creating a map

Technical Support & Bugs
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I’m using Vassal on a 1Ghz G4 apple powerbook, with 1 mb memory and Java 1.5.0_30.

I encountered this problem some time ago, and was advised of a solution, but coming back to Vassal after a break, cannot remember it. The problem is fairly straightforward. Creating a map, and following the Board Game tutorial, I open the map window component in the configure module and complete that. The next step given is to open the map board component and click on ‘add board’ however when I click on the map board component i get a window asking me for cell width and heights and a select’ board prompt, among other things. Nowhere to add board. i know I am missing something - an extra step or process to get to the correct window, but can’t remember what it was!
Any advice would be much appreciated.

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It looks like you’re selecting the Map Boards Properties. Instead of selecting Properties, there should be an option to Add Board.

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N6t sure that’s the answer - after expanding the map component, this is what I get (see attachment). If I click on the map boards component I get the screen attached to my last posting. Can’t see anything called properties or map properties. I tried clicking everything available, and everything is either irrelevant to creating a map, or does’nt open anything.

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Try right clicking on “Map Boards”. The option to “Add Board” will appear in a popup menu.

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Thanks for your help folks, But I’ve found the solution by accident. Other Mac users may want to note that where a right click in needed, as suggested by LB, in Vassal the equivalent to a right click on a PC is, on the Mac, Command- click, and not Ctrl-click as you would normally expect (if of course you’re still using a single button mouse).