History:

• Beta 56 - 10/19/2006 11.365 hits
• new: Base Damage Calculator
• new: Base Energy Calculator
• new: calculate BaseIncoming power of a ship weapon bank
• update: Ship Devices
• fixed: Solorian grow calculator


• Beta 55 - 01/31/2006 10.505 hits
• fixed: overflow error in minefield calculator with big ships


• Beta 54 - 11/14/2005 10.224 hits
• new: "Borg Queen grow boost" supported (race stats window)
• new: amount of food can be defined (race stats window)
• fixed: damage from barb/nova detonate (hull < 100kt)
• removed (will be rewritten): contraband collectrate


• Beta 53 - 10/05/2005 10.043 hits
• new: ship repair limits are shown (race stats window)
• new: number of kids from grow displayed (race stats window)
• new: UEA "Training Center Income" is calculated (race stats window)
• new: SoftSpot of fighters is shown (fighter stats window)
• Training Center: formula fixed because of host change
• Barbitic damage: formula fixed because of host change
• Solorian grow: formula fixed because of host change
• Gravity mines: value for enforcer grav mines detonate fixed


• Beta 52 - 03/17/2005 9.160 hits
• new: Ground Combat Simulator with animation (still uncomplete)
• new: more ship features added
• improved: QSP Interface
• improved: fighter calc


• Beta 51 - 02/08/2005 8.947 hits
• new: Solorian calculator
• new: probability calculations for sensor systems (sensor image calc)
• new (ord calc): amount of repairs required to repair 1% damage
• new (ship details): % of hull damage repaired with a full load of repairs
• new: tips for ship devices now also available in catalonian language
• improved: fighter calculator
• fixed: Foodpile required for max Colo grow (was broken)
• fixed: Robot hull damage from barb/nova detonate
• fixed: Damage from laser hit on hulls > 100kt
• update: formulas.txt (ship devices in german, spanish, catalonian)
• update: weapon tips, english and german


• Beta 50 - 08/02/2004 7.838 hits
• improved: map viewer (wormhole support and other stuff)
• improved: minehit calculator with help from Norman Violet
• new: support for new coalition pack 806e
• new: preconfigured for data sharing with diplomat
• new: english tips for SupW and PD added (from diplomat)
• fixed: crash when opening race detais of race borg


• Beta 49 - 05/14/2004 7.432 hits
• new: SHIP PICTURE GAME
• new: Gun Zero damage will be calculated (minefield calc)
• new: new option for sensor image calc: "ship is alien hull"
• new: explanation of LW+SW available in spanish and catalonian
• changed: HG training formula because of host changes (food)
• fixed: SHIP DATABASE not displaying all UEA ships
• fixed: workaround for a problem with diplomat and Univ


• Beta 48 - 03/01/2004 6.936 hits
• new: SHIP DATABASE (view the picture of all ships on a big chart)
• new: some always-on ship devices added (mostly Colalition)
• update: contraband collect rate corrected


• Beta 47 - 02/04/2004 6.751 hits
• new: fighter wing calculator
• new: english tips for small weapons
• fixed: Quick Build Intercface: ship pack name was not detected sometimes


• Beta 46 - 1/7/2004 6.599 hits
• new: ship sensor image calculator
• new: description of ship devices in spanish
• improved: crystal hyper lathe calculator
• fixed: qsp files in different slots were mixed up
• fixed: minefield calculator: damage from a web hit was wrong
• update again: german weapon tips file, small weapons updated


• Beta 45 - 12/12/2003 6.420 hits
• new: Crystal Hyper Lathe Calculator
• new: explanation of ship devices (english an german)
• new: Classification of shippacks. A old shippack will be named "old!"
• new: support for the new racepacks of UEA, Draco, Solarian
• new: special race buildings are listed in the race details section
• update: german weapon tips file, small weapons updated


• Beta 44 - 11/11/2003 6.200 hits
• new: Quick Build Import (import of qsp-files)
• fixed: unable to make QSP files from hull id below 10 and higher than 999
• fixed: grow rate calculator and some other minor bugs


• Beta 43 - 9/4/2003 5.800 hits
• new: wormhole support for mapviewer
• improved: QSP-Interface
• changed: city food consumption corrected to match current host
• fixed: minefield calculator
• fixed: generator power output sometimes wrong
• fixed: bug with training center, colos and food consumption


• Beta 42 - 3/18/2003 4.686 hits
• new: QSP structure changed to the new planets4.exe format
• new: Support for Scavenger special devices (which must be scavenged first)
• update: german weapon tips file
• fixed: minefield calculator
• fixed: ordonance calculator (rounding error)
• fixed: Support for Coalition Plasma Stream Enhancer improved (works better now)


• Beta 41 - 1/8/2003 4.110 hits
• New: Search function for ship names over the whole shiplist
• New: Support for Coalition Plasma Stream Enhancer
• New: manual correction of power output/drain
• fixed: Training Center Calculator
• fixed: Colo food consumption (high and normal)


• Beta 40 - 1/4/2003 4.064 hits
• improved: map viewer
• fixed: grow rate rounding error with TrainingCenter > 90
• fixed: 2 Solarian devices were not named correct


• Beta 39 - 10/23/2002 3.529 hits
• new: Colonist grow rate calculator
• new: Training Center calculator improved
• fixed: TC calculator was wrong when TC >1
• map viewer: fixed and enhanced


• Beta 38 - 9/17/2002 3.270 hits
• new: hull data can be exported to plain text file (for e.g. excel import)
• new: support for the new german tips file including all weapon types
• working on map viewer
• fixed: view tips function in 600*800 mode
• fixed: installation bug


• Beta 37 - 8/7/2002 2.865 hits
• improved again: Training Center training rate calculator
• new: full support for rebels
• new: ShipCalc now available with comfortable installer


• Beta 36 - 5/15/2002 1.889 hits
• improved: Training Center training rate calculator
• fixed: setup bug


• Beta 34 - 5/9/2002 1.802 hits
• new: Training Centrer training rate calculator
• new: quick select for SandCaster, Serv.800 gen and SuperWeapon works now
• fixed: bug with metal calculation when using quick select for parts


• Beta 33 - 4/1/2002
• new: full support for Colonies Of Man
• new: LW tips data file included (tips from diplomat)
• new: picturepack addon with pics of LW,SW,PD,SupW,eng,hypdrive,natives
• MapViewer: "Autodetect Planets" improved
• fixed: auto pop-up of fleet/parts in 800*600 mode


• Beta 32 - 2/24/2002 802 hits
• new: full support for Colonies Of Man
• new: LW tips data file included (tips from diplomat)
• new: picturepack addon with pics of LW,SW,PD,SupW,end,hypdrive,natives
• MapViewer: "Autodetect Planets" improved
• fixed: auto pop-up of fleet/parts in 800*600 mode


• Beta 31 - 2/21/2002 759 hits
• NEW: minefield calculator
• NEW: spymana calculator
• NEW: unlabeled button which exports current ship to "shipcalc.qsp"
• fixed: "power output" wrong when using "biggest shield" option
• data update: some weapons got cheaper with host 97
• hull filter improved
• full support for Robots


• Beta 30 - 8/6/2001
• new: full support for Privateers, Coalition, Solarian
• new: load all ships of every race in one list (id order)
• changed: standard qsp filename changed from SCalcShip.qsp to SCship.qsp
• new: diplomat interface (requires diplomat 2.4.8 to be released soon)


• Beta 29 - 6/25/2001
• new: "race details window" shows base building restrictions
• new: support for "Aczanny", "Centaurs" and "Solarian"
• changed: now using v4face2.dll, v4face.dll is no longer needed
• fixed: minor race pack problem


• Beta 28 - 5/26/2001
• new: direct WEB ACCESS to the according Race Guide from the race details window There are two links. One for Tims Guide and one for Paul Honigmanns guide.
• new: double click now works with HYP engines and Super Weapons too
• new: ShipCalc can divide between Empire V101 and Empire V101a
• new/fixed: 4 checkboxes now working without problems (fastest engine, biggest shield, SW: pulsed laser, PD: MSC)
• fixed: "hull sort" and "hull filter" were broken in beta 27
• fixed: crash when exporting ship to qsp file after deleting a ship with same name


• Beta 27 - 5/7/2001
• new: select hull, engines, shield, LW, SL, PD, GEN using double click
• new: "compensate rates" can be undone
• fixed: support for Evil Empire: SuperWeapon of Slayer was wrong
• fixed: crash when removing high tech large weapons


• Beta 26 - 3/27/2001
• new: ships in qsp files can have no armor (usefull for borg)
• fixed: ord and energy calculation gets wrong when removing parts
• fixed: crash when removing parts after reopen a saved slot
• fixed again: opening a saved ship: ship is given parts it was not fitted with


• Beta 25 - 3/22/2001
• new: parts can be removed and replaced by other parts
• new: "default shield" is working now. Selects best shield for the hull.
• new: help file added and old help removed
• new: build in web browser replaced by MSIE browser (ShipCalc setup not needed any more)
• fixed: bug in calculation when cloning ships with hyp drive (hyp drive was not cloned)
• fixed: QSP export: ships who cannot hyp jump where given a hyp engine in QSP file (sometimes)
• fixed: QSP export: when changing ship name before saving exported ship, the ship was saved using the old name.
• fixed: "view/remove parts window" (was:"long report") sometimes displays wrong parts after opening a saved fleet.


• Beta 24 - 3/12/2001
• fixed: "path not found" bug at startup


• Beta 23 - 3/5/2001
• fixed: bug at startup found and removed


• Beta 22 - 2/28/2001
• new: Map Viewer redesigned and new functions added
• new: Hulls can be sorted and filtered
• new: Armor can be removed (has no effect on qsp files!)
• new: Support for Enforcer 101a
• new: some minor improvements
• still looking for: Those ".q" qsp files are created by planets. I dont know why. Tim is looking for it.


• Beta 21 - 2/9/2001
• new: QSP-Interface: Filter added. Very usefull if you have a lot of qsp files
• new: Map Viewer: names of planets can be displayed
• new: Map Viewer: Map can be printed (could be improved, but its a beginnig)
• fixed: crash when minimising map viewer


• Beta 20 - 2/2/2001
• fixed (again): map viewer: marked planets were lost when moving the map
• fixed: installation problems with win95 / new setup for win95


• Beta 19 - 1/29/2001
• new: The new setup will create a desktop icon
• new: ShipCalc can be installed in every directory of your choice (Planets directory is still fine)
• new: ShipCalc can play race sounds
• new: Integrated Web Browser gives access to important VGAP4 Sites
• new: You can create a unlimited number of ship and race overwiew windows to compare several data at once
• improved: Fighter viewer now displays the whole fighter data
• improved: Map redraw routine of map viewer works better
• improved: Planet search engine of map viewer accepts the whole planetname or the first part of a planetname.
• fixed: Map viewer not calculating correct center of universe


• Beta 18 - testversion



• Beta 17 - 1/12/2001
• new: QSP export now supports hyper drives
• new: QSP Interface: View, Copy, Rename, Delete your qsp files.
• new: planet search engine for map viewer (still under construction)
• fixed: little bug in QSP export function with "MaxTechLevels"


• Beta 16 - 1/7/2001
• Quick Ship Builder now supports Generators


• Beta 15 - 12/21/2000
• new Map Viewer released ( can display and zoom every map in data directory)


• Beta 14 - 12/12/2000
• new: QSP export function
• fixed: 1 armor unit costs 1/100 Du and 1 MC (was 1 Du and 1 MC)
• fixed: color adjustments ( didn't look nice with nt 2000)
• removed: Zeta-map viewer. I want to add a real, good, usefull, full-zoomable map viewer which can reads all *.map in data directory


• Beta 13 - 11/3/2000
• Natives Calculator (calculates join chance and join rate of natives)


• Beta 12 - 10/30/2000
• Support for Birds and Stormer 104c
• Tax Calculator , based on Tims latest formulas
• Fighter viewer now shows the most important data
• fixed: Crash when ShipCalc finds a 0-kb-long race pack or ship pack file in race/ships directory
• fixed: always loading the same (old) *.rce file if there are more than one. This was independent from *.spk files.


• Beta 11 - 10/17/2000
• build-in map viewer of zeta-galaxy (zoom possible)
• improved shipviewer is able to display the data of 2 ships for easy comparing
• ground unit viewer (including special devices of ground units)
• race- and fighter viewer is under construction and almost complete


• Beta 10 - 9/20/2000
• support for Crystals added
• new window displays all available shipdata of the current ship
• fixed: Crash when cloning large fleets


• Beta 9 - 9/12/2000
• support for Lizards added
• bugfixes and race pack checking improved
• minor improvements


• Beta 8 - 7/31/2000
• Filenames of race and ship packs doesn't matter any more.
• Support for Univ racepacks 101, 102a and 102b.
• Funktion to load all race and ship packs manualy.
• Saving report to txt-file


• Beta 7 - 7/22/2000
• window is a little bit smaller now (better for 800*600 display)
• NEW: choosing racepack-file manualy
• v4face.dll version 101 included