hey brian, thank you. i'll try it out when i come to re-visit MWiF ... see you around.

cheers!

LordSAS wrote: Tue May 19, 2026 8:36 pm With the latest patch live i hope this get updated.

updated hexart for 1.04.16 is online.

https://forums.matrixgames.com/viewtopi ... 8#p5212828

enjoy

doing this right now, kinda ... with john tiller's battleground games. the internet archive is a great help!

i feel your pain and wish you luck.

my eyes are far from what they used to be ... ... well ...

... but ...

... a brown horse head on a red colored background ... in FHD ...

... THAT. IS. TOO. MUCH!

download my 'white background' horsey if you like to stay sane - enjoy!

Anyone know if the new roads added in the latest patch messes with this mod? I really like the coloring of this mod over vanilla.


updated hexart for 1.04.12 is online.

https://forums.matrixgames.com/viewtopic.php?p=5212828#p5212828

enjoy


This this still work with the latest beta ...

... ok, not that undocumented but hard to understand even after multiple readings and some try and error.

the official manual for PTW has some more hints to what ' Probability of a successful formation change ' could mean ... yeah. :roll: ok.

ah, here's an example for the % found inside the ...

strength and good order.png

...
it's always good to read the manual ... sometimes it's not enough. ;)

(e.g.) to understand what the occasionally appearing number besides the formation icon means you'll have to read the change logs:
here from BGW (Version 1.12 8/97)
Probability of a successful ...

heya 2by3 posse, matrix team and the army of modders! WitE2 is still the wildest game around, thank you for your support!

cheers!

i added small arrows to the skirmisher symbol for normal 2D view
skirmisher facing.png

it's very hard to see in which direction a unit faces - with the arrows on the symbols it's pretty easy.
even stacked skirmisher units can be easily checked with the Selection Dialog (press Space key ...

if you ever wanted to change the contents of the help files that come with the old Battleground games ...
...
just HLP yourself.png

why would you want to do that?! :o

here are the tools to do just that:
the home of HelpDeco
https://web.archive.org/web/20130531203717/https://www.oocities.org ...

now, that one has Command Levels at their fingertips,
Weapon Effectiveness Tables on their laps,
Thread Zones on their mind
...
and everything just seems to be ranges, more ranges and still more ranges to think of ...

... i gave myself a present: Rangefinder ! :P

range_finder.png ...

cmdLvl.png

... still learning but man, i just can't remember everyone's command level ...

2 = brigade 3 = division 4 = corps 5 = army

this should save me a mouse click on the leader image - i'm not yet sure if this has some merit but hey! give it shot! :)

ah, btw: i used the stock Waterloo ...

... this BSOD-kinda-blue ... nope, couldn't handle it anymore. here's my cure, enjoy!

This one is an oldie but a goodie. With chapters by British, French and German writers, excellent illustrations and probably the best battle maps outside Adkins' work.

"WATERLOO, Battle of the Three Armies."

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EhLAbeQoL.jpg

http://www.amazon.com ...

here's a working link to the old oob-editor page:
https://web.archive.org/web/20030207155127/http://www.hist-sdc.com/editor.html

oob-editor link (BG Edition):
https://web.archive.org/web/20030207155127/http://www.hist-sdc.com/utilities/4_1_bg_2.exe

the manual is attached as zip - forgot where i ...

Wut?!

Using Gary Grisby Games as an example is like saying that doing your taxes on a PC is bad for your health – LOL!

Eat healthy, take regular breaks, and don't play in the dark with only your PC screen lit up – please see a doctor if you have problems with your eyes.

largerORGview.png

... just an idea. give yourself (and the Old Guard) a little bit more space with a simple tweak to the Dialog resource of ' ORGDIALOG: 1033 ' (BGW.EXE, NIR.EXE and PTW.EXE).

grab https://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/ and start hacking - enjoy!

ORGDIALOG DIALOG 0, 0, 250 ...

heya!

hello?

...

how about that bundle offer - it's time for an updated sale, not?

now is the time!

heya, did my own version of a green bases mod for the napoleonic battles - idea from here:

https://www.wargame.ch/wc/nwc/Club_Webpages/Graphics_Mods/index.html - credits go to Paul Synnott, nice!

BGW_greenBases.png
PTW_greenBases.png
NIT_greenBases.png

backup files included - enjoy ...

it's still online and updated as well:

https://www.acwgc-engineering.com/