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Posted at 2019-10-21 07:58:51+00:00

Hello!

Today I found something really interesting.
IA MAP Creator on Booardgamegeek

It still can be polished a bit, but this is something I've been waiting for a long time.
IAMapCreator's work and s/he deserve all the credit!

That is all

Edited October 21, 2019 by Ace_of_Spades

Posted at 2019-10-25 22:08:31+00:00

Looks decent. Good to see.

Posted at 2019-10-28 09:33:52+00:00

Very cool!

Posted at 2019-10-31 00:12:32+00:00

Hello @Ace_of_Spades

Thank you very much for your initiative.

As you offer the opportunity to contact you in your help file, I do it!

As I am not an english native my english is not perfect.

So I apologize of this.

In fact, I have some wishes in order to improve your tool and make it easier to use.

1°) - It would be great to be able to select an already posed map component (many step before the actual one on order to make it become red again): to move (Tile/Pixel), delete, rotate.

Without this, it is quite frustrating to put a piece of the map, to place another piece and say: "Oh I would like to delete the

previous piece of map"...But I can not!

Note: in the help it was written:

"Once you add more tiles to the map, you can select between different tiles by clicking on their respective name in the Tiles selector view."

But that does not work....

2°) - It is not very easy to place with keyboard a new piece of the map.

I'm french and my keyboard AZERTY is not very efficient with the keys: A,W,D,S. The arrows on the right would be easier to use for move the tiles for everyone however keyboard used.

i.e: Azerty keyboard extract:

azerty

qsdfgh

wxcvbn

but

a: left

d: right

s: down

w: up

3°) - The biggest problem for me comes from the uncapability to zoom where I want (+ or -).

In fact, if I try to do big maps, I am rapidely blocked because I can not go to the part of the map that have an interest for me (down & right as an example).

In fact, at present, zoom is always center on the upper left corner of the windows whatever I try to do...

If I want to add new piece of the map on the right I am bound to work with a dezoom map and it is quite difficult to connect precisely two pieces of the map in such mode because pieces are very very small.

4°) - In the video, you show the capability to set the Background to different colour even to use the invisible possibility.

But the version 1.3 seems not allow this. I have downloaded it from:

https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1fhvU-ktzjj9lhvwWYz0b3C3a0oQbp1tb&export=download

Is it the right site and the last version ?

Thank you very much for all the time you spent making this tool usable. And so, help to prevent the excellent game "Imperial Assault" from dying.

Kindest regards,

Posted at 2019-10-31 08:20:36+00:00

If 64dpi is good enough, you can also use the Vassal Imperial Assault Campaign module to build maps.

https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/1560112/vassal-imperial-assault-campaign

Edit: it's not Ace_of_Spades' app, just reported it here. See the information in the BGG link provided.

Edited October 31, 2019 by a1bert

Posted at 2019-10-31 10:48:08+00:00

@a1bert is right I am just the messenger not the creator of this tool!

It is now on V1.3

You can find it here:

Edited October 31, 2019 by Ace_of_Spades

Posted at 2019-10-31 17:09:55+00:00

8 hours ago, a1bert said:

If 64dpi is good enough, you can also use the Vassal Imperial Assault Campaign module to build maps.

https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/1560112/vassal-imperial-assault-campaign

Edit: it's not Ace_of_Spades' app, just reported it here. See the information in the BGG link provided.

Thank you @a1bert !

Sorry for the misunderstanding ! @Ace_of_Spades