Slitherine

I am looking for some good mods. I have seen a lot of mods, but often i don't even know where to find them, they are all over the place.

I played GTNM (or whatever), italian corps, kaiserschlacht (the wwi one). I look for mods that are really different from the main game, e.g. different places, interesting levels (not the usual slugfests against russian hordes) or underdog armies like the italians for example. Or just really good mods. I tried legacy of versailles but the first few levels are not my cup of tea. and it takes very long to play.

What mods is there?
For example game improving mobs? UI changes etc.

There isn't really a single page for downloading mods, but check out the scenario design page.

Recent postings included discussions on:
a mod by PHCAS;
a Bay of Pigs game;
a Japan/Pacific mod;
a Hungarian mod;
a European-wide mod;
minor tweaks to the standard DLCs.

Plus many more.

It is indeed disconcerting that there are no large 3rd-party mod depots dedicated to Panzer Corps mods as there are for other games such as Panzer General (e..g.,Dirk Cremer's Herr General website) and The Operational Art of War (e.g., the Rugged Defense website). Not sure why this is (popularity?)!

pewp3wpew wrote:I am looking for some good mods. I have seen a lot of mods, but often i don't even know where to find them, they are all over the place.

Try the DMP Big MOD "Pazifik Korps"!

Links:

http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtop ... ifik+Korps

http://www.designmodproject.de/kunena/2 ... ifik-korps

http://www.designmodproject.de/jdownloa ... l-4-part-2

Magic1111 wrote:

pewp3wpew wrote:I am looking for some good mods. I have seen a lot of mods, but often i don't even know where to find them, they are all over the place.

Try the DMP Big MOD "Pazifik Korps"!

Exactly the kind of mod I hate. Unnecessary changes to the complete UI. most of them bad. The units don't have consistent looks for countries but insist on having camo while not providing vanilla style big unit graphics. You may like it, I hate that. I have a sight impairment so for me ergonomics actually matter. If I can't see my own units let alone identify them and I can't even see the fog of war anymore on the map then that's simply a crap mod. It also isn't necessary to change a huge equipment file and redo every single scrap of UI graphics. DMP already did that to the Hearts of Iron game and those mods made unnecessary and annoying changes to the UI also.

A Mod shouldn't be a total conversion. It needs to create new content for players that loved the original game. If I go into the mod and feel like i'm playing a totally different game then I won't continue playing. I want a mod for Panzer Corps because I like Panzer Corps. I hate modders who take an engine and then change absolutely everything because they think they know it all better. Well guess what, you don't. The original was so successful because it had graphics and mechanics that had certain chracteristics. There are some UI and terrain graphics mods that enhance some stuff without changing the entire style, let alone mess everything up so badly you can't tell an infantry from a tank anymore let a lone find a unit in a forest or be able to tell what your units can see or what your units are capable of.

So no thanks to the DMP crap. Those guys now apparently do their own game. I wish them luck with that, but that's what they should have done in the first place instead of trying to change someone else's game into something it's not meant to be.


As for recommended mods, I'd recommend taking a look at the Imperial japanese Army mod and the Marine Corps mod. Goes Pacific theater while sticking to the classic Panzer Corps style.

Different to the main game... You say.

War of the World II adds industrial production and diplomacy to a global map. You may enjoy it

If you look at my signature you will also realise I am also that guy from the WWI mod.

- BNC

I'm not opposed to mods that add to the game. But the core strengths of the game need to remain intact. And one of the core elements of Panzer Corps was pretty 2D graphics that are also very useful because all information is available at a glance. the DMP stuff completely destroyed that. War fo the World II doesn't. I like mods that ADD to a game, not take stuff away, especially not ease of use.

KeldorKatarn wrote: ...
the DMP stuff completely destroyed that.

We know now more than enough that you don´t like the DMP Mods...

Magic1111 wrote:

Why can't the official smily faces be this good?

- BNC

KeldorKatarn wrote:I'm not opposed to mods that add to the game. But the core strengths of the game need to remain intact. And one of the core elements of Panzer Corps was pretty 2D graphics that are also very useful because all information is available at a glance. the DMP stuff completely destroyed that. War fo the World II doesn't. I like mods that ADD to a game, not take stuff away, especially not ease of use.

My original post was actually I response to the first post on thethread. I wasn't trying to spark a debate about DMP.

(Had to post a 2nd time as I only thought up this response after posting my previous one and I couldn't edit a quote in scrolling down and pressing quote.)

- BNC

Well I can understand that. I`m also not a fan of huge overhaul mods.
The good thing about Panzer Corps imo is, that it`s so easy to mod that everybody can change the game to his likings. I myself took a lot of ideas and graphics out of different mods and combined them to my own version of Panzer Corps.
DMP artstyle is not my cup of tea either. But that`s just my opinion and personal taste and of course many people see that differently.

I don't even mind the art style. That can be appropriate, especially if the scenarios are in a smaller scale where being closer to the terrain makes sense. What I don't like is when I can't see my own units anymore, let alone identify them. And especially now that I'm having vision problems that's especially annoying. And I'm not bashing the DMP stuff btw. I'm pissed that it changes to much I can't play it properly. I wish the graphics were optional, then I'd immediately try it out and maybe even feature them on my channel. But like this.. I tried playing them... I couldn't see shit anymore. That the air-ground mode switch doesn't work anymore using the mod makes things worse.

I don't even mind the art style. That can be appropriate, especially if the scenarios are in a smaller scale where being closer to the terrain makes sense. What I don't like is when I can't see my own units anymore, let alone identify them. And especially now that I'm having vision problems that's especially annoying. And I'm not bashing the DMP stuff btw. I'm pissed that it changes to much I can't play it properly. I wish the graphics were optional, then I'd immediately try it out and maybe even feature them on my channel. But like this.. I tried playing them... I couldn't see shit anymore. That the air-ground mode switch doesn't work anymore using the mod makes things worse. They would have such a much bigger audience if they had kept the terrain graphics optional and made the units non-camo. Or at least all units the same camo.

Trouble with military camo patterns is.. they are supposed to make the outline of something disappear to the human brain. And that's exactly what you DON'T want in a game.

BiteNibbleChomp wrote: Why can't the official smily faces be this good?

Because there´s no official smily for tiring posts...

Magic1111 wrote:

BiteNibbleChomp wrote: Why can't the official smily faces be this good?

Because there´s no official smily for tiring posts...

They should replace the official smilys with better ones like that yawning one. And the ones from some other site that hold pickets, get into fights, drink toasts and do all kinds of other ridiculous stuff. Oh yeah, and the Mexican wave one with 7 of them.

- BNC

A really interesting mod on DMP was the sound mod which added voices to units.
Sadly it`s outdated and unsupported now I think.

Ralle wrote:A really interesting mod on DMP was the sound mod which added voices to units.
Sadly it`s outdated and unsupported now I think.

IIRC the MOD was from "Puma"?!

Could be. But I`m not sure.

You`re right, it was made by Puma.
Anyways yesterday I downloaded it again. After a little handicraft afternoon I merged it with the "Real Sound Mod". So now nearly every unit has 2 move sounds from RSM and 1 voiced sound from Puma`s mod.