# Highlighting not Changing during Online game

**URL:** <https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/highlighting-not-changing-during-online-game/90465>\
**Category:** Technical Support & Bugs\
**Tags:** v3\_7\
**Created:** [August 27, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/highlighting-not-changing-during-online-game/90465 "2026-08-27T17:34:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/cholmcc/32/8319_2.png) [@cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/cholmcc)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/highlighting-not-changing-during-online-game/90465/6 "2026-09-01T20:22:26Z")

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> [@Wyldman68](#):
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> I had to put the Layer expression in to AI to get it to format right. Also, move the Previous variable to the top of the list. Now everything is working.

Just to be certain - do mean to say that the zone highlight _also_ works now?

If so, I guess the problem was somewhere in the logic you used before. Interesting.

> [@Wyldman68](#):
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> As for the Multiple boards vs VSAV Predefined Setup, I have run into the problem multiple times, that Refreshing the VSAV file that is predefined, does not always update all fixes.

This is a bit of a problem, and recent discussion illustrate that.

Personally, I like to keep the set-up data outside of the module - for example in a spreadsheet or JSON, and then I use the Python script [`vsavsave.py`](https://forum.vassalengine.org/wargames_tex/pywargame/-/blob/master/pywargame/vassal/savevsav.py) (using my Python module [`pywargame`](https://gitlab.com/wargames_tex/pywargame)) to write the `.vsav` file. In that way, the `.vsav` files are always in sync with the module (`.vmod`). Now, [`vsavsave.py`](https://forum.vassalengine.org/wargames_tex/pywargame/-/blob/master/pywargame/vassal/savevsav.py) is not omnipotent, but it can do a fair bit. See also [this post](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/editing-vsav-files-as-text/74765/13).

Yours,  
_Christian_

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