Empire of the Rising Sun

[Broken_Erika]

ooo, i started another page, i am #1 on page 5
the big collection of japanese planes- top row,
D3A, ?, ?, ki67, h8k, ki21, ki43, a2n1,
second row
ohka, ki61, L2D2, D3A?, ki100, g4m, ki45, g3m
3rd row
zero, ki61, zero?, n1k, b5n, g3m, d4y, g4m
4th row
ki45, ki84, ki10, j2m, a5m, d3a, b6n, c6n
5th row,
ki21, d1a, half track, k130, ki45, a5m,
if you are going to include an d3a, use the top row one in this coolection, it looks too good to be passed up
second image,
top row
m3 lee/grant, m4 sherman, taiho, soryu, kaga
2nd row
akagi, hosho,essex, hornet, saratoga
3rd row
illustrious, eagle, hermes, ark royale, courageous
4th row
b-17, b-17, b-25, type 9, type 1,

[Patine]

Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't sure about many of them (whereas I know of many of them, I don't have the talent some on this forum do to identify them by sight from a bitmap).

[Case]

Originally posted by Patine
Say, could someone make me an American P-40 Warhawk, British Hurricane, and Australian Kittyhawk. As well, Erika, could you tell me which of your planes are a Ki-43 Hayabusa, Ki-100 Hien, Nakajima Kikka, and J8M1 Shusui, if they're all even there. And are those grey bombers below a B-17 and B-24, respectively. If they aren't all there, could someone please create some for me.

Rather then request that people create units for you, why don't you have a look at the WW2 graphics showcase thread? You'll find that all of those units have been made, some of them by several different artists

[Patine]

Alright, I made some changes, utilized more slots, and used more graphics, as well as listened to your advice, and here's where my units.gif stands. Let me know what you think.

[Patine]

As a note, I ultimately decided not only to do away with Canadian infantry, but the French ones too. For ease of play (and to free up slots), French Indo-China just begins occupied by Japanese infantry, and Canadian cities on the map are just garrisoned by US home forces.

[Broken_Erika]

I notaced that very few people have made p40's,
my specialty are tanks and ships

[fairline]

Just a point of accepted convention round here Patine: please leave the artists initials on their units

[Broken_Erika]

you don't have to have the diamonds around the units, they are just there to make unit designing easier

[Sarsstock]

My main piece of advice would be to line up the unit shields with the blue positioning dots along the green divider lines, otherwise the unit shield graphics will appear in a different spot than the actual game's unit shield.

[Patine]

@fairline: I didn't actually deliberately go and erase the artists' initials. Many came without such, and it seems some were lost in a way I don't fully understand (some glytch of MS Paint, I guess).

@Sarsstock: I'll get on it this evening. I've got to remember that bit of advice in the future.

[typhoon]

Yeah, although not intentional, removing fairline's sig from those units is something akin to pissing in a confession booth. Sacrilege!

(just kidding)

[Broken_Erika]

Make him walk the plank!

[Case]

Originally posted by Patine
@fairline: I didn't actually deliberately go and erase the artists' initials. Many came without such, and it seems some were lost in a way I don't fully understand (some glytch of MS Paint, I guess).

From memory, Civ2 actually strips the initals of .bmp unit files. The solutions to this are either to use a .gif (if you've got the software and know-how) or credit all the units in the readme file when you release the scenario (like I did in all my scenarios).

[GePap]

Why are there so many different Japanese infantry unit types? Do the Japanese gain new infantry types as the war advances?

Also, does this scenerio intend to put in a lot of historical events? if so, a space for a T34/85 might be in order, for use by the USSR when it comes crashing through to take Manchuria.

Also, I don't know is a whole spot for the human bomb is warranted-perhaps change it to a new version of an old fighter as a one shot missile, or allow the player to keep building the older less expensive fighters to throw at the enemy without concern for loss.

Finally, why not a spot for the Matilda II? It was very commonly used by Commonwealth forces in the theater once they were no good for the western front, but could easily beat any Japanese tanks that took the field in any useful numbers.

[Harry Tuttle]

Yeah, using the in game units editor will automatically wipe any pink or purple sigs away and add the diamond tile pattern. I usually just do everything in MS-Paint and then use PSP 8 to make sure my palette matches.