Thank you for the kind words.
Is the module: Thunderbolt Deluxe Edition (GMT Games) 2026?
If you add the toggle counters, it does not necessarily mean that the other pieces will need updating.
What you can do
- is to load the module
- load the save (
.vsav) - run the Refresh Counters tool from the Tools menu - if needed.
- Add the toggle counters
- Save the game again
Sure, it will take some time, but unless you have hundreds of saves, I think you can do faster than “40-60 man hours”.
The Refresh Counters tool usefully work well for saves (.vsav) but doesn’t really work for .vlog files. The reason is, that only the end state of the .vlog is refreshed - not the initial state.
I my self prefer to not define scenario saves in the player, but to keep the data in spreadsheet or similar, and then use my Python pywargame to write the .vsav - in particular the vsavsave.py tool. This takes a module file (.vmod) and a JSON file as input and writes a .vsav. The JSON file specifies where which counter goes in the setup using map/board location names. This means, that even if I change a piece, I can recreate a .vsav from scratch. See also this post.
Yours,
Christian