Troop Icon Replacement Pack

[bla21]

Hey guys,

I'm working on a little replacement pack for the roman icons. The icons are based directly of the units in-game. I prefer pics like that to the antique icons that we have now.The pack should be ready tomorrow or so. It may not seem like much, but it's actually a lot of work. The basic procedure is that I take screenshots of the units in-game, then slice out the units in GIMP, add them to the right scale, remove the overlay masks and add a basic shadow effect.

Took me 5 hours so far. Once I'm done with the Romans (excluding siege engines) I'll add the files and also the source files in XCF format so this can be used by others if you'd like so. Maybe we could make this some sort of community mod to have all the factions replaced, which would be quite alot of work for a single person.

Preview pics:

Update: first version (rome) now released:
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Update:

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Guys I won't be able to complete the carthage pack for DL, so here are the source files (XCF and PSD) for both roman and carthage icons:
http://www.mediafire.com/?guiolwp5cphagqu

Carthage is nearly done (3 units missing, plus garrison)

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As for my reasons it's a combination of missing time, grave disappointment with Rome2 and the unstable state of the twcenter forum which makes it a pain to use.

So, thanks for downloading the roman mod so far (650 DLs ) and feel free to use the source files to create any other icon replacement mod or feature
these in any custom mod all.

No permission is required to use the source files in any modding way, but you're required to list me as the author of the original pack and Bento for providing pre-set carthage screens.

[Noif de Bodemloze]

Interesting, I will gonna wait more results by you. Good luck if you will edit all cards (500 units and 200 navals)

[.Mitch.]

Omg, that looks pretty damn neat son! I don't normally download mods as opposed to make my own, but this one may defiantly be a keeper! (Even though the original unit cards have grown on me)

[Deathcake]

Looks quote good, reminds me of the unit cards from TATW actually. Good luck

[TheRomanRuler]

Whoa... It looks very professional, truly high quality. Good luck!

[FEARLESS]

Staggering!.....if that isn't a labour of love I don't know what is!...excellent work just keep going.

[Pnutmaster]

Looks close to the Alpha-build UI cards that they should have included in the game.

[Bento]

Looks excellent. I was hoping an praying that someone would make a start on this ( although I'm a Carthage nut ).

I don't have Gimp or the skills to use it, but I may begin to take screenshots of the Carthage units and collate them - that would save you time, right ?

[Idomeneas]

you need to cast shadows in perspective if you want them to look as standing and not floating.

[shockerr2]

I just founded out of this site, you guys are insane.
All these mods make CA employees look like a bunch of amateurs. LoL
Looks good!

[Massive_attack]

holy hell this looks fantastic.

Sir, proceed at speed! So good!

[arcoss]

Is this the begining of an icon replacement project for all of the factions?

'cuz if yes you'll have the eternal gratitude of pretty much the entire community

[Kadoken]

These look great. The older cards kind of grow on me, but I might use these anyway.

[Den Stark]

Excellent!
in which files need to make changes to make it?
Is it possible to reduce the size of the icons?

[loet66]

Hi,

Very interesting mod.

+ rep.

[✠Ikaroqx✠]

Looks close to the Alpha-build UI cards that they should have included in the game.

Could you please link this to me. I had no idea there were alpha cards

[bla21]

Thanks guys glad you like this. My first post is all messed about, looks like Chrome screws up the formatting (or the slooooow forum)? @Bento Yeah that would certainly help. Taking the proper screenshots actually takes some time and help would be nice indeed . I'd set grass on low so it doesn't interfere (and troop details to ultra) and find a western grassland battle on a clear day setting for the screens. Then set the formations as long as the line can be (so there's not so much overlapping) and make the units face the sun. Then take a screenshot directly from the front, like the ones below. Sometimes the lightning is bad though, you then have to exit the battle and restart. I could fix the lightning later in GIMP but its better to have it good in the first place. E.g. this is good lightning: http://s14.directupload.net/images/130909/wkoqdyan.jpg And this a bad one: http://s14.directupload.net/images/130909/hjlas7vi.jpg If you could do this for carthago a carhago pack is very feasable . @.Mitch. Thanks, I feel certainly flattered by a veteran modder such as yours. I modded for some other games, also 3d stuff with custom models but I never got into TW modding. A texture replacement seemed simple enough to do, just needs some time. @idomeneas I've tried perspective shadows but they don't look great on the icons as they're too small to notice. I actually found the perspective shadows looking more bad. @arcoss yeah it's a start on that. Maybe with cooperation of others even a whole pack can be done. I could describe my technique more in detail, its not too complicated. @den5105 Look at ui/units/icons and .../masks in the data.pack and data_rome2.pack. All the icons are in PNG format.

[bla21]

Ok guys something is clearly wrong here. I posted my answer in Firefox now but the forum still sucks up my formatting. This makes no fun at all... any idea on how to fix it? Have a look at this link to see the post with proper formatting. http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=CQvEeCat

[Barkhorn1x]

Odd about the formatting but I do like your work. Keep going.

[Lothar135]

Great unit cards. I really hate the vanila ones. +1