The Graphics Workshop

[Catfish]

Originally posted by Boco
Here's an example of unit clutter that the default ToT icon height exacerbates.

It's also exacerbated by your rather ornate health bar. That's too much clutter for mine.

Originally posted by Mercator
Alright, alright, I'll look into it. Jeesh!

You should've kept quiet then, shouldn't you?

[Boco]

Okay, a little word of explanation about the unit key. I must have changed it a dozen times, spanning the minimalist to ornate spectrum. The pendulum's a little far over at the moment.

Psst! Don't criticize the middle key that's attached if you want VB utilities.

The text area is the minimum height to provide background for all the possible status letters that can appear (m,g,f are the 'biggest'). The 'Mercator meter' helps you estimate the degree of hp damage more easily. I wanted other indicators to show civ color and size, but may move them elsewhere — they're actually part of individual icons, not the unit key area. Catfish are you relying on masks in the unit sprites to show civ color? Almost everyone in the WWI Near East theater wore khaki, so civ color indicators are kinda important.

Most of Fairline's infantry icons stretch 45 pixels +3 from the bottom of the unit icon square. Merc, do you measure your distance from the top or the bottom of the unit key area? IIRC its a 32x10 rectangle.

[Mercator]

*keeps quiet*

Originally posted by Boco
Psst! Don't criticize the middle key that's attached if you want VB utilities.

Most of Fairline's infantry icons stretch 45 pixels +3 from the bottom of the unit icon square. Merc, do you measure your distance from the top or the bottom of the unit key area? IIRC its a 32x10 rectangle.

I measure the full unit height, so from the top of the unit key. I started working on a new SpriteGen, by the way. I'll probably start a new thread on it, here or in the ToT forum.

I was a little distracted today though, due to a little thought I had this morning (see this thread).

[fairline]

Originally posted by Catfish

And an ISU-152? I can see this list getting longer and longer.

Hey, no skin off my nose mate, I'm not the one who wants the ToT versions

Your versions are rather good though

[fairline]

@Mercator: is it possible to be selective as to which units have the health bar removed or adjusted in height with your utility? I'm guessing that it's not possible, and any changes effect all the health bars.

It'd be nice to remove 'impassible terrain'-type unit's health bars while retaining those of the 'active' units....

[Mercator]

That's exactly what I made it for.

So yes, it is possible to select which units are affected. For now, though, you can only choose one height for all selected units.

[Catfish]

Originally posted by Boco
Catfish are you relying on masks in the unit sprites to show civ color? Almost everyone in the WWI Near East theater wore khaki, so civ color indicators are kinda important.

In my example, yes on the unit proper - that was the whole point of the exercise . In your screenshot, it looks like you have unit flags in addition to the enlarged civ colour area. Are both required? It's up to you.

Originally posted by fairline
Hey, no skin off my nose mate, I'm not the one who wants the ToT versions

Then why'd you ask for them, eh? You like sitting there admiring them, do you? I knew it. This place is full of weirdos. Try loading the Civ2 palette on the next lot, matey – they'll look like arse!

[Boco]

If I understand you correctly, Fairline, the answer's yes. Merc's utility allows you to pick any or all of your units to have a tall sprite (invisible unit key). However, the static.spr that it generates can have only two sprite heights: the ToT default (for visible unit keys) or a tall one (Either that or the new Static.Spr has no sprites at all for the default icons, and ToT just uses Units.bmp).

In this shot, the red balls and diamond-shaped depressions are keyless because of SpriteGen. The two combat units with conventional unit keys have no tall sprites. If you don't see this in the zip I sent, then either I failed to send the Static.spr, or you don't have Animated Units turned on. Both problems would be my fault.

[Edit: D**n! Slow on the reply. ]

[fairline]

Originally posted by Boco
...... If you don't see this in the zip I sent, then either I failed to send the Static.spr, or you don't have Animated Units turned on. Both problems would be my fault.

You didn't send the Static.spr, and I do have animations turned on. The result was that the impassible terrain reverts to the default versions of the ToT units as shown below They sort of detracted from the atmosphere a bit..

[Boco]

[Mercator]

Originally posted by Boco
[Edit: D**n! Slow on the reply. ]

But that screenshot more than made up for it.

[curtsibling]

Originally posted by Catfish
Then why'd you ask for them, eh? You like sitting there admiring them, do you?

Actually, we do!



But also we ToT scenario developers want to use them too!

[Catfish]

Here Curt, something to stare at for a while. Here's Nemo's original Matilda Mk II and two reskins. Don't expect the others in a rush. I'll post those at my site when I get around to them.



Edit: On later viewing along side some of the other vehicles, I decided that it was a touch on the blurry side. Here's a slightly sharper version:

[curtsibling]

Thanks, Catfish!
I will spend some hours looking at them!

Funnily enough, the last unit has almost the exact shade of green I had used for Brit armour in my ToT D3 Bmp!

Nice one!

[Eivind IV]

Bumping for more art work