Imperator Land Unit Sprite Pack.

[Chicken Spadge]

GERMANY
(to be completed, see post 87)

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Download packs and extract into your main FtG/AoD folder

Full Download of All Units (minus SS Infantry) (For Darkest Hour)
Full Download of All Units (minus SS Infantry) (For Arsenal of Democracy)

Individual Downloads as Follows:

Infantry - Luneburg
Early Cavalry - Inset Right
Late Cavalry - (for Darkest Hour) Neuruppin and Leipzig
Late Cavalry - (for AoD)
Marines - Magdeburg and Dresden
Paratroopers - Potsdam and Bayreuth
Mountain - Erfurt and Karlovy Vary
Militia - Frankfurt and Plsen

HQ - Hannover
Garrison - Cottbus

SS Infantry - (for mods only) Inset Left

Overwrite when asked

USA

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Download packs and extract into your main FtG/AoD folder

Full Download of All US Units (for both FtG and AoD)

Individual Downloads as Follows:

Infantry - Clarksburg and Washington
Cavalry - Raleigh
Marines - Roanoke
Paratroopers - Charlotte
Militia - Beckley
Mountain Troops - Richmond

HQ - Norfolk
Garrison - Pittsburgh

Motorised Infantry (Infantry Stand) - Baltimore
Motorised Infantry (Truck Stand) - Charlottesville
Mechanised Infantry - Arlington
Tank - Huntington
Light Tank - Danville

Overwrite when asked

JAPAN

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Download packs and extract into your main FtG/AoD folder

Full Download of All Japanese Units (for both FtG and AoD)

Individual Downloads as Follows:

Infantry - Niigata
Cavalry - Kanazawa
Marines - Hiroshima
Paratroopers - Kyoto
Militia - Kobe
Mountain Troops - Matsuyama

HQ - Tokyo
Garrison - Nagoya

Motorized Infantry (Infantry Stand) - Shizuoka
Motorized Infantry (Truck Stand) - Sendai
Mechanized Infantry - Nagano
Tank - Osaka
Light Tank - Yokohama

Overwrite when asked

ITALY

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Download packs and extract into main DH/AoD folder.

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Full Download of All Italian Units (Darkest Hour Only!)
Full Download of All Italian Units (Arsenal of Democracy Only!)

Individual Unit Downloads as Follows:
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Italian Infantry and Cavalry Units

Including:
Infantry - Livorno and Ancona
Cavalry - Inset
Paratroopers - Florence
Marines - Turin
Mountain Troops - Trento
Militia - Milan

HQ - Parma
Garrison - Venice
Motorbike (Cavalry Higher Levels) Darkest Hour Only - Udine
Motorbike Arsenal of Democracy Only
Mechanised Infantry - Genoa and Perugia
Motorised Infantry with Infantry STAND - Brescia
Motorised Infantry with Truck STAND - Bergamo
Tank - Alessandria
Light Tank - Bologna

Overwrite when asked

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ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC

NOTE: In the case of this pack it is assumed that you have downloaded the regular Italian sprites.

Download pack and extract into main DH/AoD folder.

Download Italian Social Republic Pack​

Download Modifier for Motorised Infantry with Truck STAND (Download this after the full pack)

The pack includes:

Infantry (plus Cavalry) - Genoa
Militia - Venice
Elite Units (Paratroopers, Marines and Mountain) - Turin
HQ - Parma
Garrison - Brescia
Mechanised Infantry - Bologna
Motorised Infantry with Infantry STAND - Milan
Motorised Infantry with Truck STAND - Bergamo
Tank - Chambery
Light Tank - Alessandria

Don't forget to go to Darkest Hour/Mods/Darkest Hour Full/db/country and change:

RSI; LightBrown;ITA;ITA;X into
RSI; LightBrown;ITA;RSI;X
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GREAT BRITAIN
(Temporary - see post 27 for more details)

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Download packs and extract into main DH/AoD folder:

Full Download of All British Units​

Individual Unit Downloads as Follows:

Infantry (plus Cavalry and Militia) - Carlisle and Caenarfon
Elite Troops (Marines, Paratroopers and Mountain Troops - Cardiff and Hull
HQ - Lincoln
Garrison - Bristol
Motorised Infantry with Infantry STAND - Norwich
Motorised Infantry with Truck STAND - Oxford and Sunderland
Mechanised Infantry - Manchester
Tank - Birmingham
Light Tank - Sheffield

Overwrite when asked


This is the Imperator Land Unit Sprite Pack, which is currently incomplete. More countries will appear when the sprites are created.​

Acknowledgement - All these units were created by Imperator1961 from the Civfanatics website, and he deserves the main credit for them.

 

[Chicken Spadge]

CANADA

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Download Packs and Extract into main DH/AoD Folder

Full Download of All Canadian Units

Individual Unit Downloads as Follows:

Infantry (plus Cavalry and Militia) - Trois Rivieres
Elite Units (Marines, Paratroopers and Mountain Troops) - Montreal
HQ - Sudbury
Garrison - Roberval
Motorised Infantry with Infantry STAND - Ottawa
Motorised Infantry with Truck STAND - Pembroke
Mechanised Infantry - Sherbrooke
Tank - Val d'or
Light Tank - Quebec

Overwrite when asked.

Don't forget to go to Darkest Hour/Mods/Darkest Hour Full/db/country and change:

CAN;LightGray;ENG;USA;X into
CAN;LightGray;ENG;CAN;X

or you will continue to see American units.

AUSTRALIA

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Download packs and extract into main DH/AoD folder:

Full Download of all Australian Units

Individual Downloads as Follows:

Infantry (plus Cavalry and Militia) - Melbourne
Elite Units (Marines, Paratroopers and Mountain Troops - Perth
HQ - Collie
Garrison - Sydney
Motorized Infantry with Infantry STAND - Wollongong
Motorized Infantry with Truck STAND - Newcastle
Mechanised Infantry - Albany
Tank - Canberra
Light Tank - Northam

Overwrite when asked.

Don't forget to go to Darkest Hour/Mods/Darkest Hour Full/db/country and change:

AST;LightGray;AST;ENG;X into
AST;LightGray;AST;AST;X

or you will continue to see the British units.

BRITISH RAJ/INDIA

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Download Packs and Extract into main DH/AoD Folder

Full Download of all British Raj Units

Individual Unit Downloads as Follows:

Infantry (plus Cavalry and Militia) - Gunturu
Elite Units (Marines, Paratroopers and Mountain Troops) - Hyderabad
HQ - Bangalore
Garrison - Anatapur
Motorised Infantry with Infantry STAND - Hubli
Motorised Infantry with Truck STAND - Nalgonda
Mechanised Infantry - Mangalore
Tank - Nellore
Light Tank - Raichur

Overwrite when asked.

British Raj has a rather unusual code - U02
Note that there's a ZERO in the middle, not a letter

Don't forget to go to Darkest Hour/Mods/Darkest Hour Full/db/country and change:

U02;DarkYellow;ENG;MIN;X into
U02;DarkYellow;ENG;U02;X

And if you want these units to represent India change:

IND;LightRed;ENG;ENG;X into
IND;LightRed;ENG;U02;X

SOUTH AFRICA

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Download Packs and Extract into main DH/AoD Folder

Full Download of all South African Units

Individual Unit Downloads as Follows:

Infantry (plus Cavalry and Militia) - Durban
Elite Units (Marines, Paratroopers and Mountain Troops) - Johannesburg
Garrison - Pretoria
HQ - Bloemfontein
Motorised Infantry with Infantry STAND - Inset
Motorised Infantry with Truck STAND - Durban
Mechanised Infantry - Bloemfontein
Tank - Pretoria
Light Tank - Johannesburg

Overwrite when asked.

Don't forget to go to Darkest Hour/Mods/Darkest Hour Full/db/country and change:

SAF;LightRed;ENG;ENG;X into
SAF;LightRed;ENG;SAF;X

NEW ZEALAND

Download Packs and Extract into main DH/AoD Folder

Full Download of all New Zealand Units

Individual Unit Downloads as Follows:

Infantry (Plus Cavalry and Militia) - Napier
Elite Units (Paratroopers, Marines and Mountain Troops) - Hamilton
Garrison - Auckland
HQ - Wellington
Motorised Infantry with Infantry STAND - Inset
Motorised Infantry with Truck STAND - Napier
Mechanised Infantry - Hamilton
Tank - Wellington
Light Tank - Auckland

Overwrite when asked.

Don't forget to go to Darkest Hour/Mods/Darkest Hour Full/db/country and change:

NZL;DarkYellow;NZL;ENG;X into
NZL;DarkYellow:NZL;NZL;X

 

[Chicken Spadge]

MINORS

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Download packs and extract into your main FtG/AoD folder

Full Download of All Minors Units (for both FtG and AoD)

Individual Downloads as Follows

Infantry (plus Cavalry and Militia) - Joenkoping
Elite Units (Marines, Paratroopers and Mountain) - Uppsala

HQ - Linkoping
Garrison - Karlstad

Motorised Infantry (Infantry Stand) - Malmo
Motorised Infantry (Truck Stand) - Kalmar
Mechanised Infantry - Stockholm
Tank - Oerebro
Light Tank - Gothenburg

Overwrite when asked

 

[novapaddy]

Very Good!
Great to see you are still kicking around Chicken Spadge!

 

[Chicken Spadge]

Thanks, novapaddy.

BTW, people may remember that when I was making the other pack, I cheated by using a sprite that was supposed to be Polish for the Italians.

So, I've redone the sprite as a Polish one, just as nature intended!

Download Polish Infantry here

Note that if you want to use this sprite, you have to go to Darkest Hour/Mods/Darkest Hour Full/db/country and change

POL;DarkGray;POL;FRA;X into
POL;DarkGray;POL;POL;X

or you will continue to see whatever you are using for French infantry

 

[commanderx]

All I can say top A , A for Awesome

 

[Chicken Spadge]

I've added three more units to the original post.

There's an M13-40 tank, which is supposed to have been the main tank used by the Italians during the war. The 'M' stands for medio (medium), the '13' for its weight of 13 tonnes and '40' for the initial year of production. It was used in Greece and North Africa but not on the Eastern Front. There's some debate as to whether it was really a medium tank. I notice on the DH tech tree that it appears both as a light and a medium tank.

This is an L6-40 light tank. It was used in North Africa and was the main tank used on the Eastern Front. The 'L' stands for legio (light), the '6' for its 6 tonnes in weight and '40' again for the initial year of production.

For mechanised infantry there's a TL 37 Protetto vehicle. I've read that the Italians didn't really get around to using much mechanised infantry and that this vehicle was mainly used by the Italian Social Republic. Not many were built. Unfortunately, the sprite doesn't show the troops in the back.

Note that I'm no expert on these vehicles. This is just some info gathered from some quick research.

 

[Pasha]

They look great! I always loved Puma's Italian sprites and use it to this day. But the tanks never looked right so I'll being adopting yours If you need a copy just let me know.

 

[KostasL]

The first samples show that a great sprite pack is being created !

Looking forward !

I hope that we get at least sprites for Germany, Japan, USA, UK and USSR !

 

[Chicken Spadge]

The first samples show that a great sprite pack is being created !

Looking forward !

I hope that we get at least sprites for Germany, Japan, USA, UK and USSR !

Bulgarian Infantry, Dutch Infantry, Brazilian BEF (Imperator's Previews)

If all goes well, we'll get a lot more than that!

 

[Chicken Spadge]

OK, there's a couple more units to finish off the Italians.

First, we've got motorised infantry.

I must say that I would have preferred the truck to be smaller. I really like it, but its size means that it's a bit obtrusive on the map, especially in the later game. That's why I decided to use an infantry sprite for the stand (default) mode, adding a 'T' to identify the unit as motorized. I tried using an 'M', but it didn't look right, so 'T' stands for 'transport' or 'truck'.

So, when the unit isn't doing anything you'll see the sprite on the left. When it starts moving you'll see the truck, and when it fights you'll see the ordinary infantry sprite firing.

However, I realise that some people might prefer to see the truck when the unit is inactive, so I'm including a modification here. You should first download the unit from the original post and then download the modification. Overwrite when asked.

Finally, those of you who have downloaded the sprites in the old pack will probably have noticed that the British infantry sprite was slightly bigger than most of the others. This makes the difference from the new sprites more noticeable. As I noted in the original post, Imperator has even made sprites for the Italians who fought on the side of the Allies. The uniform is basically a British one, though, so I decided that we might as well cheat a bit and use it for the British infantry until the British pack comes out. If you were using the old British sprite, you should overwrite when asked, of course.

Download temporary British infantry here

 

[Pasha]

Very nice work Chicken Spage!

 

[Chicken Spadge]

OK, I know I said that I'd finished the Italians, but.....

....I just can't stop tinkering!

First of all, in Brescia, you can see that I've changed the Motorised Infantry stand (default) sprite. This was because the 'T' in the original version was easily lost among province names and other map features. I've changed the download in the original post. Of course, the truck version for the stand sprite is still available in post 11.

The new 'sprite icon' trick then led to a couple of other additions. In Venice you can see a Garrison sprite with its own shiny new symbol, while in Parma there's an HQ sprite. In both cases the icon only appears for the stand sprite, while the ordinary infantry sprites cover movement (in the case of HQ) and firing.

An HQ symbol already appears when you click on a stack that contains an HQ, but the new sprite allows you to identify an HQ without clicking. With these new sprites you should be able to identify any kind of Italian land unit on the map.

Note that I had to add the red colour on the HQ icon to the infantry palette, so you should overwrite when asked during downloading.

Download the Italian Garrison Sprite Here
Download the Italian HQ Sprite Here

Finally, in Bologna, you can see that I've prepared a motorbike unit (with a Bergsagliere rider). This is for the Cavalry when it reaches a certain level.

Note: Until now all the downloads have been meant to work with both Darkest Hour and Arsenal of Democracy. This time there are two separate downloads because the levels in the two games are different. Whereas the horses change into motorbikes at Level 12 in Darkest Hour, the change occurs at Level 4 in Arsenal of Democracy. Make sure that you download the right one for the game in question.

Download Motorbike for Higher Cavalry Levels in Darkest Hour Here

Download Motorbike for Higher Cavalry Levels in Arsenal of Democracy Here

In the case of Darkest Hour the motorbike should appear as of the 1941 scenario.

 

[KostasL]

Download Motorbike for Higher Cavalry Levels in Darkest Hour Here


Download Motorbike for Higher Cavalry Levels in Arsenal of Democracy Here

In the case of Darkest Hour the motorbike should appear as of the 1941 scenario.

What's the difference between DH and AOD version ?

Because i might use the DH version in my AOD mod !

 

[Chicken Spadge]

What's the difference between DH and AOD version ?

Because i might use the DH version in my AOD mod !

DH and AoD have differently numbered levels of technology. The two versions are designed to respond to the levels used in each game. The actual sprite is exactly the same, however, so you should definitely download the second one for AoD.

 

[KostasL]

DH and AoD have differently numbered levels of technology. The two versions are designed to respond to the levels used in each game. The actual sprite is exactly the same, however, so you should definitely download the second one for AoD.

Thank you !

 

[KostasL]

No news...bad news it is!

 

[T34]

Good job! Do you continue your work?

 

[Pasha]

I'm sure he's still working on this. Chicken Spadge disappears from time to time but then suddenly reappears with a new Sprite pack

 

[Chicken Spadge]

Good job! Do you continue your work?

Yes, it isn't really me that you're waiting for. I have to wait until Imperator on the civfanatics website releases the next part of his pack.

The problem is that the sprites are really being made for Civilization 3, not Darkest Hour, and Imperator is making a lot more sprites than we need for DH. For example, the original Italian pack had around 75 different sprites in it, but I only used about 12.

The good news is that Imperator has begun big projects like this before, and he's always completed them, even if takes a long time. I must admit that I was hoping that the next part would have been released by now, but I'm hoping that it won't be much longer. Imperator is certainly still active on the civfanatics forum.

Anyway, I checking very often to see if anything new has appeared, and I'll start working on it as soon as it does.