VASSAL (Modul 3.1)

VASSAL

Prezentacja

VASSAL to silnik gry, który Rodney Kinney stworzył początkowo dla Advanced Squad Leader (lub Virtual Advanced Squad Leader, VASL), stąd nazwa silnika, który idealnie pasuje do naszej średniowiecznej gry potyczek. Vassal zawiera wszystkie funkcje silnika PBEM, takiego jak CyberBoard. Ponadto pozwala grać online w czasie rzeczywistym, co jest zdecydowanym plusem dla rozgrywki. Martin Moser (z Niemiec) stworzył wysokiej jakości moduł Cry Havoc w 2004 roku (wersja 1). Nie obejmował on wszystkich dostępnych rozszerzeń ze względu na rozległą pracę wymaganą do ponownego sformatowania każdej mapy. W międzyczasie inny gracz społecznościowy (Scorion) pracował nad wersją 2 i uwzględnił większość materiałów dostępnych w tamtym czasie. Ta wersja nie była zbyt dobrze dopracowana i brakowało jej wielu angielskich tłumaczeń, dlatego zablokowałem ją w tej sekcji Cry Havoc Fan.

W 2009 r. inny gracz, col_klink, stworzył kolejny moduł, łączący jakość wersji 1 z kompleksowością wersji 2. Ostatnie 2 miesiące spędziłem pomagając mu dopracować i udoskonalić jego moduł, aby przeszedł z poziomu dobrego na świetny (mam nadzieję!). 

Nowe funkcje obejmują:
> Zarządzanie szarżą i kontratakiem,
> Zarządzanie ogniem rakietowym (strzały w kołczanie będą się automatycznie zmniejszać po każdym strzale),
> Dodanie dźwięków ruchu, ognia i walki: Sprawdź to!

Zapowiedź  Cry Havoc - GIF - 439 Kb
Zapowiedź Siege management - GIF - 113 Kb
Zapowiedź Interface layout- GIF - 170 Kb

Game Engine

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Vassal is a Java applet and is compatible with any platform (Windows, MacOS, Linux, etc.).

You must first download the Vassal engine from Rodney Kinney's official website (free).

Base Module

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Extensions

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Tables

All terrain, fire and combat tables to play. This last version is "Magna Carta-friendly", with all the tables for the various extensions available in Cry Havoc Fan and all the ships.

Siege

This extension includes all counters and maps of the SIEGE game, as well as the large siege tower, various siege tactical markers from MONTJOIE (hoardings, mines, ...), a deployment map for the off-map elements of the siege tower and a Siege Record Sheet.

Croisades (Outremer)

The entire tactical contents of Croisades (Outremer), as well as the camel counters and maps of the Caravanserai extension and the Hill map of Basileus. 5 maps and over 150 new characters to play!

The Templars' Castle

This extension includes both maps that form the Templars' Castle, as well as a record sheet. Having the Siege extension is highly recommended to make the most of this extension.

The Medieval Fortified Town

This extension includes the 4 maps that form the medieval town, as well as a record sheet. Having the Siege extension is highly recommended to make the most of this extension.

Vikings

This extension is made of 2 parts: one with all the counters, ships and both promontory maps as overlays (under the Misc tab). The other one includes the Watchtower, Abbey, Sea maps as well as combinations of sea and promontory maps to play all the official scenarios.

Map Pack 1

This extension includes 4 maps published in France after the release of Vikings (The Open Field, The Ford, The Coast 1 & 2) as well as the Shingle Bay, published with Viking Raiders.

Dragon Noir 1

This extension includes both surface maps "The Arena" & "The Watermill" as well as magic terrain, 2 underground maps, all counters and the mighty dragon (please note that counters use the Dragon Noir names, that may differ from the Dark Blades one). Blank maps have been added to assemble various maps on several rows without being justified left.

Dragon Noir 2

This extension complements the above, with 6 additional underground maps and the various spider-like Krobs counters.

The Saxon Harbor

This extension includes the 4 maps of the harbor, all associated counters and markers, as well as a deployment map for sieges.

Samurai Blade

This extension includes all maps and counters included in the original game, as well as a few bonus samurai and teppo (arquebusiers) counters created by Foulque.

The Ships

This extension includes all the ships of Nefs & Galleys as well as a deployment map.

Castell Arybrynwrthymôr (The Welsh Castle)

This extension includes the castle map, miscellaneous markers, scaffoldings and the walls and towers under construction of the WELSH CASTLE extension. A record sheet for siege is also included.

The Crusader Harbor

This extension includes 4 full size maps to assemble the fortified harbor next to the medieval town (2 maps are actually an overlay of the town maps). When adding both remaining maps of the medieval town, you get the entire town and harbor.

Orléans 1429

This extension includes both maps of Orleans, various 15th century counters and the bombard (with a nice firing sound!).

Horse Raiders

This extension includes both maps of the Fortified Village, the Fort of Mont-Briton with their deployment maps, as well as all counters and markers.

Hallali

Beautiful wild animal counters, with associated sounds.

The Fortified Bridge

This extension includes the various bridge overlays initially created by Viktor Drakkar. Thy can be found in the Misc tab once installed.

Teutonics

Teutonic knights and Flag markers in the Misc tab once installed.

Map Pack 2

This extension includes "The Bastide" double map (by Eric Bertrand), "El Khaf Castle" (by Jo@rloc) and "The Outpost" (by Pierre Berclaz, edited by Eric Bertrand).

Dice

Includes 1D100 (for stats), 1D20, 1D12, 1D8 et 1D4.