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’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’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…
I’ve uploaded the new 128×128 unit tiles for Ground Forces. This tile set represents the template I plan to use for future unit tiles. I used real objects for the outline design and the additional texture is meant to help identify it from a distance. For instance, I decided to move away from the iconic…
I had some time this week to look into the comments I got regarding the map script. Thankfully, I commented a lot of my code when I started this back in October so it wasn’t that hard to track down the problems and provide some fixes. I’m still leaving it in the script in a…
I’ve added the Basic Explosions Set to EDIBLE. The picture shows three different animation types that this set includes. I’ve updated the animations when attacking, bombarding, and dropping nukes. These are all at 128×128 definition with matches the resolution all my newer tiles are using. The old explosion animations were just too out of place…
As I indicated in my last post, I’m releasing the brown road tiles I’ve been working on despite some reservations. You can find it on EDIBLE. I was not able to get the roads to look exactly the way I wanted, but most of the anomalies are only visible on the closest zoom settings. The…
I decided to post up the map script I’ve been working on. It’s very much a beta, so try it at your own risk. I would recommend any map file you create be opened through the in-game map editor. I’ve found it to be the most full-proof method of verifying if it will work properly. …
