JTS The Seven Years War Released

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I don't think there is anything in the text that is hiding like that.  The next title isn't to that stage yet (yes there are some draft art for it).

3D can be added - all one needs to do is drop in the files from any Napoleonics title, or REN.  The program will read those ... of course it would need to be changed to fit whatever you like to see as the period.

I have a few units that were being worked on a long time ago, but it was more of a decision, would the artist's time be better used in the Napoleonic Battles titles - and it was decided that it was - so you got more Napoleonics titles during this period than you might have otherwise.  Then after that decision was made, no one else who we got could or would do them. I, not entirely joking, have said I probably ought to learn those files at some point.  But then again doing the art was never supposed to be my role in there. It became my role when the project got left with incomplete material, but I wasn't paid for that part - frankly it was more about getting it to the point where it could be released. 

The village art was the other artist's in the credits - although I did have to change around those files too so that different building colours were used on different terrain types (in other words, make buildings one colour, town hexes another, and then I think chateaus another - plus try to make them look a bit differently - personally while the walls I put on those are usable for the purpose, none of those are what I would have used myself.  It isn't really a decision that needs to be made, because as it happens, there are some graphic files that are only able to be used in SYW (in terms of permission for stock graphics), so those are all a one off. 

Flags:  the original idea was to be to have the unit types colour coded (the NATO symbol on the unit picture) - however, that wasn't my idea at all, and it was decided (not by me) to go with different nation colours than what were originally being used in what was provided.  In truth, it was only ever, originally based upon the colours used in REN -the exact same colours per slot on the unitbox, leaderbox in the Info folder, and the files with counters in the Map folder.  I do hear what you are saying, and just consider the flag in the background what side that the unit is on within the context of the game. 

I see what you are saying though -and the problem with that (keep in mind that I agree with what you are saying) - is the background was added to the unit picture to blend in with the specific background file.  Again this one wasn't my idea, but I wasn't willing to re-work all of those images.

The only thing in new art i think you need improve is the unitbox because is very hard know when an unit is selected or not, when unit is selected the nation flag in the background doesnt change (usually when you select an unit the full unitbox appear more shiny in other titles) and using for all nations a dark background made less noticiable when an unit is selected or not.

 

I'll give it a try; it sounds easy enough to do, so I will see what I can do. It sounds like a fairly easy tweak. I appreciate the feedback.