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Site Downloads
Stars! Patch Downloads
James McGuigans' Stars! Utilities
- PLC - Packet
Location Calculator v1.0 [205 kb]
Program for predicting the future location of mass packets and fleets.
Accurate over multiple years. Released under GNU Public Licence,
source code included in zip file.
Stuart Douglas' Stars! Utilities
- Pirates Retreat [Home Page for these utilities]
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Xtreem Borders 1.6.5 - Includes VB6 libraries [2.6 Mb]
Mapper program - allows players to combine and analyse data extracted
from the game, including the visualization of each players influence
over a territory, mapping of stargate networks and the display of
allies scanner data, while providing a convenient place for keeping
notes on the other races in the game (Note: for best results in
the stars.ini file, under [misc] add newreports=1)
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Xtreem Borders 1.6.8 Update [91 kb] (Requires VB6 libraries)
Update for the above program, including a fix for a bug when combining
data from allies
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Xtreem StarMail 1.3.0 [32 kb] (Requires VB6 libraries)
A utility to help hosts manage the sending of turns to players (both
MAPI and SMPT supported), allows for optional attachments, custom
messages and alternate email addresses
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StarEd 1.2 - Stars Editor [53 kb] (Requires VB6 libraries)
Complete component and hull editor for Stars! with a an easy to
use interface (works with both I and JRC3 patches), modifications
can be saved into a small .MOD file, which can be distributed to
players to modify their own exe's with. (Note: It's best to keep
an unedited copy of stars on your harddisk)
- Generic Mod Files for StarsEd
- Beta Mod Files for StarsEd
Note: The above programs require that you have the Visual Basic 6
libraries installed, if you don't have them they are part of the
XTreem Borders 1.6.5 package
Other Stars! Utilities
- Packet Calculator
[20 kb]
Program for calculating the impact and effects of packets at different
speeds and at different sizes.
- Battlesim
Testbed [58 kb]
Set of game files for conducting battlesim testbeds in, allows for
most PRT/LRT combos and all races are at max tech with all MT components.
Unzip into a new directory and edit the links to suit your own directory
structure.
- Universe
Creator 1.3 [273 kb]
Utility for creating custom universe setups from a bitmap image
and also allows for the repositioning of homeworlds
- SB Possey's Stars Spreadsheet [108
kb] (Excel File - partially compatible with Quattro Pro)
Large spreadsheet for calculating most of the guts within stars, including
jamming, movement, cloaking, colony projection, planet habitability,
tech trade probabilities, research timescales, minefields and more
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