Canon

Purty, ain't she?

Hi Limey, No, I'm not dead My AWOL started when I hd a very busy month, so I wasn't able to play CMBB much. Then, before I could start again, I discovered IL2:Forgotten Battles, and since my real love is WW2 Aircraft, I was hooked. Being kind of artistic, I had to start making mods for IL2, and so that's what I do now. Here's a little piccie of my most recent skin (for all you groundhogs, it's P-51D Mustang ). I'll almost certainly purchase CM:AK, so I may be back around here, making mods again. Joe

Don't worry...I'm not complaining Jordan, I'll have another look for my winter skins, and send them to you

I looked forward to "Shogun" for ages. I was disappointing as in my first fight I had a unit of Ashigaru Yari (if I recall) on a bridge, they were charged (head on) by mounted samurai and my poor ashigaru were annihilated without a single loss of a mounted samurai. Needless to say it was promptly unistalled. For a Feudal Japan grog I was bitterly disappointed. </font>

Thats it Tigrii...cool, huh?

I've done a Panther and Tiger (both gelb) in whitewash. I've also done a whitewashed version of Jorge's Abt505 Late Tiger. You can see pics of the first two at my site, and download all three from www.cmmods.com Joe [ February 17, 2003, 06:29 PM: Message edited by: Canon ]

Hey I'm around, but have been a tad too busy to do any mods lately. I'm working on a mod at the moment, but work on that is slow. In a couple of weeks I'll be able to spend more time on them Joe

Hi The program is called Mapping Mission. Do a search for it in the forum and you'll find a download link Joe

Thanks for all the kind words guys. Kind words = more mods! I have Remgain and MikeT to thanks for making my mods CMMOS compatible. With regards to the twinkling effect, that happens most when the mod has a lot of rivets, as they often get a little too sharpened and bright, but I'm working on new techniques that still give the metallic effect but reduce the twinkling. I don't really get much twinkling on my machine, but I can see why it would happen. Anyway, thanks again. As soon as I get a little free time I'll get back to modding! Joe

I'm very grateful for www.cmmods.com. It's allowed me and many other modders the chance to let as many people as possible see and download our mods. It's a really useful site, so a big thankyou COG! Joe

Eventually, all the panzergrau tanks and vehicles will be treated to the weathered and dusty look. There will also be a complete winter set. However, real life has temporarily pushed modding onto the back burner, but don't worry, Canon will return soon, with lots of lovely new mods! Joe

There are two ways, depending on whether they are CMMOS compatible or not (I'm referring to graphical mods...sound etc may be different) If they are CMMOS (Combat Mission Modification Option Selector) compliant, then use CMMOS (from www.combatmissionhq.com) to install, following instructions with the program. If they are not CMMOS, simply copy the bmp files into the bmp folder in the Combat Mission directory Joe

Looks really good Gautrek!

Flamingknives..I recognise your sig but I can't place it. Help me out, buddy! Joe

Check this out 250/1 bmp problem

Check this out 250/1 bmp problem

I agree...I'm a WWII fan first and foremost! Joe

No problem. Enjoy the mods! Joe

The 6 or 5 at the front is what makes it a winter mod. It doesn't need renaming. If you remove the 5 or 6, the winter mod will be shown all the time. If you leave it as it is, they will only be shown when there is snow on the ground. Honestly, my winter mods (if thats what you are referring to) don't need renaming. Just copy them as is into the bmp folder, make sure there is snow on the ground, and if the year is right (i.e pre 1943 for grey armour and post 1943 for yellow armour) and they should show up Joe

The European and US versions have the same bmp numbers. If they aren't overwriting, it could be that you are installing winter mods (the game doesn't ship with winter skins, so there is nothing to overwrite) or you are installing CMMOS mods without using cmmos, in which case the bmps have an extra prefix you need to remove. Are the mods you are trying to install showing up in game? Joe

I can't remember the exact names, but they are the same as the non-mounted guns. Dirty grey versions of these guns are in my dirty-grey-gun pack, so looking through there you should find the right files. Easier than looking through the entire bmp folder. Joe

No problem, fellow modder! With regards to your other question, I myself have often pondered that. I'm sure that it can be achieved by playing with the colour balance and channels. Perhaps by removing all channels except grayscale? I'm not sure, and I don't have time right now to try it out. If you do manage it, I'd appreciate learning the technique, as there are a couple of mods I want to do, but need to remove the other colours first Joe

Gautrek...to do shadows I either create a low opacity layer and use airbrush to spray black over the desired area, and adjust opacity to get the right look, or use a layer set to 'OVERLAY' and colour with a dark colour Joe

suck it up troy, cant do that

You need to have your image hosted at a site that allows remote linking (Hotlinking) and then, when writing your post, there is an option below 'Instant UBB Code' called 'Image'. Simply paste the address of the image and voila! a screenshot in your post! Joe