I know most of you guys use 2D views to play the sim. But I am used to 3D views based on Tiller's East Front-West Front Campaign Series. The uniforms and tank counters used in RV and AoR are blue. Germans wore field grey uniforms and at least early in the war, their vehicles were painted grey. Later in the war the vehicles were cammo. Has anyone done any mods to the 3D icons/unit counters or is there just no interest in it?
Last edited by Deputy; 18 Jan 12 at 12:01.
Er, I think there is one for AotR over at Task force Echo. I will be doing a new RV 2D vehicle mod..plus I've just released to 2D mods for RV and AotR which makes it look a fair bit better than the original graphics..try it out.
I'll check over there. Thanks for the advice! I never use 2D views.Originally Posted by Wodin
Drat! I just checked Task Force Echo and all the graphics mods are 2D. The only 3D mods are map mods. Oh well. I guess the Germans will continue to wear the "blues".
I considered modding this at one point, but couldn't find where the infantry 3D icons were. Anyone know?
Hmmmm....good point and that may be the reason no mods were done to it. I looked everywhere and couldn't find them either.
BTW....have you tried modding the weapons to make them better? I did and it doesn't seem to make a difference. Seems they are hard-coded into the executeable. Supposedly Eagles Strike allows you to change the specs of weapons.
3D icons are in the the nation folder...in the main directory...not sure all nations have their own though.
There are only German and Russian ones in their relevant folders...seems odd none where made for the other nations..
The East front titles are the only two you can't edit the weapons etc..as they didn't allow it for AotR to stop people modding it for battles later than 42 as they had RV planned...looks like they never took the restrictions off and made RV the same way.
DaVallian made a 3D mod for ES using the graphics from Tillers campaign series....same could be done for RV and AotR if you want to put the effort in. I found the 3D personally look awful that I just can't use it and 2D with mods for me anyway looks so much better.
Last edited by Wodin; 20 Jan 12 at 11:59.
Ahhhh yes...found them!!! You are right about the East front titles. I e-mailed Rich and he confirmed this. I can edit the "loads" data but it doesn't appear to change things when playing the game. Did you also notice that some tanks like the Tiger that SHOULD show machineguns DON'T show them in the lower info bar? I asked Rich about that and he said it's likely the machinguns were "included" in the attack factor of the tank. Doesn't make much sense to me either. Why would some tanks have machineguns that fire seperately and others that should have machineguns don't show them or allow them to fire seperately?
The loads can in fact be modded and will have an effect; this is likely due to your similar issues with your installs being corrupted. One note, however: minor tweaks in the files do not always result in instantly obvious change. In other words, depending on how the exe resolves the 'shot' result, you may not see any change, or you may see drastic change.
Regarding the "MG crisis", that is no longer an issue now, if I understand your other posts. MG's are working properly and are reflected properly.
No, they can't. At least, not in RV or AoR. That has been confirmed by Rich. You can change the numbers but they are hard-coded into the executeable. Of course, you may be smarter than the people at HPS, or you may just have a vivid imagination, I dunno. The machinegun issue is still up in the air. SIX installs before it was corrected means there is probably a problem with the installation program.
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