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- | ====== Off Board Sandbox ====== | + | ====== Off-Board Sandbox ====== |
- | + | As boards become more complicated/ | |
- | To create | + | This has been accomplished in a variety of ways. |
+ | - they can be hidden in a board layer that matches the players' | ||
+ | - they can be pushed off screen using the xml, but this loses the ability to easily edit them in the designer. | ||
+ | - If the territory will retain neutrality throughout the game, and the game is always played with fog, then it would be possible to put it under a solid part of the board layer and it should never show through because it's never seen. | ||
+ | - The creation of a "**sand box**" | ||
+ | To create a sandbox for your board which can be added/ | ||
==== Make Your Sandbox ==== | ==== Make Your Sandbox ==== | ||
- | The extra space should.. | + | Make a second fill map that is larger than your board image. |
* be added to the bottom and/or right hand side of your board such that the board layer still sits on top of and aligns with the fill layer. | * be added to the bottom and/or right hand side of your board such that the board layer still sits on top of and aligns with the fill layer. | ||
* either be a clearly visible colour that differentiates where the board' | * either be a clearly visible colour that differentiates where the board' | ||
- | * extend BEYOND a couple hundred pixels from your playable fill area. | + | * extend BEYOND a couple hundred pixels from your playable fill area. |
+ | Load your " | ||
==== " | ==== " | ||
- | After uploading the expanded fill and having it in place, design your board with its off-screen territories by placing them into the expanded space to the right or bottom of your board, this being your sandbox! | + | Once your sandbox is loaded, design your board with its off-screen territories by placing them into the expanded space to the right or bottom of your board. |
+ | * When using your sandbox, DO NOT place your off-screen territories within a couple hundred pixels of the board or else those territory' | ||
+ | * Consider making and even labeling phantom territories for your factories on your sandbox image. | ||
- | ==== Cleaning | + | ==== Clean Up Your Sandbox ==== |
- | Once you are happy with your creation and want to do some development games then upload the fill area for game play which is not expanded for sandbox visibility. | + | Once you are happy with your creation and want to do some development games then upload the // |