Thanks Tim. <eyes glazing over> ;)
I don't so much want the spaces to automatically show a control marker just be able to right-click the space and drop the marker w/o having to drag it from a counter panel. in FtP Southern states have a certain number of spaces and once the Union has enough he controls the state. it would be neat if once that happens, the state control marker automatically popped up. but it isn't vital. --- In [email protected], "Tim McCarron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Steve, you can make it automatic by adding passive triggers (silent) and a > GKC to the pieces in question that activate the spaces when they are placed > on those spaces. As Gary said you can simply make the spaces, basic game > pieces themselves. Give them an at start stack trait, layer trait (that > turns on and off via the trigger activation) and restricted access property > to prevent their movement by players. Finally make sure it has a marker > trait to specify the space as the lowest game piece layer (if you wish it to > remain on the bottom of the pile. > > > > The game pieces that can affect the spaces in question should have a trigger > trait with a property filter of CurrentZone = X and a global key command > that ties into the same key command that turns on the layer on the space > counter to activate it passively. > > > > Overall there are quite a few methods to doing what you want - none of them > are the wrong way :-) > > > > The game piece layer map trait is very simple, used in conjunction with > marker traits with your game pieces. It specifies the order in which things > stack/pile up on the screen. You might label the property name of the game > piece layer "stack" and give it the values "car" and "plane". On the basic > game piece counters themselves you would add a marker trait with the name of > "stack" and give the piece the corresponding appropriate value of that > piece.(car or plane). Now when these game pieces are placed together on the > same space they sort themselves according to the stack value having the > plane counters on top of the car counters basically > > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of spetras73 > Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 6:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [vassalengine] Re: Cool map tricks > > > > Tim, > > Great work on TS. > > I'm not trying to be nearly so elaborate. Just wanted to be able to > do the marker placement tricks for spaces and state control boxes. (is > there some way to make that happen automatically?) > > I guess I need to understand the game piece layer thing better. > > 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/
