TK-4334 wrote:We all like and love the swmini Manager, i´m really sad that the new sets don´t show the old quality from the manager. Bad Pictures, wrong or uncomplete stat´s, lot of mistakes. And all newer sets under this one button.
Whats going wrong there ?
I would pay for the download if it has the old quality.
What do u think?
I think that you're not aware of what's gone on with the MiniManager. As some
of the folks have correctly responded, Chuck is no longer involved in collecting
the Star Wars Minis as his sons have grown and are no longer interested. So he
contacted a few of us that had been helping him and asked if we'd be interested
in taking over the maintenance of the MiniManager. As he didn't want anyone
messing with the source code, we have very limited access to what we can do.
All new sets will show up under the Display Dynamic Miniatures button, alphabetically
by set name. I did ask for more access, but I believe Chuck thought granting
that would have created more work in the long run.
With regard to "bad pictures", I try to post pictures of the new minis as soon as
I get them, rather than waiting for the official pictures from Wizards. The same
goes for the stats. Most of this information comes from other collectors. I do try
to keep the info as current as possible. As the end of each new posting I ask that
if anyone finds any errors that they let me know.
Regarding paying for the download- that's always been an option. Chuck incorporated
a PayPal button into the MiniManager, and that goes to Chuck, not to me or anyone
else, as well it should. Chuck did all the development and most of the support for this
program and when he realized that he didn't want to leave those of us using it high
and dry he set up a way for a few of us to keep it going. He will help out if we're
really stuck with a problem. So please feel free to donate- as a show of appreciation
for all Chuck's work in the past if nothing else (He also had a Dungeons & Dragons
MiniManager in the past).
I've just made an update to the MiniManager files as of October 19th, which has
almost all the current updates. I don't really use Bloo Milk myself, but seeing as
some of you here use the MiniManager I'll post a thread to announce the updates
here as well going forward. As bkchi has said, he's developing a program that will
generate the necessary info for the MiniManager. However, since he'll be running
that only once the set has actually released, I'll update the known stats manually
prior to the actual release.
Sathenus