:: Viewing battles ::
Because of differences between PHost and THost generated VCRs (Visual Combat Recordings) you cannot use the VCR program that comes with your official Planets client. The standard battle viewer for PHost games is the PVCR. There are also other third-party battle viewers available.
:: The PVCR program ::
PVCR is an MS-DOS application, but runs on Windows too. Users of VGA Planets for DOS just have to rename the pvcr.exe to vcr.exe and planets.exe will invoke it just like the normal VCR. This guide is more for Windows users, who wonder what "command line" or "program parameter" means at all.
Download
Download the following zip archives and save them to a temporary directory.
pvcr33e2.zip (65k) contains the executable.
Installation
Just unzip the downloaded files into your main Winplan directory, which is most likely c:\plan1\. Furthermore you need to copy the PHost configuration file pconfig.src into your game directory. You can download the pconfig.src at your player login.
Using PVCR
Open a dos prompt from the start menu. Type in
cd \plan1 pvcr -s -p <yourrace> vpwork<x>
where <yourrace> is the number of your race (1 through 11), and <x> the number of your game (1 through 8).
Example: You play the Colonies (race 11) in gameslot 8 in Winplan. You would type in
pvcr -s -p 11 vpwork8
The program starts and you can now view your battles. Use the up and down arrow keys to choose a battle you want to view, and hit <ENTER> to view it. Use <ESC> to quit PVCR.
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After you're down, type in exit to close the dos prompt window.
