Please Add Nation-Specific Units

[jbunnelle]

Hello,

I finally decided to purchase the game and was disappointed to see that there was only one set of icons available for all nations; nitpicky I know, but a peeve of mine. I'd love to work up a 2D nation-specific counter mod like I did for SC a long time ago. Is there any chance of adding this functionality in for us modders?

Otherwise a great game so far. Looking forward to the patch.

J


EDIT:

I should clarify, I mean just for the major powers, including Italy. Sort of like SC had theirs arranged.

[jbunnelle]

BUMP

So, possible or no?  

[JudgeDredd]

playing with 3D icons? tut tut [:-] [;)]

[jbunnelle]

[:D]  Just for that, I'm not going to show you the preview of my Avalon Hill Third Reich interface mod.

[SeaMonkey]

Just wanted to chime in and say thanks again to jbunnelle for his fantastic SC1 counters.  After they came out, they were the only ones I ever played with until of course SC2 showed.

[Erik Rutins]

It's a great suggestion, I'm not sure what would be involved in making it possible, but we'll add it to the wish list. I'm sure the developers will chime in as well.

[comrade]

Like Erik said, we'll add it to the wish list. 

[jbunnelle]

Thanks, SeaMonkey, glad you enjoyed them.  Just because I'm a tinkerer, I might work on a map mod for this game in the meantime.  I know JMass and others are already doing this, so I'm not sure how far into it I'll go.

Thanks for putting this on the wishlist, guys.

[jbunnelle]

Also, I don't mean the 3D icons, but rather the 2D icons WITHOUT the Nato symbols.  I assume those images are hardcoded, as I don't see them anywhere.

[Barthheart]

Yeah they are there.

Look at "unit_counters.png".

The NATO symbols are "unit_counters_sysmbols.png".

But only one set for all countries.

[jbunnelle]

Sorry, found them.  One suggestion would be to use the system used by Hearts of Iron 2, where the files were not included in a patch but allowed to be added by the modders if named correctly.  So "unit_counters_symbols_GER.png", etc.  Less work on your end as far as manually creating the files themselves.  I'm no coder so I might just be talking out of my ass.  Wouldn't be a first or anything.  [:D]

[LarryP]

ORIGINAL: SeaMonkey

Just wanted to chime in and say thanks again to jbunnelle for his fantastic SC1 counters. After they came out, they were the only ones I ever played with until of course SC2 showed.

Where are these SC1 counters located? I would like to download them. [&o]