Help with gamebox!

steve_lampon · Post by **steve_lampon** » 02 Apr 2007, 14:03

Greetings, I am stuck and could do with some help. I am converting one of my own cyberboard gameboxes to ZunTzu, the artwork has all been redrawn, so I have no counter trees to scan. I have made two large jpeg files one front and one back. The files are 750 pixels x 800 pixels (15 counters wide by 16 counters deep).
The double sided counters are 15 counters wide by 14 counters deep and occupy the top section of the jpg file. The single sided counters are 15 counters wide by 2 counters deep and occupy the bottom section of the jpg file. The game box file opens fine with just my new map and dice.

When I add the front and back jpeg files with the amended code, I get this error message.

Error of type NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

The code I have placed in the xml file file for the counters is this:-

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
<game-box version="1.0"
	name="Wavre &#40;Deluxe&#41;"
	description="La Bataille de Wavre."
	copyright="Steve Lampon with the kind permission of Clash of Arms"
	startup-scenario="wavreTest.zts"
	icon="icon.bmp">
	<dice-hand type="D6">
		<dice color="0000ff" pips="ffffff" />
		<dice color="a00000" pips="ffffff" />
	</dice-hand>
	<map name="Carte" image-file="Carte.jpg" resolution="300 dpi" />
	<map name="Activation" image-file="Activation.png" resolution="300 dpi" />
	<counter-sheet name="Wavre units and markers"
		front-image-file="wavre-counters-front.jpg" front-resolution="300 dpi"
		back-image-file="wavre-counters-back.jpg" back-resolution="300 dpi">
		<counter-section type="TwoSided" rows="14" columns="15"
			front-left="0" front-top="0" front-right="750" front-bottom="700"
			back-left="0" back-top="0" back-right="750" back-bottom="700" />
		<counter-section type="FrontSideOnly" rows="2" columns="15"
			front-left="0" front-top="700" front-right="750" front-bottom="800" />
	</counter-sheet>
</game-box>

Any ideas?
Thanks
Steve

Post by **Jerome** » 02 Apr 2007, 15:37

Hi Steve!

Your "game-box.xml" file looks fine.

Make sure the image filenames are correct. Maybe uppercase characters don't match lower case characters.

Could you please show me the content of your "wavreTest.zts" file?

steve_lampon · Post by **steve_lampon** » 02 Apr 2007, 15:45

Hi Jerome

Here is the code for the WavreTest zts file

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" standalone="yes"?>
<game game-box="Iéna 1806 &#40;Deluxe&#41;" hash="HWXnExUKAyIy0TF+/l4/V9DyaVI=" scenario-name="La bataille d'Iéna" scenario-description="14 octobre 1806, l'armée française de Napoléon Ier affronte l'armée saxo-prusienne du Prince d'Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen." scenario-copyright="VaeVictis - Histoire & Collections 2006">
	<layout board="Map" left="4750.58" top="4458.04" right="10541.99" bottom="8801.60" />
	<layout board="Activation" left="-776.61" top="-1262.36" right="3199.38" bottom="1719.63" />
	<layout board="Wavre units and markers" left="-2613.13" top="74.36" right="6836.26" bottom="7161.40" visible="true" />
</game>

Post by **Jerome** » 02 Apr 2007, 16:24

Steve,

Your "wavreTest.zts" file is not correct. You obviously copied the scenario file from the Jena 1806 game box, but you forgot to modify some of the fields.

Try that:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<game game-box="Wavre &#40;Deluxe&#41;" scenario-name="Wavre" scenario-description="La Bataille de Wavre." scenario-copyright="Steve Lampon with the kind permission of Clash of Arms">
	<layout board="Carte" />
	<layout board="Activation" />
	<layout board="Wavre units and markers" />
</game>

lclaudius · Post by **lclaudius** » 02 Apr 2007, 16:28

steve_lampon wrote:

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	<counter-sheet name="Wavre units and markers"
		front-image-file="wavre-counters-front.jpg" front-resolution="300 dpi"
		back-image-file="wavre-counters-back.jpg" back-resolution="300 dpi">
		<counter-section type="TwoSided" rows="14" columns="15"
			front-left="0" front-top="0" front-right="750" front-bottom="700"
			back-left="0" back-top="0" back-right="750" back-bottom="700" />
		<counter-section type="FrontSideOnly" rows="2" columns="15"
			front-left="0" front-top="700" front-right="750" front-bottom="800" />
	</counter-sheet>

Any ideas?

Hm... You have a counter-sheet entity with two sides, but the second counter-section inside it has only one side. Perhaps you should define the front side only cs as another counter-sheet entity, using the same file name, but with one side only.

Post by **Jerome** » 02 Apr 2007, 17:22

lclaudius wrote:Perhaps you should define the front side only cs as another counter-sheet entity, using the same file name, but with one side only.

No, it's OK. Jena 1806 for instance mixes single-sided and double-sided counters on the same counter sheet.

steve_lampon · Post by **steve_lampon** » 02 Apr 2007, 17:47

Thanks Jerome, works fine now, La Bataille also needs lots of information counters, .e.g. rout, disorder, square, etc and increments as well, all as single sided counters, so expect more questions on how to add up to two more counter sheets tomorrow.
Many thanks
Steve

Post by **Jerome** » 02 Apr 2007, 18:36

You're welcome.

Your startup scenario is still very simple. You should move all the counters to their setup position. Fortunately, it is easy: just launch ZunTzu, move the counters and then save your game. Then all you have to do is replace the content of your startup scenario by the content of your saved game.

steve_lampon · Post by **steve_lampon** » 03 Apr 2007, 10:15

Hi Jerome, as promised, more questions, I need to add two more counter sheets, here is the attempt at adding one of them, the gamebox opens fine, but the second counter sheet does not appear, here is the code for the xml file followed by the zts file.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
<game-box version="1.0"
	name="Wavre &#40;Deluxe&#41;"
	description="La Bataille de Wavre."
	copyright="Clash of Arms"
	startup-scenario="wavreTest.zts"
	icon="icon.bmp">
	<dice-hand type="D6">
		<dice color="0000ff" pips="ffffff" />
		<dice color="a00000" pips="ffffff" />
	</dice-hand>
	<map name="Carte" image-file="Carte.jpg" resolution="300 dpi" />
	<map name="Activation" image-file="Activation.png" resolution="300 dpi" />
	<counter-sheet name="Wavre units and markers"
		front-image-file="wavre-counters-front.jpg" front-resolution="300 dpi"
		back-image-file="wavre-counters-back.jpg" back-resolution="300 dpi">
		<counter-section type="TwoSided" rows="14" columns="15"
			front-left="0" front-top="0" front-right="750" front-bottom="700"
			back-left="0" back-top="0" back-right="750" back-bottom="700" />
		<counter-section type="FrontSideOnly" rows="2" columns="15"
			front-left="0" front-top="700" front-right="750" front-bottom="800" />
	</counter-sheet>
	<counter-sheet name="Increments"
		front-image-file="increments.jpg" front-resolution="300 dpi">
		<counter-section type="FrontSideOnly" rows="10" columns="20"
			front-left="0" front-top="0" front-right="900" front-bottom="450" />
	</counter-sheet>
</game-box>

zts file

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" standalone="yes"?>
<game game-box="Wavre &#40;Deluxe&#41;" hash="fGOOIhaOA/VAHPKrxCBgaFeBbzQ=" scenario-name="Wavre" scenario-description="La Bataille de Wavre" scenario-copyright="Steve Lampon with the kind permission of Clash of Arms">
	<layout board="Carte" left="3808.30" top="5073.29" right="5528.49" bottom="6363.43" />
	<layout board="Activation" left="-776.61" top="-1262.36" right="3199.38" bottom="1719.63" />
	<layout board="Wavre units and markers" left="-524.37" top="-46.71" right="1798.85" bottom="1695.71" visible="true">
		<counter id="84" x="939.99" y="550.00" />
		<counter id="177" x="1247.25" y="1150.00" />
		<counter id="218" x="847.25" y="1450.00" />
		<counter id="209" x="1447.51" y="1354.97" />
	<layout board="Increments" />
	</layout>
</game>

Post by **Jerome** » 03 Apr 2007, 14:46

Hi, Steve.
Just move the line containing "<layout board="Increments" />" just before the last line (the one containing "</game>").

steve_lampon · Post by **steve_lampon** » 03 Apr 2007, 16:27

Many thanks, works fine now, hopefully I should be able to place the last counter sheet without any problems
Steve

steve_lampon · Post by **steve_lampon** » 04 Apr 2007, 12:09

Hi Jerome, my gamebox is now finished, however, my counters are slightly smaller than the VV Jena counters, the default setting for the offset when the counters are stacked is too large, can it be altered?
I need it to be about half of what it is at the moment, I tried to attach a picture to show what I mean, but the image attachment doesn't seem to work

Post by **Jerome** » 04 Apr 2007, 12:44

steve_lampon wrote:the default setting for the offset when the counters are stacked is too large, can it be altered?

In your "game-box.xml" file, replace all occurrences of "300 dpi" by "150 dpi".
Everything will be rendered twice as large, but the offset will stay the same. That should do the trick.

steve_lampon · Post by **steve_lampon** » 04 Apr 2007, 15:51

Hi Jerome

Thanks for all your help, the gamebox is available here, if anybody would like a copy
http://www.stevenlampon.co.uk/page9.htm
Have fun
Steve

lclaudius · Post by **lclaudius** » 04 Apr 2007, 18:22

steve_lampon wrote:Hi Jerome
Thanks for all your help, the gamebox is available here, if anybody would like a copy
http://www.stevenlampon.co.uk/page9.htm
Have fun
Steve

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