HOPLITE1963
Recruit
Like many fans of this game I have been a bit frustrated by the small size of its 2D unit graphics even when zoomed in. However having done some playing around with the 2DsymbolsLg file I found that it was possible to do something about it, and after several months of tweaking have posted the results of my labours in the downloads section.
As I would very much wish to encourage others to feel free to borrow / experiment along the same lines, I thought it might be helpful if I explained how I went about reworking the counters. First off I have moved the unit type symbol to the centre of the counter so that it can be larger. I have also gone for a separate colour for the centre of every nationality rather than having the colours change by troop type. The way that unit direction and formation is shown has also been changed and the symbol for units in line has been moved to the top of the counter in all cases. Also as units not in line, block or skirmish etc are in column so I have decided to have this indicated by the absence of a column symbol.
Finally I have fund that its possible to make the counters themselves bigger and therefore easier to see (up to a point) “The original game shipped with 2Dlarge unit counters 21 pixels wide. My attached counter mod includes 3 files with the new style unit counters one with 23 pixels wide counters, one with counters 25 pixels wide and finally one with 27 pixels wide counters. I also experimented with 29 and 31 wide counters and wile the game will run with them they overlap on the map and hide detail on counters next to them on the left.
I plan to do a whole series of mods using this style of counters so would be very grateful you could all let me know the counter size you prefer
Ian
As I would very much wish to encourage others to feel free to borrow / experiment along the same lines, I thought it might be helpful if I explained how I went about reworking the counters. First off I have moved the unit type symbol to the centre of the counter so that it can be larger. I have also gone for a separate colour for the centre of every nationality rather than having the colours change by troop type. The way that unit direction and formation is shown has also been changed and the symbol for units in line has been moved to the top of the counter in all cases. Also as units not in line, block or skirmish etc are in column so I have decided to have this indicated by the absence of a column symbol.
Finally I have fund that its possible to make the counters themselves bigger and therefore easier to see (up to a point) “The original game shipped with 2Dlarge unit counters 21 pixels wide. My attached counter mod includes 3 files with the new style unit counters one with 23 pixels wide counters, one with counters 25 pixels wide and finally one with 27 pixels wide counters. I also experimented with 29 and 31 wide counters and wile the game will run with them they overlap on the map and hide detail on counters next to them on the left.
I plan to do a whole series of mods using this style of counters so would be very grateful you could all let me know the counter size you prefer
Ian