Thus spake Gary Krockover: > I know for VASL, it has been requested that overlays not hide when you press > the "hide all" button - not sure if that's being implemented but I'm thinking > along those lines but for game pieces. For example, FITS uses base control > markers (pieces) to show ownership and those are usually buried under actual > units on the map. It would be nice to clear the playing pieces but keep the > control markers on the board to quickly preview who owns what for VP calculat > ions.
That makes a lot of sense. You wouldn't want your escarpment to disappear when you hide the units on it, since it's logicaly part of the map even if VASSAL doesn't think so. > Obviously you'd want this to be backwards compatible, so yes, perhaps default > all to $hide=true but give the option of making a piece $hide=false. > > Or, you could even expand upon that and make it a "layer by layer" option whe > re certain layers of a piece may remain on map where otherwise it would hide. > ? > > GJK I'll add this as an RFE... It's not necessary that we hash out exactly how it would be implemented before doing that, at least. -- J.
