yALB - Yet Another List Builder 0.7beta15. A free list builder for Warhammer Fantasy

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**Danielc**

Notice: I'm porting yALB to C++ now and it will be free and open source software (cross plattform also). You may follow or help with its development in this project page: http://code.google.com/p/yalb

Hi Dakkadakka members! I'm new in this site, so first I will introduce myself.

My name is Daniel Castro Alvarado, and I'm from Colombia (so I speak Spanish). I have been developing a List Builder for Warhammer Fantasy called yALB (Yet Another List Builder). It has a lot of interesting features, but its main problem is that not all armies are added. The supported armies are below. Also, as the program was initially thinked to be in Spanish, not all texts are translated yet. However, I'm working on it and you can always contact me so I can take your suggestions.

Main Features:

yALB can validate your army list based on Warhammer Book and Army Book, in real time (everytime you add, remove or change units in your list).

Item interface. You can see both your list and Army's units easily and add anyone you want by simply double clicking or pressing a special button in the program (+)

Object and Unit options support. Of course, yALB validates their special rules (for example all the rules of Runes in Dwarfs)

Save/Open/Print or Export your army list to PDF or HTML.

Autoupdate

Chart based on your balance of units (by types)

Probability Calculator (by choza, from a Colombian forum). This tells what possibilities you have to hit or hurt an enemy unit, based on their atributes.

Victory Points Calculator, that tells you who is the winner based on killed units and other values like Standarts and killed enemy's leader. This calc needs to be updated, as it was designed to work with 7th edition. I think it will be fully compatible with 8th edition in next version.

Miniatures count.

Duplicate, Move Up or Move Down units.

Assigned picture for each unit.

You may set a background for the aplication and enable transparencies.

You can select multiple units and add them pressing the button "+" in the program

You can add or subtract miniatures to multiple units by pressing "+" or "-" buttons in yALB

Current armies:

Dwarfs (Spanish: 7th edition and 8th edition, English: 8th edition)

High Elves (English only: 8th edition)

Lizardmen (Spanish and 7th edition only)

Orcs & Goblins (Spanish 7th edition and English 8th edition)

Warriors of Chaos (English only: 8th edition, rulebook 7th edition and latest FAQ, by Jon Leigh)

Dark Elves (English only: 8th edition, rulebook 7th edition, by Christian Spring)
[list]Tomb Kings (English only: 8th edition by Jimmy)
[list]Bretonnia (English only: 8th edition, rulebook 7th edition by West Ely)

In progress

[list]The Empire (by UNREALPwnage) - 8th english (rulebook 8th and armybook 7th)

Daemons of Chaos (by Nicholas Hasenbein)

Clarifications and/or explanations:

[list]When you have units with champions or similar and you have 5 warriors and 1 champion, it should be interpreted as one of the five miniatures is a champion (so you only "pay" for 5 miniatures, not for 6).

You must consider the points value of each row, so if you have a unit with a points value of 300 and a champion with a points value of 15, the full unit costs 315, not 300

To add Items, select the unit, click on Items Button and double click the item you want to add

Screenshots

You can see some screenshots following this link. Please note these are taken from an old development version (and in Spanish), so the current version may vary (for example: the alignment is now fixed, there is a little space in printing, etc).

Additional information

As for now yALB only works in Windows and requires .Net Framework 3.5 installed. I'm working on the cross-platafform (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X) version, but it will take sometime.

Helping with yALB

As yALB lacks support for all armies, you can help me by adding new armies. If you want to help, I'll be glad to provide you all information needed. If you don't want to add armies, you can help by reporting bugs, so I can fix them in next beta/version. My mail is dancas2 AT gmail.com

Facebook Fan Page

You can follow the latest updates through the Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/yetanotherlistbuilder

Download

Currently the english version is in beta stage. Everything should work normally but the translation is not completed yet and some specific functions like the Victory Points Calculator need to be updated. Next is the latest beta.

Latest beta

yALB 0.7beta15

[Changelog 0.7beta15]
- New "Export to TXT" feature, which saves a "minimalistic" version of the list (no attributes, descriptions or validation errors). Thanks to amplebob for the suggestion
- Tomb Kings added by Jimmy. First validation rules include Hierophant and unique named characters
- Bretonnia added by West Ely. First validation rules include:
* Two characters needed: General and BSB
* Must have at least one unit of Knights of the Relm
* Only one unit of Bowmen may choose Skirmish
* Pegasus Knights are 0-1 unless General is on a Royal Pegasus
* Battle Pilgrims are 0-1, and can only be chosen if at least one model in the army has the Grail Vow
* Grail Knits are 0-1 unless lead by King Louen. Men at arms and Bowmen become special choices
- (Dark Elves) Reaper Bolt Thrower now has 2 Wounds (Thanks Ryric)
- (Dark Elves) Minor fixes in army and some item descriptions for clarity (thanks Ryric)
- Minor fixes

Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?755dkr6fsvwbg4b

Previous betas

yALB 0.7beta14

[Changelog 0.7beta14]
- (Dark Elves) Morathi's Heartender and Darksword now work as expected. Now she may carry enchanted and arcane items. (Thank you Steven Watson)
- (Dark Elves) Shades are now shown (were hidden). (Thanks Steven Watson)
- (Orcs & Goblins) Netters for Night Goblins now work properly (were added as a unit and didn't add points by default). (Thank you Von Chogg)
- Fixed a bug with the Updater that prevented it to extract the update file. Users of previous versions should see a message to update it.
- Added "What's new" dialog, shown everytime a new update is applied. It shows the changes in the new version

Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nf5rqw322405nii

yALB 0.7beta13

[Changelog 0.7beta13]
- The number of each item is now shown in PDF, HTML and printing (thank you Grey)
- Minor printing fixes
- (Orcs & Goblins) Fixed Orc Magic Standards for BSB (Thanks Von Chogg)
- Fixed a bug causing a wrong used points value when deleting an item of a different category than selected

Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?z1qbukfjqdq9chs

yALB 0.7beta12

[Changelog 0.7beta12]

- (Orcs & Goblins) Fixed incompatibilities between options for Snotling Wagon
- Changed "Object" to "Item" in some texts
- Fixed a bug that caused the list to not be printed/exported if it included a unit with non-empty and non-numeric WSv (including the Anvil of Doom, for example)
- Fixed a bug that added an empty item/unit in empty army data files
- (Orcs & Goblins) Fixed the cost of Dispel Scroll (was 20 points but it is 25 points). Thank you Jon Leigh!
- (Orcs & Goblins) Orc Boar Boys Big 'Uns and Savage Orc Boar Boys Big 'Uns can now include a magic standard up to 50 points. Thank you Jon Leigh!
- Fixed a bug with printing. It should work now.

Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?m7qz79s9a00ssos

yALB 0.7beta11

[Changelog 0.7beta11]

- (High Elves) Corrected items for Bladelord, Guardian, Keeper of the Flame and Drakemaster. Thanks Megaladon and Tiralya
- (High Elves) Corrected Initiative and Leadership for Harbinger. Thanks Nicholas Hasenbein!
- (High Elves) Corrected Armour Save for Eltharion (was 4+ but it is 3+ because he mounts a griffon). Thanks Nicholas Hasenbein!
- Fixed a bug that prevented old lists to be loaded (lists created with previous versions). Thanks Megaladon!
- Items, options and units can now have costs with decimals. Some calculations are a bit slower
- Some optimizations when reading a list
- Added a new setting to ensure the whole unit (with its options and items) is printed in the same page. This setting is disabled by default. Suggested by Nicholas Hasenbein!
- Now yALB splits correctly the army description when printing
- Fixed a bug that caused item description to not be used to determine if the row is within margin bounds (when printing)
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Item Form to be opened if the Unit had an item that can no longer carry
- Orcs And Goblins added by Nicholas Hasenbein!
- Fixed a bug when unchecking some specific options
- Now the minimum value for ASv is 1

Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?6zhsz4jb12aqtrw

yALB 0.7beta10

[Changelog 0.7beta10]

- (Dwarfs) Corrected wrong cost for prospector's Steam Drill (was 35 points but it costs 25). Thanks Ryric!
- (Dwarfs) Corrected misspelled word "strength" for description of "Rune of Cleaving". Thanks Ryric!
- (Dwarfs) Corrected misspelled word "psychology" for description of "Master Rune of Dismay". Thanks Ryric!
- Dark Elves added. This army may contain errors, so please report if you find any! Thanks Christian Spring.
- Some fixes in translations for Open File Dialog, Save File Dialog, Chart and Settings. Thanks Ryric and Wendersnaven.

Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?cpan1flg0fbw66w

yALB 0.7beta9

[Changelog 0.7beta9]
- yALB will now check beta updates (only if current version is a beta)
- yALB Updater changed to support beta updates. Minor fixes.
- (Empire) Corrected "Fast Cavalry" in description of Pistoliers (Thanks Ryric!)
- (Dwarfs) Corrected some errors in description of Dwarf Lord, Master Engineer, Quarrellers, Thunderers, Hammerers, Cannon, Miners, Ironbreakers, Gyrocopter, Thorgrim, Thorek and Josef Bugman (Thanks Ryric!)

Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?5mzp7tbx7y4watp

yALB 0.7beta8

[Changelog 0.7beta8]
- (High Elves) Prince's and Noble's Dragon Armour gives 2+ WSv to breath and flamming attacks instead of immunity against them (acording to the latest FAQ). Thanks Jon!
- (High Elves) Item "The Gem of Sunfire" is now added (thanks John Rainbow)
- (High Elves) Some fixes and updates to the latest FAQ
- Fixed a bug when adding a unit with non-numeric item points value
- Fixed a writing error with Core percentage rule
- (High Elves) Fixed a gramatical error with "Shadow Armour" (thanks Nusphigor!)
- Now you can add units or items by clicking on any part of the cell (not just the cell contents). Suggested by Nusphigor!
- Now yALB will show the description of added items when selecting them (suggested by Nusphigor)
- Optimized some methods called when the selection changes in items window
- Optimized some methods called when checking or unchecking unit options. Fixed some bugs also
- Enabled by default options can now modify unit attributes (but it could be buggy)
- (Dwarfs) Fixed a writing error with Ancestor Rune
- Printing and export optimized
- iTextSharp updated to 5.11
- Minor fixes related to English translation
- PDF and HTML export improved and updated
- PDF/HTML Export and Printing now are fully translated to English
- yALB now exports a CSS 2.1/XHTML 1.1 valid file
- Empire is in testing phase (it is available, but it may contain several errors). Thanks UNREAL Pwnage!

Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?01pecpkzor1rr7m

yALB 0.7beta7

[Changelog 0.7beta7]
- (High Elves) Now the Loremaster's Cloak does not set the WSv column (because it is only for spells). Thanks Megaladon.
- Changed the name "Ironcourse Icon" (Enchanted Items) to Ironcurse Icon (thanks Megaladon).
- Optimized the deletion of items.
- Fixed a bug when importing an items file. It added an additional empty item.
- Now a Common Items File is available for anyone who wants to help adding armies (contact me at dancas2@gmail.com)
- (High Elves) Now the Charmed Shield and Glittering Scales improves the Armour Save by 1 point (thanks Tiralya)
- (Dwarfs) Corrected small grammar error with a validation rule for Longbeards and warriors.
- yALB now shows only items that don't exceed the points limit for the current model/unit
- Jon Leigh is now included in the disclaimer
- Warriors of Chaos added to yALB by Jon Leigh
- Fixed an exception caused when the points limit for the items category is not set but the unit is carrying an item of that category
- Fixed an error when pressing "Items" button with some problematic units ("Conversion from string "" to type 'Integer' is not valid"). Thanks Jon Leigh!

Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?r71ktm14va83s4c

yALB 0.7beta6

[Changelog 0.7beta6]
- (High Elves) Fixed the cost of Great Weapon for Prince (was 6 points, but it is 12 points). Thanks to Iain Hunt
- Some improvements in main window
- Changed text "Objects" to "Items" (thanks Jon Leigh)
- (High Elves) Fixed a little spelling error in the description (it is "not mounts" and it said "no mounts"). Thanks Ryric.
- Fixed a bug when saving a modified list (it wasn't saved). Button Save As was not affected
- Added a new checkbox when adding new armies.
- yALB now supports general and category-specific limits for items
- Some optimizations in Items Window code. However, the new category-specific limits system is slower than one maximum value, so it should be compensated
- Changes in list file format and army data file. Old lists and army files are still supported

Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?t948x55geipihj1

yALB 0.7beta5

[Changelog 0.7beta5 (from previous beta)]
- Fixed a bug when a new version is found and the user accepts the update.
- (Updater) Fixed some bugs when yALB is closed (or finished) after the updater is loaded.
- (Updater) Updated the version of Ionic.Zip library (and now using the reduced version).
- Minor improvements in update method.
- (High Elves) Standard Bearer for Dragon Princes of Caledor now costs 20 points (thanks eriktheguy and Megaladon).
- (High Elves) Character mounts like Great Eagle, Griffon and Dragons now add +1 to Sv (thanks Megaladon)

Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?q9oijfe54vdwbv8

yALB 0.7beta4

[Changelog 0.7beta4 (from previous beta)]
- Fixed a bug when adding units with options enabled by default
- Added named characters for Dwarfs (both English and Spanish)
- (High Elves) Fixed a mistake with the cost of Noble. Now it costs 85 points (thanks eriktheguy).

Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?1axg9x1f96cwew7

yALB 0.7beta3.2

[Changelog 0.7beta3.2 (from previous beta)]
- Fixed a bug with objects points. When you added an object, it affected to entire list (thanks Sodder)
- Now Objects Window is a Modal Dialog.
- Fixed a little glitch with description and unit options panel

Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?wwcscy2qcpr2mkf

Hope you enjoy the application. Excuse my english.

Greetings!

**Lord of battles**

Link doesn't work, but this looks cool!

**Danielc**

Sorry.. A little mistake.. It's now fixed!

Thanks for your fast reply!

**Lord of battles**

Im trying the program and its really good!

**Danielc**

Excellent! I'm glad you liked it.. In future versions there will be support for plugins and other games (Warhammer 40 000 for example). I just need some help for adding units and things like that!.

Greetings!

**Danielc**

No one interested? I thought you will like more :S

**UNREALPwnage**

I'm very intersted but my army isn't supported yet. It does look cool though.

**Danielc**

Which is your army? Could you help the project adding it?

Thanks!

**Lord of battles**

How do you add an army list?

**UNREALPwnage**

What do you need help with? Send me a PM and I can try to help if I can, I probably won't be able to do much to help though. I play Bretonnians, Wood Elves, Dark Elves, Empire, Imperial Guard, and Space Marines. I have no knowledge of codes and such but if it is based around a template I can probably help with an army or two.

**Danielc**

@Lord of battles: There is a special editor. If you want to help, please tell me and I will send you a PM explaining this.

@UNREALPwnage: You would only have to enter values (units attributes) and tell me what needs to be validated. I will code all validation if I know the rules

. I'm sending you a PM explaining somethings about editor.

Greetings and thanks!

**Danielc**

Updated version with minor fixes with Dwarfs and High Elves!. More information in the changelog (first post).

Also I would like to tell you that I'm porting yALB to C++. It will be free, open source software, with cross plattform compatibility. This is the project page: http://code.google.com/p/yalb/

Thanks!

**Danielc**

I have updated yALB with a few fixes related with High Elves and Updater.

Greetings!

**Jubear**

Thanks heaps for your efforts =)

**UNREALPwnage**

I almost have the empire army done, can you PM me with details on how to send you the list along with how i should do the artillery? Also how should I enter the steam tank?

For all you who dont have this it is just as easy to use as army builder and it is free. It has every item and the finished armies work flawlessly.

**Danielc**

Thanks for your comment and your help with the project.

I sent you a PM explaining how to send the data file. I would like to see it before telling you about Steam Tank.

Greetings!

**UNREALPwnage**

Here is the first part of the empire list, i will finish if if you think everything seems to be working correctly. I don't know how to limit the ammont of one type of magic item per character. For example it will allow you to take 2 magic weapons.

**Danielc**

Yes, it seems to be very good. The only thing I have to say is that options enabled by default only work to add units or items. Actually they won't update attributes, so in this cases you should include that content in the main attributes and description.

Also I noticed an error in the first item (Runefang). It says "General of the Empire only" in the field "Establecer valor de". It is used in items that set a value (not amount), like Armour of Meteoric Iron, where you should write the following values:
Sv: 1
Establecer valor de: Sv

Finally I don't know if you extracted the common objects from High Elves or added them again, but I'm very impressed.

Thanks for your work! Once it is finished, I will make all validation rules you request.

Regarding to limit one type of magic item, what do you need exactly? It is not currently possible, but I can implement it or provide you an alternative solution.

Greetings!

**UNREALPwnage**

I extracted the data from the High elves. I should have the rest finished up in the next few days.

**Danielc**

I will implement multiple items categories points soon.

Greetings and again thanks for your work. I'm waiting for your update!

**Danielc**

Updated with new beta. As I changed a lot of things with objects points management and added a new option for editors, it is probably that there are some new bugs. Please report any you find.

Editors: I added support for limiting points for specific item categories. Now, the "Puntos para Objetos" for both units and options follows this scheme:
Category Name

ointsLimit,Another Category:AnotherLimit

For general limit, you should replace the Category Name by G. Here is an example:

By this way, you will be allowed to buy up to 150 points in any category except Magic Standards, which will be limited to 100 points.

Also there is a new box in the Unit Creator called "Afecta a todas las miniaturas de la unidad", which says yALB that these benefits will also affect to champions or other units added as an option with the box "Remplazar miniatura existente" enabled. Before, this was done by the box "Puntos por miniatura", but there are options that should affect all miniatures but not cost per model (like the Marks of Warriors of Chaos).

Please test the new version..

Greetings!

**UNREALPwnage**

The special characters are not included but everythign else seems to be in working order.

**Danielc**

Yes, it seems to be very good. I just found two little errors:
- In the army rules, there is an error in first line: You forgot to separate the parenthesses from the first word.
- Battle Wizard has I 43. I'm not sure if it is 4 or 3

Greetings and again thanks!

**Danielc**

Hi everybody!

I updated the first post with a new beta!

yALB 0.7beta7

[Changelog 0.7beta7]
- (High Elves) Now the Loremaster's Cloak does not set the WSv column (because it is only for spells). Thanks Megaladon.
- Changed the name "Ironcourse Icon" (Enchanted Items) to Ironcurse Icon (thanks Megaladon).
- Optimized the deletion of items.
- Fixed a bug when importing an items file. It added an additional empty item.
- Now a Common Items File is available for anyone who wants to help adding armies (contact me at dancas2@gmail.com)
- (High Elves) Now the Charmed Shield and Glittering Scales improves the Armour Save by 1 point (thanks Tiralya)
- (Dwarfs) Corrected small grammar error with a validation rule for Longbeards and warriors.
- yALB now shows only items that don't exceed the points limit for the current model/unit
- Jon Leigh is now included in the disclaimer
- Warriors of Chaos added to yALB by Jon Leigh
- Fixed an exception caused when the points limit for the items category is not set but the unit is carrying an item of that category
- Fixed an error when pressing "Items" button with some problematic units ("Conversion from string "" to type 'Integer' is not valid"). Thanks Jon Leigh!

Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?r71ktm14va83s4c

Greetings!

**RiTides**

Warriors of Chaos included, Nice

**Revenent Reiko**

Wow, VERY impressed!

**Danielc**

Thanks for your feedback!. Here is a little "pre-update" for High Elves users:

While I release a new beta, you can download the latest data file for High Elves from this link: http://www.mediafire.com/?hrzlx7wcslikduk
To apply the update, follow this steps:

1. Move the downloaded file to ej\en\8 inside your yALB folder, replacing the existing file.
2. If you had yALB opened, create a new list to see the changes. Otherwise, just open yALB and the changes will be reflected in your next list

Changes:
- Prince's and Noble's Dragon Armour gives 2+ WSv to breath and flamming attacks instead of immunity against them (acording to the latest FAQ). Thanks Jon!
- Item "The Gem of Sunfire" is now added (thanks John Rainbow)
- Some fixes and updates to the latest FAQ

Greetings!

**Danielc**

Hi everybody!

I updated the first post with a new beta:

[Changelog 0.7beta8]
- (High Elves) Prince's and Noble's Dragon Armour gives 2+ WSv to breath and flamming attacks instead of immunity against them (acording to the latest FAQ). Thanks Jon!
- (High Elves) Item "The Gem of Sunfire" is now added (thanks John Rainbow)
- (High Elves) Some fixes and updates to the latest FAQ
- Fixed a bug when adding a unit with non-numeric item points value
- Fixed a writing error with Core percentage rule
- (High Elves) Fixed a gramatical error with "Shadow Armour" (thanks Nusphigor!)
- Now you can add units or items by clicking on any part of the cell (not just the cell contents). Suggested by Nusphigor!
- Now yALB will show the description of added items when selecting them (suggested by Nusphigor)
- Optimized some methods called when the selection changes in items window
- Optimized some methods called when checking or unchecking unit options. Fixed some bugs also
- Enabled by default options can now modify unit attributes (but it could be buggy)
- (Dwarfs) Fixed a writing error with Ancestor Rune
- Printing and export optimized
- iTextSharp updated to 5.11
- Minor fixes related to English translation
- PDF and HTML export improved and updated
- PDF/HTML Export and Printing now are fully translated to English
- yALB now exports a CSS 2.1/XHTML 1.1 valid file
- Empire is in testing phase (it is available, but it may contain several errors). Thanks UNREAL Pwnage!

Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?01pecpkzor1rr7m

Also, I would like to comment you about the new GameEditor for the C++ version of yALB. You know about much more tabletop games like Warhammer than me, so you could notice what the editor needs. I have a compiled version of this editor (it is compiled for Windows, but I can compile for Linux and can be compiled for Mac OSX): http://code.google.com/p/yalb/downloads/detail?name=yALB%20GameEditor%20r16.zip&can=2&q=

Please note that it is only the GameEditor (the main file for a game). There will be available an ArmyEditor also, so this only applies for things that must have the game.

Thanks for your interest!

**Revenent Reiko**

Hi Daniel, really liking the Betas so far!

One quick question, how come i cant get the Ironcurse Icon for WoC? It wont appear for some reason

**Danielc**

Hi Revenent!

Please download the latest beta again! I just fixed it and updated the uploaded file.

Thanks for your interest!