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Author:  The_Real_Chris [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:23 am ]
Post subject:  Vassal Map
Does anyone have made a ready to go map? With the deloyment zones for sides and corners marked, the half way lines and most importantly the GT standard level of terrain added?
Author:  Mephiston [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:49 am ]
Post subject:  Vassal Map
Chris this thread on the vassal forum has saved games of two maps I've done to try and create the feel of a tournament board. The buildings are on darker areas of ground that are designed to show the edge of the terrain.

No deployment zones marked. What I do now is put an infantry stand on the edge and move it forward 15cm's using shift and the correct direction arrow (move 5 cms up or down). Then I clone this across the board. Same for the centre line.
Author:  The_Real_Chris [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Vassal Map
How do you make maps? I can unpack the model but how do I manipulate a map in say GIMP?
Author:  Mephiston [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Vassal Map
Short answer, You don't.

Start a game. Build the table then save it. When you want to play load this saved game instead of starting a new one.
Author:  Carrington [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Vassal Map
Vassal maps are a graphics file... .png sometimes or .gifs IIRC basically open source.  The big issue I had with them was aligning a scanned hex map with Vassal's hex overlay, but this is not a big problem with Epic.  :-}

It is possihl4e to make 'counters' for terrain, and set their properties so they can't be manipulated in game (or manipulated only with an Alt-click).

You might look at VASL for a wealth of geomorphic maps -- these too should be open source, and shouldn't be too difficult to port.
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