RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:51 am
That looks better,- can you share your little mod?
Cheers,
Cheers,
As usual! [:)]
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RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:15 am
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 5:16 pm
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 repetitiveI am thinking about to scale down a bit faces...
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:19 pm
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]
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:20 pm
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.
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:08 pm
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.
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:17 am
You have to toggle them on by pressing 1. If you press 2, they change to NATO icons.
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:19 pm
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
Hmmm.... I can't figure out how to post the screenshot. Anyone? I'm sure I've done this in the past lol
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:31 pm
Ah - here we go. No faces, just flags, but it can be any image you choose...
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:57 pm
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.
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:59 pm
If anyone has some alternative infantry images they can send me, I'd appreciate that. I've been searching the net all afternoon.
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:03 pm
Smaller flags... Going to stop messing with the pics and start playing the game now!
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:42 pm
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.
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:05 pm
Oh, I do love the game. Just looking forward to some minor artwork tweaks 
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:08 pm
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.
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.
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 8:36 pm
I also give this Artwork and Graphics a big thumbs up... really tempted to grab this one, though I wish it was 'later war'
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:09 pm
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)
....
Yes the background shows terrain the unit is current in.
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:28 am
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
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
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:24 pm
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.
RE: Unit pics too cartoonish?
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:25 pm
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!