Unit pics too cartoonish?

[BodyBag]

That looks better,- can you share your little mod?

Cheers,

[JMass]

As usual! [:)]
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[krupp_88mm]

I am thinking about to scale down a bit faces...

personally i think it would look just fine if just the first face showed and none more showed unless it was a different type, its kind of repetitive

[Sarge]

ORIGINAL: Marc von Martial

Tastes are different. It would be pretty boring if all games suit all people
Vic and me are pretty pleased with the outcome.

That being said. This game is fully and very easy modable. This was a design goal.
The unit artwork is a layered system. Consisting of background landscape, unit / equipment picture, soldier picture and front landscape. All easily accessible.
Basically, if you wanted to get rid of the single soldier faces all you would need to do is to replace them by a blank transparent PNG.

Nice work Marc‘n Vic, you know how long I’ve been riding Matrix to let you guys to unleash your talents .


Well done…………..[;)]


PS/LOL, you ever notice how Art never matters to war gamers till it shows talent [:D]

[Rocko911]

I had a question on the unit icons. Do they appear as this if you choose them too, if so I really like the look.

[TAIL GUNNER]

ORIGINAL: LRRP

I had a question on the unit icons. Do they appear as this if you choose them too, if so I really like the look.

yes, there are three zoom levels......this is the closest one.

[Redmarkus5]

You have to toggle them on by pressing 1.  If you press 2, they change to NATO icons.

[Redmarkus5]

I'm not dedicated enough to mod the whole game, but just playing around with the graphics files it's real easy to edit/replace almost every image in the game.  I took out the faces that were annoying me and put 'historical flags' in their place...

Hmmm.... I can't figure out how to post the screenshot.  Anyone?  I'm sure I've done this in the past lol

[Redmarkus5]

Ah - here we go. No faces, just flags, but it can be any image you choose...

[Redmarkus5]

Just to show how easily these images can be modded, here's some more stuff I've done for my personal use. I used images from Volcano's mod for the HPS series, so I can't share this work unfortunately, but I'm sure some real modders will be creating new content.

[Redmarkus5]

If anyone has some alternative infantry images they can send me, I'd appreciate that.  I've been searching the net all afternoon.

[Redmarkus5]

Smaller flags... Going to stop messing with the pics and start playing the game now!

[jomni]

ORIGINAL: redmarkus4

I love the artwork except for the faces of the soldiers staring out right at me

Lol! Not too bad actually... The faces in Squad Battles are horrendous. But I still love that game and play PBEM every night.

[Redmarkus5]

Oh, I do love the game.  Just looking forward to some minor artwork tweaks

[hank]

probably a dumb question but here goes ... does the background imagery reflect the terrain the unit is in?

It appears to ... but what do I know. (i.e., grassy plains only show grass, urban shows buildings, woods show trees, etc etc)

This game looks interesting ... I downloaded Advance Tactics Demo a year or so ago ... I didn't buy it but I may this one.

[htuna]

I also give this Artwork and Graphics a big thumbs up... really tempted to grab this one, though I wish it was 'later war'

[Barthheart]

ORIGINAL: hank

probably a dumb question but here goes ... does the background imagery reflect the terrain the unit is in?

It appears to ... but what do I know. (i.e., grassy plains only show grass, urban shows buildings, woods show trees, etc etc)

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Yes the background shows terrain the unit is current in.

[hank]

Thanks ... that's a good thing.

If this tittle is developed further, the attacks on Poland and France is a perfect starting point. Personally, I would like to see subsequent titles be released in chronological order ... with possibly a method to link the campaigns into a full WWII series. It would be fun to play through 1939 to 1945 .... through the North Africa campaigns, Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kursk, Italy, Normandy, ... etc etc

temptations temptations

[Redmarkus5]

ORIGINAL: hank

Thanks ... that's a good thing.

If this tittle is developed further, the attacks on Poland and France is a perfect starting point. Personally, I would like to see subsequent titles be released in chronological order ... with possibly a method to link the campaigns into a full WWII series. It would be fun to play through 1939 to 1945 .... through the North Africa campaigns, Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kursk, Italy, Normandy, ... etc etc

temptations temptations

That makes excellent sense! I'd enjoy that as well.

[Redmarkus5]

ORIGINAL: cmurphy625

I also give this Artwork and Graphics a big thumbs up... really tempted to grab this one, though I wish it was 'later war'

Buy it. You won't regret it. This is coming from a guy who is never 100% happy with any of the games sold here!