Steve, in order to make the map alive with right click menus etc, you have to make the map one big giant counter that does not stack and always in place with an at start stack trait (position on blank map board) and restricted access trait to prevent player movement. It should be the lowest game piece layer. Your zones will still be on your "blank map" underneath acting as an invisible grid that lines up with the map counter for reporting purposes, which the other basic pieces will use when placed on top of your map counter (via game piece layers)
If your trying to do the same thing as the TS mod (have certain parts of the map auto zoom etc.) I can try to explain in greater detail how this is achieved (it is mostly done graphically outside of vassal and then added with a whole load of at start stacks) _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of spetras73 Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 10:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [vassalengine] Cool map tricks Hi, I'm trying to make a module for GMT's For the People (2006). I have all the art from GMT. I want to make the map a bit more 'alive.' I want players to be able to right-click on a space and put down a PC marker (a control marker for those unfamiliar with the game.) I tried to reverse engineer the Twilight Struggle module but it is way over my head. :( Does anyone know a better example. I was planning to put down a MultiZone grid comprising of a zone for each space. This will allow move reporting. How do I add layers to these zones (I assume I want to do this with Layers)? Is there a better way? Thanks. Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vassalengine/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
