Board game style mod

[Cabido]

Just some additions to the mod.

A flatter looking border for urban hex (the old one is included as well). I have also tweaked the hex outline and included a black version, for those that are hex outline lovers like me. An alternative light urban hex was also included.

[gwgardner]

Better and better; those urban outlines are so much less intrusive than before.

[Cabido]

I have updated the mod to version 1.4 with new mountains, alpine and hills tiles and some tweaks to urban tiles.

Excuse me those that have just downloaded it for my erratic updates, but I never know when I'll have the time and will to deal with it. Usually it is something that is bothering me while playing.

Anyway, if you use a customized mod, the files that have been changed are listed in the instruction, so you can just grab those.

[Cabido]

One more picture

[budd]

This really is fantastic work, thank you for sharing.

[rocketman71]

I have the version of the mod before the interface was added. Now I wanted to update with the new tiles and not the interface so I grabbed the 15 files as noted in the intstructions. Now I get these weird artifacts. How come?

[Cabido]

There was really some uncleaned borders on the hills tiles bitmap. I've cleaned it and have uploaded the corrected version. But it should be noted that it shouldn't display the way it does in the picture you have posted, since the level of transparency is very high. In my computer it is unnoticeable. Anyway, try to use the new version and see if it works for you.

[rocketman71]

It looks great now again, thanks
I just installed all files again. However, I would like to go back to the previous Cursors. Can those be downloaded seperately?

[Cabido]

This depends on what you mean by previous cursors. If you want the original TOAW cursors, just delete the cursors folder inside the graphics override folder. If you mean the cursors of the first version of the mod, just download it on the site (below) and substitute the cursors folder inside the graphics override folder. You'll notice the difference in the file name. The version 1 cursors have, all of them, .cur extension; from version 1.3 on, two of the files have .ani extension.

[rocketman71]

Solved. I got confused and thought that there were only three cursor files, so the animated ones remained when I updated the other three.
BTW, also had a look at the flow chard player's aid you made. Terrific stuff [:)]

[lamarax]

My first post (ok, maybe second) in this forum after many years of lurking and being a Matrix customer, is to thank you for your outstanding work!

Below are my "historically corrected" flag and roundel files, adjusted for your mod. I hope you can find the time to review and integrate them better.

[Cabido]

Thanks for the compliment. I'll take a look at your file when I get some time. But it is important to notice that the objective flags are the only thing in my mod with which I'm still very dissatisfied. I didn't find a way to alter the mask used to display the flag. It seems to be coded somewhere. It doesn't seem to be defined by a bitmap mask available for change. I may be wrong, but I've already posted a question about it and got no answer. I have just changed saturation and the flag's borders.

The flags are just extremely invasive, as you can see from the pictures I've posted. They cover all terrain features, but when there are a lot of objective hexes (exactly when they are more invasive) it is mandatory to keep them on. There are two solutions: one is to allow editing the mask and position of the flags in the hex, so that one can design a less invasive solution; the other would be to program a keyboard hotkey to switch on/off the flags and keep them above the counters while pressed (like the way the space bar works). Going to the panel to switch it below, above or off every time is painful, so that I'll keep them on all the time while planning, blocking the view of the terrain features and kind of spoiling the look of the map.

[Cabido]

Without flags

[gliz2]

I'd wish to make a complaint

The new interface colours are to washed out and not contrasting enough. Yellow on drab green/olive is perefectly visible whereas yellow on beige is I can't see shit

Other than that amazing work. They should implement it by default in the next iterration.

[Cabido]

If you refer to the text inside the boxes, they shouldn't be yellow anymore. Are you sure you are using the fonts file provided. Anyway, if you don't want to use the provided fonts, just change them at will in the Player Options menu. Yellow text won't work for sure.

[Cabido]

This is the way it should look. You may prefer the original, but I think it is readable. If you want still further contrast, just don't adjust the transparency as suggested in the instructions.

[gliz2]

Ok. Now it looks better. Thank You Sir

[tcarusil]

I am trying out this mod and have a question. In the standard Opart4.ini there was a line "HugeIcons=Y" that would make the fonts in the Information Panel larger. This was a big help for my aging eyes. This command does not seem to work with this mod. Am I doing something wrong, or is this feature not supported by the mod?

Thanks for all your effort.

TomC

[Cabido]

The mod doesn't change anything in Opart4.ini. The fonts should continue to work as previously. If you can't get the results you want by changing the ini file, try setting the font's size directly in the fonts editor (Play > Player Options > right arrow > Edit Fonts). I think the Information Panel font is called Status Bar in the editor. Just change the size, leave the editor and press CTRL + R in order to refresh.

[tcarusil]

You were on the right track, but not the correct name. Changing the font for the "Status Bar" impacts the box at the bottom of the screen. To change the fonts in what I called the "Information Panel" I discovered that the changes need to be made to the "Unit Info Medium Font" and the "Unit Info Value Font".

Again, thanks for your wonderful work on this mod.

TomC