ORDERS page does not check that you have
put only one name for the execute order. The SEND page then warns you
that you've boobed somewhere and of course does not tell you where.
How many times did I check through my orders before finding the
fault? Well, I never actually found it I started a new spreadsheet
and that would not let me enter a second name, problem solved.
Automagic is a seriously good piece of work. It does not check that
you are sending the army west instead of east, does not ask why you
are 948 TranCar only 100 ti rather than the 4500 you have just 947'ed
somewhere, does not remind you that the character you are trying to
assassinate has the same name as the one you assassinated last turn
or that by not selling your mithril you are going to throw the tax
rate above 100%. It does check that you are giving agent orders to
your agent rather than your emissary, it does check that the hex you
are trying to get to is within reach, it does check that you are in
your capital when trying to NatSell. In short it does not improve
your play but it does help cut out some of the more annoying mistakes.
Thanks for the praise regarding Automagic, but the situation you mention
does actually flag the 2nd target character ID in yellow if you've got
it filled in. If it isn't doing this for you, then there is a problem
that I need to address.
Found a fault at last!
If you enter the order 363TrHost and later change your mind and enter
the order 650 Execute the ORDERS page does not check that you have
put only one name for the execute order. The SEND page then warns you
that you've boobed somewhere and of course does not tell you where.
How many times did I check through my orders before finding the
fault? Well, I never actually found it I started a new spreadsheet
and that would not let me enter a second name, problem solved.
Automagic is a seriously good piece of work. It does not check that
you are sending the army west instead of east, does not ask why you
are 948 TranCar only 100 ti rather than the 4500 you have just 947'ed
somewhere, does not remind you that the character you are trying to
assassinate has the same name as the one you assassinated last turn
or that by not selling your mithril you are going to throw the tax
rate above 100%. It does check that you are giving agent orders to
your agent rather than your emissary, it does check that the hex you
are trying to get to is within reach, it does check that you are in
your capital when trying to NatSell. In short it does not improve
your play but it does help cut out some of the more annoying mistakes.
Indeed much praise to the program and the inventer!
Now if i could only work out where i`m going wrong with the name HUZ
III...i`ll be completely happy and won`t have to retire my best
commander!
David Murray
--- In mepbmlist@y..., "Urzahil" <Urzahil@o...> wrote:
Thanks for the praise regarding Automagic, but the situation you
mention
does actually flag the 2nd target character ID in yellow if you've
got
it filled in. If it isn't doing this for you, then there is a
problem
that I need to address.
Thanks,
Mike Mulka
>From: loodles9 [mailto:lewismorton@l…]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 7:46 AM
>To: mepbmlist@y…
>Subject: [mepbmlist] Automagic
>
>Found a fault at last!
>If you enter the order 363TrHost and later change your mind and
enter
>the order 650 Execute the ORDERS page does not check that you have
>put only one name for the execute order. The SEND page then warns
you
>that you've boobed somewhere and of course does not tell you
where.
>How many times did I check through my orders before finding the
>fault? Well, I never actually found it I started a new spreadsheet
>and that would not let me enter a second name, problem solved.
>
>Automagic is a seriously good piece of work. It does not check
that
>you are sending the army west instead of east, does not ask why
you
>are 948 TranCar only 100 ti rather than the 4500 you have just
947'ed
>somewhere, does not remind you that the character you are trying
to
>assassinate has the same name as the one you assassinated last
turn
>or that by not selling your mithril you are going to throw the tax
>rate above 100%. It does check that you are giving agent orders to
>your agent rather than your emissary, it does check that the hex
you
>are trying to get to is within reach, it does check that you are
in
>your capital when trying to NatSell. In short it does not improve
>your play but it does help cut out some of the more annoying
Ah HA! That is a known problem, and it's actually an Excel problem, more
than an Automagic problem... It's the Autocorrect feature of Excel,
which believes that a letter preceeded by a space MUST be a capital
letter. So when you type in "huz i", Excel changes it to "huz I", which
Automagic won't allow (because MAIN has a fit with it).
Go to the INSTRUCTIONS sheet and read the box to the right regarding
AutoComplete and AutoCorrect. You can temporarily disable it by clicking
the DISABLE button, and your problems with Huz III should be fixed.
(Note that it will disable this in ALL your Excel files, not just
AutoMagic, so if you like these features in Excel, remember to turn them
back on again.)
I could make this automatic, every time you open Automagic, but then I
should also probably automatically turn them back on again. I don't know
how people would react to Automagic automatically changing Excel
features, though.
Indeed much praise to the program and the inventer!
Now if i could only work out where i`m going wrong with the name HUZ
III...i`ll be completely happy and won`t have to retire my best
commander!
Indeed much praise to the program and the inventer!
Now if i could only work out where i`m going wrong with the name HUZ
III...i`ll be completely happy and won`t have to retire my best
commander!
David Murray
I would suspect that HUZ III has a five letter code of:
huz i
h,u,z, <space>,i
If that isn't working, its possible that you have Autocapitalise on (its an annoying Excel setting)
If this doesn't work, please email Mike or myself (sam@harlequingames.com) privately and I'll look into it.
