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Unit type questions

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I am trying to code the following:

I have a unit of Flotsam models (say 15) that are of type:Infantry AND
type:Flotsam

I have a child unit of Jetsam models (say 10) that need to be of
type:Infantry AND type:Jetsam.

How can get the count as follows:

25 Infantry
15 Flotsam
10 Jetsam


I've tried various versions of coun: and coun-no but I can't get the numbers
to work...I usually get 25 Infantry and 25 Flotsam!

Thanks in advance for any information you can provide,

John
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Both Flotsam and Jetsam are children of Infantry, right?

Or does the infantry unit have 25 models, of which 15 also have
type:Flotsam, and the other 10 also have type:Jetsam?

I'm afraid I'm not sure exactly what you're asking for. Could you
explain a little more? What restriction is there that you're trying to
model?

Mathias Gehl
mgehl@cox.net


-----Original Message-----
From: John L. Martin [mailto:jlmartin@wi.rr.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 8:48 AM
To: ab@support.wolflair.com
Subject: [AB] Unit type questions

I am trying to code the following:

I have a unit of Flotsam models (say 15) that are of type:Infantry AND
type:Flotsam

I have a child unit of Jetsam models (say 10) that need to be of
type:Infantry AND type:Jetsam.

How can get the count as follows:

25 Infantry
15 Flotsam
10 Jetsam


I've tried various versions of coun: and coun-no but I can't get the
numbers
to work...I usually get 25 Infantry and 25 Flotsam!

Thanks in advance for any information you can provide,

John
E-mail: jlmartin@wi.rr.com
URL: http://home.wi.rr.com/jlmartin
ICQ: 9738000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mathias Gehl" <mgehl@cox.net>
> Both Flotsam and Jetsam are children of Infantry, right?
>
> Or does the infantry unit have 25 models, of which 15 also have
> type:Flotsam, and the other 10 also have type:Jetsam?
>
> I'm afraid I'm not sure exactly what you're asking for. Could you
> explain a little more? What restriction is there that you're trying to
> model?

Thanks for your advice, your last comments regarding my child unit options
worked quite well. Anyway here is a more detailed explanation:

Flotsam is a parent unit that I have given the local attributes
type:Infantry
type:Flotsam

Jetsam is a child unit of Flotsam and is of variable size and is given the
local attributes. In AB Jetsam is an option you turn "on" in Flotsam and
then modify the unit size.
type:Infantry
type:Jetsam

A unit on the table top consists of X models of Flotsam and Y models of
Jetsam. OK, now one restriction is that you can only have 1 Artillery model
for every 20 Infantry so there is a race special attribute like this:

trat:Infantry@20m:Artillery@1m

That works well. Unfortunately there is a restriction that you can only
have one SuperFlotsam model for every 5 Flotsam models in the army. I've
tried the following race special attribute:

trat:Flotsam@5m:SuperFlotsam@1m

The problem is, no matter how I use coun: the Jetstam models are counted as
part of the Flotsam's unit size. The way things work, if there is 15
Flotsam models and 10 Jetsam models AB thinks this is 25 Flotsam models and
doesn't raise a validation error until you have 5 SuperFlotsams...it should
compain when you get more than 3.

Thanks again,

John
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Types are supposed to be independent of the total count (and I just made
up a quick test, and they are). What I found is that it works correctly
if you leave the coun attribute off the Jetsams. That lets each one be
counted individually.

Mathias Gehl
mgehl@cox.net


-----Original Message-----
From: John L. Martin [mailto:jlmartin@wi.rr.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 6:22 AM
To: ab@support.wolflair.com
Subject: Re: [AB] Unit type questions

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mathias Gehl" <mgehl@cox.net>
> Both Flotsam and Jetsam are children of Infantry, right?
>
> Or does the infantry unit have 25 models, of which 15 also have
> type:Flotsam, and the other 10 also have type:Jetsam?
>
> I'm afraid I'm not sure exactly what you're asking for. Could you
> explain a little more? What restriction is there that you're trying
to
> model?

Thanks for your advice, your last comments regarding my child unit
options
worked quite well. Anyway here is a more detailed explanation:

Flotsam is a parent unit that I have given the local attributes
type:Infantry
type:Flotsam

Jetsam is a child unit of Flotsam and is of variable size and is given
the
local attributes. In AB Jetsam is an option you turn "on" in Flotsam
and
then modify the unit size.
type:Infantry
type:Jetsam

A unit on the table top consists of X models of Flotsam and Y models of
Jetsam. OK, now one restriction is that you can only have 1 Artillery
model
for every 20 Infantry so there is a race special attribute like this:

trat:Infantry@20m:Artillery@1m

That works well. Unfortunately there is a restriction that you can only
have one SuperFlotsam model for every 5 Flotsam models in the army.
I've
tried the following race special attribute:

trat:Flotsam@5m:SuperFlotsam@1m

The problem is, no matter how I use coun: the Jetstam models are counted
as
part of the Flotsam's unit size. The way things work, if there is 15
Flotsam models and 10 Jetsam models AB thinks this is 25 Flotsam models
and
doesn't raise a validation error until you have 5 SuperFlotsams...it
should
compain when you get more than 3.

Thanks again,

John
E-mail: jlmartin@wi.rr.com
URL: http://home.wi.rr.com/jlmartin
ICQ: 9738000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mathias Gehl" <mgehl@cox.net>


> Types are supposed to be independent of the total count (and I just made
> up a quick test, and they are). What I found is that it works correctly
> if you leave the coun attribute off the Jetsams. That lets each one be
> counted individually.
>

OK, it works now (I think). Again. thanks for leading me in the right
direction.

John
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