Found out something AMAZING! it will change how you play games.

[gameleaper]

If you have a boardgame on a PC like vassal, your sometimes short of playaides like shot dispersal, or spell area effected, or turn templates on plaines. well I have realised you can use paper in real life then use on your large screen, I use a 32inch LCD TV, the correct size for your playaides would be scanned with the board, but instead of printing it - you view it on screen and trace it on to real paper - this is so you have the correct scale on any monitor. this works best on a big screen.

As a programmer,I know why thing are not added to a game , or even that the game never gets digitised, its because of the software is so hard to get things done, if a program like ZunTzu or vassal just need to display board and chits aswell as rotate and display and flip cards, the software would be easily done, you can now create game boxes like FIRE & FURY(YES MINIATURES) this is a side effect to what I'm suggesting, its perfect for miniatures in vassal or zuntu or battlegrounds or other VTT. In fact I have found it to be the answer to how to play minatures on a PC.

Imagine Warhammer play aides in your hands, and then held to the screen to measure, . imagine DnD spell templates held up to the screen, you would NOT need new software for every type of game, the software already exists, you don't need the programing overhead to achieve a complex gamebox or module.

I'm plaing miniatures on the PC , and it works

[gameleaper]

useing battlegrounds, I have found I can add templates for things like magic effect area, bow range, any kind of template cannon dispersal, rulers etc..

I made a simple range finder in the pics, then I made it hidden that had the effect of dimming it so you can see underneath and make the black almost dissappear, you can rotate it etc.. and change its scale.

I am experimenting, and still learning how I can improve this method

[gameleaper]

yep, I got the PNGs to work, If you get it wrong it wont fix, I had to recopy the BGRPG folder and create a new png with white border then , save with transparency, it works yippee , Its my no1 game now and I didn't program it, I think I will follw bb and get the wargame version too

[gameleaper]

Ive had some good news BGRPG is going to add templates next update :)

[Nefaro]

Is Battlegrounds the inexpensive RPG-miniatures one? 

It didn't already have burst/cone templates and such?

[gameleaper]

it has squares that lightup not templates, but you can add your own figures or objects, he said that hes doing a new version with templates in it, still in beta but I must of had some kind of effect when I asked for templates on there forum. the wargame version is cheaper but Ive got the RPG version.

[Nefaro]

it has squares that lightup not templates, but you can add your own figures or objects, he said that hes doing a new version with templates in it, still in beta but I must of had some kind of effect when I asked for templates on there forum. the wargame version is cheaper but Ive got the RPG version.

I see.