Add-ons for MS-DOS and UN*X

 
Checkvic V1.3 (Tue, 6 Mar 2001)

A small add-on (PHOST3/PHOST4) written by Heiko Schlenker for managing
games having the victory condition: A player wins if he
controls X planets for Y consecutive turns.
Checkvic is an open source add-on.

Online help: checkvic.html
Download: checkvic.zip
For developers: CVS repository at
  phost-contrib.sourceforge.net

 

CountMines V1.0

CountMines written by Michael Herrmann counts all mines in a Planets match,
writes a list of which player has how many mines, and exits with an exit
code corresponding to the total number of mines or the
percentage of galactic area covered with mines.
It's an MS-DOS application.

Online help: countmines.html
Download: cmines10.zip

 

CutScore V1.0

CutScore written by Michael Herrmann cuts down the score
sent from host to players in their RST files.
CutScore offers an anonymous scoreboard.
It's an MS-DOS application.

Online help: cutscore.html
Download: cscore11.zip

 

Explore Map V2.5 (Thu, 17 Aug 2006)

Explore Map for PHOST3/PHOST4 written by Thomas Voigt (updated by
Heiko Schlenker, Peter Harris and Peter Denison) will create
individual xyplan.dat files for each specified player.
Explore Map will 'hide' planets that the player has
not yet 'seen'. Making universe exploration a more
interesting task. As players fly out into space
they will 'see' new planets. These are updated
to each player's personal xyplan??.dat file.
Explore Map version >=2.2 is wraparound
aware. It's an open source add-on.

Download: explmap25.zip
For developers: CVS repository at
  phost-contrib.sourceforge.net

 

HoldQueue V0.2

HoldQueue written by Michael Herrmann can be used in
conjunction with CPlayers under PHost. It controls
their ship build orders after the ship limit and
keeps the orders fixed until the ship is finally
built. This is necessary with some CPlayers
which change their build order every turn.
It's an MS-DOS application.

Online help: holdqueue.html
Download: holdq-02.zip

 

HostUFO V0.1 (Tue, 27 Jan 1998)

This host utility program (for "TimHost") written by Roger Burton West sends
messages to players with information on scanned UFOs. Many add-ons
now being released are designed specifically for the Winplan
user. At least a few of these even ignore the fact that
many players still use the dos version of VGA Planets.
It's an open source add-on.

Download: hostufo.zip

 

MoreWorm V1.0

MoreWorm written by Michael Herrmann is a Rapid Transport System
for PHOST 3. It is a fair and slight, but efficient extension
of the existing wormhole feature.
It's an MS-DOS application.

Online help: moreworm.html
Download: morewm10.zip

 

PAAGhoul V2.0d (Wed, 16 Oct 2002)

PAAGhoul written by Piotr Winiarczyk is an add-on for PHOST3/PHOST4 which removes
a race from the game if a player misses a distinct number of turns.
All of the player's planets, ships, starbases, mine fields,
planet structures, cash and supplies are removed.
PAAGhoul is an open source add-on.

Download: paaghoul.zip

 

PBP

A small add-on for PHOST3 written by Robert Dejournett. PBP removes
the PB? priority build friendly codes from all planets.
Use this add-on in the AUXHOST1 phase.
The source code is available.

Download: pbp.zip

 

pfcx V1.5 (Mon, 31 Jul 2000)

A small add-on for PHOST3/PHOST4 written by Heiko Schlenker which randomizes
planet or ship friendly codes. Pfcx detects specified planet or
ship FCs and changes them to random numbers. It is
derived from PBP by Robert Dejournett.
Pfcx is an open source add-on.

Download: pfcx.zip
For developers: CVS repository at
  phost-contrib.sourceforge.net

 

PlanTow V1.1

PlanTow written by Michael Herrmann is a new tow model for Host
and PHOST. The new PHost3 tow model was considered unusable;
the alternative, Host-compatible model was okay, but
somewhat unsatisfactory because of its heavy
reliance on IDs and waypoints.
It's an MS-DOS application.

Online help: plantow.html
Download: ptow11.zip

 

POneAlly V1.3 (Tue, 6 Mar 2001)

An add-on for PHOST3/PHOST4 written by Heiko Schlenker which limits
the number of allies per player. Stefan Glasauer's
OneAlly add-on helped inspire this program.
POneAlly is an open source add-on.

Download: poneally.zip
For developers: CVS repository at
  phost-contrib.sourceforge.net

 

PQBOOST V2.0.4 (Wed, 29 May 2002)

PQBOOST written by Heiko Schlenker is a small tool for the VGA Planets
host program PHOST Version 3 and higher. This is a PDK version
of QBOOST by Stefan Glasauer which is an add-on to boost
the build queue. It modifies pconfig.src in order
to give weak players better chances to build
ships after the 500 ship limit is reached.
PQBOOST is an open source add-on.

Online help: pqboost.html
Download: pqboost.zip
  http://www.nefo.med.uni-muenchen.de/~echoview/
For developers: CVS repository at
  phost-contrib.sourceforge.net

 

PTaxWatch V1.0b (Tue, 5 Nov 2002)

PTaxWatch written by Piotr Winiarczyk is an add-on for PHOST. The main
purpose of this utility is to prevent overtaxing of planets
by players. PTaxWatch is designed to run before
PHOST's PlanetaryHappiness stage.
It's an open source add-on.

Download: ptaxwatch.zip

 

Stargate V0.15 (Thu, 15 May 2003)

StarGate developed by Ilkka Virta is an add-on for VGA Planets which allows
faster movement through the galaxy. This is done by building stargates
and then travelling from one stargate to another.
The add-on is optimized for PHost3/PHost4 and VPA.
StarGate is an open source add-on.

Online help: stargate.html
Download: stargate.zip

 

tfcx V1.7 (Mon, 31 Jul 2000)

A small add-on for Host ("TimHost") written by Heiko Schlenker which
randomizes planet or ship friendly codes. Tfcx detects specified
planet or ship FCs and changes them to random numbers. It
is derived from PBP by Robert Dejournett. Tfcx is
linked with the VGA Planets Toolkit software library
written by Roger Burton West.
It's an open source add-on.

Download: tfcx.zip

 

VGA Planets Toolkit (Sat, 18 Apr 1998)

The VGA Planets Toolkit for DJGPP written by Roger Burton West
is designed to simplify the writing of player- and
host-add-ons for VGA Planets.

Download: toolkit.zip

 

VGAScAve V1.0

VGAScAve written by Michael Herrmann does not write its own score.
It just reads other score boards, stores them in a file from
turn to turn and outputs a score average over an eligible
number of turns. VGAScAve can generate team scores
even if the basic scoring tool doesn't.
It's an MS-DOS application.

Online help: vgascave.html
Download: vgasca11.zip

 


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