Bag of Tricks help (I think I'm being dense)

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Bag of Tricks help (I think I'm being dense)

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I'm trying to figure out the roof/canopy functions, but when I click on Initialize Pads, I always get "The following maps will not be initialized (see settings): Grasslands," and it doesn't seem to work. I have looked in settings, and cannot find what it's referring to. What am I missing?


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Re: Bag of Tricks help (I think I'm being dense)

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That would be the yellow Settings macro next to Initialize Pads. It is the only Settings I see. What, exactly, am I looking for?

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Re: Bag of Tricks help (I think I'm being dense)

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OK, I was not reading it correctly. The map name was on a separate line from the "will not be initialized" message, with nothing in between. But when I exclude the map in Settings, it then shows up on the same line. So apparently, it was initializing it (and when I look at the properties on a tree, there's a Handout image for the trunk). So that seems to actually be working right (barring issues with naming - is it case sensitive on "Canopy" and "Roof"?)

If I could make a suggestion, perhaps there should be something between the "will not be" line and the list of maps that are being initialized. For the slow-witted, like myself.

And I needed to have the token I was moving over it snap to grid.

It seems to be working now. Sorry to bother you. (As I suspected, it was me.)

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Re: Bag of Tricks help (I think I'm being dense)

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I had another look but...
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... I'm not sure how I can make that more evident.

I can't recall whether the key names are case sensitive, but thats easy enough to find out.

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Re: Bag of Tricks help (I think I'm being dense)

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The settings page is clear enough. I'm referring to the popup at the end of Initialize Pads. This:

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vs this:

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It was not obvious to me, at first, that they were not the same. Some indicator on the first one that "the following have been initialized" would be less confusing, where there's nothing excluded.

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