https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/ 2026-08-05T11:05:03+00:00 https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/ https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:64_special_sprites&rev=1782130915&do=diff 64 Special Sprites This option shows the 64 special sprites used for some of the landscape types. Not all landscape types have this option available. The option only shows the set of 64 sprites; there are no additional boxes or buttons to modify the sprites. To modify the sprites text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:action_points&rev=1782130915&do=diff Action Points Often abbreviated as AP. Action points are renewed each turn and are used to determine a unit's movement, combat, and other activities during a turn. Action Points are renewed each turn. The extent to which they are renewed can be affected by factors such as a unit's readiness. Action Points are also for other game activites, such as tracing supply and production, determining a plane's interception behavior. See the manual for details. text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:bridge_creation_example&rev=1782130915&do=diff Bridge Creation Example To create a bridge, right click on a hex that contains the hexside where the bridge will be placed. (The hex is usually a river or stream). Then left click on the adjacent hex that shares the hexside where the bridge will be placed. text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:combat_simulator&rev=1782130915&do=diff The Combat Simulator Though technically it is not part of the editor, the combat simulator is an important part of game design. It is useful for testing whether combat between units performs as expected in scenario design. The combat simulation button can be accessed via text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:drawing_tool&rev=1782130915&do=diff Drawing Tool Window The drawing tool is used to paint the map with terrain, locations, bridges, roads, and other features. There are three buttons in drawing mode: * Pick Draw Type. This starts the drawing process and opens the Select Paint Type text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:editor_discussion&rev=1782130915&do=diff To Dos Here are some immediate to-dos for the documentation project. Editor Commands Maps * Though it can be improved, first draft of Maps is done --- Springer 2011/06/23 04:34 * The description of slots in drawing tools page is incomplete; the description of text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:editor_faqs&rev=1782130915&do=diff Editor Faq Functions CheckTurn() CheckHexOwner([X],[Y]) CheckRound() CheckRegimeMorale([RegimeNr]) CheckWinner() CheckWar([RegimeNr in Question],[Relation with RegimeNr]) CheckPeace([RegimeNr in Question],[Relation with RegimeNr]) CheckUnitsFrom([AreaSlot],[AreaCode],[RegimeNr],[Not From PeopleNr]) text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:editor_functions&rev=1782130915&do=diff Editor Buttons Map. This is the initial window of the editor. Mainly used to paint landscape and move units around to set up a scenario. Land. Use this button to add new landscape types, change the look of landscape, or change the effect of a landscape type on movement. text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:editor_manual&rev=1782130915&do=diff Editor Manual Introduction For many people who have enjoyed playing Advanced Tactics and Advanced Tactics Gold, there comes a time when they want to will want to extend the game further. They may want to modify an existing scenario, create a new one, change the way the game creates random games, or completely modify the system's rules to simulate a different era or create a different kind of game play. Advanced Tactics scenario editor is powerful enough to address these needs. Practically e… text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:entrench_per_unitgroup&rev=1782130915&do=diff Entrench per Unitgroup in the Property Sheet Box When this option is chosen, the Entrench per Unitgroup box will appear. Once a landscape type is chosen within this box, two buttons will appear. Entrench per Unitgroups Box This box shows two variables. text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:graphic_overrides&rev=1782130915&do=diff The Graphic Overrides in the Property Sheets Box The Graphic overrides option set up a hierarchy of graphic overrides for different sprites. [An advanced user is needed to explain what this means. This section needs in-depth explanation and possibly an example.] text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:land&rev=1782130916&do=diff Landscape Type Window This Window is used to modify the landscape that is painted on the hexes. When the land button is pressed, the initial window will have the LandscapeTypes box and four buttons: LandscapeTypes Box This box contains all the landscape types that are currently available for the scenario. Additional landscape types can be created by using the text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:landscape_fill_example&rev=1782130916&do=diff Example of Fill Mode In this example, the landscape chosen for Fill Mode is swamp, which is given in the Draw Type Name slot. The draw program is in fill mode because the center button says Go to draw mode. (The second button functions as a toggle switch between text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:landscape_layers&rev=1782130916&do=diff The Landscape Layers Option in the Property Sheets Box The Landscape Layers option ... [An advanced user is needed to explain what this option does]. Landscape Layers Box in the Property Sheet Box The Landscape Layers box lists the sprites associated with the chosen landscape type in the text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:map&rev=1782130916&do=diff Map Window This is the default screen of the editor. It is very similar to the Map Window used in the game and many of the buttons have the same or similar functions (see section 2.5.9 in the manual for details). However, many of the buttons such as the text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:movecost_stats&rev=1782130916&do=diff Movecost + Stats in the Property Sheet Box When this option is chosen, the Movecost for MoveTypes box will appear as well as four more buttons. Movecost for MoveTypes Box This box shows how many action points movement into a particular hex costs for each MoveType. Each text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:property_sheet_box&rev=1782130916&do=diff Property Sheet Box This box contains four or five options, depending on the landscape chosen, that can be used to modify sprites used to represent landscape, the effect of landscape on unit movement and entrenchment. Each option opens its own new box and comes with its own buttons. text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:river_creation_example&rev=1782130916&do=diff River Creation Example To create a river, right click on one of the two hexes that includes the hexside that the river will be placed on. Then, left click on the other hex that includes the hexside that the river will be placed on. A river will appear on the shared hexside. text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:road_creation_example&rev=1782130916&do=diff Road Creation and Erasure Example Road Creation To create a road, right click on the hex where the road is to begin. In this example, the road will be a continuation of a previously existing road Then, left click to the hex the road will extended to. text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:sprite_overlay_example&rev=1782130916&do=diff Sprite Overlay Examples The following examples show how the base sprite, the optional sprite, and the over sprite are displayed when the values of the Plot Last and OverIsTop buttons are changed. Plot Last Button The Plot Last Button determines if the text/html 2026-06-22T12:21:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vrdesigns.net/atwiki/doku.php?id=editor:sprites&rev=1782130916&do=diff The Sprites Option in the Property Sheets Box The sprites option allows a sprite representing a landscape type to be added, modified. In addition, the picture illustrating the landscape type changed. The option opens up a new sprites box as well as eight new buttons