Getting the Stragglers Out

[fairline]

Love the fluorescent berets on Typhoons Japanese infantry!

[AGRICOLA]

You really like them? Wow! It is encouraging that one does not need to take an art course to gain the approval of a master in this field.

However, before I abandon playtesting and switch to artistry, perhaps I should wait until Typhoon issues his comments, probably something like " ".

Please note that my commendable modesty has kept me from adding my sig to the icons.

[Patine]

I know some of the units are similar in appearance to others, but I didn't make them, and in realty they looked quite similar. Your alterations do make them very distinct, I admit, but forgive me if I don't include them in the final version (I will, however, as I said, fix the irrigation and mining graphics, as those ARE more distracting). I may try to find some subtle but noticeable way to distinguish those units while maintaining dignity, though (going back to the white Zero is one such idea). If anyone has any others, please let me know.

[AGRICOLA]

Some more early feedback.

Airborne Warfare [tech] is misspelled.
Kempeitai is misspelled in the readme.

I think that you may have the TBD Devastator and the TBF Avenger reversed. The Devastator dates back to 1935 and it was withdrawn from active service after its disastrous performance in the Battle of Midway in June, 1942. The Avenger went into production in early 1942 and replaced the Devastator.

Your tech tree has the Devastator replacing the Avenger.

The Pearl Harbor event is great but should involve Devastators rather than Avengers. You might also lower the performance of the Devastator: it was a a lousy plane with a top speed of barely 200 mph.

I played with the PH event a bit to see if it can be blocked. The result was an emphatic 'No way". Good stuff.

[typhoon]

[techumseh]

Originally posted by typhoon

Could you elaborate?

[AGRICOLA]

@Typhoon
Please, maestro, forgive my defacing your creations. I am terribly ashamed and truly repentant.

@techumseh
Wise guy.

[typhoon]

Originally posted by AGRICOLA
@Typhoon
Please, maestro, forgive my defacing your creations. I am terribly ashamed and truly repentant.

In any event you could not have done a worse job than I did in making the things to begin with. Some time before I retired from Civ2 I was going to upload improved and more visually distinct versions but for some reason or another PSP elected to delete all my work. So in the interim, feel free to modify them to make them more recognisable in game. Anyways it was entirely my fault as, had I not been so lazy and created the whole lot from a rubber stamp, it would have not been necessary to do so in the first place.

[McMonkey]

Bit of a naff mod I know but you could keep one the same, add foliage to another ones helmet and if one is a Marine (?) I know they sometimes wore body armour. You could add a flag to one or add a bayonet to the rifle. Just a few Ideas to distinguish the infantry!

[Patine]

Airborne Warfare [tech] is misspelled.

Kempeitai is misspelled in the readme.

That's a quick fix.

I think that you may have the TBD Devastator and the TBF Avenger reversed. The Devastator dates back to 1935 and it was withdrawn from active service after its disastrous performance in the Battle of Midway in June, 1942. The Avenger went into production in early 1942 and replaced the Devastator.

I see now from my check on the Net you're right. I'll just reverse the slots in the rules.txt and units.bmp and their triggers in the events.txt and change their stats to be appropriate.

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I played with the PH event a bit to see if it can be blocked. The result was an emphatic 'No way". Good stuff.

Great! As I'd hoped.

Thanks for the early feedback. Looking forward to more

[Patine]

As for the units, I'm hoping to find someone who'll make dignified but noticeable distinctions. Your suggestions are noted, Werd.

[typhoon]

The reworked Japanese infantry. Tried to increase the variety of poses but my skills, or lack thereof, means that this attempt was largely unsuccessful, since they now all look equally horrendous. Hopefully though they will appear more distinct in game.

Preview here. bmp in next post. All are based off fairline's Chinese Warlord units.

[typhoon]

download this

[Patine]

Thanks greatly, Typhoon! This should help. I'll need a way to distinguish the tanks, though, but this helps for now.

[AGRICOLA]

Those are beautifully rendered units. Even very senior nitpickers would be hard put to find any nits to pick with them.