Here’s a good idea, buy a starter set so you can get maps and counters. Download and print the revised cards (most of the cards that come with the minis have been revised). Print the current rules and give it a shot without using any actual units. Gameplay is 1 hour time limit… at least you’ll get a couple of games played in one night.
Re: Converting images for A&A Mini Modules
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I just noticed the stuka was allready done, no big deal I’m just playing to see if what I am doing will work.
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actually I have corel PSP on my laptop…
I’m still stuck… :? -
All right, now I have:
BF 109
M10
Su122
Semoventeand a Stuka that we don’t need;)
I just can’t figure out where to send them…
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lol, I emailed them to what I think is the addy you posted…
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FYI, got them. Looked good at first glance! I’ll go ovet them more soon.
I’m not sure about the scale of the aircraft though. I’m thinking they will need to be smaller becasuye hexes are going to start getting crowded.
I’m psyched, this is great!
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Well if they look good I’ll start knocking them out I should be able to do at least 4 or 5 a day durring the week.
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I’ll add the ones you sent to a module and we’ll see how they look for real. Also, I think the scale for the Me was good, but the Junkers might need to get resized to match the Me. Let’s see how they look in the module…
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I think there’s already a stuka probably don’t need two, I realized after I made it.
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OK, I’ve added them to the modules.
They look awsome in general, and I look forward to any other your or others come up wih!
Now some comments after seeing them on a map side-by-side with other existing units:
I think the vehicles are a tad small in apperance. The newer photos of units are often taken with them at an angle and from above a bit, so to match the vusal apperance of a, for example, side-profile Sherman at 28 pixels heigh you’d need mayb a 30 pixel-high image of the perspective-angle Wolverine. No biggie really, just something to take into consideration with future ones.
The Me was perfect afterall. The Stuka (both versions I have) by comparison seem on the large side. No biggie, again just a comment to help with future units.
Mot
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@Der:
actually I have corel PSP on my laptop…
I’m still stuck… :?What specifically are you stuck on?
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I’m going to try to finnish out Contested sky’s this week. I’ll send them by nation
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I’ll do reserves
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France Germany Italy and Japan Contested Skies done
Rest tomorrow maybe
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Recieved, though it’ll take me a while to import them all. A few notes:
1. Standing soldiers should be in the 42 pixel range (or 44 if you count the white border).
2. The end image needs to be 80x60, so everyone can save me a step if the set their images’ canvas sizes to that as the last thing.
3. If possible, naming the image file exactly what the units name is saves me having to look it up in the gallery.
Thanks so much to everyone!
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Ok, are my soldiers too short? I have been resizing before I remove the base, I didnt’ realise until after that this might be making them too small.
80x60 np
I had been keeping the names used in the gallery, that’s why I was sending them my nationality, because it was getting confusing to me, I’ll change it
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It’s no biggie, I’m sure they will be usable, but yes I can tell you clipped the base after-the-fact.
FYI, I’ve updated the directions a bit more. The click-region notes have been added. I’ll figure them out for the images you already sent, but its more efficient for the new ones if it is determined while the inages are created.
(Really MapView should just differentiate the background from the foreground based on the mask color while mousing, but it doesn’t do that yet so we have to do it the old-fashioned way).
Yeah, the gallery uses funky image names, I dont know why.
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You lost me with the click region. I understand the rectangle, but I’m using MS Office Picture editor and Paint, you know free programs :D I don’t know anything about programing, my experience is cutting and pasting to make funny pictures and map editing, hell I have Corell at home, but I don’t know how to use it…
So I don’t know how to figure out the cordinates, does a normal editor show your coordinates when you are editing? I supose I could count the pixels, but damn…
I am already counting pixels to determine the image size…
btw. that yellow color is rough on the eyes :)
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Ok as an example for the Mine image I sent you today if I included a txt file with:
38,19
38,24
36,19
36,24Is that what you need? I figured out a way to get them with MS Office picture editor…
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LMAO, I figured out ho wto do it with paint now too, aslong as I am showing the coordinates right I start including that.
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In paint, us ethe selection tool. It shows all four needed coordinates in the bottom right in the status bar as you drag…though I suppose I should have included that in my description! :oops:
I’ve just updated it.
What I’m looking for each units is roughly:
Flakpanzer: left=25, top=23, width=17, height=19
or even just
Flakpanzer = 25,23,17,19
The formating doesn’t matter, just that the values are in the right order
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