Note that some features (e.g. updating and analyzing VASL scenario files) may not be available. +
Installing a webdriver
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-VASL Templates makes it easy to set up attractive VASL scenarios, with loads of useful information embedded to assist with game play.
+VASL Templates makes it easy to set up attractive VASL scenarios, with loads of useful information embedded to assist with game play.
We'll show how by walking through a setup of everyone's favorite scenario, Hill 621. Click on the screenshot to the right to see the finished scenario.
You can find more examples here, with files that you can load into the program, together with the generated VASL scenarios. @@ -149,6 +150,12 @@ To create a label in VASL, open the Draggable Overlays window, and drag Once you have a label in VASL, copy the HTML snippet generated above into it.
Repeat the process to add the ELR and SAN for both players, and you will now have two labels that you can position in the VASL scenario. +
Automatically adding labels to the VASL scenario
+Once you've got the hang of adding labels to your VASL scenario, you can get VASL Templates to do it automatically for you. After entering all the scenario details, choose Update VASL scenario from the menu, select the .vsav file you want to update, and all the labels will be inserted into the scenario (or updated, if they're already there). +
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Adding victory conditions and SSR's
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Adding each vehicle and ordnance for each player is just a matter of selecting them from a list, and the generated HTML snippet will produce a table of information for each one (see right). Very handy if you have a menagerie of armor and you're, say, looking for something that can fire Smoke.
The scenario date is taken into account when generating these tables e.g. APCR for the Pz IVH is A52, but since the program knows the scenario is set in 1944, it just shows A5. Had the scenario been set in 1941, it wouldn't be shown at all. -
Double-click on an entry to make changes to it e.g. because an SSR changes its capabilities, or you'd like to add a note.
Analyzing a VASL scenario
- -If you have already set up the VASL scenario, you can also choose "Analyze VASL scenario" from the menu, and the program will identify vehicles and ordnance, and automatically create entries for each one. Only counters from the two configured nationalities will be imported, so make sure you set these first. - +
+Double-click on an entry to make changes to it e.g. because an SSR changes its capabilities, or you'd like to add a note.
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-Finally, if special support weapons such as PF and BAZ are in play, snippets are available with information for them, and as with vehicles/ordnance, they are date-aware and update themselves accordingly.
+Finally, if special support weapons such as PF and BAZ are in play, snippets are available with information for them. As with vehicles/ordnance, they are date-aware and update themselves accordingly.
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Analyzing a VASL scenario
+ +If you have already set up the VASL scenario, you can choose "Analyze VASL scenario" from the menu, and the program will scan the .vsav file for vehicles and ordnance, and automatically create entries for each one. Only counters from the two configured nationalities will be imported, so make sure you set these first.
Extra templates
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Extra templates are also available to generate ad-hoc snippets e.g. to keep track of how many PF shots you have left, or to generate a shaded box that can be inserted behind the Turn Track to indicate an LV Hindrance. +
Extra templates are also available to generate other kinds of snippets e.g. to keep track of how many PF shots you have left, or to generate a shaded box that can be inserted behind the Turn Track to indicate an LV Hindrance.
Including your own images
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- Set up the VASL scenario, with the boards and counters. -
- In VASL Templates, set the two player nationalities, then analyze the VASL scenario to automatically create entries for vehicles and ordnance. +
- In VASL Templates, set the two player nationalities, then analyze the VASL scenario, to automatically create entries for vehicles and ordnance.
- Enter the other scenario details e.g. the scenario name and date, Victory Conditions and SSR's, setup instructions.
- Update the VASL scenario file, to automatically create labels for all the scenario details and vehicles/ordnance.
Once you've configured the VASL module, if you want to also show VASL counter images in the OB snippets that you copy in the VASL scenario, turn this on in the User settings dialog from the main application menu. -
Show Chapter H vehicle/ordnance notes as images
-If you have set up the Chapter H vehicle/ordnance notes as HTML, it may not be possible to get the layout you want, since VASSAL's HTML engine is so old. To work around this, this option tells VASL Templates to render the HTML itself (using a modern browser) and send it as an image to VASSAL, which is slower but gives better results. +
If you have set up the Chapter H vehicle/ordnance notes as HTML, it may not be possible to get the layout you want, since VASSAL's HTML engine is very old and doesn't support many HTML/CSS features. To work around this, this option tells VASL Templates to render the HTML itself (using a modern browser) and send it as an image to VASSAL, which is slower but gives better results.
Open the file in a text editor (if you're on Windows, you will probably need to right-click on the file and choose Open with...), and you'll see something like this:
Note that if you have SElinux enabled, it may prevent the container from accessing the VASL .vmod file, in which case, you can allow access like this: +
Note that if you have SElinux enabled, it may prevent the container from accessing files on the host, in which case access can be allowed like this: