Help With New Units

[Canada]

hey everybody i just got Civ Call To Power a couple a week ago and i think its good and all, but im not sure about some of the units. The new Marine and Machine Gunner units look very stupid in their white uniforms, dont you think? I mean how many times do you see soldiers walking around in white? Even in the intro video soldiers are in army uniforms. Anyways I suck at computers so i dont know how to make units but if any of you know how to make good units could you try to make replacement units for the Marine and Machine Gunners dressed in green uniforms like in Civ 2 or maybe even in camoflauge to make them look proper. Oh yeah and i think it would be cool to make the Facists in Nazi uniforms instead of ugly orange things. anyways just my opinion if you agree post a message to, and if you can help me and make these new units please email me. Thanks for your help cause i dont feel like playing the game until i get the Marines and Machine Gunners looking proper- i just built my first couple units and once i got a look at them i saved and quit and havent really polayed since cause it annoys me so much. thanks for your help.

[Harlan]

Hi,
I'm in the middle of making a bunch of WW2 units for a WW2 Europe scenario I'm planning. There are some shots of some of the units I've made in threads below. Replacement pictures for all the units you mention will be included. The only problem is, I've got dozens and dozens of units made (about 70 so far), but it takes a while now to convert them all to CTP form. I'm in the process of adding shadows for each now. If you or anyone else would like to help with the drudge work of conversion, they can be made available sooner.

[Canada]

hey man finally someone who thinks the ugly white marines are stupid too! Anyways I dont think i know how to convert these units cause im not really that good with computers but if its easy just tell me how to do it and ill see what i can do. Are these units all WWII or are some of them modern too (like do u have modern marines and machinegunners in Cammo or at least in proper army uniforms)..... oh yeah an i assume the facists look like real nazis now not ugly orange idiots. That would be cool. Oh yeah since there is no real such thing as a "machinegunner" in real life why dont u rename it to something else. I dunno i cant think of anything right now but the army and marines are different services so it could have something to do with the army. jsut a suggestion. Anyways if you need help that you think i coan do email me and ill see what i can do and make sure to tell me when u finnish cause i want to replace those stupid units. Will these new units your making replace the stupid ones in my previously saved games and in my normal games as well, or will they only work in scenarios? This whole "sprites" thing is new to me so your gonna have to fill me in. Thanks anyways though.

Rauvin

[LittleWing]

70 new units !!! Great work Harlan !

But there is one thing that bother me, the size of the four sprites (no animation and just two tga associated) I made in fantasy units is ~100K zipped, so 70 sprites should be about 2Mb !

Now you will made a WW2 scen so you may edit cities or improvement icons and all the txt files (including the ai for new units and code for events).Finaly it will be a really huge download.
[This message has been edited by LittleWing (edited August 25, 1999).]

[Harlan]

Canada, I replied via e-mail.

Little Wing,
Yep, I have about 70 units finished now- 66 I think. I just turned the 10 naval ones into sprites and will be posting them soon, maybe tomorrow or the next day.

I actually have almost 90 units planned. I'm gonna have all the associated .tga files plus an .avi file for the Great Library (just one frame's worth though, not a true animation). On top of that there will lots of other graphics, such as new wonders, buildings, terrain (if possible), text files, etc etc, so, yes, it will be a heaping download (or downloads) when done! Does anyone know how to do sounds, by the way?

DOGFISH has just found a good source to steal the people graphics from, so all I still need is some of the bomber graphics which I hope to get from Flight Simulator. If anyone owns Flight Simulator and can make some screenshots, please let me know!!!!!

I'll be going to Borneo soon for a six week stay, so I will probably be out of CTP-making action during that time. It will no doubt be a long time before this scenario is finished. But I want to finish up all the unit graphics at least before I go, so other people can go to town with their WW2 scenarios.