General Discussion of the Future of the Swedish Intervention Mod

I would be careful about adding many more sprites. These all have to be loaded by the game and the Sprites Mod of the KS Mod is already huge and is a big download. I'd just suggest that you look carefully at uniforms etc and try to go for some sprites that can generically represent several units rather than go for extreme accuracy in covering every unit.

I have said it before but I am not happy that this Mod overwrites some files of the KS Mod. I think it should either be 100% stand alone or be built into the KS Mod completely.

Digby wrote:I would be careful about adding many more sprites. These all have to be loaded by the game and the Sprites Mod of the KS Mod is already huge and is a big download. I'd just suggest that you look carefully at uniforms etc and try to go for some sprites that can generically represent several units rather than go for extreme accuracy in covering every unit.

Noted. I will take this into consideration in the future.

Digby wrote:I have said it before but I am not happy that this Mod overwrites some files of the KS Mod. I think it should either be 100% stand alone or be built into the KS Mod completely.

Neither am I. Let's hope progress goes smoothly and we'll most likely see SI be intergrated into KS.

I particularly like the idea of including the Danish army.  In 1813 they fought alongside Davout's XIII Corps on the Hamburg front.  Some interesting small battles there.

I disagree with Digby re the sprites.  The more variety the better for me.  I take his point re the size of the KS sprites mod however.  Are there ways around this? Is it essential to merge the mods? Perhaps we can just have an update on the sprite side every few months etc?

Martin (J)

Martin (J) wrote:I particularly like the idea of including the Danish army. In 1813 they fought alongside Davout's XIII Corps on the Hamburg front. Some interesting small battles there.

The Danish are going to be interesting to work with. (Seeing how every Swede on the face of the earth hates Denmark and wants to see them burned on a cross (not really) ) From a recolouring point of view, they will be much, much easier to recolour than the Swedes have been. They use very normal uniforms when compared to Sweden so Denmark is all good in the uniform department.

Of course I would have to spend lots of research on Denmark's army and involvement before starting to create some Danes but my focus will be on Bernadotte's invasion of Sweden and the abdication of King Gustav IV Adolf and the rise of the Bernadotte dynasty. Expect a Denmark-Norway and France vs. Sweden OOB as well as the planned scenarios for the campaign of Bernadotte.

Currently my efforts are on finishing the Stralsund Campaign, fixing SFX bugs and researching the Finnish War of 1808-1809, since that will be the new theatre in the next major update (version 1.18).

Denmark won't be added until version 1.2.

Martin (J) wrote:I disagree with Digby re the sprites. The more variety the better for me.

I agree that variety adds more freshness and uniqueness (is that a word?) to the game. However, Digby has a point. The more sprites, the more load time. I've already taken Digby's advice before he gave it. The swedish regiments are all supposed to have unique colours, but I have to limit it to just a few regiments. Of course, in time, there will be more regimental sprites but for now it shall stay this way. Something you also have to keep in mind is that the game doesn't load all the information when you start a game, it only loads what the game requires to start. So I believe the issue isn't that big.

Martin (J) wrote:Is it essential to merge the mods?

I think it is for some people. Some people don't like the idea of overwriting something that already exists. I can understand that completely. If I ever were to merge my mod with KS, I would have to talk to Kevin about how my mod updates would work since from that point on you'll only get my mod updates from Kevin's updates. That is my main issue, but it could easily be resolved through discussion. Personally, since I know that overwriting KS files doesn't affect the game in anyway (other than add information), I can rest easy. Some people have a harder time dealing with that and find it annoying. It's understandable.

Martin (J) wrote:Perhaps we can just have an update on the sprite side every few months etc?

There are big plans ahead, you'll receive lots of content for every new update. Right now, I am planning on releasing a community update, meaning you get to say what you'd like to see in it. Currently no one has told me what they'd want in the next version so I am kind of doubting that a "community update" is such a good idea. It would work better if people would involve themselves more since it is hard to pull this kind of thing off in a niche gaming community as Scourge of War is.