Every other year, I search for some new reincarnation of Steel Panthers and end up in threads like this :) If someone could just do a proper modern remake with real support for modern computers with high resolution graphics and a decent UI, they could leave the rest as it is... The modern things I h...

Lol - I upgraded my computer recently and did a reinstall. I realized that it was way too long since I played FoG II so decided it's really time to learn it now... So I booted the game and launched the tutorial. Then I realized that that I really did not appreciate the default textures and remembere...

On vacation in Tuscany sipping on some Chianti and looking at the landscape, I thought about my old mod, realizing why I did it

Updated to version 1.3.0 where I added Adebar's modified marshes and additional recoloring for Middle East.

Thanks Adebar for your contribution to TexMod!

Glad to see that my TexMod got "transferred" to Medieval with improvements! I was thinking of doing it myself but now I can use this instead - thanks! Hey, we've been waiting for you. Yes, we want to incorporate it into the mod and you will of course be credited along with everyone else i...

Hello Mazex! If you're still around, please check: http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=639&t=103938&p=908315#p908315 - concerning a possible sub mod to your TexMod. Nice to see that you where able to reuse my work for Medieval! Feel free to re-use whatever you like with a little...

Glad to see that my TexMod got "transferred" to Medieval with improvements!

I was thinking of doing it myself but now I can use this instead - thanks!

Thanks mazex, You might want to check that my official scenarios from the Age of Belisarius, Rise of Persia, and Wolves at the Gate DLCs still look good with your terrain mod. I used the same technique of mixing terrain sets on many of the eastern scenarios, Chach was even a mix of all three! Agree...

New version 1.2.2 - did some tweaking mainly of NE textures to work as good as possible for "mixed" maps like Chach.

You're fast, Mazex! :shock: Great work! Many many thanks! PS: I can only recommend to remove the vignette effect for better enjoyment: http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=488&t=80209&hilit=vignette Thanks a lot for the vignette advice - that cleared things up! It would be nice t...

Inspired by what you and toska have done with the crops, I made my own version using my ancient but faithful old version of Paint Shop Pro 7. Got some feedback in the Modding thread for my TexMod that your great Panion map did not look OK with my mod, so I had to add the ME to TexMod and fix some S...

Hello Mazex! Thanks for this nice mod. I was sceptical at first, but after giving it a try I must say that the maps are just looking beautiful with it. Absolutely recommended mod! Are you planning to do a revision of the Middle East tile set, too? IMO at least the ME trees and grass could need a bi...

So how should the ones with alpha be saved? As I understand it you can't save alpha/transparency with DXT1? The ones without alpha I save as DXT1 and the alpha ones as BC3 / DXT5. Try the ones i did in my "TexMod" that are BC1 / BC3 - I do not see any artifacts or performance problems (wel...

Regarding mip maps - there are 10 levels of textures that are halved in size for every level in the mip map layers so that the graphic engine does not have to use the full res textures for distant objects. I would recommend loading the image withouth the mip map layers and then generate them when sa...

Another note - one thing I found useful was to not expand with the same amout for all crops. I did a 1 pixel expand for all and then did an inverse select and "brushed" some black back for one of the crops (the one above the minimap in the image above). That gives more variation IMO so tha...

Wow - awesome advice! The crops for especially the SE map where to "weak" and this really did the trick! Updated my "TexMod" with your idea - http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=492&t=100101 Quite some work to get the colors right with shaders and things changing ...

Updated to version 1.1 above From the great post by toska about expanding the alpha channel maps to get more dense crops I did that for the SE map and it really was a nice trick. I did however not think that it was necessary for the NE map as the maps / base textures made a good job in the original ...

OK - to have different options I added back a Low Saturation version of Darkmod now that it feels rather final. And I took the trees from that LowSat version to the "Trees only" version that just changes the trees and leaves the rest vanilla. I added all trees now - I did not include the C...

I can understand that. However, the colour of the in-game ground looks good and the landscape's light is very well rendered IMO. So maybe your problem is more a matter of replacing a certain type of tree with your preferred one (more pines than currently...) ? My 2 cents. No big deal. Keep on the g...

OK - but I agree with the comments that it does not look "hot enough" and has a late evening feeling. So I put down some work to get more sunlight. Updated the post in the mod section with version 1.3 Comparison below: Original textures: https://i.imgur.com/ti6Ar3N.jpg Darkmod 1.3: https:/...