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Heya.

Sorry I haven't been here, but that's just been fixed. If there are any
unanswered questions pending, please repost them, and I'll answer as soon as
I can.

One big announcement for all CV users (and please cross-post this, tell your
friends, etc.):

* * * * *

Giving Away a Complete Set of Invasion: Verdicon!

Free demo, free cards! What's not to love?

This winter, Card Vault is giving away no less than 11 complete factory sets
and assorted other prizes as a reward to our valued customers. If your wish
list is a card list, there's still time to get on board!

Card Vault owners can go to http://www.lonewolfdevel.com/survey/login.asp to
choose which prizes they'd like to win.

If you're not familiar with Card Vault, check out the reviews in InQuest #89
and Scrye #54, or hit http://www.rpweld3.com/articles/cardvault.html and
http://www.insiider.com/community/cardvault.shtml for more detailed
evaluations. Then go to http://www.WolfLair.com for a free demo download.

If you like it, buy a copy (or ask for it for Christmas), then enter for the
prizes of your choice before the end of the year.

Here's what we're giving away (you can choose to try for any or all):

* a Sea of Storms booster display for A Game of Thrones,
* a Class of '99 complete set for Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
* a World Games Saga complete set for Dragonball Z,
* a Clobberin' Time complete set for HeroClix,
* a Broken Blades complete set for Legend of the Five Rings,
* a Two Towers complete set for Lord of the Rings,
* a Voice of the Storms complete set for Magi-Nation Duel,
* an Onslaught booster display for Magic
* a MechWarrior: Dark Age complete set,
* a Boom Chaka Laka booster display for Shadowfist,
* a Star Trek 2nd Edition complete set for Star Trek,
* a Sith Rising booster display for the Star Wars TCG
* an Invasion: Verdicon complete set for Warhammer 40k,
* a Siege complete set for Warlord,
* a Ruthless Aggression gift pack for WWE: Raw Deal,
* a Summer Slam complete set for WWE: Raw Deal,
* and a steel carrying case from Rook Steel Storage.

Our heartfelt thanks to AEG, Comic Images, Decipher, Fantasy Flight,
Interactive Imagination, Rook Steel Storage, Sabertooth Games, Score,
WizKids, and Z-Man for adding their great games in support of this fun
giveaway.

*sigh* you mean I have go and remember them all???

Let's see....

1) Under "show composition profile", what determines what fields are
shown there and can I change them?

2) Can you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put Model Number in the Inventory
fields/displays for Wizkids figures?? It's MUCH more useful than
Release or some other fields currently there that are more
appropriate for card games.

I'll have to go re-read what I posted to find out what my other
questions were...

Doc

--- In cardvault@y..., "Edward Bolme" <edward@b...> wrote:
> Heya.
>
> Sorry I haven't been here, but that's just been fixed. If there are
any
> unanswered questions pending, please repost them, and I'll answer
as soon as
> I can.
>

Just checked out the contest/survey and I have a couple suggestions:

1) It should be "Where did you HEAR about this giveaway" not "here"

2) Where it asks where you buy/sell singles, it should list
convention dealers because that's really where I do 90% of my singles
buying/selling. I chose local game store which accounts for about the
other 10%

OK, I DID think of a couple other questions, one I asked and never
got an answer for and one I just thought of....

A) Is there ANYWHERE in the HeroClix files that indicates whether a
figure is flying or not (i.e. type of movement? I suppose you'd have
to add "swimming" as well, in addition to flying). I can't seem to
find that information anywhere and I'd like to know under deck
construction how many flying figures versus ground based figures I
have.

B) I know it's a 'dead' game, but is anyone working on Doomtown files?

Thanks,
Doc

--- In cardvault@y..., "Edward Bolme" <edward@b...> wrote:
> Heya.
>
> Sorry I haven't been here, but that's just been fixed. If there are
any
> unanswered questions pending, please repost them, and I'll answer
as soon as
> I can.
>
> One big announcement for all CV users (and please cross-post this,
tell your
> friends, etc.):
>

Oops.
----- Original Message -----
> Just checked out the contest/survey and I have a couple suggestions:
>
> 1) It should be "Where did you HEAR about this giveaway" not "here"

> 1) Under "show composition profile", what determines what fields are
> shown there and can I change them?

I'm not sure I understand the question. Each entry listed in the Show Comp
Prof selection fills an info window. Do you want to change the contents of
that window?

> 2) Can you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put Model Number in the Inventory
> fields/displays for Wizkids figures?? It's MUCH more useful than
> Release or some other fields currently there that are more
> appropriate for card games.

Noted; will be done.

> A) Is there ANYWHERE in the HeroClix files that indicates
> type of movement?

Not that I see. We'll get that fixed, too. As well as getting to promo figs
listed.

Thanks for the input.

Well, I was working with Jim Williamson's Doomtrooper files when this
came up, but let me use an official type set for my example, the
Magic the Gathering files.

For Magic, the deck display columns are Color, Type, Cost, Power,
Toughness. The Info columns include Cost White, Cost Black, etc.

If I look at "Show Composition Profile..." for a Magic deck, I find I
can check Color and Type from the deck display columns but NOT Cost
(Basic cost), Power or Toughness.

so while "Show Composition Profile..." could tell me how many White,
Black, etc (Color) cards breakdown in four different ways (numerical,
percengtage, 2 kinds of bar graph), I cannot get the same breakdown
for Power or Toughness in "Show Composition Profile..." Those fields
are not there. How can/could I change the available fields in "Show
Composition Profile..." so I could get a breakdown on say, Power, or
Toughness...

POWER
0 1 2 3 4
---------------------------------------------------
2 4 5 3 1

something like that. How can *I* define what I want to see a
breakdown of in "Show Composition Profile..."

Thanks,
Doc

--- In cardvault@y..., "Edward Bolme" <edward@b...> wrote:
> > 1) Under "show composition profile", what determines what fields
are
> > shown there and can I change them?
>
> I'm not sure I understand the question. Each entry listed in the
Show Comp
> Prof selection fills an info window. Do you want to change the
contents of
> that window?
>

> How can *I* define what I want to see a
> breakdown of in "Show Composition Profile..."

At the moment, this is not user-definable. That's a very interesting
concept, but I don't think it's one we could put in before version 2.0. It
will, however, go on the suggested features list.

In the short term, however, if you find a display to be less than ideal, it
is easy for us to change it. Chances are, if you don't find it helpful,
others don't either, and we can work to make it more accessible for
everyone. We can't know every game as well as its fans do, so we rely a lot
on fan input for usability feedback.

-Ed

Let me ask a corrolary question then...

Say I am using the Card Authoring Kit to enter my own datafiles for
let's say, Legend of the Burning Sands or On the Edge, something that
hasn't been done yet. If it's NOT user-definable, when I make and add
my own games, what determines if a field will show up on "Show
Composition Profile..." or not then?

Thanks,
Doc

--- In cardvault@y..., "Edward Bolme" <edward@b...> wrote:
> > How can *I* define what I want to see a
> > breakdown of in "Show Composition Profile..."
>
> At the moment, this is not user-definable. That's a very interesting
> concept, but I don't think it's one we could put in before version
2.0. It
> will, however, go on the suggested features list.
>
> In the short term, however, if you find a display to be less than
ideal, it
> is easy for us to change it. Chances are, if you don't find it
helpful,
> others don't either, and we can work to make it more accessible for
> everyone. We can't know every game as well as its fans do, so we
rely a lot
> on fan input for usability feedback.
>
> -Ed