counter mod inspired buy 'guns of august'

[jack54]

after seeing Agent S's new counters, the alpha-numerical symbols reminded me of 'Guns of August'.(another matrix game but set in WW1).

These counters follow a pattern from an alternate set used in 'Guns of August'.

They include 'strength' above 'movement' on the right side,with a 'national flag' above 'nato symbol' on the left. The yellow and white boxes are taken directly from the game. The command symbol is the same as carnifex's hq symbol. I used a skull symbol to represent understrength units that can take replacements.

Thanks again to
Agent S-- the ships and planes are his.
Carnifex-- HQ symbol


have fun, It's working fine so far; hope I didn't do something stupid.

revised 11/11/09 a few changes --made low supply icon larger,added missing white ap box to med bomber lvl 5 (how did I miss that?)

Also lightened area around flags for more contrast. Now named August2 so you can compare then delete un-wanted version
see post 8 for screenshot

[jack54]

here's a screen

[doomtrader]

Something new!

[gwgardner]

awesome. Enjoyed Guns of August, and here we have some of that flavor. Thx for making it available.

[later]

looks very sharp on the normal map. Great work.

[gwgardner]

Am enjoying this mod. I do find the contrast between the Soviet flag and counter colors so small, that it's quite hard to see the flag on the counter. I guess I can go into the color file somewhere and tweak that color.

[jack54]

thanks gw

glad you're enjoying "August" so far:
I too noticed the soviets (counter and flag) are quite close in color. I made the counter backround darker because I didn't want the russians looking pinkish; I'll look into lightening the background on the png. I also noticed with some darker counter backgrounds the nato division symbol is not as visable. The corp shows fine with the lighter highlight.


Question: can you deal with the blue halo around the planes? I like the way it stands out but I think I need to neaten it a little.

I have to adjust the low supply icon (lower left corner) it's to small.(you may not have even noticed it, lol).

[gwgardner]

The blue background on the plane icons is one of the things I really like. Stands out. I'll have to go back and take a look at the supply low icon, because I don't recall it.

[jack54]

screen shot with lightened flag area,and larger low supply icon.(post 1 has revised version named August2)

[cpdeyoung]

Beautiful set, are the new mods available yet?

Chuck

[jack54]

thanks Chuck,

post 1 attachment is now the updated version called [UnitsSkin]august2---if you like the changes then delete [UnitsSkin]august.

Sorry it needed an update, I thought it was done when I posted, but two items I didn't notice slipped by;
Level 5 med bomber white AP box was missing [&:] and low supply icon was very small. fixed both and lightened area around the flag;I think it helps to see the Russians.

let me know if there's something wrong.Have fun.

[gwgardner]

Awesome. I'm getting the update right now. Mucho thanks.

[Magpius]

[font="times new roman"]Great stuff![/font]

[cpdeyoung]

Dear Jack,

I had problems using the August2 counters with Uxbridges ETO scenario. I had to switch back to his counters, which are very good, of course. Uxbridge and I both were surprised that this might occur. If I can help you diagnose the issue please let me know.

Thanks again,

Chuck

[jack54]

sorry You're having a problem, Chuck

Can you discribe the problem a little so I can keep an eye out?

I didn't do much except edit the png and csv file so I'm kind of suprised. (I play for a while with no incidents before I post.)

after your post I tried ETO several turns with no issues.I'll keep looking though. (The counters are a bit darker which is easy to fix.)

I hope I can help...

Jack

[cpdeyoung]

Here is the stuff I found with ETO 1.3b.

I cannot get a game started. Either scenario crashes to desktop before displaying a map. Using 1.3b, but getting nowhere. Did you get a chance to start with a 1.3b?

Last lines from ConsoleOut.Txt :

Loading new scenario done
loading_file_")data\scenarios\ETO_PBEM\minimap.png" [1]... OK
loading_file_")data\gfx\wallpaper_seabattle.png" [1]... OK
loading_file_")data\gfx\wallpaper_pause.png" [1]... OK
Wchodze w GameLoop
Ustawiam guziki akcji jednostek...
Ustawiam guziki akcji jednostek...
Recalculating FOW...
Setting callbacks...
No i to wszystko...

This is absolutely consistent.

I do not know what it was doing at that point. I can't imagine what is up, either.

Your new look is great.

Chuck

[jack54]

sorry Chuck,

I'm not having any problem so far, both ETO's playing fine.(1.3b);

curious if others are having a problem then we can find something in common, If other counters work fine maybe august2 files loaded wrong or corrupted.

maybe a job for someone in the know, I don't know ConsoleOut stuff.

jack

[cpdeyoung]

Please don't worry about it. Too many complications involved. Rest assured I will use your counters often

Chuck

[axisandallies]

One word, nice!!!

[Leeds]

I had the same problem when using the Uxbridge scenario - crashes to desktop.

Works in the generic scenarios.

Would love to use as they look great.

[jack54]

thanks for the compliment Leeds,

sorry you're having the problem also; At least it works in vanilla scenarios.

I've had no problem so far and the curiosity is killing me.