Funcioneta's 1940 Global module

[Funcioneta]

Install AABattlemap and then the module. There is exhaustive information about this in the first post. Also, read the … readme file!  :lol:

[calvinhobbesliker]

This really should be stickied.

[questioneer]

Here’s the Alpha+1 setup file.

AAG40_ALPHA+1.AAM

[calvinhobbesliker]

Bump.

[BigBadBruce]

Hello,

Experienced A&A player… but new at all this PBEM stuf. I would love to join and play.
I’ve try to catch up posts here so I don’t repeat same questions. I’ve downloaded Battle map 0.8+ and G40 1.02 file. So I think I have it all.

Question : Map is truncated, I can’t see eastern of Korea, so basically I can’t see all Pacific. What did I do wrong?

Thank you.

[calvinhobbesliker]

@BigBadBruce:

Hello,

Experienced A&A player… but new at all this PBEM stuf. I would love to join and play.
I’ve try to catch up posts here so I don’t repeat same questions. I’ve downloaded Battle map 0.8+ and G40 1.02 file. So I think I have it all.

Question : Map is truncated, I can’t see eastern of Korea, so basically I can’t see all Pacific. What did I do wrong?

Thank you.

Try right clicking and moving the mouse to the right.

[BigBadBruce]

Ok, thanks… does work…  :oops:

With my laptop pad, I couldn’t drag the map at first as I’m not use to use right button to drag and move left to drag right (move up to drag down).

Looking forward a game now… thanks.

[basebalp21]

How do you get the alpha plus setup to work? I made a new file naming it G40A.gim copied everything from the G40 folder then replaced the orginial start with the new one and renamed it Start.AAM but it has an error when I bring it up.

[Funcioneta]

You cannot name the folder with more than 3 letters. Rename your new folder to G4A.gim instead

But the best option is simply redo start.aam file with the save option (otherwise, there will be compatibility issues)

[basebalp21]

Is there a way to delete all the units on the map and start over? Because once again it did not work with the renamed folder?

[Funcioneta]

Delete ‘start.aam’ file, and then start a new game. Deploy the units and save as ‘start.aam’

[Stoney229]

@basebalp21:

Is there a way to delete all the units on the map and start over? Because once again it did not work with the renamed folder?

Func’s response answers your question directly (and it is accurate), but the reason it did not work is because each .AAM file will only open with the module that has the same-named .GIM directory as the one that was used to create the .AAM.  In other words, the name of your module’s directory is tied to each save file you create using your module.  The reason for this (presumably) is so that you can open any saved-game file from the file dialog window (File > Open) and it will open in the correct module, regardless of what module is open at the time.  Does that make sense?

For more info, see my tutorial.  I’m pretty sure I wrote about this somewhere in there (best bet is to check the section on Start.AAM, or just do a search in the PDF).

[jsp4563]

Great Job!  I have a question.  What is the stuff in the 5th box from the left, Auto Convoy, USSR-Jap NAT, ACME Wall, ect…

Also, any plans to update the graphics on the Western map to include Victory Cities, Capitals, Territory names and SZ#'s like the Pacific map?

[BigBadBruce]

G40 map is really nice Funcioneta, if you need help for remaining esthetics aspects, let me know.

[Stoney229]

@Emperor:

Also, any plans to update the graphics on the Western map to include Victory Cities, Capitals, Territory names and SZ#'s like the Pacific map?

@BigBadBruce:

G40 map is really nice Funcioneta, if you need help for remaining esthetics aspects, let me know.

My circumstances now appear to be such that I may be able to resume work on my map within 2-3 months (for what it’s worth).

[BigBadBruce]

Ooups… :oops:… sorry, I assumed it was Funcioneta’s work on the map. In any case, if I may help in any way, so I can also contribute for what I find excellent tool to reach distant players, just let me know.

I still prefer RL game with the board, but play by forum is nice to reach players from different region.

[gamerman01]

@BigBadBruce:

Ooups… :oops:… sorry, I assumed it was Funcioneta’s work on the map. In any case, if I may help in any way, so I can also contribute for what I find excellent tool to reach distant players, just let me know.

I still prefer RL game with the board, but play by forum is nice to reach players from different region.

Yes, and you can play one turn at a time - you don’t have to have chunks of time for several hours at the same time as your friend!  Also nice to have a written record of everything, and copies of the map at each stage of the game.

Thanks for volunteering to help, Bruce.  And Stoney, anything you are able to do at any time will be much appreciated.

[rocknroll]

is there a possibility to export the maps into a .jpg file or so?

[Stoney229]

@BigBadBruce:

Ooups… :oops:… sorry, I assumed it was Funcioneta’s work on the map. In any case, if I may help in any way, so I can also contribute for what I find excellent tool to reach distant players, just let me know.

Yes, it is Func who is developing this module.  I had originally started on it, but then got busy so Func took over and made a provisional one until I could finish mine, since he was not really interested in spending time on the graphics (the pacific side of the board comes from my P40 module and much of the toolbar was work I had done before the Europe game came out/before I became busy).
@rock`n:

is there a possibility to export the maps into a .jpg file or so?

If you are looking for an image file of the map, you will find it in the module’s .gim folder - called Map.bmp.  You you pretty much any image editting program to save the BMP as a JPG, but I’m pretty sure currently ABattlemap does not support using JPGs for maps (a feature I have recommended, since it will greatly reduce the bloated size of the ABattlemap program folder if all maps were JPGss instead of BMPs, but I’m not a programmer and don’t know how complicated that would be - I know even Microsoft Access does not even support other image file types as fully as bitmaps).

[BigBadBruce]

Sure I’ll help. I guess I can do some image editing to get a full map as nice as the Pacific side. If anything else, let me know. I just don’t know what else is needed.

I also have unsolved problem.
I want to play by forum (I am actually), it goes well with the first player I started a game with… but with 2 other players (2 different games) they can’t load my map and I can’t load theirs. The game crashes.

Besides the Abattlemap software version (I have 0.80 alpha1 - talking software version, not game set up, might get confusing!), what else should I look for? I asked the other player (Gargantua) to give me the link he used and he pointed me here… which is also where I found and use the download link.

Bottom line, I don’t know what to do. Anyone knows? I would like to find what’s the problem, since I love join the league. But since I can’t play with 2 out of 3 players… well… sure you get my point.

Thank you.