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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4055585/H_AltGraphics.rar

It's a compilation of AltGraphics that I am using (waiting for new path and alpha graphics...) Most of the things in it are from great moders from this forum, and some - not many - things are modified by me, you must find it for yourself if you like.

Nice job!

Hey - forests, hills and tiles_misc are from my mod's graphics. I can't believe someone is actually still using them.[8|] I'm working on new stuff, something brighter, maybe i could call it the last mod before transparency [:D]

ORIGINAL: Telumar
Hey - forests, hills and tiles_misc are from my mod's graphics. I can't believe someone is actually still using them.[8|]

Yes they're yours. I use them because they're great! [:D] Your tiles from tiles_misc (version on the picture) are the best!

ORIGINAL: Huzar

ORIGINAL: Telumar
Hey - forests, hills and tiles_misc are from my mod's graphics. I can't believe someone is actually still using them.[8|]

Yes they're yours. I use them because they're great! [:D] Your tiles from tiles_misc (version on the picture) are the best!

Thank you very much. although i must say that i'm no more content with my forest terrain tiles. When i created them i still used a CRT monitor, and it looked great. But on a flat screen it's really totally different and simply doesn't look as good. I was most proud of the desert terrain i made (arid, sandy and r_sandy).

Some changes:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4055585/H2_AltGraphics.rar



- new harbour/airfield icons
- bigger attack arrows
- dark grey background tiles instead black - better for eyes
- new grid for africa maps and some other things from other modders
- I dont remember what else, there were some other small changes

Small update for the great 3.4 patch. I think that with the new patch TOAW is very pleasing to the eye.



In the archive you will find some small changes to some files - you must check it yourself if you wish, maybe you will find something that you will like. I don't take any credit for the original files, I made only small changes to the great work of other peoples.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4055585/AltGraphics.rar

(I forgot to add the Hexoutline.png - I'm using the "Hexoutline_OPACITY REDUCED.png", that is in the Graphics folder of 3.4 patch).

Great work...seems there a few closet DaVinci's or Rembrants among the troops![&o]

Nice job on those graphics. I use a mix of customized graphics, borrowed and tweaked myself. 

And here is new counters graphics:



I personally like the old pixelated graphics more, but who knows - maybe someone will like those. It's always good to have a choice.

You can use/modify/share it as you like.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4055585/h_counters.rar

All of these pics are the bmp graphics, right?

ORIGINAL: Panama
All of these pics are the bmp graphics, right?

The files in rar archives are in .png format. The counters could be in .bmp, because they don't contain any transparency, but it takes much more space without png compression, so I made them in png.

I'd love to have these little guys, can they be had separately ?

Oh, yeah, I forgot about those guys. They are connected to the tiles_misc.png (or .bmp) file, so you must copy/paste it to use it with another tiles_misc file.

Here is the original .png file, that I used to make it:


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4055585/minen.png

And here is quickly updated tiles_misc.png that I've made for myself:



http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4055585/tiles_misc.png

I think it looks quite nice, much better for the mines than the biohazard thing:

Speaking for myself (I'm in the minority, most likely), I don't like the new 3.4 default graphics. (I know that 3.4 will give us the option of reverting to the old.) But parts of your AltGraphics compilation are a definite improvement over the old defaults, and I will be working them into my own personal set. Thanks for sharing these bits and pieces!

I think it looks quite nice, much better for the mines than the biohazard thing

It does look very nice. I tried to make one myself but I'm no good at it [:(]. Can you turn it into a separate .bmp that can be used as an alternate place name thingy ? I tried but failed. That would make it easy for us to use. [&o]

Can you turn it into a separate .bmp that can be used as an alternate place name thingy ? I tried but failed. That would make it easy for us to use.

For .bmp you can use a version of it contained in the old tiles_misc.bmp from the first post archive: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4055585/H_AltGraphics.rar

It has worse quality, but this is the price for using bmp format.

(Maybe I didn't understood you good - I'm not sure what the "alternate place name thingy" is).

I'm not sure what the "alternate place name thingy" is.

In the AltGraphics Folder there are 'mapOptional' bmp's 1 thru 9. They are placed on the map by assigning them thru the placename. The 9 that are in the folder can be switched to something else, so the minen file you have could be used that way.

I tried saving the minen file as a bmp and putting it in place of the original mapOptional7, but it has the black background and is a little too big so that when I put it on the map by typing '<7' in the placename for the hex, it doesn't look good.

In the AltGraphics Folder there are 'mapOptional' bmp's 1 thru 9.

Ah, this thing. Here you have a bmp:


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4055585/mapOptional.bmp

It's pixelated, but it must be so if you do not wish to use the png format. I didn't know which color do you wish to have, and if it should be centered or not, so I've made it so as it is. Hope this will help.