WinSPMBT Infantry Icons Mod

[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.

[Rosollia]

Originally Posted by gabeeg

I must be in the minority...but I much prefer the second png *with* the black border. I hope you make an alternate version with this border.

Yes the border does make the graphics stand out much better in my oppinion. Attached are two more pics this time with 2x zoom and using the Green uniforms.

[Rosollia]

OK... Bear with me here

In the attached picture we have 3 options.

1 = How the infantry looks with the mod now.
2 = How it looks with the shadow (or half border) added as Cross suggested. If I understood him correctly.
3 = The black border option.

Notice how the "automatic" shadowing disappears when the infantry is on a road hex. The infantry in the no.1 example seem to become fused in the asphalt.

So now we have 3 choices. Which one looks the best now?

[Stirling]

I vote for #2.

[void1984]

I also vote #2, thou #1 is a close one.

[Rosollia]

Ok, I desided to make two alternate versions of this mod that you can download from the attachements.

- "WinSPMBT_Inf_Mod_HB.zip" Contais modified infantry icons with the half-border option. Use this one if you just want the infantry to show up a little bit better from the backgrounds.

- "WinSPMBT_Inf_Mod_B.zip" Contains modified infantry icons with the full black border surrounding the graphics. Use this if you want the infantry to show up even more from the background graphics.

[gabeeg]

Thank you Rosollia and Cross, The best of both worlds. I just tested out the full black border version and it is a keeper for me.

[Warhero]

Hmm I d/l'd mod B version and noticed that everytime as squad loses 1 man whole squad icon disappear... And HQ icon is "invisible". Could you fix them? I played as Aussie vs. Japan and noticed that opponent (Japan) had same weird icon "disappearing" as my troops have.

Warhero

[Warhero]

Hmm I d/l'd mod B version and noticed that everytime as squad loses 1 man whole squad icon disappear... And HQ icon is "invisible". Could you fix them? I played as Aussie vs. Japan and noticed that opponent (Japan) had same weird icon "disappearing" as my troops have.

Warhero