request: somewhat customizable unit icons?

[Draax]

I'll often have a woodsman or guerilla unit in my combined arms stack. I won't be using it for attack, and any extra promotions will be given to medic. I rename them to rangers, mountaineers, etc., but here's my problem. When you have a stack of 5 <insert unit here>, how can you tell which is which without clicking each one and looking at its promotions?


Here's what I'd just love to have: Some way of maybe shading a unit icon: blue for amphibious, green for woodsman, yellow for guerilla, red for medic, etc. Or maybe a colored pip in a corner of the icon. Whatever, doesn't really matter to me. Just as long as I can look at a stack of units and immediately tell what their specialties are.


Is this possible? I would love you forever, oh modder, if you were to provide this capability.

 

[ShroudedMist]

Simple color changes like that shouldn't be too hard actually. You won't be changing the actual skins wrapped around the model. You'll simply be changing in a broad way the color of the texture, say from brown to yellow or red etc. The real is that the model is associated with the model as a whole and not any specific promotions it currently has. One could certainly color code the actual promotion boxes displayed in the unit stats box however I'll bet.

 

[Hakkie]

If you mouseover, it should say on the lower left part of the screen wich units are in the stack, the MP, the health and the promotions.

Isn't this what you want?

 

[WildWeazel]

wrong forum, this is just for completed graphics mods

 

[ainwood]

Moderator Action: Moved to main C&C forum