WarPlan -- new game announced from Matrix Games

[bobarossa]

I'm hoping it will be in the holiday sale.  My anniversary coupon shows up right after Christmas. All this fawning is getting me interested in spite of the Wargamers review.

[MOS:96B2P]

A cool mod, by Hairog, that makes the air counters round instead of square.  Not that they can launch attacks in this heavy rain but the counters still look cool.  :)

[al_infierno]

^ Looks awesome!  Is that on the Matrix forum?

[MOS:96B2P]

^ Looks awesome!  Is that on the Matrix forum?

Yes, at the top of the WarPlan page under mods.  He actually has four different types of round air counters.

[W8taminute]

Those round air counters look cool and extremely functional.  I have to get that mod.

With my aging eyesight it sometimes is hard to pick out the air units in game when there are a lot of counters concentrated on a particular area of the map.  (i.e. on the Russian Front)

[GeneralHawk]

Round counters looks great. Anyone know where I drop the file/mod for it to work properly?

[Rayfer]

Round counters looks great. Anyone know where I drop the file/mod for it to work properly?

I was just about to post asking the same thing.  The Matrix forum post doesn't say anything about this.

[-budd-]

documents/my games/warplan/campaigns/whatever campaign your playing folder

There are folders for each start date, put the file in any campaign you want them to show in. You'll have to rename it units.png If you don't want to overwrite the original, change the name of the original before copying the new file over, i change mine to units-orig.png so i can go back to stock if i want to.

[Barthheart]

documents/my games/warplan/campaigns/whatever campaign your playing folder

There are folders for each start date, put the file in any campaign you want them to show in. You'll have to rename it units.png If you don't want to overwrite the original, change the name of the original before copying the new file over, i change mine to units-orig.png so i can go back to stock if i want to.

That's odd... there are no units.png files in any of the "Europe 19XX" folders on my computer....
I replaced the units.png with the new one with the round air chits in the "Documents/my games/warplan/campaigns/new scenario scripts" folder and it works great.

[-budd-]

Didn't try that folder, looks like it should work. In the forum it said put it in the campaign folders.

[W8taminute]

I will try the same thing later on today.  Last night I did not change the png filename and simply dumped it into the "documents/my games/warplan/campaigns/whatever campaign your playing folder" and the customer icons did not load. 

All the instructions (which are obviously incomplete/incorrect) say on the matrix forum is to place your mod into the "documents/my games/warplan/campaigns/whatever campaign your playing folder". 

Here are the test cases I will try tonight to see for myself which procedure is correct and then update the matrix forums with that information.

1. change png file name to units.png and place in "Documents/my games/warplan/campaigns/new scenario scripts"
2. don't change png file name and place in "Documents/my games/warplan/campaigns/new scenario scripts"
3. change png file name to units.png and place in "documents/my games/warplan/campaigns/whatever campaign your playing folder"
4. don't change png file name and place in "documents/my games/warplan/campaigns/whatever campaign your playing folder" [already done]

[Barthheart]

The file must be named "units.png" that's for sure.

Be sure to rename any existing "units/png" file before you over write it or you can't go back without re-installing the game.

[W8taminute]

The file must be named "units.png" that's for sure.

Be sure to rename any existing "units/png" file before you over write it or you can't go back without re-installing the game.

Good point.  I'll remember to do that.  Looks like I can also cross off number 2 from my list above as well.   :)

[-budd-]

I think I'm switching to this mod.  https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4711017

Wish someone would take on the map. While perfectly functionally, I'm a sucker for a good looking map.

[MOS:96B2P]

And so it begins................ and in the rain.



And I was pleasantly surprised (and concerned) to see the AI attack and make a breakthrough in the area of Kiev while I was busy over at Stalingrad.  The AI seems to have a lot of units moving around, behind the lines. north and east of Kiev.  :o