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Thanks! Afraid not -- as an interactive explanation of the core LOS rules and Unity 3D experiment its basically feature complete.

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While vehicles were always out of scope for Flechs Sheets ( quire.io/w/Flechs-sheets/25 ) they _are_ already in Flechs VIII ( flechs.net/viii/about.html )

There's no specific automations for Indirect fire but there are some work arounds. The easiest way for the attacker is to follow the normal declaration process, then 'bump up' the TN artificially by adding cover mods in the calculator. e.g. if the spotter walked and is also firing and their line of site to the target passes through one woods, the total indirect modi will be +4, and the attacker can add 4 woods in their calculator to mimic the total penalty. Obviously this doesn't work for larger indirect penalties though. In such cases the TN for the attacker's LRMs can be set manually by touching the TN to the right of each LRM inventory entry and selecting the desired TN. In this case you'll need to calculate that TN manually. For the spotter, if they're also firing, the easiest work around is to raise their gunnery skill for the round by one. Alternatively, they could bump their TNs by adding extra cover mods as able. Hope this helps!

I'm afraid I don't understand - the tool in this video is not available on tablets.

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It's a good question! The short is that I wanted to have 1:1000 scale terrain (where elevations and woods are to scale with the map hexes) and aimed for the best compromise between terrain being comfortably viewable and the board feeling large enough to experiment with different scenarios. I also found while fiddling around in non-square boards it'd occasionally feel like one dimension was too small or too long but a square board felt more comfortably 'sandbox-y'. (A round board would probably be even better but I just didn't just didn't get around to it.)

@@flechs-software interesting. is 1:1000 the scale of the game? I thought it was 6mm with 1/258th scale "large" mechs representing the machine WITHIN the 30 meter hex. In any case, the viewing and scale looks great, but it would be nice to recreate the paper map packs (either one or two of them) so that you could then know for real if there is LOS, partial cover, trees in the way, etc, regardless of terrain undulations. The paper maps are, 17x26, right? So if you could enable players to recreate those dimensions at least, and maybe even 34x26 or 17x52 for larger maps (maybe even larger?) ALSO, if we could save the files, and even be able to export/import them to share with others, and perhaps even put them on a community database. That would be amazing. I also felt the pinheads were a little too high (although I recognize they're probably appropriate based on mech's actual heights being higher than 2 Levels - 2x6meters'level for 12 meters), but the game revolves around the notion that 2 levels blocks line of sight. It felt like it was too easy to see over trees (and even THROUGH them, as if perhaps they needed to be thickened up to better represent blocking LOS and interfering with targeting/attacking). One other critique is that holding rightmouse to try and get the perspective from the mech "cockpit" (pinhead), the angle is too far downward and up behind the pin head, rather than from the pinhead itself. It would be nice to have more range of motion and the ability to look upwards even more in order to see from low levels UP towards 'mechs' on much higher levels. Not sure how much time you want to invest but if all these factors were incorporated I think people would be willing to invest more. I am annoyed by people who abuse the letter of the rules to nullify the terrain and the cover it SHOULD provide. I was playing a game with a fellow who, because the rules technically say so, said i did not receive partial cover even though I was adjacent to level 1 terrain, because his mech's LOS was (head level) at level 4. But REALLY if it were all drawn out, it's quite likely my legs would be obscured. I actually made a laminated strip a map length long and comprised of 8 levels at 6.35mm each (to properly represent the scale of 12 meter mechs in 30 meter hexes). You set it down beside two mechs determining LOS, draw the terrain in the levels, and then draw lines to determine the impact of trees and terrain. It's awesome and we use this for house rules; 3 pts trees will provide partial cover when blocking waste down, and pts of trees in between impact targeting of the torso. Obviously terrain in the way, regardless of attacker's elevation, provides partial cover when it should, or entirely blocks LOS. I would love to have a 3D virtual system of this, and hope i can somehow implement your FLOSS if some changes are made. Thanks for the app anyway.

@@HotelCharliHill 1:1000 is the scale of the _maps_. The _figures_ are indeed roughly 1/258 (1/285 to be precise) and do indeed represent the unit’s ‘zone of control’ within a 30 meter hex. I’m afraid the project scope was limited to just being an interactive explanation of the line-of-site rules-as-written and is complete / no longer under development. If you are interested in making and sharing maps with official dimensions you might check out MegaMek’s map making features, which more or less support what you describe plus a wide range of advanced terrain types not shown here. I’m sorry you had a bad experience playing. FWIW, in my experience, confusion around LOS leads to some of the most feel-bad moments. Part of the reason I made the FLOSS was to help players better understand the line of sight rules as written so that all parties could have a better shared understanding of the rules they’re agreeing to play by when they agree to play by the standard rules. At minimum, I’d hope that a visualization like this might make the rules more clear so that players can make an informed decision about whether or not they’d prefer to use the standard or some alternate set of LOS rules _before_ a game starts rather than in the middle of it.

@@flechs-software good explanation. it surely helps visualize how the rules work. very nice

Not soon I'm afraid. The main thing on the list is better integration with Flechs Sheets but that's blocked by an ongoing rewrite that's going to be a long time.

@@flechs-software thanks for the reply and your heroic programs.

Is it broken or what updated content do you need that`s missing?

Apologies for any confusion, this video is a bit older. Make sure to first enable automations for the sheet using the gear icon if it is available. A newer overview of this is here with attacking at around 0:56 m.th-cam.com/video/VQ-peQjWv3c/w-d-xo.html

@@flechs-software that did the trick! Thanks!

@@flechs-softwarenext question. Once you enable automation is there a way to disable it?

@@spoilerwarning28 Yes, but it can not be re-enabled afterwards. Touch the sheet's "overview" header and select "Disable Automations" in the dropdown.

It's in the midst of a ground-up rewrite. Nitty-gritty blow-by-blow details are available for those that really want them on the Ko-fi website (ko-fi.com/flechsbison).

@@flechs-software awesome Ill be supporting you then! I love battletech but due to the nature of my Adhd tracking all of the rules and dicerolling can sometimes be a bit much. Your software has helped me be able to enjoy the game way more!

Classic.

Equipment details here: sheets.flechs.net/equipmentLimitations.html I'm not aware of new gear in the IlClan book (e.g. weapons/equipment/armor/etc.) but do know there are new mechs. If a mech from IlClan isn't in the Sheets catalog (yet) and the unit doesn't mount unsupported equipment, it may be possible to find an .mtf for it in MegaMek and drop it into Sheets. (Unless the unit is still under the MM team's self imposed 60(?) day embargo.)

Fair. Reason why I asked is the authors of the book didn't sort out the new tech from the new mechs. Looked like only two new weapon systems, but would have appreciated it for like a test drive of the weapon before testing the mechs.

@@Demolitiondude Apologies, what new tech are you referring to? AFAIK any tech in there should be covered in Tactical Operations (if not the BattleMech Manual), but I'd love to know if I'm wrong. Edit: or potentially in one of the 3145 sourcebooks...

The plasma cannons and I think a new laser.

@@Demolitiondude FWIW, Plasma Cannon is in the BattleMech Manual around p.106 in the edition I have. It may be in newer editions of Total Warfare too. (My edition is o l d. )

The short answer may be that quad rules effect even basic presentation (max armor/internal) and because the project is focused more on beginner-level players, flushing out solid support for core rules has been a priority. For example, FS couldn't _really_ handle entering water during movement until v6 😬. FWIW, quad support is one of the reasons I’m undertaking a significant rewrite. Details here: ko-fi.com/post/First-notes-on-the-re-write-K3K35DLHH

FWIW, I've received reports of people using Flechs Sheets alongside digital table top solutions like Roll20 or Tabletop Simulator for a more flexible remote experience (compared to straight MegaMek). You may be able to find players into this kind of play in various BT focused Discord servers (e.g. discord.gg/yqStaw8k, discord.gg/NYK5kas4 ) the BattleTech subreddit, or the official forums at bg.battletech.com . I can't speak from experience on this item though as I'm personally big on MM's double-blind capability and so stick with MM when playing remote.

@@flechs-software Having tried this quite a while back with Flechs and TTS, I can say that the experience isn't limited by Flechs but getting used to the TTS interface for navigation, moving units, etc. Combined, they're a great way to play remotely while still keeping that "on the table" feel MM lacks for me.