Tracker is a wonderful play aid. The Alerts page in Tracker is, all by itself worth its weight in gold.ORIGINAL: Omnius
witpqs,
Sorry I mistook this thread for the one for the latest public beta. Oops. Thanks for the info on the latest public beta being more solid than the last official update. I'm trying to figure out what Tracker is and if it's worth trying out. It looks like some kind of database or spreadsheet interface/maker. Do you need any other programs to operate with Tracker or will it run independently?
One weakness of the Ops Reports is that it doesn't show us construction completion of items like fortification levels. If many are constructed on one turn it can be quite a challenge to remember them all. Does Tracker track these kind of turn based reports that don't end up in the Ops Reports? That would probably be the only use I'd want for Tracker.
Omnius
Tracker requires 32-bit Java 6. Look back in this Tracker thread for screen pics on where to find it and how to install it. The guys might have copied that to the tracker web site but I'm not sure.
Java has moved beyond version 7 and is now on version 8. They will, for security reasons, try (offer) to uninstall Java 6 if they find it on your system. You have to install it to get the files all broken out on your system, but you can then uninstall it and install the newer version. The key is to make sure - after you install Java 6 - that you make a copy of the Java 6 folder (the whole tree) and put it in a safe place. You can then point your .bat file that runs Tracker to that place so it finds the version of java that it needs. That has all been spelled out in the prior posts that you should find.