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I've been playing around with CV for a couple of days, trying to get
an idea of what it can do before I plunk down my $30. I'm a fairly novice MechWarrior Clix player and like the idea of force building and inventory control provided by CV. A question if anyone can help: Is is possible to "output" the "click levels" to the force roster? I can check with the data file author, but thought I'd try here first. Also I'm curious why the electronic license isn't a bit cheaper than a physical copy. - Aron ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/sO0ANB/LId...SFAA/WuQolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> |
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--- Aron Clark <aronbc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I can check with the data file author, but thought I'd try here > first. Also I'm curious why the electronic license isn't a bit > cheaper than a physical copy. I'm not sure, but I assume the costs of paying for the e-commerce solution, security implementations, etc etc etc are somewhat comparable to printing the box and burning a cd. So if the difference is negligible, why create different price points to screw up accounting? all that math is hard enough > - Aron Abilio Just guessing, really. Has no clue whatsoever. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/sO0ANB/LId...SFAA/WuQolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> |
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Since we maintain the data files for all WizKids games, here is as good as
place as any to post questions about WizKids data files. :-) Back when Mage Knight first came out and WizKids gave us permission to write Army Builder data files for the game, they requested that we NOT output the click level data on printouts. The logic was simply that viewing the click data during force construction made sense to help optimize the force. However, during gameplay, the click data should NOT be available, since it could be construed as an unfair advantage by an opponent. With the switch to Card Vault and inclusion of all the new WizKids games, all the licensing remained basically the same. If there's a strong cry for including this information within Card Vault, we can ask WizKids to reconsider their position. However, I personally still think the logic is valid, so I'm hesitant to ask WizKids unless there's strong support for the change. :-) As for the electronic license being the same price, Abilio is 100% on target. There's a significant investment in developing and maintaining all the electronic licensing and ordering mechanisms. And having different price points is a nuisance to manage. In addition, we're committed to supporting the local retailers, and discounted prices for online sales would undercut the retailers that sell and promote our products. Combining all those factors, we've chosen to just sell the electronic license at the same price. Thanks, Rob At 05:56 AM 8/5/2003 +0000, you wrote: >I've been playing around with CV for a couple of days, trying to get >an idea of what it can do before I plunk down my $30. I'm a fairly >novice MechWarrior Clix player and like the idea of force building >and inventory control provided by CV. A question if anyone can help: > >Is is possible to "output" the "click levels" to the force roster? > >I can check with the data file author, but thought I'd try here >first. Also I'm curious why the electronic license isn't a bit >cheaper than a physical copy. > >- Aron --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Bowes (rob@wolflair.com) (559) 658-6995 Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/sO0ANB/LId...SFAA/WuQolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> |
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Rob,
Thanks for the clarification on the clix level outputs, and the licensing pricing, both good explanations. It's my understanding the MechWarrior units and forces may have custom notes. These could then be output on a force roster. Is my understanding correct? I'm still playing around with CV, but finding it very useful. Well worth the thirty bones. Look for my license order soon. - Aron --- In cardvault@yahoogroups.com, Rob Bowes <rob@w...> wrote: > Since we maintain the data files for all WizKids games, here is as good as > place as any to post questions about WizKids data files. :-) > > Back when Mage Knight first came out and WizKids gave us permission to > write Army Builder data files for the game, they requested that we NOT > output the click level data on printouts. The logic was simply that viewing > the click data during force construction made sense to help optimize the > force. However, during gameplay, the click data should NOT be available, > since it could be construed as an unfair advantage by an opponent. > > With the switch to Card Vault and inclusion of all the new WizKids games, > all the licensing remained basically the same. If there's a strong cry for > including this information within Card Vault, we can ask WizKids to > reconsider their position. However, I personally still think the logic is > valid, so I'm hesitant to ask WizKids unless there's strong support for the > change. :-) > > As for the electronic license being the same price, Abilio is 100% on > target. There's a significant investment in developing and maintaining all > the electronic licensing and ordering mechanisms. And having different > price points is a nuisance to manage. In addition, we're committed to > supporting the local retailers, and discounted prices for online sales > would undercut the retailers that sell and promote our products. Combining > all those factors, we've chosen to just sell the electronic license at the > same price. > > Thanks, Rob > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LId...sNAA/WuQolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> |
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At 04:51 PM 8/7/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Rob, > >Thanks for the clarification on the clix level outputs, and the >licensing pricing, both good explanations. It's my understanding the >MechWarrior units and forces may have custom notes. These could then >be output on a force roster. Is my understanding correct? You can set notes for the whole army by using the "Edit Army Notes" item under the View menu, or for an individual model by selecting "Edit Model Notes" from the Model menu. These can then be optionally included when printing the army, by checking the "Include custom notes" box on the Output dialog. -- Colen McAlister (colen@wolflair.com) Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LId...sNAA/WuQolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> |
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