A Base Graphic for River Craft

[Loamshire]

Sometimes the graphics for river craft can look a bit awkward.
download/file.php?mode=view&id=83417

This perhaps works better?
download/file.php?mode=view&id=83418

I created two possible unit backgrounds for river craft, one matching the in-game river colours and the other having a bit more blue in it. I prefer the bluer version. In fact I hadn’t realised how un-blue the rivers actually are in the game until setting out to create the same effect. The advantage of the bluer unit background is that when such units are placed on deep water/ocean tiles the bluer base definitely works better. I also experimented with having full riverwater backgrounds and various partials. But having a band of water with the unit looks nice to me and it allows some of the in-hex terrain to be seen.

[Loamshire]

The attachment Riverwaters Blue.png is no longer available

Bluer riverwaters


That said, it’s all about choice and in-game graphics are about appearance, feeling and function, and there’s always choices and compromises to be made.
Bluer Riverwaters

[Loamshire]

Riverwaters greehttp://www.slitherine.com/forum/download/file. ... &id=83421n

[Loamshire]

The river craft with base background is one of the Soviet BK Project 1124 variants.

Soviet_Gunboat_P1124.png (30.11 KiB) Viewed 1527 times

Armoured Gunboat.jpg (252.17 KiB) Viewed 1527 times

[Loamshire]

It needed its own efx image though due to the turret spacing though. The file is Destroyer4.

Destroyer4.png (42.94 KiB) Viewed 1526 times

To use this graphic it needs to be put in the animations folder, plus the efx file needs this line in the first part of the efx table;
Destroyer_4 Destroyer4 Destroyer_1

And this in the second part of the efx table.
Soviet_Gunboat_P1124.png "(19,-15)" "(-19,-15)" "(,)" "(,)" Destroyer_4 Destroyer_4 Naval_1 NavalDestroyer_1 Naval_2

[Loamshire]

Blast this doesn't show the tab strokes for the efx table lines.

[faos333]

looks good!

[cw58]

Nice idea and the graphics look good. Don't worry about the missing tabs for the efx file; most modders will understand how to use the entries.

[guille1434]

Nice improvemento to the looks of river gunboat units. Thanks for sharing!

[Loamshire]

Thank you Guille. I appreciate that as I do of course all the many many great graphics you've made. I downloaded your full unit pack only last week.

[guille1434]

Hello Loamshire:
I am glad you liked the icons I have made and uploaded here, I hope you find some of them useful. Also I have to thank you for the excellent Kfz.69 Protze light truck, it is an excellent icon, and it was one of the "pending" icons for me, as I wanted to model an specific towing vehicle for the 3,7 cm Pak 35/36 AtT gun. Keep it up!