Is there a mod/way to make icons on map BIGGER? Ship, task force and airfield base icons

[Timotheus]

The only major problem with this game for me (after figuring out how to run full screen with zero lag) is the very small size of on-map ship and taskforce icons.

Is there a quick mod which changes just the size of those?

Or should I just make the icons bigger myself - looking for that in the ART folder now.


Thanks in advance, those icons are VERY hard to see.


Edit: also, the airfield i.e. airplanes are on dot base icon (the "X") also is.... well, too small.

[BBfanboy]

Search this forum - the topic has been raised before and others have posted links to software that allows you to magnify what is under the cursor.
Personally, I just use a magnifying glass.
Where I have trouble is when the colour of the icon is nearly the same as the background.

[pws1225]

And setting the resolution to less than the maximum your monitor can handle makes things more readable too.

[jwolf]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Where I have trouble is when the colour of the icon is nearly the same as the background.

There are a few places where a Commonwealth TF blends in with the name of an area. It's kind of cool, a sort of stealth mode. [8D]

[Timotheus]

Yeah, I loaded the map mod chiefly not because the map is more beautiful... but to get rid of the GIGANTIC yellow letters on the map, which incidentally are the same color as ship and TF icons on the map... Where's my carrier TF? OMG did I lose it?

Nope, it is on the giant letter "S", perfectly camouflaged.

Will look for bigger icons still - I DID look but failed to find anything.


This is chiefly for windowed / my recording WITPAE. I play full screen with zero problems - but my OBS cannot record when game is full screen.

[LargeSlowTarget]

There are several icon mods out there. They have been made for the original WitP but work for AE as well.

Try good old Spooky's website.

Search in "Files / Scenarios" > "Art" for " Map Icons by Cobra", "ships icons by Myros" and the icon mod by "RocketMan".

Backup the original art, just in case.

[HansBolter]

Unlike most here I play at very low res for this very reason.

I run 760 x 1280 on a 27" monitor.

[Timotheus]

Thanks everyone.