Welcome back!!
The next thing is the allies aren't other races, but rulesets within
the same race, so I suupose the rule context would be the smoothest
way of doing things all round, having it set as a 'select one' option
cheers!!
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armybuilder@yahoogroups.com, Rob Bowes <rob@w...> wrote:
> There is no good way to block the available set of allies based on
the
> selection of a unit. However, you could easily set this up with a
separate
> rule context called "Ally Choice" (or the like). Have a separate
ruleset
> for each valid ally choice, allowing the user to pick the one he
wants.
> Then have each race only enable itself as an ally based on the
appropriate
> ruleset tag.
>
> You'll also need to have a rule making sure that the total number
of
> distinct ally tags is one. This will make sure that the user
doesn't add
> ally X, then change the ruleset and add ally Y. Granted, the user
would
> have to be very intentionally breaking the rules to do it this way,
but a
> single rule to check the number of distinct ally tags is easy to
write and
> probably worth adding.
>
> -Rob
>
> At 10:52 AM 2/25/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> >Is there a way to have a set of allies for a roster, and then once
> >one is selected block the others from being used or does this have
to
> >be done via rules which compare the rulesets?
> >
> >i.e.
> >
> >Race A has allies Race T - X
> >
> >USer selects Race T as an ally and selects a unit, from this point
on
> >can only use units from Race A and Race T
> >
> >hope that makes sense?
>
>
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