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Mightfox said:
If it hasn't been requested already,(60+ pages is a bit much to look through)I'd like a Hoi2 Flag/Shield/Counter of austria-hungary like this:

http://www.ahoy.tk-jk.net/MoreImages2/Austro-HungaryNavyFlag1915-1918.jpg
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/ah_18692.gif
If possible, one more like the first but with the green bar of the second.

And, less importantly, a skin for Austria-Hungary? I was thinking something like Van Der Gent's Skin( http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/5906/previewaustria9oc.jpg / http://trp.powerguilds.com/dload.php?action=file&file_id=27 ) but with the Austro-Hungarian flag. I very much like that left bar, though something may be more fitting and still stylish. (I can see franz or something working well) But if it's too much trouble, don't bother.

Thanks very much in advance.
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It´s already made by T-Hiddeman, but for some reason he choose to make it with Austrian instead of A-H airmarking.
 
arc3371 said:
It´s already made by T-Hiddeman, but for some reason he choose to make it with Austrian instead of A-H airmarking.
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I saw one with the Austrian unit flag edited to have the cross and not the eagle on all forms(and vice versa), but that's not what I'm looking for- one with the two crowns and the green bar. Or at least the crowns. If i'm mistaken, what page is it on?

Also, looking at the skins he's made..I like the style of those a lot more than the Van Der Gent ones. :p
 
Mightfox said:
I saw one with the Austrian unit flag edited to have the cross and not the eagle on all forms(and vice versa), but that's not what I'm looking for- one with the two crowns and the green bar. Or at least the crowns. If i'm mistaken, what page is it on?

Also, looking at the skins he's made..I like the style of those a lot more than the Van Der Gent ones. :p
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I know someone else made it ...but don't know who :(
 
Mightfox said:
I saw one with the Austrian unit flag edited to have the cross and not the eagle on all forms(and vice versa), but that's not what I'm looking for- one with the two crowns and the green bar. Or at least the crowns. If i'm mistaken, what page is it on?

Also, looking at the skins he's made..I like the style of those a lot more than the Van Der Gent ones. :p
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The version he made was with the green bar but without crowns.
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=224729&page=46&pp=25

T-Hiddeman really needs to update his homepage
 
Mightfox said:
Ah. I don't know..I really like the crowns. :<
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You can always ask AXiN over at the stonyroad page or try and PM Enravota as T-Hiddeman seems to be occupied at the moment

Edit: T-Hiddeman used the correct flag, the one you asked for is the merchant flag while this is the ensign (post 1915, pre 1915 with only the Austrian CoA):

ah-ware1.gif
 
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arc3371 said:
You can always ask AXiN over at the stonyroad page or try and PM Enravota as T-Hiddeman seems to be occupied at the moment

Edit: T-Hiddeman used the correct flag, the one you asked for is the merchant flag while this is the ensign (post 1915, pre 1915 with only the Austrian CoA):

ah-ware1.gif
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Hello All,

I will be happy to do the flags in question, but I have a few busy days ahead. We are doing group critiques of student projects in all of my classes the next few days, and I will be in an all weekend long radio trivia contest this weekend. Early next week I will be getting my classes started on their next round of projects and will have more time at school to do some graphics while they are working in class ...
 
T-hiddemen said:
Hello All,

I will be happy to do the flags in question, but I have a few busy days ahead. We are doing group critiques of student projects in all of my classes the next few days, and I will be in an all weekend long radio trivia contest this weekend. Early next week I will be getting my classes started on their next round of projects and will have more time at school to do some graphics while they are working in class ...
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Take ll the time you need bro.
 
T-hiddemen said:
Hello All,

I will be happy to do the flags in question, but I have a few busy days ahead. We are doing group critiques of student projects in all of my classes the next few days, and I will be in an all weekend long radio trivia contest this weekend. Early next week I will be getting my classes started on their next round of projects and will have more time at school to do some graphics while they are working in class ...
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Well, don't worry about mine at all- I probably won't get to continuing what I need it for(let alone finishing) for several days anyway.(Or possibly multiple weeks, depending on how school goes for me..)

Thanks.
 
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T-hiddemen said:
Ok, flags and shields.

In both cases you start with a 2 dimensional "flag" graphic. 324x216 works best. There are several photoshop "template" files you will need (I will get all that stuff together in a zip file and post it ASAP). When you have the "flag" and the template files you will need to run a Photoshop "action" by loading? a .atn file. This file is basically a script that processes the 2d "flag" and outputs a finished HOI2 Flag or Shield.

I do not have photoshop so I reverse engineered a Python script that does an analagous procedure for Paint Shop Pro 9 using the .psd templates. I believe that there are Photoshop readmes with the template. Also, a user named Mad King George on this board has a website with all the templates and instructions.

Leader Pics

find your headshot of a leader crop it to a .720 ratio (final size needs to be 36x50 pixels), resize the pic to 36x50, then paste it as a new layer into the leader_template.psd file that I will post. Then drop the picture layer below the border layer that is in the template. (the existing layer is the white frame that goes around the pic). Then save it as a 24bit bmp file named appropriately for whatever leader you want it to be.

Counters

Here I use a tool made by Andreas Schmitt (KeldorKatarn). Basically you can open up an existing counter, increase the color depth to 16million colors/24bit. Then edit as you please. You can reduce a "flag" to 14x9, or a roundel to 10x10 and paste into the counter. Save the counter as a 24bit bmp. Then go to My Computer and drag both your counter and the counter prototype (in zip file) onto the exe file (in zip) it will produce a new counter called counter_new.bmp that is in the correct game palette. Delete the 24 bit one you made and rename the new one and then put it in the correct game folder. Keldor has a good readme in th zip file

Event Pics

Easy, just open an existing one. Wherever you see green (green=255, red=0, blue=0) in the image, will be transparent in the game. Just find an existing one that has the right aspect ratio for the image you want, paste your image over it, then save as a 24 bit bmp with the name you want.

Now for the files

Leader Template

Flag Template

Shield Template

Counters
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Mr. Orange said:
Could someone make these flags:

*links removed*

I think that they're a bit to small but I hope you can make someting of it oh and just normal HOI 2 style
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You can't link to pictures with the swarstica on this site, please remove them couse else you might be banned or this thread closed. We don't want that.
 
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JRShield said:
You can't link to pictures with the swarstica on this site, please remove them couse else you might be banned or this thread closed. We don't want that.
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It's bad that only becouse one lunatic we can't use an ancient sun/luck symbol anymore.
 
arc3371 said:
You do realise that the links are still in your qoute
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Originally Posted by Mr. Orange
Could someone make these flags:

<cutted out becouse I don't want a war with those bad, bad moderators :D >

I think that they're a bit to small but I hope you can make someting of it oh and just normal HOI 2 style
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But I think he got a point: they do look nice.
I hate anything that is nazi, but this symbol is a very ancient one, before ww2 even jews used it on their buildings and i just hate to see it how some people react to it.
 
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