WinSPMBT Infantry Icons Mod

[Cross]

Originally Posted by Rosollia

Realising that the modded infantry might blend too much in the background and be hard to spot (especialy on higher resolutions), I have been testing a concept.

Attached are two screenshots. The first shows the current infantry graphics as seen when using the WinSPMBT infantry mod provided above.

The second screenshot shows the same graphics, but with small one pixel wide black borders added to hopefuly make the graphics stand out more from the background and be easier to spot.

Which one do you think looks / works better? Should I make available a second mod with the black borders for all infantry? Or does it look too unrealistic / cartoonish?

Im interested to hear your oppinions, thank you.

I prefer the first graphic.

The game does add a small shadow to the southwest of the units.
You could try adding a black border/shadow to only the SW of the men, this would emphasize the shadow and might be the effect you are looking for.

Originally Posted by Roman

Thanks for you job.
Is necessary install in other copy? I no think that change of graphics disturb a PBEM game. Or yes?
I think that is necessary do a backup´s files.
Regards

It's Shrapnel and SP Camo's policy to recommend a second game installation for modding. And it's a good policy. But it's up to you what you do on your own PC.

I have 3 installs of the game:

1.Vanilla (no mods at all)
2.PBEM Mod (no OOB mods so can PBEM, but has modded: sounds, icons, flags, ranks, names
3.OOB Mod (has all of the above mods, plus OOB mods)

You can install sound and graphic mods even in the middle of a PBEM game with no security problems. But if you change OOB files it WILL cause problems with PBEM games.

NB. When you create a new install of the game, you don't have to use the installer and install from scratch. Just copy the game to a new directory/folder and create a new a shortcut and you have a second install.


Cross

[void1984]

By pressing the key 5 you can display formation IDs in the CD version, what solved all the problems with spotting units.

Originally Posted by Cross

2.PBEM Mod (no OOB mods so can PBEM, but has modded: sounds, icons, flags, ranks, names

What mod do you have for ranks and names?

[Cross]

Originally Posted by void1984

What mod do you have for ranks and names?

Actually the mod is for SPWW2. It just changes the rank abbreviations from Maj. to Major, Cpt. to Captain, Cpl to Corporal, Pvt. to Private etc. for about 4 nations

In MBT at least one of those nations has the longer ranks.


Names

As I'm British, I just changed the British names to family, friends, and some famous leaders, generals etc.

Cross

[Rosollia]

Originally Posted by Cross

The game does add a small shadow to the southwest of the units.

The "automatic" shadow added by the game does not appear on the unit graphics if it is on a paved road, house or woods. Not sure if it is a game engine limitation or just a desing oversight.

Originally Posted by Cross

You could try adding a black border/shadow to only the SW of the men, this would emphasize the shadow and might be the effect you are looking for.

That way the manualy painted shadow would show even if the "automatic" shadow would not. Not a bad idea I will need to investigate it.