The Last Touches (Deployment Zones)

Deployment Zones

Go to the "Select" tab and use "Vertex". This will enable you to manipulate zones.



Use the mouse cursor to select the vertices of the existing deployment zones and drag them to your desired position. This can be made easier by first selecting the chosen deployment zone in the Instance List on the right, under "Layer">"Base Layer".



As far as I'm aware there is no easy way to select these vertices, so you just need to keep trying, zooming in, realigning the camera etc. If a vertex is on a gradient, it might be easier to move the zone (after selecting it in the Instance List) off the gradient and manipulating the vertex from there.

From the “Create” tab, select “Deployment Zones” from the Object Type menu.



Choose an area on the map you would like your first army to start. Click the [LEFT MOUSE BUTTON] to place the first vertex of the deployment zone, click in the same fashion to place additional vertices to create the outline of your zone, and to close the zone up simply place the last vertex on top of the first. This is your first Deployment Zone.



You need to create another deployment zone with a different Alliance ID

BUG: The “Alliance ID” cannot be changed from the initial Deployment Zone menu. In order to change it and ensure that Deployment Zones are saved out correctly use the following workaround:

1. Place the Deployment Zone as outlined above.

2. Go to the Instance List on the right of the screen and expand the “Layers” node

3. Expand the “Base Layer” node

4. Scroll down to the Deployment Zone entry in the Instance List and select it

5. In the property panel section below, find the entry for “Alliance ID” and drag the slider or enter a “1” in the value box.

6. The Deployment Zone should have now turned blue

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There are different ways to change the deployment zones in your maps. I personally have not had luck editing thefor Alliance IDs and deployment zones and there is a bug where zones do not save correctly.The simplest way to change the zones is to:When your mouse moves over a vertex it will highlight like this:Zones changed in this way are evident in this map: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=148802833 If Deployment Zones are not already present on your map (they get added automatically if you select New Battlefield from the File Menu) you need to add them in.Both a red (0) and blue (1) deployment zone need to be present in order for them to save correctly.Sometimes, changing deployment zones is not necessary. This is a naval map http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=130962539 I've made for instance, and the deployment zones are in default positions.There are advanced tools which can be used, for instance, causing units to perform specific actions past certain points. These can be seen in the original documentation