V1.0  More visible Troop Icons
Was DELIGHTED that Distant Worlds Universe has exciting, nail biting, ground combat in the tradition of Masters of Orion 1.
Even more delighted when, during an invasion, troop transports were coming in dropping off tanks to help.

HOWEVER, less delighted at the troop icons getting lost in the terrain.  The ground combat map just does not expand up far enough to see the individual troops, just the weapons fire bringing down their health bars

This  work is  meant to help that.  The troop types are now black, outlined in unit flag blue, so they should be visible against ANY planet surface.
HOWEVER,  generic troops, aircraft (artillery) and tank is used for ALL races, trading off nuances of race specificity for higher greater visibility.

INSTALL
--Unzip archive
--Backup troop folder found in  ie ...\Steam\steamapps\common\Distant Worlds Universe\images\units\troops
--For Distant World Universe,  open folder DistantUniverseTroops and drop the Distant Worlds Universe folder into .....\Steam\steamapps\common\

Overwrite files (they will replace those files in the TROOP folder, which you backed up )

For Extended Universe, 
--backup troop folder ie ..\Steam\steamapps\common\Distant Worlds Universe\Customization\Extended Universe\images\units\troops
--open folder ExtendedUniverseTroops and drop the Extended Universe folder into ...\Steam\steamapps\common\Distant Worlds Universe\Customization

Overwrite files (they will replace those in the TROOP folder, which you backed up )

The changes should be seen right away once you load a saved game.

To UNINSTALL 
For Distant World Universe,  open folder ie ...\Steam\steamapps\common\Distant Worlds Universe\images\units\ and delete the TROOPS folder.  replace with your backup.

For Extended Universe, open folder ie ..\Steam\steamapps\common\Distant Worlds Universe\Customization\Extended Universe\images\units\and delete the TROOPS folder.  replace with your backup.

CUSTOMIZATION
Using an imaging editing program such as PHOTOSHOP you can try different effects and to attain troop visibility on the map.  If you wish to do ALL the races, it is labor intensive as there are 40 races with 5 icons each in the Extended Universe.

Credits and license
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