RED FRONT ToT REDUX

[MacGalleo]

I use cntrl-z, but I don't know for the other players...

[curtsibling]

Using the zoom feature incrementally until the right balance between size and visibility is found usually works out.

PS
Perhaps sea/land mines and similar defences are best being invisible?

[AGRICOLA]

Originally posted by curtsibling
Perhaps sea/land mines and similar defences are best being invisible?

I think that sea mines should be visible. River mines are optional although Captain Nemo has an invisible river mine.

[fairline]

The river mine has the invisibility flag; the rest of the static units for which I made sprites are visible as intended in the scenario. I'll make a second set of sprites for those people who use cntrl-z.

[fairline]

Here you go, if you like to play zoomed in to cntrl-z level, replace the default shift-z optimised static sprite files with these. Remember to exit the game to allow the change to take effect.

If I can be arsed, I'll make a bat file to switch between zoom level sprites automatically. Maybe

[MacGalleo]

thank you Gareth, it works fine...

[Colwyn]

Any of you guys got some GFX for redfront tot that can replace :

We love the comrade day (jet fighters no good!)
Civil disorder ( too modern)

[techumseh]

gfx?

[curtsibling]

I think Colwyn means the gifs in the pop-ups (in game)

Gif-replacer can do this, but I have not experimented with it much...

I know that Boco has though!

[civ2units]

Originally posted by Colwyn
Any of you guys got some GFX for redfront tot that can replace :

We love the comrade day (jet fighters no good!)
Civil disorder ( too modern)

You will find the gfx in the Tiles.dll, located in the Test of Time directory. You will need a programm like Reshacker for opening and changing the .dll file.
Please note if you replace the gfx, they have to be 8bit Civ2 MGE colour palette. Otherwise the game can crash.

[civ2units]

I´ve used Reshacker for my AWI scenario, it works very good and easy. I will have a look for a downloadlink for this programm.

[fairline]

Originally posted by techumseh
gfx?

graphics

[curtsibling]

I've stickied this thread, so it will now act as a permanent
Red Front resource for the ToT vanilla version and the GFX!

[MacGalleo]

After testing several options to eliminate the "too many units bug", here is the version that satisfies me the most.

THIS IS NOT A NEW VERSION OF REDFRONT, just a patch to eliminate the "too many units" bug in the first part of the game, the "partisan problem" in winter 41/42 and to correct the possibility of pillage.

Just paste the files in your Refront Tot 1.4 directory.

Let me know if there's any problem that I would not have seen in my playtesting.

[GhostOfDisco]

Just thought this might be a good thread to show you what seems to happens in Red Front, even though it could be remedied by some use of flags and such.

Summer of 1942: Engineers of the Fatherland make daring pontoon bridge construction deep behind enemy lines! Troops sent to defend bridgehead!

I should also note that as of that picture I had just reconquered Zaporozhye after fighting lots of enemy units outside of it for a bit, even though it's not on the front lines. True, I think the Nazis had historically driven deeper into Russian territory by that time than they are here, but still...