Sc2gears 5.6

Post date: Jun 17, 2011 8:26:59 AM

The internal replay cache management has been significantly improved.

With 2 new additions, replay search and multi-replay analysis take almost ZERO time even with thousands of replays!

This applies to replays which are already cached - so the first search/analysis will run with approximately the same speed.

• In-memory replay cache management

  • There is a setting on the Internal tab of the Misc settings dialog: "Use in-memory replay cache".

  • If it is enabled (it is by default), Sc2gears will also manage the replay cache in-memory to speed up replay searches, multi-replay analysis and batch-renaming.

• A new name template symbol: /h

  • This symbol inserts the MD5 hash of the replay. This might make your file names look a little uglier, but it will EXTREMELY speed up replay searches and multi-replay analysis.

  • It is recommended to rename all your current replays to add the MD5 hash to the name if you frequently use the search or the multi-rep analysis feature.

  • To do that, list all your replays, and rename all with the template "/n /h./e". This template simply adds the MD5 hash to the end of the current names.

  • Also add the /h symbol to your replay auto-save name template.

  • A new setting on the Internal tab of the Misc settings dialog: "Use MD5 hash from file name"

  • You can tell Sc2gears whether to use the MD5 hash info if found in the file names.

  • Player aliases now have to be provided as full names: name-gateway-region-bnet_id, for example: "SCIIGears/EU/1/206154".

  • This is aided by a new player popup menu item: "Copy full name".

  • This will allow you to specify your different accounts as aliases across all gateways even if they have the same name.

  • Removed the /P and /Q template symbols.

  • Code refactoring; other minor changes and improvements.