I’ve uploaded the status icons I am using for my new unit tiles on EDIBLE. I wanted tiles that used the higher definition 128×128 capabilities that were easy to spot from a higher zoom level. This replace two icons which I didn’t think were very intuitive – the brown triangles for “Dug In” and the…
I’ve uploaded the 128×128 unit tiles for space units and bases/structures. This is the final set I plan to make for these unit tiles. They use concepts already used in the Rural to Urban city set and the unit icon templates I made in previous posts. The only addition to this, aside from the unique…
I’ve uploaded the 128×128 unit tiles for naval units. This contains the largest set of unique icons I have made to-date. The main challenge is in finding a silhouette that was different enough to identify the ship when zoomed far away. As you will see if you try it yourself, this wasn’t exactly achieved. However,…
I’ve uploaded the 128×128 unit tiles for air units. This is a fairly small set, impacting only 4 of the default units. However, they had the most status changes of any unit I’ve modeled so far. The helicopters were the most challenging due to their landing while loading capability. In play tests, I was able…
I now have templates for most of the graphics in EDCE so I decided to start some preliminary work on a new project. That project is a port of graphics from Advance Wars. The original idea for the port comes from a thread started by Roy Batty on the EDCE forum which you can view here. The screenshot…
I’ve uploaded the SeaBee Engineer Unit Database file. This is in response Xantam and his request on the official EDCE forum. You can view the post here. Per the description: How to Use It: Engineers won’t be able to move on sea squares unless loaded to the Seabee. When your loaded Seabee reaches the desired sea/shallow…
I completed a restructure of the EDIBLE database for EDCE. I’m sure if you remember the old database this change is a frustrating one because it adds unnecessary clicks. But this will make the website much easier to maintain. Like it or hate it, I saw it as a necessary change based on the amount of…
I’ve updated the Random Map Generator to Version 1.3. This update was mainly to fix the issues with names showing up with squares instead of letters with diacritics. My choices were to inform the game developer and wait for a fix, apply a regex to modify broken letters, or just hard code a list without…
It’s been pointed out that my map script still includes issues with the city naming. I looked into it and it appears that EDCE doesn’t have multi-language support. Some characters don’t have issues but others do. I am going to make a guess that it only supports German and Spanish character sets. When I get…
After about two weeks of revisions, I settled on this layout for the unit tiles. It’s called the Empire Deluxe Unit Template (EDUT). After searching through the EDCE manual, doing some in-game tests, and searching through the art assets I determined all of the possible status options I could identify without making any code changes. …
