Das Terrain Icons Mod

[DasTactic]

This mod adds terrain icons to many of the various tiles so you can see at a glance where the choke-points are positioned.

As you zoom out the icons become more prominent to help with planning at the furthest zoom but relatively unobtrusive at the closest zoom.

This mod also includes re-worked canyons and escarpments.

You can download from here...

https://www.mediafire.com/file/0d7y1reg ... 1.zip/file


A strip of green mountains and woods between deserts.


A desert world.


Where the ice meets the forest.


Canyons and escarpments on a sandy moon.


In-game closest zoom


In-game mid zoom


In-game furthest zoom

PLEASE NOTE:
As of version 1.1 I've added in a thin border for the unit tokens which makes it much easier to see their stacking. Unfortunately, these files aren't handled through the graphics mod system of the 'GraphicAlt' directory so if you wish to use these they will need to overwrite the files in the games 'graphics' directory.

[Tanaka]

ORIGINAL: DasTactic

This mod adds icons to many of the various terrains so you can see at a glance where the choke-points are positioned. Icons are on the map for:
* Forest
* Cloud Forest
* Jungle
* Woods
* Savanah
* Low Mountains
* Mountains
* Forested Low Mountains

I had added one for Ruins but this doesn't work yet. I'm not sure where the game is getting the ruins artwork from.

I've also redrawn the Canyon artwork as I didn't like the way the original worked.

I'm releasing this to get some comments but I think I'll ghost back the icons a little more. Let me know what you think.

You can download from here...

https://www.mediafire.com/file/i53zsw3k ... 1.zip/file

Thanks Das any chance of some screenshots to compare?

[DasTactic]

I've added some screens to the OP.

[mroyer]

Nicely done! Thanks for posting the imagery.
The only recommendation I have is perhaps lighten up the canyons - being so dark is out of step with all the other terrain types. Regardless, they are wildly better than the original-game graphic.

Ironically, I was thinking of a similar approach using terrain icons a few months ago, but only for the most zoomed-out map. At that time, I was thinking of making the most zoomed-out map look like a map and and not so much like a satellite image.

-Mark R.

[Maerchen]

As we learned in todays' livestream from DasTactic, these work on the strategic map, too.

[Maerchen]

I downloaded it. Where to put at to make it work? Does it work with steam?

[Destragon]

ORIGINAL: Maerchen

I downloaded it. Where to put at to make it work? Does it work with steam?

You put the GraphicsAlt folder into your game directory and that is all.

It probably works with Steam, but I haven't tried.

[Maerchen]

Thank you so much!

Can confirm works in both versions, matrix andd steam.

[Clux]

Looks good, sadly its not toggable

[DasTactic]

This has been updated now to version 1.0. It is more subtle than the alpha version and has a lot more icons and textures.

[Huzar]

Fantastic work DasTactic, cannot live without it!

[elmo3]

Just downloaded this after seeing it on your latest stream. Great work. Thanks!

[johndramey]

I saw this mod on your stream and immediately wanted to grab it. Thanks so much for sharing!

[eddieballgame]

These are great; thank you Das...well done as usual.

[Bleek]

Nice work!

Thanks for putting the time in to this. [:)]

[stryc]

Any value in having 'one tree' and 'two trees' to represent light and heavy forest respectively?

[Daza99]

This should be added to the main game itself, and additionally made to be toggable which is something a modder cannot do.

[DasTactic]

ORIGINAL: stryc

Any value in having 'one tree' and 'two trees' to represent light and heavy forest respectively?

That's a great idea. Unfortunately I don't think the two forest densities are split in the graphics at this stage. All I can do is replace the existing graphics files.

[mroyer]

That's a great idea. Unfortunately I don't think the two forest densities are split in the graphics at this stage. All I can do is replace the existing graphics files.

DasTactic,
They are separate.

Checkout folders
...\Graphics\shadowBig\Forests (actually heavy forests)
vs.
...\Graphics\shadowBig\Woods (actually forests)


-Mark R.

[Supermn66]

Might be a dumb question, but where do I extract file to? Any help would be appreciated