Looking like some nice improvements randy ! The color tones look really nice! I look forward to seeing the new motion
Once I finish up some work I had been promising in TC2m, I will take a stab at adding some flags and other stuff myself
Appreciate the kudos! Nice that you're helping out TC2M, bunch of loyal fans over there. For me it has always been a fun game, but after modding SOW I find it impossible now to abide by the TC2M modding format, it just feels ancient. Still, TC2M keeps on a truckin, with loads of maps and enthusiastic folks.
Saddletank will love your style of flags, hope you can appease him some after your TC2M donations.
RB - looking at your shadow and wave methods and the frames you use, please have a look at Gunships Napoleonic flags. I find his Spanish one to be especially effective. See how the wave motion passes across the flag texture so that the flag seems to be made of very light material and rippling? Your recent Napoleonic flags have great solid and clear textures but their motion and wave style is not in the same league as Gunships.
I hate being blunt about these subjects and have no wish to offend, its also hard to describe these things without sounding like I'm saying there's a right and wrong way.
I know every modder has their preferred methods but when two so different animations are used in the same army it looks odd. No idea if you can even get what I'm saying as I'm probably not explaining it too well but if you could see what Gunship did and use a style more like that (and more like the default flags) I think it would be better for everyone since your flags would merge better with the vanilla flags and Gunships.
Hope I've not annoyed you and please carry on with your great work.
The only thing that rubs me wrong with this message is that you asked me to look at Gunship's flags...a big DUH!!! So you think I just hide behind my designs and deny other folks works?
I used to design along those one dimensional schemes years ago...multiple waves with no motion. This design is typical of most 2D flag designs across multiple games, they're fast and look good to most folks, you, for sure. Gunships are very good, and Scott is producing some of the best I've seen.
Striving to break out of that box, I've evolved my designs to what you see now. They're not perfect, and not universally accepted, but they're my ideas and unique, and I'm always working to make them better. I won't go back to the wave only techniques, they're just too static in my eye.
As far as mixing flag looks in OOBs I don't think it's that big a deal, otherwise I would not have encroached on other folks mods, suggesting the use of my flags. My intention was never to monopolize, just add variety.
Still, I thank you, you definitely have a way of keeping folks egos at bay and keeping them on their toes seeking improvements. I understand exactly where you're coming from, the best band directors I knew were the one's that scoffed at praise before competition, they demanded to know what sounded bad, and when they asked for comments, you'd better be critical, or lose respect fast within that field.
BTW, I call my added technique, Swing...And,
It Don't Mean a Thing, if it Ain't Got SWING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDg