Hi Mirec,
I think there may be a way to do what you want to do, but I am having a little
trouble wrapping my head around exactly what you are trying to achieve.
Could you post a simple description of what you are trying to achieve, rather
than a technical description of how you are trying to achieve it? Then I can
get a better idea if there are other ways to approach the problem.
I think what you are trying to do is have a counter in each region that uses
layers to indicates the owner of that region using layers automatically. Then
at a certain time in the game, you want to click a button and have all of the
control counters change to match the owner of any counter that is currently
sitting on top of them. Does that sound right?
Cheers,
Brent.
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>On 29/08/2006 at 7:29 PM mirec_delech wrote:
>Hi,
>I think a playable version of my Diplomacy module will soon be ready
>to be exposed to your critics :)
>
>Yet. I have a question/request
>I have been driven nuts not finding workarounds for the difficult task
>of using properties in a flexible way, including performing operations
>on them. Maybe I missed something in Vassal's manual.
>
>What I'm thinking about doing things like:
>A. Counter_A.dynamic_property = Counter_B.dynamic_property
>B. Counter_A.dynamic_property = Counter_B.marker_value
>C. Trigger Action on counter A matching a condition on a counter B
>property (this would implement a "case/switch" command:
>Counter A could e.g. act differently on the same global key command
>depending on the originator of the command, or on the status of
>another counter beneath or even elsewhere on the map
>D. etc..
>E. etc...
>
>In practice I would for instance like to do the following:
>
>1. I have an irregular grid, with regions currently defined by a
>single point and gamepieces snappinging to points.
>2. I have game counters called control centers, that turn to a
>controlling power when occupied in the Autumn season (remember, it's
>Diplomacy :)
>3. I do this in the following way:
>- A global key command triggers all "pieces" to send a command
>(ALT-CTRL-# where # is within [1-7] and corresponds to each
>Power(side) in the game) with range 1 pixel to any "center"
>- Centers are triggered by the ALT-CTRL-# command to change their
>layer level to level #, by applying # times CTRL-] in the trigger.
>
>Imagine how easy it would be to send a command to all centers telling
>them:
>Global key command:
>matching:(Center.LocationName=Piece.LocationName)
>do: Center.Controlling_Power=Piece.Power
>
>done.
>
>Not to mention the fact that it would allow me to have geomorphic
>regions on the map, since there is no range to take into account and I
>can check on the LocationName regardless of the size of any region on
>the map...
>
>Comments/Reactions/Tips welcome :)
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University of Western Sydney
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