ABOUT MW4Modeler

This program allows you to graph the maximum damage and heat of a MechWarrior4® "mech" configuration. It also allows prototyping configurations as it models the weight and weapon "slot" restrictions of MechWarrior4®. The graph shows a black line with dots indicating the damage achieved if weapons are fired as soon as they recycle. The graph shows a colored line indicating the heat build up. The dots on the black (damage) line are colored to indicate the type of weapon firing. There is one dot plotted each time a weapon fires. Red dots are energy weapons, yellow dots are projectile weapons, and green dots are missile weapons. The "heat" line is colored the heat range... green is < 2500 Kelvin, yellow < 5000, orange < 7500, and red for over that. There are features (menu buttons) that allow you to control if the mech shuts down, how long after shutdown does it wait to fire, and if the mech fires if the heat level is too high. Click "SHUTDOWN" to select shutdown enable and the delay after shutdown (this is specified in heat color). Click "STAY FIRE" to keep the mech from firing when the heat is above a heat level (this will cause the slope of the heat curve to become flat). There is a snapshot feature that allows you to compare two graphs. Making a snapshot is done by clicking the snaphshot button. At that moment the two lines are saved (damage and heat). When the checkbox "Show" is clicked on two additional lines are graphed in the background. The saved damage line is shown in light blue (cyan) and the saved heat line is shown in pink. The dots on the saved line are not changed in color. Note that if you change seconds or damage graph axis scale (the DAMAGE and SECONDS buttons beneath PLOT) the snapshot will be erased. The Export and Import buttons are for exchanging mech configurations with friends in chat, such as a game room on Microsoft Zone. They can also be used to save and load favorite configurations.

FEATURES

• Provides all mechs and weapons info.


• Models accurately configuring a mech, with all tonnage restrictions.


• Graphs total damage and total heat build up versus time.


• Graphs weapon damage versus range.


• Text output with damage per second, heat per second and other stats.


• Written in TCL, a very safe interpreted language.


• It's FREE!

NOTES

You need screen resolution 1024x768 or better to use this program effectively.

This is a Windows program but Mac program is also an option due to the fact TCL/TK interpreters and binaries (executables) exist on many platforms.

This is my first TCL/TK application, I've learned TCL/TK without a book, and wrote this program without hard copy (I have no printer). I started using TCL/TK and Visual TCL February 24, 2002. The code editor I use is GNU Emacs.

ARMOR TONS ADJUSTMENT




WEAPON AMMO TONS ADJUSTMENT




RANGE GRAPH




EXPORT CODED MECH

When clicking the EXPORT button this dialog with the coded text mech configuration is displayed. The coded mech config text is automatically copied to the clipboard. So you are ready to paste (shift-insert) into a text file or a chat.

When clicking the IMPORT button this dialog is displayed. Paste coded mech configuration text into the dialog by clicking in it with the mouse then pressing shift-insert keys.

----------------------MW4Modeler--------------------------------------
100T ATLAS
   45.00 KPH

TONNAGE DATA
    0.00 Tons available
   18.00 FERROFIBROUS (19.70 max)
         0.10/0.90 HEAD
         2.20/2.20 RIGHT ARM
         2.20/2.20 LEFT ARM
         2.40/2.40 RIGHT TORSO
         2.60/2.60 CENTER TORSO
         2.40/2.40 LEFT TORSO
         0.10/1.00 REAR TORSO
         3.00/3.00 RIGHT LEG
         3.00/3.00 LEFT LEG
   12.00 Heat Sinks
    4.00 C>ER Large Laser
   13.00 Light Gauss Rifle
    4.00 C>ER Large Laser
    4.00 C>ER Large Laser
    4.00 C>ER Large Laser
   13.00 C>Gauss Rifle

WEAPON DATA
  LOCALE          WEAPON               DAMAGE  RECYC  RANGE  SHOTS
  CENTER-TORSO    C>ER Large Laser       8.00   5.00    800      0 
  LEFT-ARM        Light Gauss Rifle     12.00   6.00   1200     30 
  LEFT-ARM        C>ER Large Laser       8.00   5.00    800      0 
  RIGHT-ARM       C>ER Large Laser       8.00   5.00    800      0 
  RIGHT-ARM       C>ER Large Laser       8.00   5.00    800      0 
  GUNRACK         C>Gauss Rifle         17.00   8.00    800     24 
 ALPHA STRIKE DAMAGE  61.00
   DAMAGE PER SECOND   8.48

HEAT DATA
  WEAPON                 HEAT  RECYC
  C>ER Large Laser       8.00   5.00 
  Light Gauss Rifle      0.80   6.00 
  C>ER Large Laser       8.00   5.00 
  C>ER Large Laser       8.00   5.00 
  C>ER Large Laser       8.00   5.00 
  C>Gauss Rifle          1.00   8.00 
 ALPHA STRIKE HEAT  33.80
   HEAT PER SECOND   6.51
...WITH HEAT SINKS   5.56
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NO WARRANTY

BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.











Copyright (c) 2002 Barney Blankenship