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Counters - 11/24/2017 3:44:46 PM

Ken7

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Hi friends. I looked around and didn't see this question so I will ask it. Do we have a choice of which COUNTERS we use or must we use just the Standard Nato COUNTERS? Thanks in advance for the reply.

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RE: Counters - 11/24/2017 3:46:32 PM

Tamas

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It's NATO counters only. We have left the old 3D unit icons in as well, but that's simply a legacy feature we have not removed, but not actively supporting either (hence no mention in the feature list).

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RE: Counters - 11/24/2017 8:20:34 PM

ralphtricky

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Although if someone were ambitious, it's pretty easy to create new counters. They are basically just stencils on top of the counter. I think they're called CounterUnit, s_CounterUnit and h_CounterUnit.

Since they support full Alpha channel, an artist could probably do all kinds of neat things.

Ralph

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RE: Counters - 11/24/2017 11:42:30 PM

JPJ

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Hi Ken7,
It happens there is currently another discussion about this in the modding forum:

"Change Graphics to Non-Nato Icons"
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4382706

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RE: Counters - 11/25/2017 5:40:28 PM

Dr. Foo

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quote:

ORIGINAL: ralphtricky

Although if someone were ambitious, it's pretty easy to create new counters. They are basically just stencils on top of the counter. I think they're called CounterUnit, s_CounterUnit and h_CounterUnit.

Since they support full Alpha channel, an artist could probably do all kinds of neat things.

Ralph

Yes, but I loved the old bitmaps you could edit just with MS Paint and edit the color, icon and create a bigger flat counter all in one.

< Message edited by Dr. Foo -- 11/25/2017 5:41:42 PM >

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RE: Counters - 11/25/2017 6:36:52 PM

Ken7

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Thanks for the site JPJ. I kinda like the little men and little tanks and little airplanes icons. I'm too freaking old to learn the nato counters. (whimping out) I would probably buy the game if I could just click on Icons and change them to the little guys I mentioned earlier.

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