From: Phillip E. Pournelle <pepourne@n...>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 22:02:12 -0700
Subject: Displaying PBeM Games.
Hello, I am currently refereeing a Full Thrust Campaign and need to display the postion of ships to my players. I tried to build charts using Excel, but Bill Gates struck again... Can anyone show me to an appropriate program to help my players visualize what is going on? Thank you, Phil P.
From: Brian Bell <bkb@b...>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 10:09:37 -0400
Subject: RE: Displaying PBeM Games.
FTMAP is a freeware mapping program conceived and written by Alun Thomas. Since that time Tim Jones has extended his work to produce a more robust and versatile package. You should contact Tim with any feedback and/or suggestions you have concerning FTMAP. http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Stargate/2995/ftmap/home.html However, I could not get it to work. I guess I need to contact Tim Jones, myself, for better instructions.
From: Tim Jones <Tim.Jones@S...>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 15:26:43 +0100
Subject: RE: Displaying PBeM Games.
> FTMAP is a freeware mapping program conceived and written by FYI This site is no longer maintained but does carry the last version of the program and its documentation. I will be doing something about it for the next release of ftmap. This application is *designed* for PBEM games and supports Cinematic & Vector systems. > However, I could not get it to work. I guess I need to contact
From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 18:42:32 -0400
Subject: Re: Displaying PBeM Games.
Hello, I am currently refereeing a Full Thrust Campaign and need to display the postion of ships to my players. I tried to build charts using Excel, but Bill Gates struck again... Can anyone show me to an appropriate program to help my players visualize what is going on? Thank you, Phil P. An Excel chart is a bit tricky, but I'll post on my website an example and instructions--probably this weekend.
From: Jon Davis <davisje@n...>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 20:20:40 -0400
Subject: Re: Displaying PBeM Games.
I've used both an Excel spreadsheet charting and FTMAP to generate images for my PBeM games, both as referee and player. I would recommend FTMap because it can provide more elegant images that Excel can achieve.
From: Tim Jones <Tim.Jones@S...>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:16:59 +0100
Subject: RE: Displaying PBeM Games.
Phil - any luck with the last ftmap I sent you?
From: Tim Jones <Tim.Jones@S...>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:20:37 +0100
Subject: RE: Displaying PBeM Games.
Obviously the last post wan't meant to go here me culpa