danstudentvcc
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I was experimenting the other day with Ectizens Mapthing in SPWAW. It's been awhile since I had used it so I knew roughly what to do to get it to work but still it took awhile.
Seems that if you take the map image of whichever game you are in you would then have a clipboard image which can be pasted into MS Paint. The neat thing about the Paint or other graphics programs is that we can then put arrows on the image and discuss strategies.
We could produce scenarios based on thread discussions of strategies using these bitmap images which could be passed back and forth, however the images should be edited unless you like 1 meg files of graphics; but as an attachment off the forum it woul eat up alot of bandwidth .. The end result would be scenarios that are playtested documented and fair in play balance. As well variations cold be derived and they would be WHQ-AG products that are dloadable from the SP section.
The main reason for doing scens in this way is that we would be producing scens. Not just playtesting but 'producing' scens just like a cake is made from a recipe.
You could then test hypothesis like 2 inf co defending against 1 armour and 1 inf co on the offense; per nation, per year; per weapon era ... etc ...
below i describe how to get mapthing to work since it is not a straightforward thing ..
Happy Holidays
danstudentvcc
----------how does mapthing work?
Copy a 'pdf' file into the Mapthing & the PDF folder and then rename it map.pdf click on mapthing. In the first row click on the [...] box with the three dots
browse thru until you get your map.pdf then cut this address and paste it into the 3rd line
Then to get a map done in mapthing browse in the first line to the maps folder and select the pzmap.dat file you would like to copy;
Copy this first line result into the second line. [you should now have the path to the map [or scen] in each of the first two lines AND the thrid line has the path to the map.pdf file [so never ever change the third line unless you have changed the location of the map.pdf file]
Note that after each use you will have to rename your the map file in pdf that you just made and afterwards you will have to re-copy into the PDF folder the extra copy of map.pdf that you have sitting in the Mapthing folder so that there is always a fresh map.pdf file in the PDF folder. Otherwise you will always be overwriting your images ..]
You now have each of the three lines entered with paths;
now select your map image preferences and then click on the load button .
Now you can click on the save button; a message will pop-up and the correct anser is to overwrite your map.pdf file, so, select yes.
you are now free to open the map.pdf file and to view the results.
to get a scenario done browse into the scen folder and make sure you have this path in your first two lines
if you keep a copy of map.pdf in a separate folder you will always be able to rename your map.pdf file to the correct map name or scen name [but don't forget to copy map.pdf file into your mapthing pdf folder or else you will not be able to get mapthing to function since the third line is set to always look for map.pdf]
yes you can use any pdf file so long as you rename it map.pdf
if you have trouble email me and I'll send you some screen images to help you out.
happy holidays
danstudentvcc :salute:
Seems that if you take the map image of whichever game you are in you would then have a clipboard image which can be pasted into MS Paint. The neat thing about the Paint or other graphics programs is that we can then put arrows on the image and discuss strategies.
We could produce scenarios based on thread discussions of strategies using these bitmap images which could be passed back and forth, however the images should be edited unless you like 1 meg files of graphics; but as an attachment off the forum it woul eat up alot of bandwidth .. The end result would be scenarios that are playtested documented and fair in play balance. As well variations cold be derived and they would be WHQ-AG products that are dloadable from the SP section.
The main reason for doing scens in this way is that we would be producing scens. Not just playtesting but 'producing' scens just like a cake is made from a recipe.
You could then test hypothesis like 2 inf co defending against 1 armour and 1 inf co on the offense; per nation, per year; per weapon era ... etc ...
below i describe how to get mapthing to work since it is not a straightforward thing ..
Happy Holidays
danstudentvcc
----------how does mapthing work?
Copy a 'pdf' file into the Mapthing & the PDF folder and then rename it map.pdf click on mapthing. In the first row click on the [...] box with the three dots
browse thru until you get your map.pdf then cut this address and paste it into the 3rd line
Then to get a map done in mapthing browse in the first line to the maps folder and select the pzmap.dat file you would like to copy;
Copy this first line result into the second line. [you should now have the path to the map [or scen] in each of the first two lines AND the thrid line has the path to the map.pdf file [so never ever change the third line unless you have changed the location of the map.pdf file]
Note that after each use you will have to rename your the map file in pdf that you just made and afterwards you will have to re-copy into the PDF folder the extra copy of map.pdf that you have sitting in the Mapthing folder so that there is always a fresh map.pdf file in the PDF folder. Otherwise you will always be overwriting your images ..]
You now have each of the three lines entered with paths;
now select your map image preferences and then click on the load button .
Now you can click on the save button; a message will pop-up and the correct anser is to overwrite your map.pdf file, so, select yes.
you are now free to open the map.pdf file and to view the results.
to get a scenario done browse into the scen folder and make sure you have this path in your first two lines
if you keep a copy of map.pdf in a separate folder you will always be able to rename your map.pdf file to the correct map name or scen name [but don't forget to copy map.pdf file into your mapthing pdf folder or else you will not be able to get mapthing to function since the third line is set to always look for map.pdf]
yes you can use any pdf file so long as you rename it map.pdf
if you have trouble email me and I'll send you some screen images to help you out.
happy holidays
danstudentvcc :salute:
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