(11-18-2016, 08:51 PM)Kool Kat Wrote: David:

Many thanks! 

A map upgrade and available right out of the box has been a "dream" for many PzC gamers!

My eyes thank you VERY MUCH! 

(11-21-2016, 10:55 AM)BigDuke66 Wrote: I hope you won't simply switch all the games to that PB graphic set that did come with the latest patches for Moscow 42 & Kharkov 43.
The PB graphics seem OK for a tactical engine but in PC we are on an operational level that needs a good and easy recognizable map. Having X different versions of a village graphic may be fancy for PB but just confusing for an operational game. You can easily see it on the screenshots with Kharkov in the initial post, with the PB graphics you can't distinguish the terrain, the old stock graphics allow to differentiate clearly between city, town and village hexes just like the graphic set of Jison would allow.
That is why I like the map look more, Jison's MapMod was and is my favorite for the operational games of HPS/JTS, it not only looks better than the old stock art but also improves playability because everything is easier to recognize.

Will this be only an artwork updated or do the games get patched to use graphics with higher resolution like PB does?


@phoenix
You are not forced to use the hexborder graphics. I love Jison's MapMod as it improved the series a lot, but the terrain hex color and hardcoded hexborders are not good at all and these where the first things I replaced. If you need the files to do that just PM or mail me and I'll send them to you.

(11-18-2016, 07:35 AM)phoenix Wrote: Looks superb, David. Much more map-like. But - and this is a HUGE 'but' for me - in the 2d screens, are those hexes - those Jison type hexes (where there is no way you can get rid of the hex edges, because they are part of the hex itself, not a contour marking and not a hex edge) - going to be part of it? because I absolutely hate them. They are the reason I won't buy the WW1 titles - because you can't now get rid of the damn hexes (at least, not without some graphics modding). Why do they have to be there? They are most definitely NOT map-like or natural. I understand some people like their hexes, but others hate them - so why not leave them optional, as they are at present? The graphics are really important for me, for immersion, and if I thought I couldn't get rid of these hexes I wouldn't buy. Seriously.

If they are to be there, then can you at least say that the relevant parts of the 'map' folder (the 25, 50, and 100normal, mud, snow files etc) will at least be the same size and format as the current ones, so that I can swap the files out and get rid of the hexes?

Peter

(11-22-2016, 01:00 AM)BigDuke66 Wrote: Last screenshot shows the best result in my opinion.

Will the color range be the same as Jison did?
Besides the embedded hexborders I also didn't use that part of his graphics because the color ranged from deep blue to purple, that didn't look like a map at all to me. I like the old school green to brown range better.

(11-17-2016, 10:09 PM)Strela Wrote: We're looking at replacing all the artwork across the current twenty one games that have been published. This is definitely not a task for the faint-hearted and is something we have been doing in our spare time while working on further Panzer Battle titles. This is not just a graphics upgrade but will also include Ed Williams Volcano mods alternate scenarios - so it's more of a relaunch of the series. Please note this is only for the JTS versions, though the unit images are interchangeable.

 
The current JTS versions of Panzer Campaigns use an early version of the 'small sized' Panzer Battles graphics. They were not at all to scale and the 'realistic' look didn't quite work.
 
As mentioned this is to cover all twenty one games that have been released and we would like to upgrade them all at the same time to ensure consistency. So please don't ask when it will be ready but it is moving along nicely.
 
 
David