SIM DOSAGE Tool - from Denovo ------------------------------- v0.95(beta) - originally released August 2003 v0.95.5 - released March 2005 This doc updated Aug 2014 --------------------------------------------- This tool was developed under WIN98SE. There may well be issues with other operating systems that I am not aware of. Feel free to report any bugs or suggestions for improvements to me at the email address on my homepage. SIM Dosage ---------- Starting to breed in the SIM, I knew nothing really about sires and breeding, so I learnt about the dosage system with interest. However, compiling the dosages via data from PedigreeQuery.com was rather slow and tedious, so I formulated the idea of an application to perform this function automatically. Whilst it was my intention to develop an app further to extend to a 4-generation lineage and dosage calculation, it initially occurred to me that as Mike indeed only provided a full lineage of 3-generations in the SIM at the time, that perhaps that was more relevant in the game. Indeed, as we had then no dam information in the SIM, just as it is absolutely impossible to derive the 4th generation dam's-dam-damsire, it is also impossible to derive the sire's-dam-damsire from the information contained in the SIM alone. To complete this requirement would have required multiple effort from people using this tool to generate a separate database once the 4-generation version had been completed. So here is the 3-gen version. The sire may contribute 8 points, each of the 2nd generation sires 4 points, and the 3rd generation sires 2 points, giving a maximum dosage point total of 24. CD & DI are calculated as in the conventional version. Installation ------------ Read the instructions on the webpage. Sorry for the convoluted process, but you will need to 1) Download and install the original full SimDosage v0.94 installation Just run < setup.exe > and everything should proceed as normal. 2) Download the latest SimDosage Program file (v0.95.05) and overwrite the originallly installed program file. The setup places a and an in the folder C:\ENR. This is where we used to store the file for use with the SuperSimSearcher. 3) Download the latest 'ChefTable & SireList' package and overwrite the previous versions in C:\ENR 4) The SimDosage tool also used a file to show the lineage and dosage for any then-current SIM horse by ID no. In the 'NewSIM' (post Sep 2012), it is still necessary to have a file in the folder C:\ENR or the app will currently complain and quit. Use the last-produced (week 5156) - download it from my site and unzip it into C:\ENR. Using the application --------------------- Clicking on the < Hypo Mate > button brings up the sub-form for entering any lineage of interest. Leaving a field blank on this form will not overwrite that position in the lineage on the main form. Make sure you get your spellings right the way the SIM has them - paying attention to spaces, periods etc. *** As of Aug 19th 2014 all country tags have been removed from the lineage files. *** This detagging may have exposed sires with duplicate names and, indeed, there are other sires that fall into this category. Remember though, the is merely a text file, so you can drop it into Notepad and edit it to add sirelines that are of interest to you if you want. ======================================================================================== End of File -- Denovo - Aug 2014