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Topics in this digest:
1. RE: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
From: "Steven J Cox" <stevenjcox@cableinet.co.uk>
2. Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
From: "Gene" <info@siegetower.com>
3. Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
From: "peppy10005" <peppy10005@hotmail.com>
4. Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
From: Mathias Gehl <mgehl@home.com>
5. Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
From: "Steven Crane" <onicrusher@plansofmice.co.uk>
6. Re: Couple questions
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
7. Re: Setting up Composition Rules
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
8. RE: Problem setting up mulitple Link options when using text files an d abdata.exe
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
9. Re: Output Extensions...
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
10. Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
11. Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
From: "prozinskij" <prozinskij@yahoo.com>
12. Terminators w/ Lightning Claws # of Attacks?
From: "andy_m_young" <andy_m_young@yahoo.com>
13. Re: Terminators w/ Lightning Claws # of Attacks?
From: "Shawn 'Not Colen' Campbell" <shawn@electricstitch.com>
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 20:05:29 -0000
From: "Steven J Cox" <stevenjcox@cableinet.co.uk>
Subject: RE: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
Doesn't happen to me (2.2c on Win98 SE)
Steve
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From: prozinskij [mailto
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Sent: 08 December 2001 18:30
To: armybuilder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AB] Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
I'm running AB version 2.2c on Win98 OSR 2. When I minmize AB I can't
maximize it again. I can see it on my taskbar and I can click on it
and select it, but it doesn't maximize. I also cannot right click on
it on the taskbar to get the roll out menu to appear and use the
maximize or restore option for it. Does anyone else have this
problem? I've noticed it happening for quite some time, but I don't
remember which version it started in. I only say something now as I
just lost a large roster I was working on, because the only thing I
could do was to shut it down with the task manager. I've noticed
happen on a Windows 2000 machine as well. Rob is this a bug?
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 20:43:20 -0500
From: "Gene" <info@siegetower.com>
Subject: Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
Me either Win2000
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven J Cox" <stevenjcox@cableinet.co.uk>
To: ab@support.wolflair.com
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 3:05 PM
Subject: RE: [AB] Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
> Doesn't happen to me (2.2c on Win98 SE)
>
> Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: prozinskij [mailtorozinskij@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 08 December 2001 18:30
> To: armybuilder@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [AB] Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
>
>
> I'm running AB version 2.2c on Win98 OSR 2. When I minmize AB I can't
> maximize it again. I can see it on my taskbar and I can click on it
> and select it, but it doesn't maximize. I also cannot right click on
> it on the taskbar to get the roll out menu to appear and use the
> maximize or restore option for it. Does anyone else have this
> problem? I've noticed it happening for quite some time, but I don't
> remember which version it started in. I only say something now as I
> just lost a large roster I was working on, because the only thing I
> could do was to shut it down with the task manager. I've noticed
> happen on a Windows 2000 machine as well. Rob is this a bug?
>
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 03:30:53 -0000
From: "peppy10005" <peppy10005@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
Hi, I found that this happened to me in Win95 at 1 time. Did you
right click on the taskbar and try Undo Minimize All. This may work,
if it doesn't, then thats just how I got it to open again.
Cheers,
Peppy
--- In armybuilder@y..., "prozinskij" <prozinskij@y...> wrote:
> I'm running AB version 2.2c on Win98 OSR 2. When I minmize AB I
can't
> maximize it again. I can see it on my taskbar and I can click on it
> and select it, but it doesn't maximize. I also cannot right click
on
> it on the taskbar to get the roll out menu to appear and use the
> maximize or restore option for it. Does anyone else have this
> problem? I've noticed it happening for quite some time, but I don't
> remember which version it started in. I only say something now as I
> just lost a large roster I was working on, because the only thing I
> could do was to shut it down with the task manager. I've noticed
> happen on a Windows 2000 machine as well. Rob is this a bug?
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2001 19:37:26 -0800
From: Mathias Gehl <mgehl@home.com>
Subject: Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
I've occasionally had trouble when running AB along with other programs
(I can cite Word and the AB Creator as specific examples). It won't
minimize properly, and you can't click on AB to make it the active
program. The solution has been to minimize everything else that's running.
prozinskij wrote:
> I'm running AB version 2.2c on Win98 OSR 2. When I minmize AB I can't
> maximize it again. I can see it on my taskbar and I can click on it
> and select it, but it doesn't maximize. I also cannot right click on
> it on the taskbar to get the roll out menu to appear and use the
> maximize or restore option for it. Does anyone else have this
> problem? I've noticed it happening for quite some time, but I don't
> remember which version it started in. I only say something now as I
> just lost a large roster I was working on, because the only thing I
> could do was to shut it down with the task manager. I've noticed
> happen on a Windows 2000 machine as well. Rob is this a bug?
>
>
>
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 06:19:45 -0000
From: "Steven Crane" <onicrusher@plansofmice.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
...I'm running AB version 2.2c on Win98 OSR 2...
Have you tried running the System File Checker on Windows?
It seems pretty good a fixing all kinds of those little instability bugs
that you just shrug off most of the time, running through looking for
corrupted (or potentially corrupted) files and then replacing them from the
Windows CD. You can set it to always prompt and back-up if you're nervous of
leaving it to its own devices.
Start - Accessories - System Tools - Tools - System File Checker
---Steven
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 00:32:41 -0800
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
Subject: Re: Couple questions
The only way to accomplish what you describe within the roster window is to
create items that are automatically attached to units. Army Builder was not
designed to that sort of stuff, so there's no good way to accomplish it. I
would recommend instead including all the information within the unit notes
and simply have the user right-click on the unit to view all those notes.
This is the standard way that AB handles description notes for units and
selected options.
Thanks, Rob
At 10:26 AM 12/3/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Is there a way to increase the display area on the screen of the unit
>options section? Some of the descriptions I have of the options are kind of
>big. It would be nice if they were separate docable windows.
>
>Is there a way to display roster defined text within the "options" column of
>a unit that has been added to a roster? For examplem I would like it to say
>- 'Can only move on a roll of 3, 4, 5, 6' next to the unit.
>
>Thanks
>
>Jerry
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 00:46:44 -0800
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
Subject: Re: Setting up Composition Rules
Mathias' suggestion is a good one. I'll try to clarify here.
First of all, use composition groups for Individuals and Squads. You can
easily define a rule for each group that enforces the proper relationship.
Since mercenaries must still abide by the Individuals vs. Squads rule,
these are the proper things to make into composition groups.
Then you need to address mercenary limits. All mercenary units should be
assigned the type "Mercenary". Non-mercenary units can be left without any
special type assignment. Now you need to define a "trat" attribute that
limits the user to a one-to-one ratio between mercenary and non-mercenary
units. Since "trat" uses a ratio, it will scale to whatever size roster the
user creates. You can do this via the attribute below:
trat:!Mercenary@1u:Mercenary@1u
Based on the above attribute, there must be at least 1 NON-Mercenary unit
in the roster for every Mercenary unit in the roster. This satisfies your
second criterion listed below.
Hope this helps,
Rob
At 03:04 PM 12/5/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>I have created several small AB data files before, but I am just now
>starting on a huge project to make files for a new game. I am having
>some difficulty in figuring out how to get the game's composition
>rules to work in Army builder. Can anyone offer me up some ideas taht
>I can try? I will detail the rules I am trying to accomplish.
>
>(To clarify my wording below: There are Individuals and Squads in the
>game. I used the word Unit to represent both Individuals and Squads,
>so 1 individual and 1 squad would be 2 Units).
>
>1.Armies cannot contain more Individuals than they have Squads.
>2.All armies can choose mercenaries as allies, but cannot choose more
>units of mercenaries than they have units from their main force list.
>3.Some mercenaries are Individuals and some are Squads, and added
>mercenaries must still abide by rule number 1 above (so for instance,
>if I have 2 Individuals and 3 Squads from my main force and want to
>add 2 mercenary individuals then my total number of individuals for
>my army would be 4 and hence illegal because I only have 3 Squads).
>
>How would I go about adding in the Validation rules for this in AB?
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 00:50:23 -0800
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
Subject: RE: Problem setting up mulitple Link options when using text files an d abdata.exe
The roster notes simply show you what information will appear when the
roster gets printed. Therefore, using "noprint" controls what appears
within the roster notes.
- Rob
At 09:04 AM 12/7/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>It seems kind of strange to me that 'noprint' removes
>the option from the roster notes but it works so I'm not complaining.
>Thanks for the kick in the right direction.
>
>Jerry
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 00:53:48 -0800
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
Subject: Re: Output Extensions...
Sample source code for how to write extensions is included within the
Construction Kit, along with full documentation. In fact, the sample source
code is for the CAV extension. I don't know of anyone working on 40K roster
cards or official GW roster output, but both would be relatively
straightforward to create, using the sample source code as a good starting
point.
Hope this is helpful to someone out there....
Thanks, Rob
At 10:02 PM 12/6/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>I have Army Builder 1.x CD and just upgraded to 2.2 and saw the new
>output extensions and how cool looking the CAV print outs look.
>
>Has anyone done Output extensions for 40Kv3 Roster Cards and Army
>List or working on them???
>
>I would try and take on this task for myself if I was a better
>programmer or could get some help.
>
>I think it would be kick ass if I could just print out the proper
>stuff for my armies before I go to the shop and play. And have them
>look professional, and not like some printed spread sheets.
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 01:06:16 -0800
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
Subject: Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
Under certain conditions, it is possible to minimize AB while you have a
child window visible. Normally, this should not be possible (e.g. if you
have the Special Items form open, you can't access the main menu on the
window behind). However, I have been told that it is possible to accomplish
this under certain conditions. According to the information I've received,
it only occurs when an in-progress message is being displayed (e.g. while
loading data files or saving a roster). If you minimize AB while the
in-progress message is visible, AB will minimize and then become hung. This
is an obscure bug that would likely take a LOT of work to try and figure
out. Fixing it also assumes that I can reproduce the problem on my end, and
sort far I haven't been able to reproduce it on my system.
All I can suggest is to be careful not to minimize AB when there is an
in-progress message visible. If anyone can come up with more detailed
information that allows me to reproduce this problem, then I will take a
look and try to gauge how much work it will take to fix the problem.
Failing that, it's really difficult to fix a bug that you can't reproduce,
so it will likely remain unfixed until I can reproduce it.
Thanks, Rob
At 06:30 PM 12/8/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>I'm running AB version 2.2c on Win98 OSR 2. When I minmize AB I can't
>maximize it again. I can see it on my taskbar and I can click on it
>and select it, but it doesn't maximize. I also cannot right click on
>it on the taskbar to get the roll out menu to appear and use the
>maximize or restore option for it. Does anyone else have this
>problem? I've noticed it happening for quite some time, but I don't
>remember which version it started in. I only say something now as I
>just lost a large roster I was working on, because the only thing I
>could do was to shut it down with the task manager. I've noticed
>happen on a Windows 2000 machine as well. Rob is this a bug?
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Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 19:00:49 -0000
From: "prozinskij" <prozinskij@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
Rob,
I can't get it to reproduce right now. I don't remember any in
progress messages at the time. I'll definately make note of exactly
what's happening next time. I'm usually more observant of these kind
of things. Troubleshooting PCs and Servers is my job. This problem is
a common thing on my machine.
Thanks,
Joe
--- In armybuilder@y..., Rob Bowes <rob@w...> wrote:
> Under certain conditions, it is possible to minimize AB while you
have a
> child window visible. Normally, this should not be possible (e.g.
if you
> have the Special Items form open, you can't access the main menu on
the
> window behind). However, I have been told that it is possible to
accomplish
> this under certain conditions. According to the information I've
received,
> it only occurs when an in-progress message is being displayed (e.g.
while
> loading data files or saving a roster). If you minimize AB while
the
> in-progress message is visible, AB will minimize and then become
hung. This
> is an obscure bug that would likely take a LOT of work to try and
figure
> out. Fixing it also assumes that I can reproduce the problem on my
end, and
> sort far I haven't been able to reproduce it on my system.
>
> All I can suggest is to be careful not to minimize AB when there is
an
> in-progress message visible. If anyone can come up with more
detailed
> information that allows me to reproduce this problem, then I will
take a
> look and try to gauge how much work it will take to fix the
problem.
> Failing that, it's really difficult to fix a bug that you can't
reproduce,
> so it will likely remain unfixed until I can reproduce it.
>
> Thanks, Rob
>
>
> At 06:30 PM 12/8/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> >I'm running AB version 2.2c on Win98 OSR 2. When I minmize AB I
can't
> >maximize it again. I can see it on my taskbar and I can click on it
> >and select it, but it doesn't maximize. I also cannot right click
on
> >it on the taskbar to get the roll out menu to appear and use the
> >maximize or restore option for it. Does anyone else have this
> >problem? I've noticed it happening for quite some time, but I don't
> >remember which version it started in. I only say something now as I
> >just lost a large roster I was working on, because the only thing I
> >could do was to shut it down with the task manager. I've noticed
> >happen on a Windows 2000 machine as well. Rob is this a bug?
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Rob Bowes (rob@w...) (650) 726-9689
> Lone Wolf Development
www.wolflair.com
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 18:05:46 -0000
From: "andy_m_young" <andy_m_young@yahoo.com>
Subject: Terminators w/ Lightning Claws # of Attacks?
Hi,
I'm using AB2.2C and the V3.7 40K files. I'm having trouble getting
the correct number of attacks on Assault Terminators using the
Imperial Fists list. When equipped with 2 Lightning Claws, the
Terminators should get a base of 3 attacks. Currently, they are give
2*.
Not that big a deal, I know...
Andy
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:52:20 -0800
From: "Shawn 'Not Colen' Campbell" <shawn@electricstitch.com>
Subject: Re: Terminators w/ Lightning Claws # of Attacks?
It is like that because you can take thunderhammer/storm shield or lightning
claw pairs.
If you mix the unit's weapons, then the display will be off. (TH+SS does not
increase your # of attacks, while the LC's do. Their has to be a way to show
this.)
The * is the best way to show it, although I understand that if you give the
whole unit LC's it doesn't make sense... but their's no other choice I can
think of, other than addind a 'sub-unit' of terminators with alternate
weapons... but that would be obnoxious.
Shawn 'Not Colen' Campbell
40k3@electricstitch.com
http://www.electricstitch.com/ab_files (40k3 Datafiles Website)
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To: ab@support.wolflair.com
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 10:05 AM
Subject: [AB] Terminators w/ Lightning Claws # of Attacks?
> Hi,
>
> I'm using AB2.2C and the V3.7 40K files. I'm having trouble getting
> the correct number of attacks on Assault Terminators using the
> Imperial Fists list. When equipped with 2 Lightning Claws, the
> Terminators should get a base of 3 attacks. Currently, they are give
> 2*.
>
> Not that big a deal, I know...
>
>
> Andy
>
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There are 13 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. RE: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
From: "Steven J Cox" <stevenjcox@cableinet.co.uk>
2. Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
From: "Gene" <info@siegetower.com>
3. Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
From: "peppy10005" <peppy10005@hotmail.com>
4. Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
From: Mathias Gehl <mgehl@home.com>
5. Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
From: "Steven Crane" <onicrusher@plansofmice.co.uk>
6. Re: Couple questions
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
7. Re: Setting up Composition Rules
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
8. RE: Problem setting up mulitple Link options when using text files an d abdata.exe
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
9. Re: Output Extensions...
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
10. Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
11. Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
From: "prozinskij" <prozinskij@yahoo.com>
12. Terminators w/ Lightning Claws # of Attacks?
From: "andy_m_young" <andy_m_young@yahoo.com>
13. Re: Terminators w/ Lightning Claws # of Attacks?
From: "Shawn 'Not Colen' Campbell" <shawn@electricstitch.com>
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 20:05:29 -0000
From: "Steven J Cox" <stevenjcox@cableinet.co.uk>
Subject: RE: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
Doesn't happen to me (2.2c on Win98 SE)
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: prozinskij [mailto
rozinskij@yahoo.com]Sent: 08 December 2001 18:30
To: armybuilder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AB] Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
I'm running AB version 2.2c on Win98 OSR 2. When I minmize AB I can't
maximize it again. I can see it on my taskbar and I can click on it
and select it, but it doesn't maximize. I also cannot right click on
it on the taskbar to get the roll out menu to appear and use the
maximize or restore option for it. Does anyone else have this
problem? I've noticed it happening for quite some time, but I don't
remember which version it started in. I only say something now as I
just lost a large roster I was working on, because the only thing I
could do was to shut it down with the task manager. I've noticed
happen on a Windows 2000 machine as well. Rob is this a bug?
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 20:43:20 -0500
From: "Gene" <info@siegetower.com>
Subject: Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
Me either Win2000
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven J Cox" <stevenjcox@cableinet.co.uk>
To: ab@support.wolflair.com
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 3:05 PM
Subject: RE: [AB] Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
> Doesn't happen to me (2.2c on Win98 SE)
>
> Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: prozinskij [mailto
rozinskij@yahoo.com]> Sent: 08 December 2001 18:30
> To: armybuilder@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [AB] Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
>
>
> I'm running AB version 2.2c on Win98 OSR 2. When I minmize AB I can't
> maximize it again. I can see it on my taskbar and I can click on it
> and select it, but it doesn't maximize. I also cannot right click on
> it on the taskbar to get the roll out menu to appear and use the
> maximize or restore option for it. Does anyone else have this
> problem? I've noticed it happening for quite some time, but I don't
> remember which version it started in. I only say something now as I
> just lost a large roster I was working on, because the only thing I
> could do was to shut it down with the task manager. I've noticed
> happen on a Windows 2000 machine as well. Rob is this a bug?
>
>
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 03:30:53 -0000
From: "peppy10005" <peppy10005@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
Hi, I found that this happened to me in Win95 at 1 time. Did you
right click on the taskbar and try Undo Minimize All. This may work,
if it doesn't, then thats just how I got it to open again.
Cheers,
Peppy
--- In armybuilder@y..., "prozinskij" <prozinskij@y...> wrote:
> I'm running AB version 2.2c on Win98 OSR 2. When I minmize AB I
can't
> maximize it again. I can see it on my taskbar and I can click on it
> and select it, but it doesn't maximize. I also cannot right click
on
> it on the taskbar to get the roll out menu to appear and use the
> maximize or restore option for it. Does anyone else have this
> problem? I've noticed it happening for quite some time, but I don't
> remember which version it started in. I only say something now as I
> just lost a large roster I was working on, because the only thing I
> could do was to shut it down with the task manager. I've noticed
> happen on a Windows 2000 machine as well. Rob is this a bug?
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2001 19:37:26 -0800
From: Mathias Gehl <mgehl@home.com>
Subject: Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
I've occasionally had trouble when running AB along with other programs
(I can cite Word and the AB Creator as specific examples). It won't
minimize properly, and you can't click on AB to make it the active
program. The solution has been to minimize everything else that's running.
prozinskij wrote:
> I'm running AB version 2.2c on Win98 OSR 2. When I minmize AB I can't
> maximize it again. I can see it on my taskbar and I can click on it
> and select it, but it doesn't maximize. I also cannot right click on
> it on the taskbar to get the roll out menu to appear and use the
> maximize or restore option for it. Does anyone else have this
> problem? I've noticed it happening for quite some time, but I don't
> remember which version it started in. I only say something now as I
> just lost a large roster I was working on, because the only thing I
> could do was to shut it down with the task manager. I've noticed
> happen on a Windows 2000 machine as well. Rob is this a bug?
>
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 06:19:45 -0000
From: "Steven Crane" <onicrusher@plansofmice.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
...I'm running AB version 2.2c on Win98 OSR 2...
Have you tried running the System File Checker on Windows?
It seems pretty good a fixing all kinds of those little instability bugs
that you just shrug off most of the time, running through looking for
corrupted (or potentially corrupted) files and then replacing them from the
Windows CD. You can set it to always prompt and back-up if you're nervous of
leaving it to its own devices.
Start - Accessories - System Tools - Tools - System File Checker
---Steven
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 00:32:41 -0800
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
Subject: Re: Couple questions
The only way to accomplish what you describe within the roster window is to
create items that are automatically attached to units. Army Builder was not
designed to that sort of stuff, so there's no good way to accomplish it. I
would recommend instead including all the information within the unit notes
and simply have the user right-click on the unit to view all those notes.
This is the standard way that AB handles description notes for units and
selected options.
Thanks, Rob
At 10:26 AM 12/3/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Is there a way to increase the display area on the screen of the unit
>options section? Some of the descriptions I have of the options are kind of
>big. It would be nice if they were separate docable windows.
>
>Is there a way to display roster defined text within the "options" column of
>a unit that has been added to a roster? For examplem I would like it to say
>- 'Can only move on a roll of 3, 4, 5, 6' next to the unit.
>
>Thanks
>
>Jerry
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 00:46:44 -0800
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
Subject: Re: Setting up Composition Rules
Mathias' suggestion is a good one. I'll try to clarify here.
First of all, use composition groups for Individuals and Squads. You can
easily define a rule for each group that enforces the proper relationship.
Since mercenaries must still abide by the Individuals vs. Squads rule,
these are the proper things to make into composition groups.
Then you need to address mercenary limits. All mercenary units should be
assigned the type "Mercenary". Non-mercenary units can be left without any
special type assignment. Now you need to define a "trat" attribute that
limits the user to a one-to-one ratio between mercenary and non-mercenary
units. Since "trat" uses a ratio, it will scale to whatever size roster the
user creates. You can do this via the attribute below:
trat:!Mercenary@1u:Mercenary@1u
Based on the above attribute, there must be at least 1 NON-Mercenary unit
in the roster for every Mercenary unit in the roster. This satisfies your
second criterion listed below.
Hope this helps,
Rob
At 03:04 PM 12/5/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>I have created several small AB data files before, but I am just now
>starting on a huge project to make files for a new game. I am having
>some difficulty in figuring out how to get the game's composition
>rules to work in Army builder. Can anyone offer me up some ideas taht
>I can try? I will detail the rules I am trying to accomplish.
>
>(To clarify my wording below: There are Individuals and Squads in the
>game. I used the word Unit to represent both Individuals and Squads,
>so 1 individual and 1 squad would be 2 Units).
>
>1.Armies cannot contain more Individuals than they have Squads.
>2.All armies can choose mercenaries as allies, but cannot choose more
>units of mercenaries than they have units from their main force list.
>3.Some mercenaries are Individuals and some are Squads, and added
>mercenaries must still abide by rule number 1 above (so for instance,
>if I have 2 Individuals and 3 Squads from my main force and want to
>add 2 mercenary individuals then my total number of individuals for
>my army would be 4 and hence illegal because I only have 3 Squads).
>
>How would I go about adding in the Validation rules for this in AB?
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 00:50:23 -0800
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
Subject: RE: Problem setting up mulitple Link options when using text files an d abdata.exe
The roster notes simply show you what information will appear when the
roster gets printed. Therefore, using "noprint" controls what appears
within the roster notes.
- Rob
At 09:04 AM 12/7/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>It seems kind of strange to me that 'noprint' removes
>the option from the roster notes but it works so I'm not complaining.
>Thanks for the kick in the right direction.
>
>Jerry
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 00:53:48 -0800
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
Subject: Re: Output Extensions...
Sample source code for how to write extensions is included within the
Construction Kit, along with full documentation. In fact, the sample source
code is for the CAV extension. I don't know of anyone working on 40K roster
cards or official GW roster output, but both would be relatively
straightforward to create, using the sample source code as a good starting
point.
Hope this is helpful to someone out there....
Thanks, Rob
At 10:02 PM 12/6/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>I have Army Builder 1.x CD and just upgraded to 2.2 and saw the new
>output extensions and how cool looking the CAV print outs look.
>
>Has anyone done Output extensions for 40Kv3 Roster Cards and Army
>List or working on them???
>
>I would try and take on this task for myself if I was a better
>programmer or could get some help.
>
>I think it would be kick ass if I could just print out the proper
>stuff for my armies before I go to the shop and play. And have them
>look professional, and not like some printed spread sheets.
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 01:06:16 -0800
From: Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com>
Subject: Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
Under certain conditions, it is possible to minimize AB while you have a
child window visible. Normally, this should not be possible (e.g. if you
have the Special Items form open, you can't access the main menu on the
window behind). However, I have been told that it is possible to accomplish
this under certain conditions. According to the information I've received,
it only occurs when an in-progress message is being displayed (e.g. while
loading data files or saving a roster). If you minimize AB while the
in-progress message is visible, AB will minimize and then become hung. This
is an obscure bug that would likely take a LOT of work to try and figure
out. Fixing it also assumes that I can reproduce the problem on my end, and
sort far I haven't been able to reproduce it on my system.
All I can suggest is to be careful not to minimize AB when there is an
in-progress message visible. If anyone can come up with more detailed
information that allows me to reproduce this problem, then I will take a
look and try to gauge how much work it will take to fix the problem.
Failing that, it's really difficult to fix a bug that you can't reproduce,
so it will likely remain unfixed until I can reproduce it.
Thanks, Rob
At 06:30 PM 12/8/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>I'm running AB version 2.2c on Win98 OSR 2. When I minmize AB I can't
>maximize it again. I can see it on my taskbar and I can click on it
>and select it, but it doesn't maximize. I also cannot right click on
>it on the taskbar to get the roll out menu to appear and use the
>maximize or restore option for it. Does anyone else have this
>problem? I've noticed it happening for quite some time, but I don't
>remember which version it started in. I only say something now as I
>just lost a large roster I was working on, because the only thing I
>could do was to shut it down with the task manager. I've noticed
>happen on a Windows 2000 machine as well. Rob is this a bug?
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Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 19:00:49 -0000
From: "prozinskij" <prozinskij@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Possible Bug in AB 2.2c
Rob,
I can't get it to reproduce right now. I don't remember any in
progress messages at the time. I'll definately make note of exactly
what's happening next time. I'm usually more observant of these kind
of things. Troubleshooting PCs and Servers is my job. This problem is
a common thing on my machine.
Thanks,
Joe
--- In armybuilder@y..., Rob Bowes <rob@w...> wrote:
> Under certain conditions, it is possible to minimize AB while you
have a
> child window visible. Normally, this should not be possible (e.g.
if you
> have the Special Items form open, you can't access the main menu on
the
> window behind). However, I have been told that it is possible to
accomplish
> this under certain conditions. According to the information I've
received,
> it only occurs when an in-progress message is being displayed (e.g.
while
> loading data files or saving a roster). If you minimize AB while
the
> in-progress message is visible, AB will minimize and then become
hung. This
> is an obscure bug that would likely take a LOT of work to try and
figure
> out. Fixing it also assumes that I can reproduce the problem on my
end, and
> sort far I haven't been able to reproduce it on my system.
>
> All I can suggest is to be careful not to minimize AB when there is
an
> in-progress message visible. If anyone can come up with more
detailed
> information that allows me to reproduce this problem, then I will
take a
> look and try to gauge how much work it will take to fix the
problem.
> Failing that, it's really difficult to fix a bug that you can't
reproduce,
> so it will likely remain unfixed until I can reproduce it.
>
> Thanks, Rob
>
>
> At 06:30 PM 12/8/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> >I'm running AB version 2.2c on Win98 OSR 2. When I minmize AB I
can't
> >maximize it again. I can see it on my taskbar and I can click on it
> >and select it, but it doesn't maximize. I also cannot right click
on
> >it on the taskbar to get the roll out menu to appear and use the
> >maximize or restore option for it. Does anyone else have this
> >problem? I've noticed it happening for quite some time, but I don't
> >remember which version it started in. I only say something now as I
> >just lost a large roster I was working on, because the only thing I
> >could do was to shut it down with the task manager. I've noticed
> >happen on a Windows 2000 machine as well. Rob is this a bug?
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Rob Bowes (rob@w...) (650) 726-9689
> Lone Wolf Development
www.wolflair.com
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 18:05:46 -0000
From: "andy_m_young" <andy_m_young@yahoo.com>
Subject: Terminators w/ Lightning Claws # of Attacks?
Hi,
I'm using AB2.2C and the V3.7 40K files. I'm having trouble getting
the correct number of attacks on Assault Terminators using the
Imperial Fists list. When equipped with 2 Lightning Claws, the
Terminators should get a base of 3 attacks. Currently, they are give
2*.
Not that big a deal, I know...
Andy
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:52:20 -0800
From: "Shawn 'Not Colen' Campbell" <shawn@electricstitch.com>
Subject: Re: Terminators w/ Lightning Claws # of Attacks?
It is like that because you can take thunderhammer/storm shield or lightning
claw pairs.
If you mix the unit's weapons, then the display will be off. (TH+SS does not
increase your # of attacks, while the LC's do. Their has to be a way to show
this.)
The * is the best way to show it, although I understand that if you give the
whole unit LC's it doesn't make sense... but their's no other choice I can
think of, other than addind a 'sub-unit' of terminators with alternate
weapons... but that would be obnoxious.
Shawn 'Not Colen' Campbell
40k3@electricstitch.com
http://www.electricstitch.com/ab_files (40k3 Datafiles Website)
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From: "andy_m_young" <andy_m_young@yahoo.com>
To: ab@support.wolflair.com
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 10:05 AM
Subject: [AB] Terminators w/ Lightning Claws # of Attacks?
> Hi,
>
> I'm using AB2.2C and the V3.7 40K files. I'm having trouble getting
> the correct number of attacks on Assault Terminators using the
> Imperial Fists list. When equipped with 2 Lightning Claws, the
> Terminators should get a base of 3 attacks. Currently, they are give
> 2*.
>
> Not that big a deal, I know...
>
>
> Andy
>
>
>
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