I have a specific question for the group. I contacted Joel about it first and he said post it here for all to think over. So, here goes.
In the For King & Parliament module, all game boards are rectangular and have a set number of smaller squares defined by a grid system (think chess board style grid lines), where Terrain items are placed and combat units move around. For example the typical board is 8 squares deep by 12 squares wide. There are three different sized boards also in the module, but the board size I need is not there at all. All boards have an outer coloured band to show the gaming area, I assume this is something to do with the x and y offset and grid dimensions?.
I need a specific sized board 10 boxes deep by 12 boxes wide creating and then added to the module directory. This new board must also align with the same grid that the current boards use.
Previously I tried contacting the person who sells the module and other game related items on his site about this, to tell him that the module needs this board adding. His only reply was that heās not the one who designed or wrote the module in the first place, so basically it was nothing to do with him and therefore not his problem !!.
Something like this is WAY outside my comfort zone as Iām no game designer. So any workable solutions might need to be very well detailed in explaining the steps followed to get the board requested.
Hope thereās someone who can help with this.
Steve
Does the word āmoduleā have two different meanings here? Are you referring to the Vassal module? A physical module? If you contacted the physical game creator, itās not surprising that they had no clue or interest in upgrading the module, and it really is not his problem.
Is this - For King & Parliament the Vassal module you are referring to?
Have you attempted to contact the project owner to see if they would be willing to add the custom board that you are requesting?
This would be the most direct way to achieve a module upgrade. If that fails, you could attempt to crash course yourself into how to add boards to a module and create new project for others to use. Presumable if the game needs the variable board that you are requesting, others have the same needs for the game.
Adding rectangular boards is not the most difficult aspect of Vassal module building, especially if there are already example boards to work from in existence.
But you should begin by reaching out to the current Vassal Module project owner(Edwin11) by clicking the link to their name and then clicking on the Message button to send a Direct Message with your request.
Rob McCray
Rob,
To answer your question, yes that is the game Iām talking about. I messaged the listed project owner Edwin11, immediately after posting my question on the Forum (donāt know why, but I still call each individual game a āmoduleā). But seeing as it was created 6 years ago and thereās been no update activity since, I donāt even know if the person is still active to provide any help in this problem.
If thereās no reply in the next few days then it looks like Iāll have to see about building one myself.
Thanks for getting back to me.
Steve
To be honest, this is probably how most Vassal module builders got into module building, Iām sure. I know I did.
Once you decide that is the path you want to take, refer here Documentation Index and go to the tutorial videos by @Alexander331bc to get the quickest path to module creation/editing. The Module Creation Section provides the deeper trait specific parameters for module building but is less user-friendly for beginners, admittedly.
This is common gaming vernacular. Modules are what physical game designers have called extra material/scenarios for decades. I just wanted to make sure which use you were using for it.
Rob,
Again, many thanks for answering my query in the first place. Decided to ābite the bulletā and try to create my own board with the dimensions wanted. Took me over an hour of trial and error but I managed to produce what I wanted, and it works as needed. Only one thing left, for purely cosmetic purposes, is to attach a coloured background behind the game board so it looks like all the others.
I suppose I could leave it until the morning and have a look at some videos and reference documents.
Steve
