For some time I have not been 100% happy with the use of the "eaw.ini" file for base and target setting. Later versions of windows seem to want to do their on thing with "ini" files and as a result the "eaw.ini" can get very messy, even though it still functions.
Additionally we have not been able to get the host's mission time and date values passed to the other players.

Today I made a version of the recent V32 exe that uses an external file for the MP data. Only the host needs this data file.
In a GameRanger test with me hosting on my desktop PC and Hector on my laptop the time and date values were editable by me and passed on to Hector.
I hope to test it further with ShoGun in the near future.

So there is a download in the new 160Secial folder at MediaFire. It is a 7-zip self installer named "ReducedIniVersion1.exe". When it is run in the "UAW150V4" folder it puts the new and old map versions into the "EAW Versions" folder.
As it is based on V32 the V32 support files are needed so the V32 version needs to be installed first.
The "ReducedIniVersion1.exe" also replaces the "MPU160V10.exe" so that some existing data files can be converted to be read by the new exe.
More about that later after some online testing.

Room open at GR to test the new exe

At GameRanger On TS Ready to test


marv

I did some more work today, and managed to get the four altitudes for the host, the friendly secondary, the enemy primary and the enemy secondary aircraft working independently
They are displayed on the parameters screen, but only the host's altitude (Cruise Altitude) is editable at the moment. The three AI altitudes are now included in the mission script, which is where the displayed values came from.


ShoGun
I have found the cause of the HUD colour problem and fixed it

At Game Ranger on TS,for some Testing

marv

The V41 went really well in the two tests we just flew

It is available at Mediafire in the 160Special folder. The V40 is no longer needed.
V41 uses a different multiplayer menu which the download installs.
The MP mission time setting location is now in "Time of day"
It also lets Alt-N work if you are flying host only.

We just tried this script and it worked well



Intercept in Ratas of Dorniers

The V41 exe has the mission time setting on the "Time of day" line, and a couple of other things tidied up