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A while back I inquired about the possibility of including keyboard
shortcuts, specifically the ability to choose your army and scenario via the tab and down arrow keys. (I believe this was in in your earlier editions.) You said only a handful of people had requested this. I am always programming on your wonderful Armybuilder and hate using the mouse. (It also is painful to me, but I can't stop.) How high is this improvement on your list? 2nd question: Once you started building an army, is it possible to change scenarios in a manner similar to changing "Composition Rule Set". Have many folks has for this? I am. Jim K. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Pv4pGD/4m7...SFAA/IMSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> |
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At 02:41 PM 10/16/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>A while back I inquired about the possibility of including keyboard >shortcuts, specifically the ability to choose your army and scenario >via the tab and down arrow keys. (I believe this was in in your >earlier editions.) You said only a handful of people had requested >this. I am always programming on your wonderful Armybuilder and hate >using the mouse. (It also is painful to me, but I can't stop.) How >high is this improvement on your list? Moderately high. It would normally be moderately low, but (a) a few more people have commented on this and (b) it's a pet peeve for ME, too. :-) So this isn't a guarantee that it will be in the next feature release, but it's a good probability. :-) >2nd question: Once you started building an army, is it possible to >change scenarios in a manner similar to changing "Composition Rule Set". >Have many folks has for this? I am. It's not possible to do this without some fundamental changes to the engine. The reason is that data file authors can specify conditions for army construction that depend on the scenario and that are imposed when the roster is created (e.g. whether units are even visible to the user). Due to the way things are handled internally, these can't be changed dynamically once a roster is created, so you can't switch the scenario. This is on the todo list, but it's not likely to be added without a substantial rework of the engine. This probably won't happen until V3.0 comes out, but I haven't even started THINKING about V3.0 yet, so it's a long ways off. Thanks, Rob --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Bowes (rob@wolflair.com) (650) 726-9689 Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com |
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Since this thread is going on at present, something I was wondering...is the
possibility of stacking units anywhere in the near future? What I mean by "stacking" is being able to select more than one unit of the same type and have it show up like this: 4 Saurus Warriors rather than: Saurus Warriors Saurus Warriors Saurus Warriors Saurus Warriors Thanks!! gene ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Pv4pGD/4m7...SFAA/IMSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> |
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I'm going to reiterate my request for scroll-wheel support.
-----Original Message----- From: Gene [mailto:info@siegetower.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 5:17 PM To: ab@support.wolflair.com Subject: Re: [AB] Keyboard shortcuts and switching scenarios Since this thread is going on at present, something I was wondering...is the possibility of stacking units anywhere in the near future? What I mean by "stacking" is being able to select more than one unit of the same type and have it show up like this: 4 Saurus Warriors rather than: Saurus Warriors Saurus Warriors Saurus Warriors Saurus Warriors Thanks!! gene To unsubscribe from this group, email armybuilder-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Pv4pGD/4m7...SFAA/IMSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> |
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That one is not likely to be showing up anytime soon. The reason is that
(a) you're the first one to ever ask for it and (b) the vast majority of users (across all game systems) tend not to duplicate units exactly. Users will often have similar units, but usually the model count changes, an option changes, etc. Compared against the 100+ items already on the wish list, this one is not high on the list. Thanks, Rob At 05:16 PM 10/16/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Since this thread is going on at present, something I was wondering...is the >possibility of stacking units anywhere in the near future? What I mean by >"stacking" is being able to select more than one unit of the same type and >have it show up like this: > >4 Saurus Warriors > >rather than: > >Saurus Warriors >Saurus Warriors >Saurus Warriors >Saurus Warriors > >Thanks!! > >gene --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Bowes (rob@wolflair.com) (650) 726-9689 Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://us.click.yahoo.com/d49MCB/3WD...SFAA/IMSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> |
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Before the wish list starts spewing forth from everyone, please be aware
that I am not planning to do any major new feature releases for quite awhile. I'm actually starting preliminary work on a new product that will hopefully see release early in 2002, so major work on AB is on hold. It's quite possible that I'll be releasing a V2.3 update before the end of the year, since there are a number of things that would be valuable additions to the engine. But UI features are NOT planned for addition until the next major release, which is a long ways off. Please don't start asking what I'm working on, since I won't provide answers. Things are still in the very preliminary stages, so it's not even certain that the product idea will get fully developed. I'm doing analysis and design work right now. If something actually gets written for release, you will all be notified. Until then, please be patient. Thanks, Rob --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Bowes (rob@wolflair.com) (650) 726-9689 Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Pv4pGD/4m7...SFAA/IMSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> |
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...I'm going to reiterate my request for scroll-wheel support...
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Actually Rob,
I would like to see something similiar. I think it would be a good feature for historical games especially. Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com> wrote: That one is not likely to be showing up anytime soon. The reason is that (a) you're the first one to ever ask for it and (b) the vast majority of users (across all game systems) tend not to duplicate units exactly. Users will often have similar units, but usually the model count changes, an option changes, etc. Compared against the 100+ items already on the wish list, this one is not high on the list. Thanks, Rob At 05:16 PM 10/16/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Since this thread is going on at present, something I was wondering...is the >possibility of stacking units anywhere in the near future? What I mean by >"stacking" is being able to select more than one unit of the same type and >have it show up like this: > >4 Saurus Warriors > >rather than: > >Saurus Warriors >Saurus Warriors >Saurus Warriors >Saurus Warriors > >Thanks!! > >gene --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Bowes (rob@wolflair.com) (650) 726-9689 Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT finalURL = "http://rd.yahoo.com/M=168643.1620686.3205344.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705059080:HM/A=799560/R=0/*http://shop.store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/clink?overstock3+shopping:dmad/M=168643.1620686.3205344.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705059080:HM/A=799560/R=1/1003321726+http://us.rmi.yahoo.com/rmi/http://www.overstock.com/rmi-framed-url/http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi%3Fcid=12715";var flashFileURL = "http://java.yahoo.com/a/1-/flash/misc/osyahooswf_0925.swf";var noFlashImg = "http://java.yahoo.com/a/1-/flash/misc/osyahooalt_0925.gif"; on error resume next Sub banner_click_lrec_FSCommand(ByVal command, ByVal args) call banner_click_lrec_DoFSCommand(command, args)end sub function makeNewWindow(url) {var newWindow = window.open(url); } To unsubscribe from this group, email armybuilder-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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> ...I'm going to reiterate my request for scroll-wheel support...
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