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pheer
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
5398 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-02-10 13:52:55
January 21 2007 22:08 GMT
#1
This program works with BW 1.14 - when a friend joins a game, just right click to follow him. I've been wanting something like this ever since the friends feature was introduced!

I asked the BWProgrammers forum if they could implement this idea into BWLauncher. Perhaps the author (homebrew89 on USEast) can write an extension for BWLauncher too

http://www.angelfire.com/ultra2/bnetal/
Scroll down to batte.net friend follow

edit: There's some other useful stuff in the download section on BWProgrammers. Check out the External Chat as well. It lets you minimize starcraft and chat in a window. Perfect for idling and waiting for a good game to start.
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vGl-CoW
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Belgium8305 Posts
January 21 2007 22:32 GMT
#2
This looks pretty cool, especially handy for people like me who play public 2v2s with a set ally occasionally

I'll try to check it out tonight or tomorrow, thanks!
Moderatorfollow me on twitter if u think ur so tough @BooyaCow
[GiTM]-Ace
Profile Joined September 2002
United States4935 Posts
January 21 2007 22:36 GMT
#3
my friend created a program like this a long long time ago. Never shared it tho
I may not be the best player right now but I think I can beat any 'best' players. I'll beat all the best players and become the best player. Watch me. - Jju
nortydog
Profile Joined December 2003
Australia3067 Posts
January 21 2007 22:52 GMT
#4
this could be really useful for joining team games with friends while slots are still available
NoCleanFeed.com
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
January 21 2007 23:10 GMT
#5
many thnx~
i think this will be super useful for me <3
LeJe
Profile Joined December 2006
Romania65 Posts
January 21 2007 23:13 GMT
#6
its very useful when joining 2/2 or 3/3 korean games
intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9935 Posts
January 21 2007 23:15 GMT
#7
On January 22 2007 08:13 LeJe wrote:
its very useful when joining 2/2 or 3/3 korean games


this is actually brilliant, i didn't think of that at all
when joining korean 3vs3s i used to copy and paste them to friends over aim, and have them manually join. of course, this program still won't prevent a korean friend from coming on and whispering: '3vs3 hunters men lovers only wtf are you guys playing?'
Moderatorsloppy little slug
pheer
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
5398 Posts
January 21 2007 23:30 GMT
#8
On January 22 2007 08:15 intrigue wrote:
of course, this program still won't prevent a korean friend from coming on and whispering: '3vs3 hunters men lovers only wtf are you guys playing?'

LOL I always wondered why the korean games I join are mostly empty
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greatmeh
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Canada1964 Posts
January 22 2007 00:34 GMT
#9
wow this is great
funkie
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Venezuela9376 Posts
January 22 2007 01:04 GMT
#10
This is super amazing.

Thank you very much for reporting this, and thanks a lot to the creator!

Hopefully we will see this added to PP !!
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Physician *
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4146 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-01-22 04:12:58
January 22 2007 03:48 GMT
#11
I hope even if they do make it as a PP feature the author, homebrew89, keeps updating it as a stand alone tool too. Its been around for a year "officially" but I've seen people use this type of program for many years.

The same author offers other* programs. The original program and comments from author you can find here (also see spoiler):
http://www.angelfire.com/ultra2/bnetal/

*
Battle.net Auto Login
Battle.net Friend Follow
Launcher
Battle.net Encrypted Chat

(as always download at your own risk, all direct links, all zip format, & yes for the sake of pointless argument for blizz they are all considered 3rd party hacks)

+ Show Spoiler +
Welcome to the official website of homebrew89's programs!
None of these are affected by the 1.14 patch!
Battle.net Auto Login

If you ever get sick of typing your password every time you log in to Battle.net, than this is the program for you. Battle.net Auto Login automatically logs you in to Battle.net with the nickname and password you specify. Here's how you use it:

# Extract the program and configuration file (bal.cfg) to a folder, or maybe your desktop.
# Run it and you will see two boxes. The first one is where you put your Battle.net nickname and the second is for your password.
# After that, hit enter to run Starcraft, and get on battle.net.
# You will notice that you don't have to enter in your password! Cool, eh?
# If your Starcraft executable is located elsewhere from the default path, you can dit the path in "bal.cfg" to match yours.

Notice that when you exit Starcraft, the auto login program has disappeared. Not to worry, it does this because there is no use for the program after it logs you in, so it closes itself.

This program is very small, so it should take about 2 seconds to download over a 56k connection. Get it here!*

Battle.net Friend Follow

If you like to follow your friends as they join games, you probably get sick of copying the game name, character by character, into the join game box. If you mistype it, you have to go back to the chat box to recheck the game name, which risks the game filling up. To make things easier, I developed Battle.net Friend Follow. With this program, whenever you see that familiar "Your friend (blank) joined..." message, all you have to do is right click!
# Extract "BNet Friend Follow.exe."
# Run it and return to or start Starcraft.
# When the message is recieved, right click to trigger Battle.net Friend Follow.

That's all you have to do! Battle.net Friend Follow automatically finds the name of the game located in the message and joins.

As with the program above, this one is tiny and should take about a second or two to download over a 56k connection. Get it here!

Launcher

Sometimes, you may want to load up Starcraft as well as some other programs (like hacks). If this becomes too tedious for you, then Launcher is your program! Basically, it does what it's called: it runs executables, opens files with the default program, and opens directories. All you do edit a list of programs/files/directories you want to open when you run Launcher. There's even another feature: you can sleep between actions! For example, you could run Starcraft, wait for 3 seconds, then run Damnation. But, this program is not limited to Starcraft and such. You can use it for whatever you want!

You can download this tiny program here!*

Battle.net Encrypted Chat

There are many alternatives to encryption in order to have a private conversation on Battle.net, but how many are as much fun to use? Battle.net Encrypted Chat can encrypt your outgoing messages while decrypting incoming ones. Type your message as you normally would, but hit the right shift button instead of enter to send your encrypted message. Battle.net Encrypted Chat also supports custom encryption keys to ensure privacy!
Note: this program only works in channels, not in the pregame lobby or in-game.

Download this program here*.

*
Battle.net Auto Login
Battle.net Friend Follow
Launcher
Battle.net Encrypted Chat

"I have beheld the births of negative-suns and borne witness to the entropy of entire realities...."
Pressure
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
7326 Posts
January 22 2007 05:30 GMT
#12
GR8
I never see my friend's games on the game list so i haev to type it in all the way T_T
Yogurt
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States4258 Posts
January 22 2007 06:49 GMT
#13
wow cool

does this work with passworded games as well?

hopefully we can get more features

more people need to learn programming =/
ok dont not so good something is something ok ok ok gogogo
pheer
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
5398 Posts
January 22 2007 07:19 GMT
#14
On January 22 2007 15:49 Yogurt wrote:
does this work with passworded games as well?

No, but there is no rush to join a passworded game before it fills up, is there
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decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20159 Posts
January 22 2007 09:25 GMT
#15
On January 22 2007 16:19 pheer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 22 2007 15:49 Yogurt wrote:
does this work with passworded games as well?

No, but there is no rush to join a passworded game before it fills up, is there


You obviously havent been to op tl-west on the weekends.
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
azndsh
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4447 Posts
January 22 2007 10:06 GMT
#16
"Sometimes, you may want to load up Starcraft as well as some other programs (like hacks). "

This guy supports hacking T_T;;
Physician *
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4146 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-01-22 14:22:20
January 22 2007 10:46 GMT
#17
#azndsh
well technically a lot of the good tools we use are hacks too; but yeah you are right, which is why these programs despite being all over a year old, have not been published as news in our main sites. We can be too snobbish sometimes for our own good.
"I have beheld the births of negative-suns and borne witness to the entropy of entire realities...."
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
January 22 2007 15:21 GMT
#18
On January 22 2007 18:25 decafchicken wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 22 2007 16:19 pheer wrote:
On January 22 2007 15:49 Yogurt wrote:
does this work with passworded games as well?

No, but there is no rush to join a passworded game before it fills up, is there


You obviously havent been to op tl-west on the weekends.


it's quite a bitch getting into games on tl-west TT_TT
ZaplinG
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
United States3818 Posts
January 22 2007 16:36 GMT
#19
host your own and you are guaranteed a spot ^^
Don't believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free
homebrew89
Profile Joined February 2007
1 Post
February 10 2007 05:05 GMT
#20
The friend follow program of mine that they have on bwprogrammers is out of date. Please link to my angelfire site that Physician posted for the latest version.
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