Profile of Kasarov

Do you get any kind of error message when building your mod?

For my custom UI icons, yes -- exit code -1, which to my understanding is a general catch-all.

However, for my edited ABP files, no. There was no error, and the mod builds just fine, but it just disappears. I haven't touched the tools and I'm not sure if they were updated between now and then (then being a month or two ago) but I could check again.

In any case if these are well-received I was going to finish my planned art assets regardless of the mod's situation. I'm quite handy at Adobe Suite and I'm sure other more skilled modders could make good use of these.

OKW has 0 anti-garrison or anti-armor utility before techs, their best bet being placing a Strumpio squad point blank to clear a building or burst down a UPC/clown car, which admittedly, can be amazingly effective, but in higher levels of play people realize this and never let this happen. British early MG builds, for example, are very difficult to play against unless you manage to catch the MG out of position, while Soviet clown car and British UPC builds, when micro'ed well, will bully your kubel and volks without fear until you put down a headquarters or put 270 manpower on an early AT gun rather than another core infantry squad. Alternatively, snipers can really put the hurt on you with manpower bleed, especially on Sturmpios.

In the mid game, your light vehicles (comparatively) cost a fortune and delay your progress to your late game. More often than not, players skip building any light armor, as every ounce of fuel used on a more solid mid-game hurts their late-game more so than any other faction because of the relative cost of the vehicles compared to others. For example, the short-lived Puma costs about the same as an SU-76 or a StuG, which better keeps its value in the late game. Additionally, SU-76s and StuGs fill a backline anti-vehicle niche where they are generally easier to keep alive, whereas the Puma's design was to be a frontline anti-vehicle unit. An aggressive Puma is discouraged because you are punished too heavily if you lose it, and a defensive Puma is discouraged because it is outshined by SU-76 or StuG. A British AEC is 40 manpower cheaper, and performs generally the same role, while also being better against infantry. To add insult to injury, the tech building for the AEC costs only 180 manpower and 30 fuel compared to 200 manpower and 50 fuel for the Puma.

Late in the game, Obersoldaten are expensive un-vetted infantry that may or may not already had their roles filled by a well-kept volks or jaeger or fallshirmjaeger. Panzer IVs Ausf J is the most expensive out of all the medium tanks (T-34-76 300m 80f, Sherman 340m 110f, Cromwell 340m 110f, PzIVH 350m 125f) for just a tad bit more armor plating on the side skirts. When compared to a slightly more similarly priced vehicle such as a T-34-85 (380m 130f, although I would trade 20m for 20f anyday), the PzIV Ausf J stands no chance in a 1v1. JgPz is cheesy with stealth, and has solid combat stats, but lacks vision more so than any other TD. An SU-85 has similar restricted vision only in focused mode, but this also grants increased sight range to compensate. The Panzer V Ausf G is also pricier than the OKH counterpart by 25 fuel without noticeable difference in stats. A Tiger or IS-2 call-ins costs only 150m 30f more (Pershing costs 110m 30f more, so even cheaper), which is more or less the time spent waiting for the Panther to finish building. Additionally, these heavy tanks have way more anti-infantry utility and higher hitpoint pool. If you happened lose the PzHQ, you suffer slightly more than the equivalent of a lost PzIV Ausf J in resources AND the tech to remain competitive in the late game.

With WBP, it is nice to see the PzFaust coming earlier to deal with UPC/clown car. It's also good to see AEC's effectiveness against infantry getting nerfed as well. These changes will help OKW players immensely, but it's far from solving the entirety of the faction's problems. Stealth changes will leave OKW less susceptible to sniper cheese, but will also take away the JgPz IV's cheese as well.

Pre-rework, OKW was an interesting faction with character and a unique playstyle that I'd love to see again. Honestly, I disagree with a lot of the changes made over the years to all factions' techtrees to be more in line with each other as it kind of invalidates the whole point of having factions in the first place, but OKW's rework was unfortunately the one that deviated from it's intended playstyle the most and turned an interesting, dynamic, and unique faction into a cookie-cutter army with limited build choices that is intentionally or not weaker than it's competitors.

Terms of Use: Go ahead and use them! I don't care! Just be sure to give credit if you do, but otherwise, do whatever you want.

Disclaimer: I feel obligated to say that the depiction of the Sig runes (SS insignia) is not a reflection of my personal political beliefs, and is displayed only for the sake of historical context and accuracy, and lastly (and most importantly) not intended to be offensive in any way, shape or form.

Soviet Combat Engineers:



Historically, STAVKA issued both shock troops and sappers body armor. Also, the insignia for Red Army sappers were crossed hatchets, and these guys needed new emblems anyway. Undamaged.

Soviet Shock Troops:


I personally think that this icon makes the shock troops look 150% more badass.

Soviet Guards Rifles:


The vanilla icons were already close in resemblance to the historical Soviet Guards insignia, so I made it even closer.

Soviet Commissar:


For those that prefer their commissar on their own, now decorated with more medals. Undamaged.

Soviet Vehicle Crew:


Another huge thank you goes to RitaRush (I commissioned some parts from her)! Winter portrait soon™. I'll start work on the female version as soon as I figure out what's the best way to implement gender-specific crews in the editor.

Wehrmacht Pioneers:



They needed a new emblem, historically, the crossed pickaxe and spade was the common engineer/pioneer/sapper insignia. Helmet and tunic tweaked to be more consistent with WFA. Undamaged.

Wehrmacht Grenadiers:



Very few generic soldiers wore a full suit of Splittertarn. Although the vanilla Panzergrenadier and Obersoldaten models are probably the best for the job, Panzerfusilier or Volksgrenadier models still look closer and more accurate without an over-reliance on the Panzergrenadier model. Undamaged.

Wehrmacht Snipers:


Snipers, on the other hand, probably had more use for a full suit of Splittertarn. Undamaged.

German Jaegers:


Jaegers were recognized by their cap badges, but you really can't pin those onto helmets.

German MG42 + MG34 Crews:



OKH had proper MG crew portraits, while OKW didn't. Helmet, tunic and ammo belt for MG-42 tweaked to be more consistent with WFA. Undamaged.

German Panzergrenadiers + Panzerfusiliers



Panzerfusiliers were in practice essentially Panzergrenadiers. Also used the full-camouflage shroud from the Stormtrooper/Vanilla Jaeger models. After all, Stormtrooper models are simply reskinned Panzergrenadiers. This gives OKW's mechanized infantry a similar but distinctively different look from their OKH counterparts. Also, the Panzergrenadiers were missing their gas mask drums in their portraits, so I took the liberty to add them as well. Undamaged.

German SS-Sturmmanns


Come on Relic, the SD weren't front line combat units. Added the SS tab collar, as a blank collar were for SD units, which were basically parallel in function to the Gestapo. Also added an Iron Cross.

Luftwaffe Field Divisions


As internal rivalry between the Luftwaffe and the Heer heated up, Göring requested several land-based Luftwaffe units to be formed. These Luftwaffe Field Divisions saw combat on the Eastern Front, but were relatively poorly prepared for land combat, and easily identified and singled out by their Luftwaffe Feldblau uniforms until they were taken over by the Heer and absorbed into the Volksgrenadier Divisions later in the war.

Volksgrenadiers:


New symbol, based off of the Wehrmacht Wound Badge, since many Volksgrenadiers were recovering wounded.

Axis Vehicle Crews


Big thank you to RitaRush for allowing me to use parts of her work for these guys!

PPsH:
StG44:
PTRS:
PzB39:
FmW 35:
DP-28:
MG-34:
MG-42:
G43:

A series of modified weapon icons, some minor tweaks, some major tweaks, in an attempt to make the weapon icons more to-scale with each other as well as more consistent in detail. (such as normal StG vs infrared StG) Some icons are reused or inaccurate (for flamethrowers, Relic just slapped fire in front of a DP-28; PzB39's used the same icon as the PTRS.) so I hand-made some new icons for those weapons.

PS: Big thank you to Osinyagov for unfiltered and undamaged Soviet + OKH portraits!

I will be constantly updating and adding new items to this thread when I have the time.

Well, just keep in mind that there is an official archive viewer built into mod builder.

I had the same problem when I actually used the official archive viewer, so I thought that was the UI Browser becoming obsolete with the last patch. I dunno, might wanna check that out.

I'll try what he did with the map extractor to see if that works, or if its just my PC being retarded.

Hello, I've been wondering if it's possible to add infantry riding on the backs of certain tanks. I've only managed to do that with the T-34-76, but nothing I've tried so far works with the T-34-85 or any other tank in the game. Is there a method to add combat slots within the AE? Likewise, is there a method to edit the positions of combat slots? The tank riders toward the rear of the T-34-76 tend to have one foot over the edge, so deleting or moving the slots would also be helpful to know how to do.

Kasarov