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typhoon
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of Bollocks
Jan 2003
time: 05:16
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@ Nilat
I'm quite happy that you chose to go with TOT. Better gameplay experience overall, and makes me particularly joyful seeing that the Swedes use a horribly difficult and unique 4-colour splinter camouflage pattern for their tanks/uniforms.
In any case, here is my pathetic attempt at colouring a Swedish Centurion MBT. As I have mentioned its camouflage is hard to replicate and as expected I have failed miserably.
PS: Regarding your question at the CDG Unit Graphics forum, I wouldn't knwo, because I make none of my units from scratch. My skills suck, as you probably know by now. You could ask fairline though- the sheer number and variety of units he has made should give a good idea on the time each different type of unit requires.
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Last edited by typhoon on 27-02-2005 at 16:54
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Boco
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who was once King for a week.
Jan 2001
time: 00:16
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Use sprite masks for banners with Merc's CivSprite utilities. From some file on my disk (certainly couldn't be the utility's Readme).quote:
MASKS As said earlier, each image is exported as 2 images, one "real" image, the other a "mask". So what is this mask? You can see the separate mask bitmap as representing an extra property of the pixels in the other exported bitmap. More specifically, it determines whether that pixel should be painted in the owning civilization shade. Any non-black pixel in the mask will turn the corresponding pixel in the image into the shade of the owning civilization. That is, in Civilization II, once you've imported the image back into the sprite file. |
So you can draw unit shields on your icon with regions containing civ-specific colors. In the attached image, both Fairline's Gurkha and Bedouin units have 'disks' containing a battalion symbol (II). The mask gives the pink or yellow color. Notice that the masks contain a undiluted shade of the civ's color, unlike civ colors in the Unit Key.
Unfortunately, the Unit Key is simply stacked at a fixed (but slightly adjustable) height above the unit icon. For the sake of clarity in dense scenarios, most designers keep the key as minimalist as possible – more so than the ones depicted here.
You can be far more subtle about masks than in this crude example. Check Catfish Cave for better ones.
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typhoon
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of Bollocks
Jan 2003
time: 05:16
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Originally posted by Stalin II
That camo is amazing!!!  Thank you so much! Dont put yourself down like a teenager! I think you, fairline and steph are the best in the business at the moment!  Keep it up!
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In all honesty I would strike myself off that list, and put Curt, tanelorn, Case, Jimmywax, Eivind, Sarsstock and a few others in instead. I really mean it; there are carloads of people better than me out there. This is undenaible fact.
As for shields, it is still technically possible to retain them in TOT in the form of flags which you can put underneath the health bar. What must be removed are the black lines which demarcate the position of the health bar in TOT.
Here are some more Swedish units in case you need them. Tanelorn's Strv 103 S-tank and a Pbv 302 APC by me.
Scandanavia is not a topic which is hotly covered in Civ2; aside from Eivind's Wessebrung and the Winter War, there are not really many scenarios based in the region, and that is especially true for the modern era. I look forward in anticipation to the Red Lion's completion. If you need any more units, I'd be happy to try and help.
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typhoon
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of Bollocks
Jan 2003
time: 05:16
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OK - Typhoon - We will entertain your notion that you are not any good...
(but those who see your units will secretly salute your skill and high edit quality!) |
More than I deserve- but thanks anyway...
Tried my hand at applying camouflage to the MBTs of the Scandinavian countries, and as usual it went terribly wrong- think Piccasso without a brush.
Although I've found several good sites about Scandinavian armour as reference (including this one), not all the pictures on each tank are available, and so I've had to take some liberties (the Norwegian ones especially- couldn't find a single picture of a tank, so I'm using the IFV camo).
If any of the resident Scandinavians here (Martin, Mikko, FiGu, Eivind) would be kind enough to confirm the patterns or provide pictures of your respective country's tanks I would be very grateful.
UPDATED: Fixed the Swedish camouflage slightly- don't think I'll be able to get a perfect match though.)
From left to right:
Sweden- Strv 122 (Leo 2A6), Strv 121 (Leo 2A4), Strv 101 (Centurion Mk.10)
Finland- Leopard 2A4, T-72M1, T-55M
Norway- Leopard 2A4NO, Leopard 1A5NO, M48
Denmark- Leopard 2A4, Leopard 1A5-DK, Centurion Mk.2
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typhoon
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of Bollocks
Jan 2003
time: 05:16
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Thanks everyone.
@ Mikko
I'll get to work on the Danish M48. In the meantime, here are some of the hardware that Norway's NATO allies could send.
(The Challenger, Chieftain, and Leopard 2 are coloured by Catfish. I based the rest of the British and German vehicles on them. The Americans are coloured by me, hence the notable difference in quality. Original graphics of the Leopard 1 and Marder by Steph, the rest by Gareth, thanks be to them.)
UPDATED
From left to right:
USA- M1A1 Abrams, M60A3, M48A3 Patton, M2 Bradley, M113
UK- Challenger 2, Chieftian, Centurion, MCV-80 Warrior, FV-432
West Germany- Leopard 2A3, Leopard 1A5, M48 Patton, Marder, M113
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26-02-2005 20:13
Ive started doing it 3 times. But the 3rd time, im doing it on ToT! But the main idea (timeline)
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For some reason techmusehs artillery is really appealing.. I have to use it! 
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