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American Civil War: Map Mods and HQ Ratings

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:07 am
by BillRunacre
Strategic Command: American Civil War comes with an optional setting to display HQs names and ratings on the screen!

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This can be important as elite HQs provide an extra special bonus, thus being able to easily see who is who at a glance is all the more important.

As a top general, Stonewall Jackson is definitely important, therefore his name displays in yellow and with an orange outline:

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Everyone has their own preferences, so Strategic Command: American Civil War comes with a choice of 3-D and NATO counters, plus in-built official mods enabling you to very easily change the look of the map.

You'll be able to choose between different displays of the Confederate flag, two brand new map styles and the "classic" style used in our other games.

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Alternate Flag Files replace the Confederate battle flag with the labelled alternative in all cases except the banner-style flags in historical event Pop Ups.

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Alternate Map Sets change the colour of the map to a different shade of the default tan, or the green from the previous SC3 games:

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The Fog of War Mod darkens the fog of war effect to more clearly show which hexes are currently within spotting range:

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To use these mods just go to Settings → Mods and select the one(s) you want to use. It’s that simple!

Undoubtedly, our great modding community will soon be adding more to this list. :D

Strategic Command: American Civil War is being released on Thursday 30th June, at which point you’ll be able to lay your hands on these features and many more!

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Re: American Civil War: Map Mods and HQ Ratings

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2022 2:30 pm
by SamuraiProgrmmr
The images are not showing. Instead I get a small icon and the word 'image'.

Is anyone else having this issue?

Re: American Civil War: Map Mods and HQ Ratings

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2022 2:47 pm
by jbmoore68
Images showing fine for me.

Re: American Civil War: Map Mods and HQ Ratings

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:00 am
by SamuraiProgrmmr
Thanks jbmoore68. I tried several times during the day and they finally just loaded. It was strange. They wouldn't load after several attempts and then I tried to open on in another tab. It gave an error about taking too long to respond and then suddenly *poof* I had a picture. Then reloading the page brought them in. I suspect it was a DNS issue or something else arcane. Having satellite internet doesn't always help. :(

Re: American Civil War: Map Mods and HQ Ratings

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2022 12:54 am
by btd64
I like the images. I'm used to Nato counters. So I'll start with that :D ....GP

Re: American Civil War: Map Mods and HQ Ratings

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 3:55 pm
by ElvisJJonesRambo
How does one load the NATO version of counters? I only see 2 to choose from.

Re: American Civil War: Map Mods and HQ Ratings

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 4:01 pm
by Soulcollector
ElvisJJonesRambo wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 3:55 pm How does one load the NATO version of counters? I only see 2 to choose from.
When you open the options menu, then there is a checkbox for 3D units. Uncheck it and you see NATO counters.

Re: American Civil War: Map Mods and HQ Ratings

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 4:05 pm
by ElvisJJonesRambo
Ah, thanks. I'm an Old Fish, need them standard counters.

Re: American Civil War: Map Mods and HQ Ratings

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 10:26 pm
by pascalc
When I was doing the beta, I found that the standard counters helped get my eyes into the game.
And, yeah, I'm an oldie.

Re: American Civil War: Map Mods and HQ Ratings

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2022 3:38 pm
by Tanaka
This is great thanks was looking for this info!

Re: American Civil War: Map Mods and HQ Ratings

Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2024 9:54 am
by PrinceMiskin
Many thanks! Was looking for this explanation.