Monday, November 26, 2012

AutoHARP is officially in Beta!

Iron Crown has officially made public AutoHarp on their website. You can go to the following link to follow the thread on their forum,

http://www.ironcrown.com/ICEforums/index.php?topic=12795.msg164962#msg164962

The plan is to let users play with the application for a few weeks and then GCP will release the commercial version of the database on OneBookShelf. The application again is Freeware under a Reciprocal Public License 1.5. Currently the code found on Source Forge is old and not updated. I am having problems logging into my SVN account from where I live. Hopefully I can resolve the issue soon and start keeping the repository updated.

I will make further announcements about releases here as well as updates made or being made. Currently I am keeping up with whatever bug reports come in and any suggestions for the future. I will make concurrent releases of AutoHarp based on time or number of bugs or urgency of the bug itself. The next update to AutoHarp will be 1.0.0.1 and currently includes the following

  • Banners for the New Character Wizard that illustrate which database the character is designed under
  • If a user selects a human for a race, the human column is now color coded green to indicate user action, rather than just asterix in the cell. Also when a user selects a human for a greater hybrid, the blood column is also color coded green to indicate user action.
  • Installation file now called AutoHARP<version>-Install.exe.
  • Combat Tracker now called AutoHARP-Combat Tracker.exe
  • Default install directory now the Program Files directory.
Future plans include finishing up work with Martial Law and College of Magics so these databases are ready to go when Iron Crown is ready to make the books available. I also plan to start work on the Harp Sci-Fi Xtreme database which include information from the Harp Sci-Fi Xtreme book.With Martial Law will come a new Combat system as well.

Happy Harping!