PHCAS big units
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PHCAS big units
Hello,
A problem with the big units is that a lot of new made small units have no big picture. It will be a mess with the big pictures. So after long thinking a came to a system to make the big units yourself out of the small units. To make it work you have to copy only one file that is attached.
Copy "pzsystem_uirooster" to Panzer Corps/UI/unitinfo
Now we/you can place your units in a nice background were they will look good like the he-177 in the sky above a forest or the Swordfish above the sea.
I will share the backgrounds with you so you can make your own units and show idea's to use it.
A problem with the big units is that a lot of new made small units have no big picture. It will be a mess with the big pictures. So after long thinking a came to a system to make the big units yourself out of the small units. To make it work you have to copy only one file that is attached.
Copy "pzsystem_uirooster" to Panzer Corps/UI/unitinfo
Now we/you can place your units in a nice background were they will look good like the he-177 in the sky above a forest or the Swordfish above the sea.
I will share the backgrounds with you so you can make your own units and show idea's to use it.
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- pzsystem_uirooster.png (685 Bytes) Viewed 5757 times
Re: PHCAS big units
Some impressions...................
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Some impressions...................
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The backgrounds........................
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- Night.png (76.36 KiB) Viewed 5756 times
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- Land Recon.png (110.54 KiB) Viewed 5756 times
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The backgrounds........................
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- Sea Recon.png (92.38 KiB) Viewed 5755 times
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- Sea.png (91.83 KiB) Viewed 5755 times
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- Sky Land Recon.png (88.28 KiB) Viewed 5755 times
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The backgrounds........................
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- Sky Land.png (87.72 KiB) Viewed 5754 times
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Seaworld..................
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Re: PHCAS big units
Bridge Units
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The V weapons..............
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The V weapons..............
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Re: PHCAS big units
Fantastic idea phcas!. Thanks!
Eastern Front: Soviet Storm (v1.96): http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=147&t=50342
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Modern Conflicts (v1.95): http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=147&t=72062
Re: PHCAS big units
Thanks Akkula. Trains............................
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- Brigadier-General - 15 cm Nblwf 41
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Re: PHCAS big units
Great idea. Simple and very effective.
Re: PHCAS big units
Great idea
Re: PHCAS big units
Mountain Troops
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- Lieutenant-General - Do 217E
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Re: PHCAS big units
Would you be able to make a set of these for the WWI mod? (I don't own photoshop or any other programs like it that do transperancy - all but a couple of my cureent WWI unit graphics were made by others now.) If so, I can upload a .zip file with all the graphics (or alternatively you can get them from my armoury - viewtopic.php?f=147&t=50632&p=476733#p476733 )
BTW, icon count is somewhere around 40-50
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BTW, icon count is somewhere around 40-50
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Ryan O'Shea - Developer - Strategic Command American Civil War
Re: PHCAS big units
How to make the units
Step 1
Download the free Paint.NET program from internet
Step 2
Open your unit.png file (Panzer Corps/Graphics/units)
Draw a Rectangle around the left facing unit. (Rectangle Select)
Select Edit/copy
Exit Paint.NET
Step 3
Open a background (Big unit) .png file with Paint.NET
Select Layers/Add New Layer
Select Edit /Paste
Put the graphic in the right position
Select Image/Flatten
Select File/save as (take the same name as the small unit & copy this file to Panzer Corps/UI/bigunits
(If you forget to Flatten the picture you will save a PDN file instead of a PNG file!)
Step 1
Download the free Paint.NET program from internet
Step 2
Open your unit.png file (Panzer Corps/Graphics/units)
Draw a Rectangle around the left facing unit. (Rectangle Select)
Select Edit/copy
Exit Paint.NET
Step 3
Open a background (Big unit) .png file with Paint.NET
Select Layers/Add New Layer
Select Edit /Paste
Put the graphic in the right position
Select Image/Flatten
Select File/save as (take the same name as the small unit & copy this file to Panzer Corps/UI/bigunits
(If you forget to Flatten the picture you will save a PDN file instead of a PNG file!)
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- Lieutenant-General - Do 217E
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Re: PHCAS big units
Thanks, I'll try that tomorrowphcas wrote:How to make the units
Step 1
Download the free Paint.NET program from internet
Step 2
Open your unit.png file (Panzer Corps/Graphics/units)
Draw a Rectangle around the left facing unit. (Rectangle Select)
Select Edit/copy
Exit Paint.NET
Step 3
Open a background (Big unit) .png file with Paint.NET
Select Layers/Add New Layer
Select Edit /Paste
Put the graphic in the right position
Select Image/Flatten
Select File/save as (take the same name as the small unit & copy this file to Panzer Corps/UI/bigunits
(If you forget to Flatten the picture you will save a PDN file instead of a PNG file!)
- BNC
Ryan O'Shea - Developer - Strategic Command American Civil War
Re: PHCAS big units
Ships with flags
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