2K FrankenCounters for Older Eyes Release v1.1

[Unfortunate Son]

HI,
Thanks for the info. I tried Spires MOD, its nice, but I can't get used to change in map textures, and moving and attacking cursors. My top of the top is Unfortunate's Son counter set, it remind me old times cardboard table wargames, when I was teenager. We had a bunch of those games, and I spent loads of hours playing with my friends, so with Unfortunate Son's counters I fell like the old times. Well, I need to be patient then.
Cheers All
Jazon

Hi Jazon,
Thanks for the compliment. Your wait will soon be over.

[Jazon]

Hi,
You made my day man! Thanks for your amazing work!
Jazon

[epower]

Oof. Real Life takes a big bite sometimes. Almost there. Will release when I'm back in town this Saturday.
Cheers!

Edit - Must dash but here's a quick preview of the Reds. I couldn't make a red counter worth looking at so I added a bloody red base to the existing IronX v4.7 version. Chinese Communists have the stock orange color with their uniform blue base. Unfortunately, I had to prune the base of all naval units as the full hex blocked out the delivery dates on the production queue. They are now offset kinda like the Krell doorways from Forbidden planet.

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[OldCrowBalthazor]

Oof. Real Life takes a big bite sometimes. Almost there. Will release when I'm back in town this Saturday.
Cheers!

Edit - Must dash but here's a quick preview of the Reds. I couldn't make a red counter worth looking at so I added a bloody red base to the existing IronX v4.7 version. Chinese Communists have the stock orange color with their uniform blue base. Unfortunately, I had to prune the base of all naval units as the full hex blocked out the delivery dates on the production queue. Their offset kinda like the Krell doorways from Forbidden planet.

Frankencounter reds.png

Ah! The Soviets and Chinese look good.
Your back so it isn't vapor-ware after all.
Cheers.

[Jack59]

I assume the purplish counters are National Chinese. Why do they have the Thailand flag? Otherwise great job on your mod! It is close to the holidays and you need not rush your project. It is not like you are being paid to do this. Relax, sit back and review you work and enjoy... Happy Holidays!

[OldCrowBalthazor]

I assume the purplish counters are National Chinese. Why do they have the Thailand flag? Otherwise great job on your mod! It is close to the holidays and you need not rush your project. It is not like you are being paid to do this. Relax, sit back and review you work and enjoy... Happy Holidays!

Probably because they are Thai units. On the first page you can see the Nationalist Chinese set.

[epower]

I assume the purplish counters are National Chinese. Why do they have the Thailand flag? Otherwise great job on your mod! It is close to the holidays and you need not rush your project. It is not like you are being paid to do this. Relax, sit back and review you work and enjoy... Happy Holidays!

Thanks OCB & Jack for the kind words. The purplish counters are in fact Axis Minor, hence the Thailand flag. You’ll find Nationalist Chinese and some other nations in the 5th post of the thread.
Cheers!

[epower]

Some screens from Release version 1.0, which for reasons unknown to me aren't showing up in the edit. Hold please....

[epower]

Version 1.1 released. Download link and instructions in first post of thread.

Screenshots below:

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Frankencounter Allied Minor China Reds.png (1.79 MiB) Viewed 744 times

FrankenCounter Naval.png (1.18 MiB) Viewed 387 times

[Darrell999]

Thanks for the Christmas present! Love it! I really appreciate all your work on this.

[OldCrowBalthazor]

EPower
First thanks. Important to note to others that when placing the files in the Mod Folder, place them separately from the main file folder. Don't drop the whole file folder in. Then one of three Japanese graphic choices can be choosen as shown in the image attached.
They look great.
Was wondering why the Nat Chinese Infantry cross symbols are oddly shaped? Can this be fixed?
Note I am using the Historical Flag mod also. Turning it on or off doesn't fix the splayed out cross.

[Jack59]

Great Job on your final version 1.0! I was originally confused with your axis minors, since it depicted counters that were not all allowable builds. I love the Chinese splayed crosses! I have been using your original counters since the day you posted them and forgot they were not the original vanilla counters. My favorite naval counters are the yellow-blue base and then the Rising Sun counters. I was surprised you did not combine them. I thought it was brilliant to shave off the bottoms of the naval counter hexes so one could read the date available text. In the past I have avoided the navel hex counters due to that fact. Again, great Job.

[epower]

Jack,

Glad you're liking the mod so far. The splayed black crosses on the China counters are IronX's original work. Not sure in which version he introduced them as he changed things about frequently during his creative process. They do indeed have a distinctive look.

I'd not considered combining a rising sun sky with the "tequila sunrise' of the yellow-blue. Something to think about for the next version.

Good luck with world domination!

epower

[epower]

Jack59,
Ask, and it shall be given you...
Merry Christmas.

1d. FrankenCounter IJN Option - Rising Sun Sky + Yellow-Blue Base.7z

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[epower]

Ack! Must refresh page more often. Posters sneaking in unawares!

OCB, didn't see your post until just now.

My modified Historical Flag Mod v1.1 is included in the main package so best not to enable one on top of the mod. If you prefer your own previous version, then I suggest deleting the relevant files from the FrankenCounter Main Package.

The Nationalist Chinese splayed cross infantry symbol is IronX's work, probably pre-4.4 or earlier. I too thought it some anomaly on first viewing but it grew on me so I've kept it in the mod. It's working as intended.

Since it's Christmas, and you bear the name of one of the three Maji, here's a gift for you of the FrankenCounter Main Package with IronX's more traditional v4.7 Nationalist Chinese Counters.

Extract and replace FrankenCounter for Older Eyes - Main Files\Bitmaps\Major_06 with the new Major_06 folder in the archive.

Cheers!

Nationalist Chinese Traditional Infantry Counters - Major_06.7z

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[OldCrowBalthazor]

Ack! Must refresh page more often. Posters sneaking in unawares!

OCB, didn't see your post until just now.

My modified Historical Flag Mod v1.1 is included in the main package so best not to enable one on top of the mod. If you prefer your own previous version, then I suggest deleting the relevant files from the FrankenCounter Main Package.

The Nationalist Chinese splayed cross infantry symbol is IronX's work, probably pre-4.4 or earlier. I too thought it some anomaly on first viewing but it grew on me so I've kept it in the mod. It's working as intended.

Since it's Christmas, and you bear the name of one of the three Maji, here's a gift for you of the FrankenCounter Main Package with IronX's more traditional v4.7 Nationalist Chinese Counters.

Extract and replace FrankenCounter for Older Eyes - Main Files\Bitmaps\Major_06 with the new Major_06 folder in the archive.

Cheers!

Nationalist Chinese Traditional Infantry Counters - Major_06.7z

Wow much thanks! I have the file. Thanks for the path, as I don't usually mess with the bitmap files (I have in the past when reviewing Unfortunate Son's on going work to give him my input, which he requested)

As for Balthazor. That is my paternal family name and it is a derivative of Balthazar the Magi Fire Priest of the Zoroastrians. Also it is related to Belshazzar, the co-regent of the Neo-Babylonian Empire and wrote about with the Biblical 'Writing on the Wall' story. Also the name pops up in other much earlier cuneiform tablets found in Mesopotamia.
Anyways I am proud of the name obviously.
When ID-ed in the past, I have had many many people say: "Cool name, where have I heard that before?" "That name is in the Bible" "Sounds like a Wizards name" or my favorite "Sounds like some kind of Demon's name"
My response to the latter is "Repeat it three times and see what happens!" They never do.........

Much thanks again. Seems Balthazor still has some mana power to it
Cheers!

[OldCrowBalthazor]

Got the Nat Chinese infantry consistent with the other powers. I didn't mind the splayed out look, but it was jarring to me to only have one power's infantry corps and armies have them, and not the others.
Big thanks again man!

[epower]

Quite the regal looking fellow, your Neo-Babylonian Regent. Balthazor does indeed carry some mana.

Glad you got the counters sorted. Thanks for posting that pic of your mod settings. I'm sure it will be helpful for others. I've listed the instructions many places but there is always the danger that someone in their enthusiasm or muddled by eggnog fails to extract the individual mod folders and then...<sound of the Millenium Falcon hyperdrive failing to start from Empire Strikes Back>

I should probably post a screenshot of a proper installation in the first post.

p.s. BTW, the Historical Flag mod only affects the flags on National Morale, resources, and the big flag on HQ units. As mentioned earlier, my sharpened version of that mod is incorporated into the FrankenCounter Main package so activating another copy will either do nothing, or overwrite the corrected bitmaps with a blurrier version.

[epower]

Release version 1.1 link in first post.

Changelog:

v1.1
- Added 4th IJN Option (1d. FrankenCounter IJN Option - Rising Sun Sky + Yellow-Blue Base)
- Reset all mod.ini files to 'Enabled = 0' to prevent mods from being automatically enabled at start
- Included screenshot of correct mod installation.

[Friedrich3]

I like the mod and I am using it now but I noticed that the CC class counter for the Japanese is "empty" (no unit picture in it). Is this intended? And is the designation as "CC" correct? I think it is BC = Battlecruiser.