Properties
Each Game Piece has its own set of
properties (each with a name and a value) that can be used for
identification by various components.
Properties can be
defined for a Zone, a Map or for the entire module. If a property is not
defined in a Game Piece, the program looks for the value in the Map
containing the piece, then in the module.
Properties can be matched using expressions like name = value for an exact match, name != value for a non-match, or name =~ value for a regular
expression match.
For properties that return a numeric value (e.g. the level in a Layer) you can use <, <=, >, and >=. You can combine
expressions using &&
for logical AND and || for a
logical OR.
Components that use
properties
- Any Message Format
defined in a Game Piece will substitute values for the properties
defined on that Game Piece
- The Global Key
Command component uses properties to determine which pieces will
respond to the command.
- The Game Piece
Layers component uses properties to determine relative ordering
when drawing pieces on the map.
- The Trigger Action
trait uses properties to determine when to fire a keyboard command.
- The Text Label trait
substitutes properties when setting the text of the label.
- A Zone uses properties to specify a Zone Highlighter.
Properties defined by Game Pieces
- The Basic Piece defines properties related to a
piece's name, location, side, and whether it's selected
- The Layer trait
defines
properties related to the state of that Layer
- The Rotate trait defines
properties related to the current facing of the piece.
- The Text Label trait returns
the value of the label as a property
- The Marker trait
allows you to define your own static properties
- The Dynamic Property
trait allows you to define your own changeable properties.
- The Mark When Moved
trait sets a property when a piece has moved
- The Mask trait
sets a property when the piece is masked
- The Invisible trait sets
a property when the piece is invisible
- The Property Sheet
trait exposes a set of user-editable properties.
Properties defined by other components
- The Global Property component defines properties for a Zone, Map or the module.
- The Global Options component allows you to tie property values to preferences settings.
- The results of a roll by a Dice Button is exposed as a property
- A Deck component exposes the number of cards remaining as a Map-level property.
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