Company Customizations

[cyberman480]

Hey there! Quick question: Will I be able to upload a custom image for my in game mercenary company? If I will not be able to do this at launch are there any plans to implement a feature like this into the game post release?

Thank you.
-Cyber.
o7

 

[ED-209]

We know you can replace one (or more) of the existing images. We don't know if you can add additional ones (or if the UI will display them).

 

[cyberman480]

Dang. I have had a custom image commissioned for my mercenary company, guess I'll have to get it made into a poster or something instead.

 

[ED-209]

You'll be able to use it, one way or the other. We're just waiting for the release to determine the specifics. But it won't be something you can do directly in-game.

 

[Prussian Havoc]

We know you can replace one (or more) of the existing images. We don't know if you can add additional ones (or if the UI will display them).

Agreed. And while there is great variety of images in-game (something on the order of 160, or thereabouts) they are not quite Hi-RES images. I'll be very interested to see just what manner of image can be substituted one for one into the game.

 

[ED-209]

Yes. I'm curious myself as to whether the logo resolution is hard coded, or whether it will automatically scale larger images.

 

[cyberman480]

You'll be able to use it, one way or the other. We're just waiting for the release to determine the specifics. But it won't be something you can do directly in-game.

Oh! That's great news! Thank you.

 

[Deaghaidh]

I don't know if we've heard from any HBS people on this. I would love to have one come down the mountain with a stone tablet, graven with the file format and dimensions, to enlighten us heathens.

This thread a few pages down the heap discusses the matter:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...ve-details-about-custom-logos-please.1085319/

This one is for requesting/sharing your merc outfit logo:

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/custom-avatar-and-insignia-thread.1072573/

 

[Cyttorak001]

I think Mike McCain answered this definitively in one of the devs streams (IIRC, Feb 14th). He was pretty clear that you could not upload your own logo (i.e. there wouldn't be any tools supporting that in-game), but the .json files could easily be modded to do the same thing.

 

[Deaghaidh]

I think Mike McCain answered this definitively in one of the devs streams (IIRC, Feb 14th). He was pretty clear that you could not upload your own logo (i.e. there wouldn't be any tools supporting that in-game), but the .json files could easily be modded to do the same thing.

I've never modded a .json in my life, anyone know how big a job it would be for a newb? I'm hoping for a day 1 idiot's guide.

 

[Packrat]

I've never modded a .json in my life, anyone know how big a job it would be for a newb? I'm hoping for a day 1 idiot's guide.

JSONs are human-readable. You literally just open up the file in something in like Notepad++, look for the variable you want to change (which are usually clearly labelled), and change it to whatever you want.

 

[Deaghaidh]

JSONs are human-readable. You literally just open up the file in something in like Notepad++, look for the variable you want to change (which are usually clearly labelled), and change it to whatever you want.

Awesome. It's the one thing I will want to mod on day 1.