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RE: Recoloring the Luftwaffe
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:31 am
by blumust10ac
OK, found out that Matrix forums and AOL don't like each other too well. lol
RE: Recoloring the Luftwaffe
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:28 pm
by Shannon V. OKeets
ORIGINAL: blumust10ac
An example of the air units. I actually redid all units (land, air and sea). Done with PSP10 from scratch.
These look nice. However, the bitmaps for the air and naval units in MWIF just contain the image of the airplane. All the rest of the unit depiction is generated on the fly by the program, based on the data files. For example, the names and numbers are taken from the CSV files in the unit data folder.
So, if these were to be used in MWIF, all the elements except the airplane image would have to be removed. Sorry.[:(]
RE: Recoloring the Luftwaffe
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:37 pm
by blumust10ac
ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets
ORIGINAL: blumust10ac
An example of the air units. I actually redid all units (land, air and sea). Done with PSP10 from scratch.
These look nice. However, the bitmaps for the air and naval units in MWIF just contain the image of the airplane. All the rest of the unit depiction is generated on the fly by the program, based on the data files. For example, the names and numbers are taken from the CSV files in the unit data folder.
So, if these were to be used in MWIF, all the elements except the airplane image would have to be removed. Sorry.[:(]
You mean like this. Yeah, been working on this for the last 2 days. Gonna doo all air and sea units (sea units pics will be "to scale" with one another).
RE: Recoloring the Luftwaffe
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:53 pm
by blumust10ac
Actually, I like the ships the way they are in this game. Air units, though, will be my primary goal.
RE: Recoloring the Luftwaffe
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 3:49 pm
by Shannon V. OKeets
ORIGINAL: blumust10ac
ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets
ORIGINAL: blumust10ac
An example of the air units. I actually redid all units (land, air and sea). Done with PSP10 from scratch.
These look nice. However, the bitmaps for the air and naval units in MWIF just contain the image of the airplane. All the rest of the unit depiction is generated on the fly by the program, based on the data files. For example, the names and numbers are taken from the CSV files in the unit data folder.
So, if these were to be used in MWIF, all the elements except the airplane image would have to be removed. Sorry.[:(]
You mean like this. Yeah, been working on this for the last 2 days. Gonna doo all air and sea units (sea units pics will be "to scale" with one another).
Yes.
You have to be careful with the placement of the bitmap image within the frame. The names of the air units appear in different places depending on whether the air units has two names or only one. The unit type also makes a big difference. And there are all the odd bits like extended range, para capabilities, death heads, etc.
I took me over a month (when I was working 60 hours a week on this) to tweak all the images (left, right, up, down) I got from the person who scanned in the bitmaps from the ADG counter sheets, so that the numbers would not cover any of the image (or as little as possible in some cases). You will be working at maximum resolution. Be aware that at lower resolutions, the text may not fit as well as it does at zoom level 8.
RE: Recoloring the Luftwaffe
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 3:41 pm
by Viktor_Kormel_slith
Now, I´m going to work on The "Regia Aeoranautica" Anyone knows some good internet pattern data base to get the pictures?
RE: Recoloring the Luftwaffe
Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 10:22 pm
by tom730_slith
Just have to comment -
As an old guy who is not good with computers I am in awe of the work you "youngsters" do to add flair to this already incredible game!
Plus, Viktor, no need to apologize for your English! You do fine and so much better than my German or French that it isn't funny!
Thanks to all the creative folks out there! [&o]