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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: LOS and sighting |
| Wallace Welder |
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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 7:00 pm
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Replies: 18
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| Anyone interested in pictures from testing can PM me with their email address and I will send them a pdf file of the test results. This is a case where seeing all the pictures helps understand what is going on. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: LOS and sighting |
| Wallace Welder |
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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 11:26 am
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| I did a number of tests and have a bunch of pictures showing what happens in different situations. Here is my attempt to put the results from the pictures of the testing into words. Visible units or terrain cast a visibility "shadow", blocking the Line of Sight from an observing unit. The ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: LOS and sighting |
| Wallace Welder |
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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 10:05 am
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Replies: 18
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| I've been doing some testing to better understand your concern about the "visible" hexes. I think I see what's going on. I'll try to post a description of the results later today or tomorrow. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: LOS and sighting |
| Wallace Welder |
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 2:27 pm
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Replies: 18
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: LOS and sighting |
| Wallace Welder |
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:00 am
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Replies: 18
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| Interesting situation. I suspect that the situation you have shown highlights a limitation in the WDS LOS algorithm. My guess, and it is only a guess, is that WDS does a check between the center of hexes. If the path between the center of the observers hex and hex that is trying to be viewed passes ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Returning Member |
| Wallace Welder |
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Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 11:10 am
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Replies: 5
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Multi player games |
| Wallace Welder |
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 8:51 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 5830
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| Richard, Your idea is interesting and there is some possibility that it might actually happen. Back in the fall of 2023, Rich Hamilton of WDS gave an interview. Here is a link to that interview: https://tallyhocorner.com/2023/10/zulus-on-the-horizon-and-buratinos-on-the-back-burner-wargame-design-st... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Jeopardy Civil War |
| Wallace Welder |
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Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 12:56 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 3692
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This is where AI shines. One can ask ChatGPT, Perplexity or Grok and get the answer in a millisecond.  |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Passing of Walt Dortch |
| Wallace Welder |
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2025 10:17 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 12972
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| Walt was one of the first persons I met when I joined the club in the fall of 2023. He soon became a mentor and eventually a friend. I had the pleasure to work with Walt on several of his pet projects and I will miss his emails about pizza recipes, drone flying or his spectacular pictures of the Ame... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Grand Tactician: The Civil War |
| Wallace Welder |
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:20 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 60046
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| Thanks for the report Paul. I've been curious about Grand Tactician for some time. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Release of 4.05 for Antietam |
| Wallace Welder |
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:19 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 25716
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| If you're just interested in going back to the Butternut 2D counters, then it would be the 2DSymbols... files in the Traditional Map folder (inside the Map folder) than need to be copied one level up. There are 6 of those files. Feel free to email me if you want more detailed information. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Release of 4.05 for Antietam |
| Wallace Welder |
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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:41 pm
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Replies: 18
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| Going back to the traditional look involves changes in both the Info and Map folders. Changing the units from the new gray to the old butternut color is made by taking the files from the Traditional Map folder inside the Map folder and copying them up one level into the Map folder. I was able to ret... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: An Alternate Method for Command & Control of Armies |
| Wallace Welder |
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:21 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 9393
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| Many thanks for the helpful information Ken! |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: An Alternate Method for Command & Control of Armies |
| Wallace Welder |
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Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2023 6:54 pm
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Replies: 6
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Hi Karl,
Being new to the club, I will have to figure out how to find emails as well. I look forward to your email and will try to send you an email as well.
Regards,
Wallace |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: An Alternate Method for Command & Control of Armies |
| Wallace Welder |
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Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2023 11:05 am
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Replies: 6
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| WDS has been publishing a series of news blogs under the header of WDS Napoleonic Battle Series. The Fifth Installment was published yesterday, and I would like to point members of the ACWGC to the last section where WDS introduces the use of the application Envoy to simulate the command and control... |
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