Recoloring the Luftwaffe

Post new mods and scenarios here.

Moderator: Shannon V. OKeets

User avatar
blumust10ac
Posts: 11
Joined: Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:43 am

RE: Recoloring the Luftwaffe

Post by blumust10ac »

OK, found out that Matrix forums and AOL don't like each other too well. lol
Shannon V. OKeets
Posts: 22165
Joined: Wed May 18, 2005 11:51 pm
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Contact:

RE: Recoloring the Luftwaffe

Post by Shannon V. OKeets »

ORIGINAL: blumust10ac

An example of the air units. I actually redid all units (land, air and sea). Done with PSP10 from scratch.

Image
These look nice. However, the bitmaps for the air and naval units in MWIF just contain the image of the airplane. All the rest of the unit depiction is generated on the fly by the program, based on the data files. For example, the names and numbers are taken from the CSV files in the unit data folder.

So, if these were to be used in MWIF, all the elements except the airplane image would have to be removed. Sorry.[:(]
Steve

Perfection is an elusive goal.
User avatar
blumust10ac
Posts: 11
Joined: Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:43 am

RE: Recoloring the Luftwaffe

Post by blumust10ac »

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

ORIGINAL: blumust10ac

An example of the air units. I actually redid all units (land, air and sea). Done with PSP10 from scratch.

Image
These look nice. However, the bitmaps for the air and naval units in MWIF just contain the image of the airplane. All the rest of the unit depiction is generated on the fly by the program, based on the data files. For example, the names and numbers are taken from the CSV files in the unit data folder.

So, if these were to be used in MWIF, all the elements except the airplane image would have to be removed. Sorry.[:(]



You mean like this. Yeah, been working on this for the last 2 days. Gonna doo all air and sea units (sea units pics will be "to scale" with one another).

Image
Attachments
Image57.jpg
Image57.jpg (19.64 KiB) Viewed 340 times
User avatar
blumust10ac
Posts: 11
Joined: Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:43 am

RE: Recoloring the Luftwaffe

Post by blumust10ac »

Actually, I like the ships the way they are in this game. Air units, though, will be my primary goal.
Shannon V. OKeets
Posts: 22165
Joined: Wed May 18, 2005 11:51 pm
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Contact:

RE: Recoloring the Luftwaffe

Post by Shannon V. OKeets »

ORIGINAL: blumust10ac

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

ORIGINAL: blumust10ac

An example of the air units. I actually redid all units (land, air and sea). Done with PSP10 from scratch.

Image
These look nice. However, the bitmaps for the air and naval units in MWIF just contain the image of the airplane. All the rest of the unit depiction is generated on the fly by the program, based on the data files. For example, the names and numbers are taken from the CSV files in the unit data folder.

So, if these were to be used in MWIF, all the elements except the airplane image would have to be removed. Sorry.[:(]



You mean like this. Yeah, been working on this for the last 2 days. Gonna doo all air and sea units (sea units pics will be "to scale" with one another).

Image
Yes.

You have to be careful with the placement of the bitmap image within the frame. The names of the air units appear in different places depending on whether the air units has two names or only one. The unit type also makes a big difference. And there are all the odd bits like extended range, para capabilities, death heads, etc.

I took me over a month (when I was working 60 hours a week on this) to tweak all the images (left, right, up, down) I got from the person who scanned in the bitmaps from the ADG counter sheets, so that the numbers would not cover any of the image (or as little as possible in some cases). You will be working at maximum resolution. Be aware that at lower resolutions, the text may not fit as well as it does at zoom level 8.
Steve

Perfection is an elusive goal.
User avatar
Viktor_Kormel_slith
Posts: 372
Joined: Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:47 pm

RE: Recoloring the Luftwaffe

Post by Viktor_Kormel_slith »

Now, I´m going to work on The "Regia Aeoranautica" Anyone knows some good internet pattern data base to get the pictures?
Sorry, for my bad english! "Wiffing" since 1990 to the tomb!
tom730_slith
Posts: 169
Joined: Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:43 am

RE: Recoloring the Luftwaffe

Post by tom730_slith »

Just have to comment -
As an old guy who is not good with computers I am in awe of the work you "youngsters" do to add flair to this already incredible game!
Plus, Viktor, no need to apologize for your English! You do fine and so much better than my German or French that it isn't funny!
Thanks to all the creative folks out there! [&o]
Post Reply

Return to “Mods and Scenarios”