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Pidgeot
Pidgeot

Jan-30-2007 12:13

Hello, fellow Sleuths!

Over the last two months, I've been working on a brand new Sleuth helper. You might not think that sounds all that special - after all, great helpers are already available - but what makes this one different is that it's automated!

What it does is monitor your progress in the game, and extract relevant information from the pages. The information is stored and analyzed, in order to help you determine who did it, and who didn't.

It's heavily inspired by Evita's JavaScript-based Sleuth Helper, so a special "thank you" goes out there.

The application is made with Delphi 2005, and should run on any machine with Windows NT/98/ME/2K/XP/Vista and Internet Explorer 4 or later. Additionally, source code is included (ZLib license) in case someone wants to port it to another platform and/or language (such as Java).

The program can be downloaded from http://download.birdiesoft.dk/SleuthHelper.exe (330 KB), and a screenshot of the program can be seen at http://download.birdiesoft.dk/sleuth_helper.png.

Please take a look at the help file before using the program (it's very short), so you are familiar with how the program works.

(Disclaimer: The application depends heavily on the current structure of the game pages, and changes to this may break the program. Although the application is designed in such a way that it should fail entirely if something goes wrong, this cannot be guaranteed. Use of this program is entirely at your own risk, and any cases lost because of errors in the program should not be blamed on the program or the author.)

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Sleuth Sindy
Sleuth Sindy
Pinball Wizard

Feb-4-2007 11:07

Was thinking about this . . . I got PM"s yesterday that people sent me while I was online. The PM's that were blocked today were PM's that were sent to me while I was offline. Perhaps that has something to do with it?

Pidgeot
Pidgeot

Feb-4-2007 13:51

I'm not really sure what causes that problem, but there seems to be general problems with PMs. The messages don't disappear even though the pop-up does, so you can just log on in your regular browser to view and reply to them. I'll see what I can do about it, but I can't promise anything.

On another note, I've just fixed a few bugs again - including one that messes up evidence matching if you match something to a suspect where you don't know if their alibi is real or fake. The EXE's updated, and I imagine Adam will update his ZIP soon. I imagine he'll post in here when he does so, but until then, you can tell you have the right file if the zipped file is 338721 bytes.

MamaTerra
MamaTerra
Assistant Postman

Feb-4-2007 13:52

I was wondering if there is any way to code the order of the suspects into the helper. So they show up like they do on your suspect list at the map and case screens.

Pidgeot
Pidgeot

Feb-4-2007 14:03

That would be fairly hard, since they don't seem to follow any specific order on the suspect list. I'll try to look into at least making a way of manually ordering the suspects, however.

Adam Carter
Adam Carter
Big Winner

Feb-4-2007 14:15

Okay, so all the free webhosts hate me :(

I've rehosted the zip on an old website of mine. It should be fine to download from there:

www.rothwell-forum.co.uk/sleuth/Helper.zip

lilangel
lilangel
Sleuth About Town

Feb-4-2007 15:48

pidgeot, is there a way you can make it an option to manually put in the info, because i find i do cases faster if i don't have to put it in manually as i easily get distracted.

Pidgeot
Pidgeot

Feb-5-2007 09:47

If you want to put in the info manually, I recommend using Evita's helper instead, but I can look into doing it in the helper as well. Might take some time, though.

DJFriar
DJFriar

Mar-15-2007 17:43

First .. I love the automated .. some very cool stuff. I had a few suggestions/requests:

Can a Symbol or field be added for clammed up? It would save time not asking them stuff.

A note box where we can just type in random stuff would be nice.

A box that would remind you to do a favor or "little job". Since these are based on cases comleted (I think favor is one every 4 if I recall). It'd be nice to have a visual remind to make sure you are doing them.

Money display. I missed being able to see Larry the Toe cause I bought a tip in the case. So something to tell you how much money you have would be awesome.

Sophie4
Sophie4
Gopher to the Sleuth Gods

Apr-17-2007 06:40

A box showing my current gear points would be great. After a favor when I'm offered something, I need to know value of what I'm holding. (e.g. 10-4-3) Currently I keep it written down but a box on the screen would be forever accurate.

AmazingAmanda253
AmazingAmanda253
Well-Connected

Apr-18-2007 10:37

The helper seems to die when I use my contact to answer many questions. Is there a way you can fix that?

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