Hi Mark, I should mention the trick I use of creating your hex grid inside a multi-zoned grid and defining a zone and using the 'Define Shape' button of the zone to preview your grid changes. Saves heaps of time instead of having to start a new game every time you change something.
The sort of interface you request is very unlikely to happen. Lot's of programming work for very little very gain (overall I mean, in the greater scheme of things). There is no 'framework' already there to support this sort of interaction for defining a hex grid, so it becomes a major job. However, I could be talked into adding a little preview window to the bottom of the Hex Grid definition dialog showing a section of map with the grid painted and with scroll bars to move around the map. As you manually change the grid numbers, the grid will repaint. Could also do the same for the Grid number visualizer and show the map under the grid so that you can line up the numbers directly. Cheers, Brent. >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > >On 7/02/2006 at 10:13 PM Mark Wardell wrote: > >This has got to be one of the worst things in VASSAL. > >The method you describe sounds good, and I'm sure I'll use that at some >point in the future. My problem, which I didn't make clear, is I'm using >a graphic from a published game. So the map is set, has a grid, and hex >numbers. > >I very nearly gave it up all together. My feeling is that having the hex >grid was a bonus in this case, not a requirement. I just wanted to get >the reporting and 'snap' functions. However, after a little more >fiddling it fell into place. > >Still, it would be nice if we could set a couple points of the hex, or >maybe click to set one point and then drag the hex to the correct size >and position and have VASSAL fill in the rest of the grid. Basically >give us a drag and drop function to fill in the variables that we have >to fiddle with by hand now. > >Thanks for the help. > >~Mark > > >Gary Krockover wrote: >> Fun, isn't it? Not really. I got so frustrated trying to do it the >first time that I figured there had to be a better way. So, I decided >that instead of trying to align the map to the hex grid in VASSAL, I would >first make a blank hex grid the size that I want in a temp VASSAL module, >then export the image and then build my map around that (by using >Photoshop to align my map to the hexgrid). >> >> I've started a tutorial that goes over the process of how I do it: >> >> http://wiki.vassalengine.org/doku.php?id=user_tutorials:mapmaking >> >> You should be able to adapt this to whatever graphics program that you >use (save MSPaint I suppose). >> >> Gary >> >> At 11:11 PM 2/7/2006, you wrote: >> >>>Is there an easier way to align a VASSAL hex grid with the printed hex >>>grid on a map beyond trial and error? >>> >>>Why can't we just set a couple/several points of the grid and have it >>>base the rest of the grid off them? >>> >>>~Mark > > >SPONSORED LINKS Card games Game pieces Wargaming >Game play Vassal > > > >YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > Visit your group "vassalengine" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ____________________________________________________________ Brent Easton Analyst/Programmer University of Western Sydney Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
