umlaut Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Finally. My force specific backgrounds for CMFI are finished - and uploaded to GreenAsJade´s site (too large for the repository) Axis (red): http://cmmods.greenasjade.net/mods/4904/details Allied (blue): http://cmmods.greenasjade.net/mods/4905/details The Blue set include 153 backgrounds for the allied side (344 MB) and the Red set have 161 backgrounds for the axis side (362 MB). But then there should also be a decent chance that you will still discover new photos while loading the game in a month or two. As mentioned earlier I have emphazised quantity over quality here as I believe one of the most important qualities of a force specific bakcground is that it is new. The vast majority of the photos are from Italy, but - rather ironically - it has been extremely hard to find any good photos of italian forces in Italy. Thus, I have been forced to use a few pics of italian troops from Albania and North Africa. You will notice that I have added captions to some photos, while I haven´t to others. My criteria for adding captions are these: They must add some hard info that isn´t immidiately obvious from looking at the pictures - usually about who, where, when and so on. An example: The caption "Sherman tank on beach" won´t be included, as you can see that by looking at the photo. On the other hand I have used a caption like "A Sherman tank of 23rd Armoured Brigade coming ashore from a landing craft at Anzio, 22 January 1944", as it tells you exactly who, where and when. In many cases - especially regarding the german photos - there is little info except that the photo is taken in Italy during the war. In these cases I have omitted captions. Enjoy Here are a few examples: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuser Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 GREAT!!! Thanks!!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMolestCats Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I can't stop laughing from that first guys smile, looks like a pedo! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 They look great. I like the design. And 333 ones as well. Since I load the game once a day they will last almost a year! Thanks for the variation 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 Ooops! I have to correct myself: When you install this mod, you will have 333 backgrounds in the game. But there were 19 backgrounds to begin with, so my new ones are "only" 314 of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Joch Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 very nice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De Savage Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Thanks! Short question. Where should I put these files? Under Z-folder? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiterider Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Are included in these files the "Force specific backgrounds v2"? Can we delete it? Thank you so much! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 Yes, you should put them in your z-folder. @Whiterider: I´m not sure what you mean? I don´t know of any "Force specific backgrounds v2". You just place the two .brz-files in your z-folder. Cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiterider Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I mean the one located here: http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=314&func=fileinfo&id=2228 Suppose you´re not the author. Ok, I´ll place them in Z-folder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindlewolf Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 These look great.Much appreciated 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 Hi Whiterider No, I hadn´t noticed that one. But I can see that a lot of the pics are the same If you want to use both sets of backgrounds together you´ll have to do some renumbering - as some of the files will have the same numbers now. The numbers of the files have to be sequential, so you could for instance take the pics you want from the v2-file and give them higher numbers than the highest number in my mod. Now 164 is the highest number for Blue, so they should be named 165, 166 and so on. The highest number for for Red is 169. Cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiterider Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Thanks, I´ll do that. Anyway, it would be easier if these few "missing" pics could be included in a future update. I really like those backgrounds. Cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Thanks, Umlaut. These backgrounds are essential. Not only are the photos copious, varied and interesting, but also artistically formatted for the game. Well done. I'm assuming that Battlefront would have run into copyright issues had they tried this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 Whiterider: I have today contacted Fizou who made the v2 set - and he has kindly sent me all the photos he used for his set of backgrounds. I´ll begin making an additional set containing his pics one of the coming days. Childress: Thanks. Yes, I think BFC would have been forced to pay a small fortune for the right to use these pics - as that would be commercial use. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuser Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I load CM a dozen(?¿) times everyday to check my mods in the Editor,...so this, surprisingly, adds a motivation for doing so, I like the pics where date of captions is added,......thanks again,... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiterider Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Whiterider: I have today contacted Fizou who made the v2 set - and he has kindly sent me all the photos he used for his set of backgrounds. I´ll begin making an additional set containing his pics one of the coming days. Excellent news for the community. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Thank you umlaut. When it is ready, just ensure you explain to us whether we are to delete all earlier pic sets and install your new one, or if the new one is only to add on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Umlaut: thank you! Ken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizou Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 I was under the impression that the force screens was shown based on the side you played in a battle? Issent this true? Ive been seing axis screens playing as allies on several occasions in CMFI. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 I was under the impression that the force screens was shown based on the side you played in a battle? Issent this true? Ive been seing axis screens playing as allies on several occasions in CMFI. I believe that at some occasions (maybe when you load a scenario the first time?) the game picks a FSB with no regard to the side you´re playing. Other than that I think it is always side specific. If your question is aimed at my set of FSB´s in particular, the issue might be that some of the photos could be used for both sides. For instance there is a group of fallschirmjäger captured by CW troops at Cassino. Most of the men are germans, but I have the photo in the allied set as they are in "allied custody". Likewise with a knocked out pz IV, etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizou Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 That explains it, I was a bit baffled when I got Pz IV pictures etc playing as US (not KO:ed). Your FSB mod is outstanding umlaut, it was in no way a critique on it. Just got curious to how the whole thing works. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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