PeG suite, is a windows editor for SSI Peoples General files.

This tool is intended for licensed owners of  Peoples General  copyright from SSI strategic games.
If you found any bug or want to make any suggestion, please   e-mail me

Requires Windows 95 or higher and a minimal screen resolution of 800x600
To install simple unzip the executable file wherever you prefer,  that's the only installation needed

• Campaign editor
• Scenarios editor
• Savegame editor NEW
• Equipment editor
• Map definition files editor (no graphics) can create new maps from a bmp, and all S16 tiles needed. NEW
• Browser to see scenarios & maps included on campaigns while checking if any files are missing.
• Allows to renumber all stock PeG maps into PG2 compatible system, renaming all *.S16 files and changing mapnumber to all stock *.MAP files.
• Viewer to see picture icons and maps
• Gamesets IMPROVED, allow to use export/import using SET files and also SCH (schema files)

• Can create campaigns & scenarios from scratch

• Cam import and export from PG2 scenarios & equipments

• True picture map and units icons while editing scenarios.

• Easy purchase, deploy units on scenario editor

• Can move units just dragging to a new position

• Can convert directly SHP files to S16.
  I does by checking on PG2'a MAP folder and updating PeG's MAP folder with any map not existing.
  And it does not need any further tool to do it.
   

  Click here to know more:	Readme
  Or here to read :	Suite Help on line

Robert Mary's site
Narayan's Site

PeG_Icons Text zipped

PeG-WW2 Green Schema package

    Remember !

• You have to create a MAP folder under your main game folder and copy all S16 files into that MAP  folder
• Check and remove the "Read-Only" attribute to all the S16 files
• CAM, SCN and MAP files should be located  on SCENARIO folder
• SSI built-in editor (but not the game) will surely crash if you have more than 200 MAP files into the SCENARIO folder.
  To avoid this, use the Suite  or create GameSets.
   
• Though not required, I would advice to change map numbers used with PeG  to be the same as with PG2, so you can convert PG2 maps into PeG. 
  You can do it using the Suite or with this two small utilities:
   

  PeG_Maps_S16_Renumber	To rename stock S16 files inside your MAP folder. Just unzip into MAP folder and run the .BAT file (it is the only file included)
  Peg mapfiles renumbered	To change stock .MAP files into compatible PG2 system. Unzip into your SCENARIO folder and extracts overwriting existing files.

Changes & fixes summary

• On Equipment global editing, you can type an equal sign =  on movement icon to make the unit use same main icon also for movement
• There is a new report on Equipment Usage Tool (this tool allows to mark equipment items with a usage count). Now after updating units usage (either for a single campaing or for all campaigns in a folder) you can get a report including all items and its usage.

• Must capture all hexes check box was working the reverse it should.
• From game set editor export/import movement cost tables was importing wrong if movement type label was longer than 22 chars
• From game set editor, when you changed any movement type label, Gui file was not properly updated.

Fixed a bug on core Army cost because Suite used unit's over-strenght  regardless of unit's experience bars.
AAR has been improved and now it shows better info on units and prestige management, so it can show if a unit is green, silver or gold, the adjusted campaign prestige cap per victory type, the accumulated prestige on trigger hexes, and the amount of prestige  you will get at start of next scenario.

There is a new field available on  Equipment View for custom usage.It is intended as an auxiliary free text  linked with each efile item to store any info you can need. You can sort and filter by the new AuxData field and a dropdown combo is also included so you can fill it by picking an already existing value. Its content is stored as EQUIP97.AUX file which has the same struct as EQUIP97.txt file

Icon tool can sort any column just by clicking on column's header.
Fixed a bug on AAR showing incorrect army cost.

There is also a new global replacements option. The idea is to allow quick changes cery easy as to change all instances of "brown" with "dark brown"

Can edit air mission experience from Summary View for savegames (not standalone scenarios).
AAR can include also air missions status (if you check the option)

"AAR"  text is included on menus and tooltips to remaind how to get it.

Testing attack sound now works again.

Full compatible with newest Redball's alpha 3.0 patch, as soon as you configure to read settings from a gameset made upon a patch 3.0 alpha.
It will read 20 or 31 flags based on the gameset you use and will load proper country names and lables according the GUI file.

Dot locator graphic editor also supports old SSI style or the much better new one included on alpha patch 3.0, which works for any place on the world.

Gameset editor includes now the possibility to configure default infantry overstrength units for 3 countries

I have expanded also the possibilities for editing units data from pop up windows, either on scenarios or e-files.
E-files can be loaded manually a different GUI and also a different flagset from an external .s16 file. This is specially useful when importing, creating conversion tables or comparing e-files.

I've included also most of the new tools made for Suite PG2 as:

• Save the icons list of all the units of the Efile which is loaded to a text/csv file
• Replacement of icons as defined on this text/csv file.
• When importing E-Files source country can be changed on the fly avoiding to make a global replacement later.
• Create conversion table tool has been enhanced (se Suite PG2 4.16)
• There is a campaign remover tool under campaign menu
• There is also an option to hide all scenarios included on a campaign from scenario list on game, to get a cleaner list on game.

All the links to the help files on-line are now properly pointing to my new site.

Importing PG2 e-files tool allows to import saving the file to disk without loading it or converting to memory to be saved later.
There is also a new sort key (and so a filter) to see e-file items assigned to Air Missions.

I've merged on Campaign View the options to show campaign flow and campaign details into a common option.From this new option you can see on a table dates for each scenario and how it will jump depending on each type of result. Campaign texts can be read easily and you can also get a report either as a text file or as a CSV file - this last option will launch Excel to edit the report automatic.

Icons descriptive uses now a table layout including 3 new columns to hold country, class and units keys. Filters are provided for each column so now is possible for instance to filter icons used less than 3 times or more than 4 times.
In addition you can convert to Excel CSV format and so edit the file using Excel just by clicking a button.

GameSet editor can modify units attachment cost for each side,  thanks to Redball's research.
 

• Game sets can customize WAVS folder also
• I've fixed that annoying behavior when auto maximizing map view. Now it  works properly.
• I've also fixed an error when importing PG2 files countries were not translate properly.
• Map View has been tidy up
• Units show its country flag inside the picture, same as with equipment.

.  Improved S16 selector for GameSet configuration, allows watching S16 image when pciking files

• Global units changes is spliited on 2 options (same as Suite PG2) so more options are available as globla changing player or country. Moreover there are a specific form to change e.file codes, all over a full campaign or limited to a single scenario/savegame
• New Dot locator tool, to configure by setting longitude and latitude, or by clicking on a view for Start.s16.
  On next updates iy will include more formulas to set latitude and longitude for different pre-defined start pages. By now you can do it by clicking on the point you desite to show
• Peoples.int is editable now,  so you can change settings before running the game (as sounds, voulume level, etc)
  Changes on Scenario CheckerRename SSI map files according PG2 has been reworked to use a different renaming routine much more secure
• I've remove second option for renaming maps, as it is not necesary (you can use above BAT tools to do)
• Scenario List option (on Scenario Tools menu) has been improved to show the picture map and to chek if scenario will show on game
• Changed the way Rename SSI maps to PG2 system. works, as on some computers it didn't work properly.

• It can be defined most of S16 files to use making up the game interface.
• Can use also SCH (schema) files to easy change S16 file names inside a Game Set, just with 1 click.
• Settings can be exported to a special SET file (very small one), which serves as back up copy or to , to send by email
• And also you can import settings from a SET file. It is thought as a way to update your game sets when a new patch is released, but it can be used also for restore or share purpouses

On Map view now is possible to Load or Create a MAP definition file as an standalone editor.

• Image map can be created from a BMP or any other S16 map.
• When saving you have the option to create all S16 tiles as needed.
• Mapnames can be created, imported or exported to a text file when editing a standalone MAP file.

Equipment item number 0 was not counted when reporting how many icons was used. It is fixed.
 

• Added the ability to listen to wav files in the CAM view.
• Movies can be watched also also  using windows player.

• When converting scenarios fromPG2 to PeG, desert latitudes were converted to "sub-tropical" instead. It is fixed now.
• By default Suite will maximize when you switch  from strategic map to full size. It restores to default window size when returning to strategic map size or you switch  to another view. Anyway you can configure that default behavior on Settings and Folders dialog Mouse wheel is also available to scroll.

• Editing single icon description is now possible.
• And of course  you can save changes.
• You can save filtered items to a text file (for example empty descriptions ).
• In addition to create a new Icons text file from all "Credits" files found in a folder (as provided with Lasse's datup) now it is possible to update (import) from a single text file much more flexible formated, so you can add or replace some descriptions without starting from scratch (it lets you keep your changes also).
• When updating you will get a log file with all changes, so you can decide if you want to save or discard those changes.
• This log file can be further edited to remove/modify some text and be used again to update from it.

This text files are quite flexible now, allowing remarks as in

* Tactical Bombers                            this is taken as a remark, as it starts with a *
GA103 : Ju88                                     this is taken as pair icon-description as :  is used

and any of this separators chars (  : - * = , ; ' # + > / ! Tab Space):

* Tactical Bombers                           please note first *
GA103 : Ju88                                     please note : as  separator

/ Misc                                                    please note first /
DR118 - Bunker                                please note - as  separator

' Armored Trains                               please note first '
JWB6 , Rail gun, grey                     please note ,  as  separator

So it is easy to copy any list posted in a forum to update your Icons file. Empty lines are skiped and no sorting is necessary.
 

• [*2] will double existing values matching filter
• [/2] will half existing values matching filter
• [#1-10] will set a random value between 1 and 10