Rob Bowes wrote:
Timing and the chld attribute - working, thanks.
Cost-mapping - I missed seeing xlat when searching for the right option,
thanks again.
The reason to add the units as items is ctrl-h, so that the user can
hide them if necessary. As an example, I'll use a Minbari mech infantry
company (pg 109). This is what the display currently looks like:
Mech infantry company
Support Element A
Falsin SP Artillery
HQ Section
Vision Command Tank
Chrystalis IFV
Mech Infantry Platoons A & C
Minbari Standard Infantry
Minbari Gravideres
Chrystalis IFV
Mech Infantry Platoon B
Minbari Standard Infantry
Minbari Gravideres
Tal'Falni Platform
Chrystalis IFV
That's 15 lines, the recon element I've selected is not shown, and AB
gives the error that there are too many units to display (also, I'll
need to separate platoons A & C so that they can have different morale
ratings).
If I add all those units as items, It will add an extra line to the full
display, but the extra line and all the units it includes can be hidden
and unhidden by the user, so that they can look at everything.
I'd really like to find a better way to do this, but since a company
gives you a distinct set of platoons to take, I didn't think that could
be done easily with leader-follower, and each platoon of course includes
its units, so I can't think of a better way to do that.
>> P.S. to save space on my rosters, I'm considering adding the third tier
>> (grand-children) via items, so that the user doesn't need to view them
>> all the time. Will I still be able to adjust their stat values with the
>> chld attribute?
>
>
> I don't believe that the "chld" attribute will propogate downward into
> units attached to items. In addition, the use of items introduces yet
> another line into to the display. My gut reaction is that using items in
> this way is a less than ideal solution. Please outline the overall model
> you are envisioning and I'll give it some thought. I now have the Gropos
> book - thanks to the nice folks at AoG - so I can read up on things if you
> point me to the appropriate pages. :-)
>
> Thanks, Rob
Thanks for all your help.
Mathias Gehl
mgehl@home.com
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