Tired of trying to find motorcycle counters in VASL? Or Out of Gas or NVR counters?
I have built a quick and dirty search tool to help.
If you would like to try it, click here to download a test VASL module.
To use, set up a new game or open a saved game using the test module. Then click on the "Ctr Search" button located between the INFO and Night buttons on the toolbar.
You will have two ways to locate a counter:
(1) Enter a counter name in the text box with the text "Enter Counter Name". Then click the "Search" button. The location of the counter will show up in the other text box. If nothing shows then the counter name did not find a match. This will happen. For example, looking for bicycle counters - enter "Bicycle". You will get a result. Enter "Bicycles" will get you no joy. You can just keep entering different counter names. Clicking on Clear will reset the text boxes to their original state but is not required between individual searches.
(2) Scroll through the list. Scroll down the list until you find the counter you want in the left-hand column. The right-hand column will tell you were it is in the counter palette.
In both cases, what you get is the location of the counter in the counter palette (what you see when you click on the German 467 icon on the tool bar). You will not be taken to that location, you have get there yourself. Just navigate through the tabs and panels as you normally would.
This is meant to handle those hard to find counters. It won't work for units: infantry, vehicles, guns, and planes. Basically anything that is found under the Axis O/B or Allied O/B tabs is excluded (with some exceptions like Bicycles, Dozers). It is also not going to find counters in extensions, such as KFW.
Feedback appreciated. Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down? Worth including in VASL6.4.5 coming this spring? If so, I can pretty-up the interface a bit.
I have built a quick and dirty search tool to help.
If you would like to try it, click here to download a test VASL module.
To use, set up a new game or open a saved game using the test module. Then click on the "Ctr Search" button located between the INFO and Night buttons on the toolbar.
You will have two ways to locate a counter:
(1) Enter a counter name in the text box with the text "Enter Counter Name". Then click the "Search" button. The location of the counter will show up in the other text box. If nothing shows then the counter name did not find a match. This will happen. For example, looking for bicycle counters - enter "Bicycle". You will get a result. Enter "Bicycles" will get you no joy. You can just keep entering different counter names. Clicking on Clear will reset the text boxes to their original state but is not required between individual searches.
(2) Scroll through the list. Scroll down the list until you find the counter you want in the left-hand column. The right-hand column will tell you were it is in the counter palette.
In both cases, what you get is the location of the counter in the counter palette (what you see when you click on the German 467 icon on the tool bar). You will not be taken to that location, you have get there yourself. Just navigate through the tabs and panels as you normally would.
This is meant to handle those hard to find counters. It won't work for units: infantry, vehicles, guns, and planes. Basically anything that is found under the Axis O/B or Allied O/B tabs is excluded (with some exceptions like Bicycles, Dozers). It is also not going to find counters in extensions, such as KFW.
Feedback appreciated. Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down? Worth including in VASL6.4.5 coming this spring? If so, I can pretty-up the interface a bit.