Unit Categories Recolored
Unit category recolor? Wasn’t there such mod already?
There is. But let me elaborate.
What?
This mod does exactly what is stated in it’s name – colors the unit category icons.
Obviously, this mod is HEAVILY inspired by a ATTILA – Unit Category Re-Color mod made by Adam Octorachmadi.
Why?
I am a big fan of the idea, presented by an aforementioned mod, but I have some criticism towards the mod itself.
- Firstly, when using original marker size during the battle there is too little of a discrepancy between units of different armies, which sometimes leads to an unpleasant surprises.
- Secondly, when using original marker size you have no wavering visibility, which makes it much more difficult to monitor unit’s morale.
- Thirdly, when using double-sized markers it is obvious that they were made using icons of lower resolution.
- Fourthly, the 80%-transparent double-sized icons doesn’t look right to me, considering that the whole idea of a mod is a unit category icon coloring.
- And lastly – for some reason the color scheme of an original mod is slightly off of the Skidvar’s Coloured Unit Cards for Vanilla Units mod made by a Skidvar, so it was bugging me for quite some time.
How
And so I’ve decided to make my own category recolor based on the following rules:
- The color scheme should match the scheme of the Skidvar’s Coloured Unit Cards for Vanilla Units mod.
- The icon size should be slightly reduced to make it less obstructive and more readable during battles.
- The double-sized icons should be of a higher resoluion and duplicate the base-sized icon’s style.
Additional information
- The current version only covers icons from the vanilla game (more precisely – from the data.pack file), so it isn’t fully compatible with any overhauls or unit mods that uses additional unit category icons, but to make them compatible you can either color them yourself or ask me to color them.
- As an addition to the gallery examples, a small example of a unit wavering animation:
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Credits– Althought no resources were used from the mod mentioned below, the credit for the idea of the mod goes to Adam Octorachmadi with his ATTILA – Unit Category Re-Color mod.
