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- | ====== Off-Board Sandbox ====== | ||
- | As boards become more complicated/ | ||
- | 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 " | ||
- | To create a sandbox for your board which can be added/ | ||
- | ==== Make Your Sandbox ==== | ||
- | Make a second fill map that is larger than your board image. The extra space should.. | ||
- | * 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' | ||
- | * extend BEYOND a couple hundred pixels from your playable fill area. | ||
- | Load your " | ||
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- | ==== " | ||
- | 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. | ||
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- | ==== Clean Up Your Sandbox ==== | ||
- | Once you are happy with your creation and want to do some development games then upload the //actual// fill area for game play which is not expanded for sandbox visibility. |