New tools for creating lines, hollow shapes, and filled shapes have been added to the Map Editor feature of Campaign Manager. Each shape can be rounded or rectangular, user selected thickness, and use any of the map textures.
And now on to the most nerve-racking part of the construction so far (possibly for the whole build) - drilling the leading edges onto the wings. The 12' long wings must have their spars at 81 degrees, level between the front spar and rear channel, all the ribs lined up with the predrilled holes of the skin, the leading edge skin centered over the nose ribs, held in tight to conform to the shape of the ribs, and drilled into the flanges of the spar. There is no undo; it has to fit. And significant mistakes have cascading detrimental effects on every part of the wing made so far. If it's bad's enough, I can't use any of the wing.
Marks were made on the ribs and skins to verify alignment...
Marking the leading tip of each of the nose ribs...
Been a long time since my last airplane kit update, but a lot has been done. For this update I'll go over the rear channels which have been completed on both wings.
Laying out all the pieces...
Began assembling them...
The latest improvement to Campaign Manager adds single player combat to Game Mode. Instead of Game Mode just having branching paths of a story, you can now add engagements that can be fought by the user. Success or defeat at one of the engagements causes the player to go down the appropriate path.
Setting up a combat uses the same framework as everything else in Campaign Manager. Create an encounter with notes (description), navigation options for the outcomes, a background image, music, and finally the participants of the engagement.
At the start of Game Mode, the user can select from a list of pre-defined player characters.
When the user reaches the combat encounter, the music will play and all the characters engaged in combat will show on the screen. Campaign Manager will randomize a turn order and present options to the user for what actions they can perform (based on the items and abilities loaded on that character).
The large built-in monster database within Campaign Manager still needs to be expanded with appropriate battle stats to support this feature, but it's ready to go now for custom adventures!
A new Campaign Manager is posted, with the updates:
- Many bugs fixes, including fixes for audio looping and dark mode forms.
- Data has been moved from ProgramData to a split between Program Files (where Campaign Manager now installs its data files) and the user's AppData folder (where the user can extend the data).
- The library of textures for the map creator can now be selected as a map background (without first creating a map from them).
A promotional video has also been created demonstrating some of the features of the software!
You can download Campaign Manager from:
https://kamoly.itch.io/campaign-manager
