My Counters Mod

[swatter555]

Go for it! I should have it ready soon.

[swatter555]

Enjoy everyone! Now I think its time for me to enjoy the game. Let me know if you find any "bugs".

http://www.4shared.com/file/120915260/f ... Mod_2.html


To the moderators: It might be easier to start a new thread so there arent multiple downloading links, and delete this one.

[Mike Parker]

This is an excellent counter mod swatter! 

[pvthudson01]

These pictures make me get excited as a wargamer nerd. I think I will have to get this game now and use these counters. Super good work

[Wolfe1759]

Just wanted to add my voice to the chorus as a long time board wargamer and say thanks for an excellent counter mod

[swatter555]

I hear the praise and appreciate it.

[Fintilgin]

Awesome.  

[Haplo_Patryn]

Great mod. Thank you!

[NefariousKoel]

Hey Swatter?  You have any plans to update this mod to 1.60?  It doesn't work properly with the new version. [:(]

[Bleck]

Just in case he decide to upgrade here is little help for him:
tm.asp?m=2216887
If any problems upgrading mod, I'm waiting for questions

[LarryP]

ORIGINAL: NefariousKoel

Hey Swatter?  You have any plans to update this mod to 1.60?  It doesn't work properly with the new version. [:(]

Yeah, I'm bummed out about these counters not working now. [:(]

[parusski]

Bummed out here too. As a matter of fact, I don't want to play till I can use these counters. They were perfect in my eyes.

[Uxbridge]

Totally agree with you, guys. I'm using my own graphics, but I don't want to play anything before I have finished them. Its a bit strange that one can be so graphically oriented, but I have noticed this in many other circumstances too. As a youngster I had great problems liking music if the LP-cover was in the rather common black and white with high contrast. Same goes for books. With a crude cover the words inside them seems to suffer in a most peculiar way.
 
I wasn't going to start any work with the graphics until 1.60 was safely in port, but I couldn't contain myself and yesterday afternoon I was hard at work doing it. Hopefully I will be ready later tonight.

[Michael the Pole]

As someone who is completely awestruck by anyone who can get a computer to draw a tic-tac-toe board, I think that the whole thing is amazing. I hope that Swatter is working on an update, and I cant wait to see what Uxbridge comes up with.

I have some suggestions/reminders, though. You need to be able to distinguish between strategic bombers, bombers and fighters (we've apparently abandoned the idea of ground attack aircraft in 1.60) I've always had problems distinguishing between battle units and patrol units and even subs. For all of us old color blind farts, it helps to use radically different colors for each country. (I was having a tough time distinguishing Swatter's Russiams from Americans from British troops.) It would sure be nice if you could put some sort of symbol on the counters to distinguish SS and Soviet Gaurd units from the "goats." I thought Swatter's black armored symbols would be kool -- perhaps all black NATO symbals for SS and all red for Soviet Gaurds?
Thanks in advance for all your hard work![&o]

[Uxbridge]

There will be a lot of colours on my counters. Divisions will be separated from corps with filled symbols in black; different tech-levels will be shown in different colours. Air units (only) will have a blue background, probably dark blue for bombers (most important to spot easily). I haven't yet decided how to do the air symbols. To few pixels to make really good differentiation. But I'll figure something out. Presently struggling with not to well-known features of Photoshop.
 
All in all, I like the game to look like a GMT-boardgame.

[Tomokatu]

I shall wait. It will be worth waiting.

[swatter555]

It shouldn't be a big deal, Ill update them. Ill also take a look at the colors I was using again, see if I can make them clearer for colorblind folks (which includes me). I am not sure if I want to make distinctive planes for each nation, but who knows I might. I am also going to switch Soviet units to corps and armies.

[LarryP]

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[swatter555]

ORIGINAL: Michael the Pole

As someone who is completely awestruck by anyone who can get a computer to draw a tic-tac-toe board, I think that the whole thing is amazing. I hope that Swatter is working on an update, and I cant wait to see what Uxbridge comes up with.

I have some suggestions/reminders, though. You need to be able to distinguish between strategic bombers, bombers and fighters (we've apparently abandoned the idea of ground attack aircraft in 1.60) I've always had problems distinguishing between battle units and patrol units and even subs. For all of us old color blind farts, it helps to use radically different colors for each country. (I was having a tough time distinguishing Swatter's Russiams from Americans from British troops.) It would sure be nice if you could put some sort of symbol on the counters to distinguish SS and Soviet Gaurd units from the "goats." I thought Swatter's black armored symbols would be kool -- perhaps all black NATO symbals for SS and all red for Soviet Gaurds?
Thanks in advance for all your hard work![&o]

Sorry to say that special units such as guards and SS troops don't get special chits. The good news is that fighters, tac bombers, and strat bombers get their own chits, broken down by tech level in addition. A very nice improvement. Ill work on them tonight and see where that gets me.

Note- Ill will be posting the new counters in a clean thread.

[swatter555]

I have done some initial work, here is what I have at this moment. This is a screen from Overlord. I am wondering why aircraft counters no longer display type (div/corps)?