Re: ONLINE FREE piecepack for vassal NEW VERSION

["Matt Worden" <Matt.Worden@...>]

Um ... wow!!  That looks like an amazing effort -- how much time did 
that take you? :-o

I would be interesting in seeing how this thing is setup to work ... 
I played around with it for a bit, but it's obviously built with some 
assumptions and lots of options in it.  Looks very flexible.

Feel free to e-mail me: support@... ... it would be fun to 
see how the MP server thing would work.

-Matt

--- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, Porter235 <porter235@y...> wrote:
> It can now be downloaded as a single mammoth zip file (2.6 megs) 
from the 
> piecepack page on vassalengine.org 
> <http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php?
option=com_vassal_modules&task=display&module_id=123&page=Files>
> 
> v0.10 contains the following features
> 
> Pieces Available
> ================
> 2 complete sets of regular piecepack suits
> 1 set of piecepack expanded card suits
> 2 types of suit selector dice (normal suits and card suits)
> 4 colours of checkers
> Reversible pieces (white & black, ala Othello)
> 3 colours of match sticks
> 10 colours of "gems" or glass stones
> 8 different colours of "notes" items in 2 styles
> 2 Paper dice markers covering all 8 piecepack suits
> double 12 dominos with starting piece
> 4 decks of standard playing cards
> cash in 8 denominations
> 10 colours of icehouse stacks
> 5 colours of chess pieces
> 1 playmat (for piece packin' pirates)
> 4,6,8,10,12,20,30, and 100 sided dice rolls are possible
> 10 colours of "blank" cards that allow you to edit the text on 
them, creating 
> your own
> 
> Playing Surfaces Available
> =======================
> Table Top (large surface with grid)
> Table Top (no grid) (as above, but without grid)
> 3x3
> 4x4
> 5x5
> 6x6
> 7x7
> 8x8 (chess board)
> 8x8 (chess board LARGE) (designed with pikemen for icehouse in mind)
> 9x9
> 10x10
> 11x11
> 12x12
> 13x13
> 19x19
> 
> A "hide-able-non-grid-side-table" is available to place your 
playmats or 
> guides as well.
> 
> Other Features (some are generic vassal features)
> =======================
> Play up to 8 players at once!
> Save your games.
> Play Online in real time, or turn based over email!
> and more!
> 
> That said, there is a LOT to learn about how to use the thing. And 
I will be 
> putting together some instructions in the next few days, and will 
be willing 
> to walk some people through it... possibly even playing a game and 
recording 
> it so that others can watch the recorded game to see how it was 
done.
> 
> If you are interested in learning how this works, please let me 
know. I have 
> other extensions I want to write yet, tarot cards for instance, and 
will try 
> getting my nose into the java code to implement the two features 
that 
> piecepack for vassal really needs yet (random rotation, and random 
layers 
> (used to create real rolling dice))