Options

BEGM options can be accessed via the link at the top of the game status window or via the tray icon menu. The dialog is divided into sections, each of which can be reset individually using the Defaults button.

Network

Wiretap server

• Hostname – The address of the Wiretap webserver that provides the game data xml feeds.
• Port – The port the Wiretap webserver is running on (default 80).

Proxy

• Use IE proxy settings – Use the current Internet Explorer web proxy details (recommended).
• Proxy server – Select to provide a custom proxy configuration.
• Proxy hostname – The address of the server to proxy web traffic through.
• Proxy port – The port the proxy is running on (default 8080).

If Internet Explorer is configured to use a proxy server but you don’t want BEGM to, select Proxy server but leave the Proxy hostname blank to force no proxy. If your proxy requires authentication BEGM will prompt you for a username & password. You may enter your password once each time you run the program or choose to save it (this is done securely outside BEGM using the Windows’ Credential Management API).

Test Connection

To see if your current settings are valid before applying them use the Test Connection button. This will attempt to reach the selected Wiretap server and display either “Success” or an error message. It will also always display the proxy password dialog if you want to change or unsave your password.

Startup

• Run on startup – Start BEGM automatically when you log in (after a couple of minutes).
• Start minimised – When starting just show the tray icon instead of the game status window.
• Sleep when idle – Drop into sleep mode when your computer has been idle (save CRS some bandwidth!).
• Sleep when playing Battleground Europe – Will go to sleep if the game is detected to avoid network conflicts.
• Automatically wake up afterwards – Resume after the game hasn't been running for a couple of minutes.
• Load factory data on startup – Enables Factory Status straight away but takes longer to start up.
• Check for latest version – Retrieves the latest version number when starting up (at most once per day) and provides an option to download any updates.

Alerts

• Show alerts – Enables the use of pop-up alerts for game events.
• Position – The corner of the screen the alert window will appear in.
• Show next event after – If there is more than one event they will be cycled after the selected delay.
• Play sound – Play a notification sound when showing the alert window (or appending events).
• Postpone alerts while – Alerts will not be shown and instead accumulated while:
  • Fullscreen – Currently using a fullscreen program (eg, playing a game, watching a movie).
  • Idle – Computer has been idle for the given amount of time.
  The postponed alerts will be shown when you return.

To generate a test alert with the currently selected settings use the Test Alert button.

Alert filters

Alerts are grouped into batches and shown at most every minute. Even so, you normally won’t want to receive alerts for every game event. When you toggle the Edit filters button you are given the option to filter which events you want to be notified for. You can choose to filter on event type, associated town, associated country, or any combination of these. In addition, you can always show alerts when:

• A town is under attack for the first time – A town has become contested (for the first time in two hours).
• A town has been captured – The enemy has captured the last facility in a town.

The default settings filter out all towns and only alert when there is a new attack or a town has been captured. The pop-up alert for a new attack will contain a Show future alerts for this attack checkbox that will add the town back into the filter. The Show alerts checkboxes in the Current Attacks window do the same thing.

Map

• Set map as windows desktop wallpaper – Toggle the Options button to customise the wallpapers appearance (see below).

The following settings are only available if you have the Hires Map Plugin installed.

• Map size – Select the size your computer can run smoothly while maintaining enough free memory for other applications.
• Always use default size when playing – BEGM will load the default size map when the game is running to save memory, and revert to your selected size afterwards.

Wallpaper options

• Map options – Select the amount of detail to be drawn on the wallpaper.
• Zoom – Min = fit map to screen, Max = 100% scale.
• Update every – How often the wallpaper will be refreshed (may cause your desktop to flicker).
• Remove wallpaper on exit – Check to revert to your previous wallpaper when exiting BEGM.

Use the Apply button to update the wallpaper with your new settings.

Misc

• Dock game status window on: – Select the side of the screen to dock the game status window to.
• Event list sort order – The order game events are displayed in the Recent Events & Current Attacks windows.
• Show game status window on: – If you have multiple monitors, select the display you want to use for the game status window.
• Show pop-up alerts on: – If you have multiple monitors, select the display you want to use for the pop-up alerts.

Updates

These features are mainly for testing and are not normally needed in the general operation of BEGM.

• Check for new events – Force an immediate manual check for any new events.
• Reset all game data – Flush the cached metadata, re-download and parse everything from scratch.

Language

Select the language to use for the user interface. You will be prompted to restart for the change to take effect.