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Automated Sleuth Helper complete!
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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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Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Apr-6-2015 17:42

You can still download it from the link above - I've just checked that. Probably just a weird Avast exclusion.

Sal Iva
Sal Iva
Little Monster

Apr-25-2015 09:24

I was still unable to use it even after putting it on the Avast exclusion list until I gave it permission to a Microsoft Smart Page, whatever that is, so it's possible that you may have to look for other blockages.

Yeti Face
Yeti Face
Pinball Amateur

Apr-25-2015 09:27

Sleuth helper is currently out of commission due to the changes to the back end.

Emily Hill
Emily Hill
Well-Connected

Dec-9-2015 10:11

Anyway of getting Sleuth Helper back?

Emily Hill
Emily Hill
Well-Connected

Dec-9-2015 10:53

Seems to be an issue with the banner ads. Works when you're subbed.

Yeti Face
Yeti Face
Pinball Amateur

Dec-9-2015 10:54

Not unless Pidgeot comes back to do the work, or someone alters his program. Until then it's Detective's Notes only. Sorry.

Yeti Face
Yeti Face
Pinball Amateur

Dec-9-2015 10:56

It works properly? I understood there were some display issues whilst playing a case.

Emily Hill
Emily Hill
Well-Connected

Dec-9-2015 11:04



Subbed it works, but still doesn't seem to work unsubbed and pretty sure it's the banner ads causing the issues. No big.

And don't be sorry, I am just very old and very lazy and like the Helper.
There are a couple of overlap issues but it works.

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