Version 25 is now available (use the link in the first post of this thread)
When you load this new version of the mod, these are the first words you should see in the Vassal info window:
"- SWM Skirmish Game version 25"

This adds the rest of the content from V-Set 25 (remember that just the first 1/3 of the set was released back in March of this year).

As with other updates, I have a few things to briefly describe for you as you start using the new version:

--I added a new marker to the “Markers” tab. During a recent match, my opponent asked, “What round is it?” and we weren’t entirely sure. That gave me an idea for a very minor addition to the mod that might be helpful to some players: the new Round Counter marker! You can use it to keep track of the current round as you play, if you’re so inclined. You can adjust it fairly intuitively by highlighting it and using the arrow keys on your keyboard, or else by using the r-click interface. The sound of a ship flyby will play when you advance the counter, and a report will be added to the main chat window. An added bonus is that when you advance the counter to the next round, all of the minis on the board will have their “mark moved” indicators removed, exactly as if you had pressed the little black button at the top of the screen (so it saves you a step and is therefore no extra work than would normally be required at the end of a round). If people decide to use it and keep it up to date while playing, I imagine that this will be helpful in a few different ways: (1) it’ll be nice when going through a logfile because you’ll never have to guess what round it is, (2) it’s handy for helping players to remember what round they’re in during the game, and (3) during a tournament, a T.O. who pops into a room can easily see what round it is without having to stop and ask the players. It’s pretty minor and totally optional, but I’ve found it helpful during my games so far. Enjoy!

--Two of the new characters (Pit Droid and Gatekeeper Droid) have the Special Ability: “Retractable Form.” This allows them to avoid incoming damage for the rest of the round. I figured that this was different enough that it deserved a special feature. Therefore, if you have one of those characters highlighted, you can press ALT-A (just like you would to toggle ABM on Bastilla JM or other characters with abilities like that)…when you do this, the mini’s image will shrink down to represent that the droid has activated its Retractable Form SA. You can then press CTRL-A again to return it to normal. Of course, you can also do this via the r-click interface.

--I re-drew the green lines on the Mushroom Planet map because it’s on the Restricted Maplist this year and those lines were extremely difficult to make out. They’re still not great in some places (simply because of the color palette) but at least they’re a little bit clearer now.

--I'm very grateful for the input from a number of different players over the last few months, who have pointed out bugs or errors to me. As a result, there are many minor bug fixes which are probably too many for me to remember (for example, I most recently added a copy of the Jedi Holocron to the NR faction, etc). I generally tend to make the fix immediately once someone mentions it to me, and then I forget about it a few days after that. Please continue to let me know when you find errors or bugs, and I'll be sure to fix them asap.


So now Vassal is all caught up until the end of V-Set 25. I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks again for your continued work on updating and improving Vassal, Trevor.