sprites

[Jynx11]

Just to clarify, artillery can be modded in through the editor but are the sprites for the artillery used or are other sprites, say infantry, used in its place?

Thanks

[Hubert Cater]

Hi Jynx11,

You can mix and match the sprites as needed as the bitmap files are all available and editable. You just need a bitmap editing program such as MS Paint etc.

Hope this helps,

Hubert

[pzgndr]

Yeah this works but it's a pain. Copying&pasting the 3D sprites is easy enough but you also have to mod the highlights file which is a little more tricky. Else you get the old artillery highlight over the infantry sprite, etc. A tool of some sort would be nice? Anyways, it is doable.

I'll add a reminder that editing the combat target values and sprites allows modders to do a lot of customizations, but the unit types remain the same regardless. In other words, the artillery slot still responds only to the artillery research and the AI still uses the customized units as artillery, etc. For hth games this isn't important, but for solo games the results can be disappointing.

[Colin I]

Any chance of nice 2D counters with standard military symbols? I don't need the 3D effects of the "tombstones" - just something quite basic and simple could look very good.

[pzgndr]

Colin, I have both 2D standard counters and revised 3D sprites for my upcoming Advanced Third Reich mod. You and others may certainly use those for further customizations. Apparently, the MS Paint color palette is not very portable and customized colors cannot simply be copied on another machine. I've taken the time to document the color schemes I used and will include that info with my mod package. More to come later, soon.

[Jynx11]

ok thanks for the reply, I have sc2 and was just curious if the previous artillery sprites were included with this version.