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umax troubles

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I'm having trouble with umax.

I want to have a unit that only 1 is allowed in an army and then only is the
total points is >= 750

I've tried both umax:1u-min=750 and umax:1u@750 ([email]1u@750[/email]).

If I add 2 units I get a validation warning.  But I don't get a warning if I add
the unit when there is less than 750 points in the army.
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Code: 
This is likely the same bug that Mathias is running into. Please see my 
response to his post for the details.

Thanks, Rob


At 09:17 AM 3/23/00 -0600, you wrote:



>I'm having trouble with umax.
>
>I want to have a unit that only 1 is allowed in an army and then only is the
>total points is >= 750
>
>I've tried both umax:1u-min=750 and umax:<mailto:1u@750 ([email]1u@750[/email])1u@750 ([email]1u@750[/email]).
>
>If I add 2 units I get a validation warning.  But I don't get a warning if 
>I add
>the unit when there is less than 750 points in the army.
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Code: 
Here is what I found in the list archives

"There is also a nasty little (and SUBTLE) bug that slipped into V1.4d
that 
you should be aware of. The problem is that an internal value is not
being 
set properly if a special condition exists within AB. That condition is 
that *NO* "global" validation rules exist in the data file for the
loaded 
roster. Since virtually all data files have at least ONE global
validation 
rule, this bug never materialized before. By global, I mean a rule that 
spans the entire roster, such as "trat", "tlmt", etc. This bug affects
many 
validation rules, such as "umax" and its kin.

Fortunately, the work around is pretty easy. :-) The workaround is to 
simply define a nonsense global validation rule that applies to all 
rosters. This is done by defining an augmentation record with a race
prefix 
of "xx" (i.e. it applies to all of the races). The easiest solution is
to 
define an attribute that will never be applicable, such as 
"tlmt:none-pct=10-@max". This limits all units of type "none" to be no
more 
than 100% of the roster points, which is useless, except in this case
where 
we need a workaround. :-)

Hope this helps, Rob"

I put "tlmt:none-pct=100@max ([email]100@max[/email])" as an augmentation record with a race
prefix 
of "xx".  It did not solve my problem.



rob bowes [email]ro-@wolflair.com[/email] wrote: 
original article:[url=http://www.egroups.com/group/armybuilder/?start=745]http://www.egroups.com/group/armybuilder/?start=745[/url]
> This is likely the same bug that Mathias is running into. Please see
my 
> response to his post for the details.
> 
> Thanks, Rob
> 
> 
> At 09:17 AM 3/23/00 -0600, you wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >I'm having trouble with umax.
> >
> >I want to have a unit that only 1 is allowed in an army and then
only is the
> >total points is >= 750
> >
> >I've tried both umax:1u-min=750 and umax:<mailto:1u@750 ([email]1u@750[/email])1u@750 ([email]1u@750[/email]).
> >
> >If I add 2 units I get a validation warning.  But I don't get a
warning if 
> >I add
> >the unit when there is less than 750 points in the army.
>
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Code: 
I see... Thank you for clarifing that.  I don't suppose I could get a flag on
umax to have it always work off of the current size of the units added to the
roster?  Something like umax:1u-min=750-cur

Thanks again.

rob bowes [email]ro-@wolflair.com[/email] wrote:
original article:[url=http://www.egroups.com/group/armybuilder/?start=770]http://www.egroups.com/group/armybuilder/?start=770[/url]
> Thanks for your patience on this one. I'm still scrambling to get caught up
> after being gone for 3 weeks. :-)
>
> The first attribute you list below should work perfectly (i.e.
> "umax:1u-min=750"). I just tried it and it worked great for me. This
> attribute states that there can be only one unit in the roster, and the
> roster size must be at least 750 points in size. Please note that this
> minimum size is NOT the current size of the units added to the roster,
> unless you are creating an unrestricted size roster. The size used here is
> the specified size for the entire roster (i.e. the size when you created
> the roster). Consequently, if you create a 2000 point roster and only add
> 500 points of troops, this attribute will NOT trigger, since the total
> allowed roster size is >=750 points.
>
> Please let me know if this explanation is not clear or if you have
> additional questions on this issue.
>
> Thanks, Rob
>
>
> At 09:17 AM 3/23/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >I'm having trouble with umax.
> >
> >I want to have a unit that only 1 is allowed in an army and then only is the
> >total points is >= 750
> >
> >I've tried both umax:1u-min=750 and umax:<mailto:1u@750 ([email]1u@750[/email])1u@750 ([email]1u@750[/email]).
> >
> >If I add 2 units I get a validation warning.  But I don't get a warning if
> >I add
> >the unit when there is less than 750 points in the army.
>
>
>
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I see... Thank you for clarifing that. I don't suppose I could get a
flag on umax to have it always work off of the current size of the
units added to the roster? Something like umax:1u-min=750-cur

Thanks again.

rob bowes ro-@wolflair.com wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/armybuilder/?start=770
> Thanks for your patience on this one. I'm still scrambling to get
caught up
> after being gone for 3 weeks. :-)
>
> The first attribute you list below should work perfectly (i.e.
> "umax:1u-min=750"). I just tried it and it worked great for me. This
> attribute states that there can be only one unit in the roster, and
the
> roster size must be at least 750 points in size. Please note that
this
> minimum size is NOT the current size of the units added to the
roster,
> unless you are creating an unrestricted size roster. The size used
here is
> the specified size for the entire roster (i.e. the size when you
created
> the roster). Consequently, if you create a 2000 point roster and only
add
> 500 points of troops, this attribute will NOT trigger, since the
total
> allowed roster size is >=750 points.
>
> Please let me know if this explanation is not clear or if you have
> additional questions on this issue.
>
> Thanks, Rob
>
>
> At 09:17 AM 3/23/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >I'm having trouble with umax.
> >
> >I want to have a unit that only 1 is allowed in an army and then
only is the
> >total points is >= 750
> >
> >I've tried both umax:1u-min=750 and umax:<mailto:1u@750 (1u@750)1u@750 (1u@750).
> >
> >If I add 2 units I get a validation warning. But I don't get a
warning if
> >I add
> >the unit when there is less than 750 points in the army.
>
>
>
>

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Code: 
Well, it DOES behave that way if you create a roster of unlimited size. 
However, if you are creating a roster of size X, then it seems logical to 
me that all validations should be based on the agreed-to size limit. 
Doesn't it??

- Rob


At 04:36 AM 3/30/00 -0800, you wrote:
>I see... Thank you for clarifing that. I don't suppose I could get a
>flag on umax to have it always work off of the current size of the
>units added to the roster? Something like umax:1u-min=750-cur
>
>Thanks again.


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