ColumbusOHGamer Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 I need some help with inf. mods. I going to be adding a couple of new categories for each mod to break them down and make them easier to sort through and manage. But I'm not sure of what my categories should be. Here's what I have so far (German only for example): German Infantry German Mechanized German Cavalry German Mountain German Security German SS Infantry German SS Mechanized German SS Cavalry German SS Mountain German Luftwaffe Infantry German Luftwaffe Mechanized German Airborne German Volkssturm German Ski German Support And inside of those categories, you would be able to pick the individual units: German Infantry Rifle 41 Rifle 44 Grenadier SMG Volksgrenadier Volksgrenadier SMG Volksgrenadier Hvy SMG Jaeger 42 Jaeger 43 Jaeger 44 Fusilier 43 Fusilier 44 Fusilier 45 Fusilier SMG Fusilier Sturm Volksgrenadier Fusilier Volksgrenadier Fusilier SMG Volksgren Fusilier Hvy SMG Recon 41 Recon 43 Recon 44 Pioneer-S Pioneer-SL Pioneer 44A Pioneer 45 Volksgrenadier Pioneer Sturmgruppe My questions is: Can someone tell me which units use the same .BMP files? In other words, does Recon 43 use the same uniforms as Recon 44? Andrewtf, you seem to be one of the more knowledgable modders when it comes to uniforms. Any thoughts on this? If I get it to work, it will be much easier for the mod sluts to find what they want and for the modders to manage their mods. You won't have to create a new mod when all you are doing is updating an old one. (You CAN do that now, but I think most don't because it's hard to find the old mod.) To create a new mod, you'll enter a country (Germany), then select the type of unit (Infantry) and finally the unit (Recon 43). The best part of limiting the unit info to drop-down lists is that it will be consistant. If a slut is looking for a "T-34/76D M1943 early", they will know right where to find it. Today, that same mod might be called "T34-76D M1943", "T34-76D 1943 early" or even "T-34 76D M43 early". With consistancy comes ease of use. I'll offer all the mods I have to anyone who can help me! Thanks! [ September 04, 2003, 06:00 PM: Message edited by: ColumbusOHGamer ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gautrek Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 What a sound idea. :cool: i bet its a bit of a night mare sorting them all out isn't it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewTF Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 It's not quite as complicated as you think. Most textures seems to be either shared or broken down into generalized categories like as "Mechanized" "Infantry", "Guards", "Cavalry", "Naval", and "Mountain". No distinction is made between more specific troop types Volksgrenadiers, pioneers, Bersaglieri, etc. Texture sharing is not consistent, however. For example Soviet mountain troops share BMPs with regular infantry, but German, Waffen-SS, Italian, and Romanian mountain troops have either some specific BMPs or their own specific BMPs, depending. Confused yet? There's an excellent chart of all uniforms BMPs in Michael Dorosh's GD for CM website. I don't have the URL here at work, but it's linked through his sig. It will tell you more than I can. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kump Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 Yea, and what a pain in the arse it was to number all those bmp's in the game to find the shared ones. Ouy. http://members.shaw.ca/grossdeutschland/moduniform.htm Sorry andrewtf, beat you to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcm1947 Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 Now that is a great idea Columbus. Now, I was taught not to look a gift horse in the mouth but that would make it so much easier. Since you seem on wanting to make sorting easier I have an idea. Oh good you want to hear it. Well, how about having a separate category for just German armor and just Russian armor? I know this could get out of hand but I think you would only have to do it for armor as HT's, guns, etc isn't that overwhelming like the armor is. Just a thought. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 I'm glad the list is still of use to others; thanks to all who helped with it. I hope I've cleaned up all the errata but fear there may be one or two minor niggles still? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 You could also use the filelists from CMMOS and get the same information. I think I posted a zip file at the Mod Database some time ago. MikeT 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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