Different Icons Mod

[VasFURY]

Hey Guys - great game - really enjoying it so far!

I was just wondering - are there any mods out there currently (or in the making) which would change the standard icons (and nato icons) for the units into more "gamey" ones - i.e. binoculars for scouts, tank model for tanks, ifv model for BTRs and such, etc etc - I have never served and with these Nato icons its sometimes difficult to understand at a glance which unit is what unless it is clicked on.

[exsonic01]

I don't see such mod so far. Maybe you can try one by yourself.

There are 4 folders in data\graphic folder. Icon huge/large/medium/small, and each folder contains identical NATO icons, just their size is different. I think the important ones are nato folder, especially friend / hostile / unknown folders. You could replace those files to other icon files you want.

But I guess there might be limit of pixel dimension and size for each size. You better check with devs. I heard that too heavy graphic files would cost more CPU, hence game might be slowed a bit.

[Werewolf13]

ORIGINAL: VasFURY

Hey Guys - great game - really enjoying it so far!

I was just wondering - are there any mods out there currently (or in the making) which would change the standard icons (and nato icons) for the units into more "gamey" ones - i.e. binoculars for scouts, tank model for tanks, ifv model for BTRs and such, etc etc - I have never served and with these Nato icons its sometimes difficult to understand at a glance which unit is what unless it is clicked on.

NATO icons are easier than you might think. For example: The big X for infantry - think, crossed rifles. The oval for armor - ever seen a picture of a WW1 tank - you'll get it. Artillery with it's single dot. Make sense. And most of the rest are the same. Even the icons that represent single vehicles make sense if you take a look.

Don't give up on NATO icons - kind'a like learning to read - once you do you'll never forget and most of the real wargames available use them. I know I'm about to tick some people off but of those games that use pictograph style icons the only one I can think of that is what I would describe as a serious/real wargame is The Operational Art of WAR. <I'm ducking right now and donning my flame retardents suit - be gentle - I'm old>

[Werezak]

One great thing about NATO icons is that they all look very distinct. You can look at a lot of icons and see what's in them very quickly.

It takes a lot of design skill to make pictograph icons that are easy to tell apart when there are a lot of them or when zoomed out.

[Veitikka]

One option is to go to the options menu and toggle the 'NATO icons' off and adjust the 'Unit sprite scale' to max. Then it will look like this.