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Post by malnorma on Mar 7, 2017 11:48:22 GMT
HI all, I'm not too keen to post this on the actual CID forum, I'd probably get banned for being slightly off-topic or something. I put together a small extension to make life easier for people wanting to run CID tests over Vassal. You can download it here. It's nothing special, just empty base templates with letters on most of the models ("H" for hollowmen, "PB" for piggybackers, etc), but it beats having to drag out and rename proxy bases all over. Damage grids for beasts and casters are also there. I hope it's useful! |
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Post by zich on Mar 7, 2017 12:40:05 GMT
Nice. Maybe we can have Vassal meetups in the somewhat near future. Of course they'd be restricted by time zone, but we'll find some common ground.
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Post by Xintas on Mar 7, 2017 14:29:57 GMT
I've looked into Vassal in the past but never got very far; it always seemed like a pain to set up and like it was impossible to find a game if you didn't already know people. Is that the case or am I crazy?
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Post by malnorma on Mar 7, 2017 19:52:59 GMT
You're a tiny bit crazy  Vassal's UI can look a bit intimidating sometimes, but setting it up and joining the server is not super-complicated. I'm going to try to make a tutorial video soon to hopefully get a few more people to give it a try. Once you've used it a couple of times, it's pretty basic. For finding games, I've found if you live on the right piece of dirt it's usually not that hard. I live on the wrong piece of dirt, but I still have managed to find opponents in the past. Some people like to arrange games through another medium first, but quite a few people lurk on the server with the LFG flag set. There's a reasonable Discord channel here: discord.gg/XgGmuh2 and it makes using voice for games a lot nicer than Skype (since observers can listen in as well). Shun the Skype. Shun it! |
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Post by almightyfoon on Mar 7, 2017 22:48:28 GMT
Do we maybe want to start a Vassal subforum here for organizing stuff? I know Steamforged has that and it seems pretty ok.
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Post by malnorma on Mar 7, 2017 22:50:52 GMT
I'd be happy to use this as the official forum to post updates, if they want to do that. I'm not going back to PP's forum short of a miraculous turnaround in their behaviour.
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Post by Aegis on Mar 8, 2017 5:58:15 GMT
Great idea.
I'm moving the topic to the resources subforum for now, but I'll see if we can fetch a section just to organize Vassals games. I think it would be a great help for players that have difficulties to find opponents or that want to battle against a worldwide community.
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Post by Cryptix on Mar 8, 2017 15:48:01 GMT
I think it would be a great help for players that have difficulties to find opponents Like me, when my nearest PP is over an hour away. |
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Post by Xintas on Mar 9, 2017 14:04:38 GMT
You're a tiny bit crazy This seems thoroughly defensible, especially given your explanation. I will eagerly await your tutorial so I can lose online with even greater frequency than in person! |
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Post by Cryptix on Mar 9, 2017 14:21:36 GMT
You're a tiny bit crazy This seems thoroughly defensible, especially given your explanation. I will eagerly await your tutorial so I can lose online with even greater frequency than in person! I'm fairly certain I have a Warmahordes Vassal tutorial somewhere in my computer, but it might be in my recycle bin. Give me an hour or so. EDIT: Found it! It was in my WARMACHINE: Tactics folder for some reason. drive.google.com/file/d/0B85bX2eTNABSZWJFWGxJWXZqTDg/view?usp=sharing |
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Post by malnorma on Mar 9, 2017 21:38:50 GMT
Nice one cryptix. The reason I wanted to make a new video was because a lot of stuff has changed in the module since that video (4.1? I never even saw 4.1), and not all of it is obvious to new users. I also wanted to cover the common conventions, like using numbers for focus/fury. It's common to see new people drag out counters and move them around one by one like they would on a table. It works, and I guess it's familiar, but it's a huge waste of time.
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Post by Aegis on Mar 9, 2017 22:02:25 GMT
The Vassal forum is up. You can try to organize games there now. |
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Post by malnorma on Mar 12, 2017 13:36:28 GMT
Working on adding some sprites from the concept art, at a suggestion from a Vassal user: imgur.com/a/soKH1Obviously not beautiful, but better than the current bases... |
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Post by malnorma on Mar 13, 2017 7:45:55 GMT
OK, here it is: drive.google.com/open?id=0B1Lr55st8_qeaUJTQWVsUUU2bjANote: I may have made a tactical error by naming and renaming it with the dates. You'll probably need to deactivate the existing one and then add this one. Sorry! I'll stick to this name for the rest of the Grimykin CID, and then figure something else out for the future. |
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