Create a new piece property called HTTP Resource"

Feature Requests
1

The idea here is to create a property that the designer can enter a URL and a keystroke to feed that URL into the default browser. The link could then activate something like:

  • A video - maybe a short “attacked!” type video or a “How to play the game” video that is on YouTube
  • An image - so for a role playing game, maybe a link to a cool picture on the web that would make the resource file to big
  • A audio clip saved on the web, such as a good background track for the players to enjoy
  • A PDF or txt file on the web.

I have a private “GM TOOLS” module and would love to link some pieces to PDFs on my Google Drive. I could then create a visual library in Vassal and use it to “Open” the document I want. I have created a creature deck in Vassal and this worked very nicely, but I don’t have the stats - just images. Putting a HTTP link on the card to a simple stat block text file that I have on Google Drive would make things much easier. Vassal handled the die roller tool easily.

The fuctionality I am looking for is similar to the URL option built into this forum -
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B430SaHsoDsHcVBZRUtSX09UTVU

2

This would be a really cool feature. Another use I could see for this is that one could have this command embedded in map hexes/hexsides where clicking it would bring up Google map street view of that hex/direction.

3

Thumb up for this “HTTP Resource” feature.
It would be great to have this on each game pieces!

4

I for one would prefer that a module contains everything it needs.

It can be frustrating finding dead links - and that would happen sooner or later.