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Well, I was thinking that MapView would do the job with not too much effort.  The initial screenshot was one of a smaple module actually running in MapView.  But I didn’t want to do too much work on it unless there was actually some interest in it.

Mot

Does anyone still have the map downloads?  They were available from AH before, but I went to work on the module just now and they have been pulled.  Anyone still have the maps?

Mot

Is anyone willing to gather all of the unit images from the AH website into a zip and give them friendly names?

So for the first unit on the Base Set Gallery which is listed under “France” with a caption of “MAS 7.5mm Rifle” has a default filename of “tn_mas_jpg”.  What would be helpful to me is if that image were instead named in catagory-unitname format ie “France-MAS 7.5mm Rifle.jpg”.  That way I can easily associate a caption to a unit image when I make a module.

With all the sets, I know this is no small task, but any help is appreciated!

Mot

@dezrtfish:

Here’s the link to the maps:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/aam/maps

Thanks a million!  I’ll download them all ASAP.

Mot

@Motdc:

Is anyone willing to gather all of the unit images from the AH website into a zip and give them friendly names?Â

So for the first unit on the Base Set Gallery which is listed under “France” with a caption of “MAS 7.5mm Rifle” has a default filename of “tn_mas_jpg”.  What would be helpful to me is if that image were instead named in catagory-unitname format ie “France-MAS 7.5mm Rifle.jpg”.  That way I can easily associate a caption to a unit image when I make a module.Â

With all the sets, I know this is no small task, but any help is appreciated!

Mot

Well, I’ll take the deafening silence as a “no thanks”.  I guess I’ll just start with the starter set instead of adding them all in to begin with.

I’ll keep everyone apprised of my progress!

Mot

OK, a map question.  Which way are the maps typically oriented?  The rulebook displays the maps configured such that they run North-South (they are tall and narrow).  In the games they are plying via MS-Paint over at the AH forum they seem to be West-East instead.  Since computer monitors are generally oriented horizontally, I’m inclined to layout the mpa that way.  Any comments or suggestions?

Mot

http://www.motcreations.com/forumfiles/aamini_sizes_032207.jpg

How does this sizing look?

This is one of the base-set maps, so a full game would require a map twice as wide and twice as tall.  Plus maybe an off-map staging area along the bottom.

Look at the units too.  The majority are the same size, but the units in the north-east hex are smaller.

Obviously the tradeoffs more screen needed but with better unit detail VS less of the screen needed but the units start getting scrunched.

Feedback please.

Mot

Thanks for the feedback.  As an aside, the images still look different between PaintShop Pro and IE (for me).

I can do an Alt-PrintScreen and paste that image back into PSP and the IE image is like 20% larger when set side-by-side with the original.  When I zoom the jpg out to about 85% (using the zoom tool in IE) then it looks like it does when I view it in PSP.

This is obviously an issue with my system or an IE setting or something, but it’s really annoying.  Anyone else have these problems?  Anyone have a few hints for me?

Thanks,
Mot

For units with names like these:

Mosin-Nagant 1891/30
T-34/76

I assume abbreviating them like this is OK:

Mosin-Nagant
T-34

Thanks for the help,
Mot

Yes, those all are shots of the prototypes.

OK, here is the download link for the AA Miniatures module if anyone wan’t to see my progress:

http://www.motcreations.com/downloads/AAMiniatures.udm

Right now I’ve dropped in place-holder images as opposed to the final “pretty” images like you saw in the screen-shots.  (You can hover over a unit and read the tooltip that pops up to find out what a unit will eventually be).  This is just the first step of about twenty, I’ve got lots to do still.

To take a look at this module, you will need to:

1.  Go to http://www.motcreations.com and download and install MapView.

2.  Go to http://p078.ezboard.com/bmotcreationsgamingcommunity and download the current Alpha executable.

3.  Install the module (via thge Tools menu in MapView)

4.  Restart MapView and then just start up a New Game and start drag-dropping!

Feedback please!

Mot

Here you go (at the bottom):

http://p078.ezboard.com/fmotcreationsgamingcommunityfrm7.showMessage?topicID=67.topic

It says it in the linked thread but it is worth repeating, place the alpha executable in the same directory that you installed MapView in.

Mot

I just updated the module again, so if you already downloaded it you might want to do so again.

Mot