Modules for ABattlemap

@Emperor:

Shouldn’t the starting map Show Japan’s cash as 17 not 18?

You’re right, will be corrected.

@Emperor:

How about a chart showing unit cost?

@Cmdr:

I just wanted to put the price charts on there.  With so many flavors of Axis and Allies and different unit abilities and prices and everything, it can get hard to keep straight.  So I fixed it up a bit.

I’ve got nothing against a price chart :) But since there’s enough room left at the bottom, I’ll add it there.

And the tech thingies should be bigger indeed.

Gonna place a new version today, with the suggested changes…

Owkey, job finished, you can download it here.

@Cmdr:

Note that I put it in the same general location as the one printed on the game board itself.

I did replace it to the lower left corner of the board, because it made the borders between the seazones disappear.

Also added to the download are the necessary SektorInfo files, so other people can create their own versions of the map without going through the hustle of creating these files by hand. Bear in mind though that it’s not a good thing if new maps contain radical changes from other maps, because then people with different maps will have a hard time knowing where the units are placed when playing against eachother.

Edit: also posted a .zip-file without the SektorInfo files in the first post of this thread, since I think the map’s fairly finished now :)

@a44bigdog:

2 minor issues. When I load a map made with the map made with the prior chart at the bottom any icons there are showing up in those spaces.

This I don’t really get. The areas are moved a bit because of bigger tech boxes and a unit reference chart, so that may be why your icons are not in the right spot there. (I’m only guessing what your sentence meant though  :roll:)

I have seen some maps with Japan with 18 IPCs in '41 this is incorrect as they start with 17. I can not double check this as I replace my start files with ones that have the unit neatly stacked as opposed to scattered pell mell. Jenn has some nice start files she could e-mail you for the final release version.

The 18 IPC’s are back to 17, and neatly stacked units would be quite nice, that’s true. Could you e-mail me your files (username at gmail dot com)? Big begging eyes mode Or Jen, would you be so kind?

@a44bigdog:

I just noticed the '42 scenario still has the turn order text from '41.

Damn, at one point I thought “don’t forget the .bmp file for '42!” :D

@a44bigdog:

And while I may be seeming like a pain, I have a lot of experience modding games and such in the past and am trying to provide all the trouble shooting I can so that a finalized version without bugs can be provided as soon as possible.

No, you’re completely right, this is exactly what this thread is for, so tnx for the feedback :)

@a44bigdog:

It is an issue I am having in a game against someone else. Their posted maps have the described attributes. I am not sure why this is. I would assume Holkann moved the “territories” that control this when making the new sektor files. And if he did so those icons should be in the correspondingly named territories on my map.

What I think has happened is that you used your old start.aam file with the latest AA50 module files. This resulted in your starting flags being misplaced, as the board had changed its layout. Remember that the unit icons in an .aam file only remember their position on the screen (as in xth pixel on the yth row), completely independent from the .bmp and .sek files, which define the appearance and behaviour of the map (e.g. territory z is green and belongs to USA) (while actually those 2 files are also completely independent).

Your opponent though had the latest .aam file, and didn’t change it, so hence the confusion.
Could this explain the situation you had?

@Cmdr:

I don’t have to email them, they are map files so the site will let me upload them.

Just change the file name to start (in other words, delete the 1941 and 1942) when you paste them into the appropriate file folders so they over write the old ones and all the pieces should be in neat, orderly, columns.

Yet another tnx are in place :)

Allright, work’s done, updated version in 1st post of this thread (since I’m expecting no more major changes :) ).

@Stoney229:

uh… a few more minor errors i think. I think the symbol for Trans-Jordan when hovering Trans-Jordan is Trj, but when hovering Italian NO next to it it is Tra.

the chart in the bottom right lists fighter’s movement as 4/5*… it should be 4/6*

a bit more significant… I think the labels for “Black Sea Seazone (BLA/Z16)” and “East Mediterranean SZ (EMD/Z15)” are swapped.  For a while there I was confused why Italy should need to control the Black Sea for its NO but the the East Med!  Thanks!

It is a very keen eye you have! But you missed the sub’s attack upgrade wasn’t shown :p Anyway, things are fixed.

@a44bigdog:

sets off to try and break it    :-D

crosses fingers and hopes it holds :roll:

@Cmdr:

Null Perspiration Holkann!  All I did was beatification, you did the hard work of getting it coded right!

Lol, needed wikipedia to understand this sentence; you’re welcome :). Who did you make a Saint btw?