Developer Diary | Art & Achievements

[CreamGene]

i really hope that you guys do a guide on portrait making public like you did with them loading screens!

So happy you like the mini guide And sure, one day I would really like to share the progress of portraits with you guys too

Can we see Greater Italy flags? If formed by fascist kingdom of Italy and by Italian Social Republic.

Sure (hope it shows)

I'm not into achievements, but the art side of this diary was one of the most interesting I have read. It's fascinating to get a look behind the scenes and also helps us to understand how we can make good suggestions for future content. And I really enjoyed your low-key writing style. Thank you!

Oh wow, that makes me really happy ❤ So glad you like today's DD

This looks really cool! Will Switzerland get any new 3D unit models? Or will they be using the French models? Also, I'm guessing that patch notes are coming with release on Tuesday.

Why yes they will They will get new 3D models for Mountaineers and Militias!

 

[CreamGene]

Kinda curious what the number one thing on the wishlist is

Same haha! It's actually pretty random

What tank is that, looks like an Ethiopian flag?

I believe that is a Fiat 3000.

Amazing! This was the most interesting dev diary.

What's the name of the character with a cap, leftmost on the third row of portraits?

Oh wow thank you so much, so happy you enjoyed it ❤
That one is Ada Gobetti

A highly interesting Dev-Diary, thank you and amazing work on the art!
I would be really interested in you showing us how the portraits are created, since that is a topic that (as far as I know) hasn't really been touched yet.

Thank you so much ❤
Yes, same! One day I'll be sure to showcase this in one way or another ^^

No unit models for the Swiss?

Oh but yes there is

 

[Wrongwraith]

Would it be possible to see any releasable nations by any chance please? Thats if there are any, always love to see them!

Ok so here we go. Added a map of the releasables for the Horn of Africa:

and from Italy:


Just a few of the flags for the new countries:


There are of course new formables and a lot of flags for them - 2 samples here (believe me, there are more):


And then we also reworked a lot of the existing flags.... Expect a somewhat different look for many nations....

Hope you like the teasers
(If this gets enough likes I might add a few more )

 

[Wrongwraith]

Thank for this new DD.

Is there any New formable nation ?

yeah, there are a few...
You'll have to guess this one:

 

[C0RAX]

In the 3D models there is a model of a german jet "Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet", will there be a model for the "Messerschmitt Me 262"? If not why? The new art looks good

Somehow it seems to have slipped through the cracks along with the HE 162 but it's something I will be pushing to add in the future

 

[CreamGene]

Thanks, this is a really interesting insight into the creative process. They artwork for the new expansion is looking great! I can certainly appreciate that new expansions take up a ton of work time, but I thought I’d ask if there would ever be a chance to go back and fill in missing portraits for certain nations. Particularly with the new divisional command system, I worry its going to seem jarring seeing them repeated, and I don’t believe there’s actually that many missing. This is a shortlist that comes to mind. Thanks again!

France: Antoine-Marie-Benoit Besson, René Olry, Gaston-Henri Bilotte & Henry Freydenberg (generals)

Italy: Giuseppe Fioravanzo (admiral)

Mexico: Heliodoro Charis, Pablo Gonzalez Garza & Manuel Pérez Treviño (generals)

Canada: Thomas Victor Anderson & Percival John Montague (generals), H.T. Baillie-Grohman (admiral)

Hungary: Arpad Szakasits (leader)

Portugal: Raul Augusto Esteves (general), Armando Pereira de Castro Agatão Lança (admiral)

Spain: Jose Rovira, Carmel Rosa Baserba & Luis Rastrollo (generals)

So glad you liked todays DD And yes, this is exactly what I talked about in the earlier section of the DD.
This is something that we will be happy to do if/when time allows us to do so.
For example we already did Giuseppe Fioravanzo

 

[CreamGene]

I saw the image of Junio Valerio Borghese. Is he an admiral, general or an advisor?
And then, for Italy, are there any new admirals or only new generals in BBA?
Thank you.

Hello, so yes. Junio is an admiral!
Yes, there are a few!

 

[CreamGene]

What about new music in DLC? What songs we will get except Bella Ciao?

You'll get 4 songs for each country (ie 12 songs) and then Bella Ciao for pre-orders

 

[C0RAX]

We cant not have the 262, its the most famous Jet of the war!

I may yet find an Me 262 down the back of the sofa

 

[CarloPDX]

Does Switzerland have a naval commander? Somebody must have been in charge of their river and lake navy in ww2.

Not at the start, but you know, under the right conditions later in the game, someone might volunteer

Wonderful job on this Dev Diary, especially the deep dive on the art!

And with all these Swiss achievements, I'm imagining that phrases like the below will be soon appearing in Google search suggestions:

"Switzerland World Conquest"
"Mega OP Switzerland"
"Heidi Part II: The Revenge"
etc.

Unfortunately no Heidi, but at least Guisan is already in an anime, so you could say Switzerland does have an anime character.

 

[CreamGene]

Also, can we see the Pope portrait?

PolicBoth of them

Sure!

Is there a Portrait for Dr. Max Leo Keller?

Why yes

 

[CreamGene]

I know this is a longshot and i know chances are slim as heck.......but i HAVE to ask......are "Amedeo duke of aosta" and "Germano Nicolini", respectively a general and a partisan general? @CreamGene
Apologies in advance for the weird as heck question, thank you soooooooo very much for ALL of your hard artistic work

Yes, we have Amedeo, however, you'll have him as the leader of the Italian East Africa when you form the country as your puppet

Will we get new pictures for forum profiles, I know there will be half a million popes but still would be nice.

Yes, you'll get new forum pfp for BBA

 

[CreamGene]

And what about profile pictures for No Step Back? It's been quite some time ago that Arheo said "he'll look into it" but it seems kinda forgotten.

Same with a NSB forum badge which is still missing, eventhough it's probably even less relevant than a Tannu Tuva focus tree lmao.

You have, what I can tell, the NSB badge already in your little badge corner. And if you own NSB you should be able to choose some new pfp from that DLC
The same will go for BBA when it's been released afaik ^^

 

[CreamGene]

Thanks for the headsup- I see the No Step Back badge on my owned item list as well.

Is this new, or has it been there for months, and I'm just now noticing?

This is in fact new

I know this is kind of random, but would you ever consider making a portrait for Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg, and having her be the non aligned leader? I know it's a small country, but the portait would really help with my Kaiserreich Roleplays.

Personally, no. This is because I make the art that a content designer needs/want for the DLC. I usually (sadly) don't have the time to make art just for fun, if you will.
But, as long as my content designers want this person and request them, we'll be making them.
But who knows? Maybe we'll do something with Luxemburg in the future

No sneak peak at the aircraft icons themselves? I was literally waiting just for that

Haha sure! Here, have a small, random selection of plane icons.

Question: will the upcoming Version finaly be free of placeholder art? Like the black jetplane silouettes?

Yes.

 

[CreamGene]

However, is it still possible, either for release or for the post-release, i don't know how time consuming it is, to use an un-used new portrait for the Polish General Wincenty Kowalski which was introduced with NSB?

It is in the files but my game always uses the old portrait instead, which is now pretty dated and it is a shame to not use the shiny new one.

New portrait directory: / dlc / dlc034_no_step_back / gfx / leaders / POL / Portrait_POL_Wincenty_Kowalski

Old portrait directory: / dlc / dlc002_polish_content_pack / gfx / leaders / POL / Portrait_POL_Wincenty_Kowalski

Thanks for the heads-up! It's now been fixed and will be live in the future (not for the release, unfortunately).

also small detail that i wanted to point out but the symbol on the cap should be an eagle since that is a uniform of the airforce and not of the navy,
here is an example :
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Good catch! I'll see what we'll manage to do

 

[C0RAX]

We cant not have the 262, its the most famous Jet of the war!

Look what I found down the back of the sofa. it was in fact there all along.