Bil Hardenberger Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) I know there have already been a few of these released, but thought I would show a preview of what I have been toying with... These are based on the US Army's FM 101-5.1 .... with a little license taken to make them clear at any distance. This image is an overview of the first AAR map I was playing with @Baneman.. yellow are FOW icons of course. This set includes special colors for each nation... ...in this image I have selected a Bradley Platoon, which if you remember was playing red in this action. The icons remain the color I chose for the US side (Infantry Blue) while selected.. they will be red when not selected. FOW icons showing a selection of different unit types... very easy t tell them apart. All nations use the same FOW icon set... so no clues as to nationality until you fully ID a unit. The following image illustrates Syrian infantry.. also note the Blue infantry.. that is one of Baneman's irregulars and was on Blue.. Ihave included an inset of that icon selected, showing that when playing blue, Syrian units will highlight green. BMP-3 (with one infantry unit selected) showing the darker red Syrian highlight: On the blue side...highlight insets show a British vehicle (khaki) and a German IFV (gray)... And finally, the overview I started this post off with, but with one US Platoon highlighted... Coming soon.. probably this weekend. Just need to run them through some thorough tests. Bil Edited October 25, 2018 by Bil Hardenberger 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 Here is one more showing Blue Armor types: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domfluff Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Really nice Bil. I do wonder if they're a little bright for the stark terrain - I might ended up desaturating them a little - but they do look cool. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 1 hour ago, domfluff said: Really nice Bil. I do wonder if they're a little bright for the stark terrain - I might ended up desaturating them a little - but they do look cool. It's possible.. but they look perfect in war-movie mode. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domfluff Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Oh yes, I'm aware of why you did them that way Bulk-changing things like saturation with irfanview or something should be pretty simple - when you release the mod I'll give it a poke and see if there's a setting I'm happier with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, domfluff said: Oh yes, I'm aware of why you did them that way Bulk-changing things like saturation with irfanview or something should be pretty simple - when you release the mod I'll give it a poke and see if there's a setting I'm happier with. Sounds good... when you find a setting that pleases you, send it to me and I'll post it on my blog as "domfluff's Variant", if you agree of course. Bil 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domfluff Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Cheers, I'll play around with a few - if I find a setting I like more than yours I'll send it to you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IICptMillerII Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Looks great Bil! I especially like the OpFor icons. I’ll likely mix and match your icons with IanL’s as I am quite fond of his BluFor icons. Thanks for posting these! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 7 minutes ago, IICptMillerII said: Looks great Bil! I especially like the OpFor icons. I’ll likely mix and match your icons with IanL’s as I am quite fond of his BluFor icons. Thanks for posting these! Heh, I can't imagine mixing the two as they are quite different in style.. but to each his own. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) I have completed my first iteration of these icons, please download them and give them a try. There are two versions: War Movie Mode Icons - these are brighter so they look better when playing in War Movie mode. Standard Mode Icons - (the @domfluff Variant) these icons are saturated versions of the original and look superior to the in-game screenshots I originally posted. Note: There are two vehicles, the British Sultan and Spartan that are not working right now.. but this is a BETA version.. I will update the links when I get the issues ironed out. Standard Mode Version: War Movie Mode Version: Edited July 21, 2019 by Bil Hardenberger 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncc1701e Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Very nice, thanks Bil ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 (edited) Finally completed the Icon Key.. hope this helps: Edited October 30, 2018 by Bil Hardenberger Updated image to correct a few errors 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IICptMillerII Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOS:96B2P Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 5 hours ago, Bil Hardenberger said: Finally completed the Icon Key.. hope this helps: Very cool and useful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Yes. Thank you... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Excellent can't wait to try it out and thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMFDR Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 On 10/27/2018 at 10:31 PM, Bil Hardenberger said: Note: There are two vehicles, the British Sultan and Spartan that are not working right now.. but this is a BETA version.. I will update the links when I get the issues ironed out. Temporary Quickfix : - rename "icon british blue light armor 1.bmp" and "icon british blue light armor 2.bmp" to "icon blue ltv 1.bmp" and "icon blue ltv 2.bmp". While these files are in the Shared folder, the Spartan/Sultan are the only vehicles actually using it though, as far as I can tell. (Thank you @Mord for your Dealership scen pack by the way) Great work @Bil Hardenberger, the shapes helps a lot to tell who's where when it's crowded. BilsCMSF2iconsB01_BritTempFix.zip 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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