albino's webl calculator help file

in the zipfile you should find:

readme.txt        -  this file, how to use calculator
version.txt       -  version history
weblplus.exe      -  the calculator

if all of these are not in the zip file i recommended redownloading from this address:
http://www.angelfire.com/games4/weblcalc



how to use the calculator

simple really
1. put your fighters stats in
2. scout opponent with tactic & speed estimators
3. and put his stats in
4. fiddle with styles to find best option

other things:
1. "Next Round" = endurance percent next round, after resting :)
2. "Apply" will move "endurance percent next round" down to current endurance percent, simulating a round fought and the decision is sent to decision capture
3. if you move the cursor over any endurance percent value, the true endurance will show up on top
4. if you move the cursor over fighter A or fighter B STR, AGL, SPD or CHN, your gains from style, height & weight(if checked) will show.
5. use "Weight Advantage" for heavyweights, 200lb+ weight fatigue is always used though
6. stun/chin: measures stuns, 1.5 for stun, 2.0 for KD, 2.5 KO
7. when changing CON value, current endurance is changed to maximum
8. the value between damages: is the difference between the sum of endurance damage and fatigue of each fighter, positive if fighter A does more damage
9. the value between fatigues: measures endurance advantage gain. even though you may deal more damage, due to conditioning and fatigue you could be losing the endurance battle.
10. can save and load fighters from file
11. tactic calculator: enter all the details, styles (ones listed effect AGG or POW), punches etc. this will give you both fighters AGG and POW. note: bruce randomises the missed punches slightly, so as you put "thrown punches" in vary it a little to see the effect.
12. hit% is NOT the base percentage, it is the modified hit% after the jab bonus has been calculated.
13. damage is the total damage taken throughout the fight. IPs are calulated from this value. damage - 5*chn = IPs.
14. cut% is the chance of a NEW cut, chance to aggravate it will shown as a flyover. note: aggravate% is the same as new% except when targeting cuts
15. round decision: this is NOT 100% accurate. it appears bruce has made this more complicated than it looks.
16. decision capture: every time apply is clicked, the round decision is stored (to see how
fight will progress scorewise), clear: clears stored scores and restores endurance to full

pressing 'Back' will undo one round at a time. 'Back' maybe pressed all the way back to round 1.

skin template:
1. i have a skin template that can be used to make your own skin. email me if you want it, its in paint shop pro format (*.psp).
2. you can load jpegs or bitmaps.



loading save files via double click:
im unsure how to make a registry patch, but it can be done manually

1. double click on a fighter file, a window asking which program you would like to open it with should pop up, click "other" and find weblcalc.exe and click "ok"
2. the top field of the window is the desciption you'd like to call the file extension. eg "WeBL Fighter File"
3. click "ok"


advanced note: at this stage the program will only load a fighter into fighter2
the commandline is as follows:

weblplus.exe [(savefile) [(fighter slot no.)]]

savefile - full path of fighter file
fighter slot no. - default is 2

to be able to right click and select which fighter to load it in requires a little more effort

4. open windows explorer. click view|folder options.
5. click on "file types" tab, and scroll down to the decription you gave it in step 2.
6. click "edit"
7. in the "actions" box, "open" should be present. remove it, this undoes the simple double click method you have implement already, we will replace it with a more detailed one
8. click new, "action" is what will appear on the right click popup when you right click on the file. make this something like "open in fighter 1". now browse and find weblcalc.exe. add the parameters "%1" 1 after it so it might look like this:

C:\weblplus.exe "%1" 1

9. do the same for fighter 2 with the appropriate differences. ie different decription and parameter - C:\weblplus.exe "%1" 2

10. set default selects what a double left click will do
11. while your there you may want to assign an icon :)
