Graphic mod. What do you think about this ?

[PlasmaKrab]

No way!
The work is great, really, I cqn't second Don enough in saying that you did a great job while sticking to game materials. I can understand the point, but as far as I am concerned I stick with counting the heads and having to tell apart T-54s from T-55s. No complaints with that.
I tend to keep counter-style graphics for larger-scale games where they stand for groups of units, it makes more sense IMO.

[bongo]

Hi,

The reason for me to not use NATO symbol is that it doesn't represent the diversity of the units (that's a must in WinSPMBT).

The work is almost finished, i'll post the files this week... For those who want to test on their game.

Bongo

[Warhero]

Very interesting icons. Hmm I would like test how they will work in WinMBT (WinSPWW2?). Btw, are those as "default" icons (I mean at least infantry, mortar, MG etc.) for every nation or different as they are now? And how about making same for SPWW2?

[bongo]

Hi,

Yes you can have different icons for different nations but it depends on which color is use in the game to represent the infantry (this is hardcoded in the game). I've made a simply to use batch file to atribute any icons to any nations just before playing, that's more easy...
The vehicles icon are in neutral grey because sometimes some vehicles are used by different nations and it is a real pain to try to know what the scenario designer have done... The icons are here just to made the units more visible and to give an old classic wargame look to the game.

I've made the same for WinSPWW2 (infantry and vehicles) and i'll publish the two mods very soon.

[Warhero]

Great to hear. It could be even cooler to see them in SPWW2...

[bongo]

Hi,

Some exemple infantry icon for WinSPWW2 :

Germans


Germans (Afrika Korps variant)


Italians


Italians (Desert variant)


Frenchs


Frenchs (color variant)


Americans


Russians


Britains


Japaneses


Ingame screenshot (playing with the french)


It looks good.
There's a batch file which permit to attribute any icon you want to any nation. (That's the only way to adjust the right nation to the right game's unit because it's hardcoded in the game. The color of the little soldier symbol (in the old soldier icons) seem to depend on a choice made by the scenario creators.

[Warhero]

Looks great!

Hmm will those infantry icons have size of unit numbers too? Like "10", "8" etc.? And they decrease as losses come during battle?