I have a map that I want to allow to be used on multiple columns and rows can the hex numbering to setup to handle that?
Sure. You just need to add a Grid Numbering component to each individual board and adjust the “Starting number in horizontal” and/or “Starting number in vertical” values to fit.
As @jrwatts point out, you can add grids to each of the Map Boards - you cannot add a grid to a Map Window - and you can adjust the starting grid column or row.
But I guess your question is a bit different. As I understand it, you would like the grid numbering to be consequitive across boards irrespective of the ordering off boards. Suppose you set up boards like
+-------+ +-------+
|. | |. |
|. A. | |. B. |
|. | |. |
+-------+ +-------+
and board A has 10 columns and board B has 12 columns. Then, the goal is for the columns in board A to have numbers 1 through 10, and columns of board B 11 through 22. Suppose you then set up the boards as
+-------+ +-------+
|. | |. |
|. B. |.| A. |
|. | |. |
+-------+ +-------+
and now you want board B columns to be numbered 1 through 12 and board A columns numbered 13 through 22.
That, as far as I know, is not possible.
What you can do, is to have columns numbered on board A be numbered from 1 through 10, and columns on board B numbered 11 through 22, by setting the appropriate column number off sets. However, that means in the second setup above, that the columns will be numbered from 11 through 22, and then followed by columns 1 through 10. The point is that column and row numbers are fixed and cannot be dynamically changed depending on the setup of the boards.
That’s at least how I understand it.
Another option, is to have the grid coordinates be prefixed or similar by a board identifier. Thus, coordinates on board A could be labelled <column>A<row> and coordinates on board <column>B<row> thus making the coordinates unique.
Yours,
Christian
Unfortunately to save space I was only using 2 maps to generate the multimap option so the same map is reused over and over again for variable sized maps. So there is no mutlizone option in this case. I was hoping there was some way to tie the column and row positions to the numbering.
Hmm. I think there’s a bit of divergent use of terms here, and perhaps clearing that up could perhaps point to a solution. When we say Map Window or Map, we mean a single window that contains one or more Map Boards.
A Map Board is always a single image. If the module allows, a user may place one or more maps - in board rows and columns - into a single map. For example, the Advanced Squad Leader allows a user to place many boards, in any order, on a map.
A Map Board may contain zero or one Grid. If the Board contains a grid, then that grid spans the entire board.
A Map Board can contain zero or more Zones. A zone is defined by a path of line segments relative to a single Map Board image. Zones can overlap, but it is not advisable.
Each Zone may contain zero or one Grid. The grid wil span the entire zone.
Thus, we have the following hierarchy
So when you say “I was only using 2 maps” do you really mean two Map Boards? And are “multimap” and “multizone” synonymous in your understanding? And, “way to tie the column and row positions to the numbering”, I think is backward. The Numbering above would be affected by the parent Map Boards position in the Map Window.
It does help if we use a similar terminology.
You could also consider to make your module available (say on Dropbox, Google Drive, One Drive, or similar) so that people could take a look and better try to understand what it is you are trying to achieve.
Yours,
Christian