Panzer Battles 2 - The Official Teaser Thread

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I love the 2d relief maps and would and hope very much that we will also get that feature added to all the other remaining series, especially PzCs/MCs, ACW and SBs. I think that map type would make all the series much more attractive for purchase and really helps with LOS while looking for positions to occupy. Plus, it just looks cool as hell. The maps are very well done! I worked in Land Surveying for some years and that was like drawing maps. Sadly, Manual Drafting is a thing of the past now.

I know this is a little out of place here, and I apologise to Mr Freer for sort of veering a bit from his topic momentarily.

These already have begun showing up in some of the HPS published versions of NB, and more recently, Campaign Antietam.

Of course the real goal is to ditch the 8 but graphics, and there are still a fair bit in even these updates.

These are being worked on, although at the moment, like a lot of things with JTS, they are tied to project development too, so it is not like a graphics coordinator is in a position to whip out a 'mod' if there are other things that need working first. It is sort of a sequential approach.

I did 'mess' around with mods for the NB series when the first Peninsular War title came out, and then extended things once JTS began updating their other NB titles. Fwiw, the MP graphics should probably use the same system eventually (with hexside graphics for elevations). I suppose if/when an update for REN includes this (and I have no idea when it would be out - not any time soon, but it would almost certainly be tied to the development of the next title in that series ... just like the other series developmental cycle at JTS), then things might get a little interesting.

That's the thing about published titles, those are fair game for 'mod' screenshots. It is a little different to scenario design with projects in development... you can't really whip out a map complete with where you have what deployed ... etc ... but screenshots of 'mods' can in fact be one big arsed teaser.

Just a 'for what it's worth' ;)