Maurice1976

Paint.net is a freeware image editor, that's actually quite good once you start to find your way around it. The tool allows for custom-made plugins and many people have created those over the years. There seems to be a .PCX file plugin for it, which enables the user to edit .PCX files.

Their forum doesn't seem to be very active. Their mods aren't, in any case - the Commandos section contains a spam message about viagra, that was posted there on november 24th and it hasn't been deleted or edited yet. It gives me the vibe of a small developer, that produces game titles in series, not parallel to one another.

Well, I guess that puts a definitive close on any chance for a new Commandos game for a while to come ... a pity. Fan mods are the way to go for a while longer, I'd say.

It would be bad if you didn't recognize it.

 

The consequences would be a lifetime ban from this forum!

 

Must memorize all Commandos missions! Must memorize all Commandos missions! Must memorize all Commandos missions!

Today I decided to take a break from the analysis of the VOL files and the asset library and instead focussed on something else that was quite interesting to do!

The train is fully functional, animated and moving!

With thanks to Lexx2k for the locomotive and its tender, as well as the modifications to the first armored train after the tender.

@Lexx2k: I didn't fully take the armored train you made, as the shadow on the turret in the lower left was mirrored from what it should be. As such, I took specific parts and pasted those on the original one, made a number of manual touch-ups (especially where the original gun from the lower left turret used to be), finally resulting in the one you see in this screenshot.

The mobile artillery piece was composed of about 8 different parts, I've welded them all together and got rid of the boarding ramps at the front and rear. Been busy setting this up for the better part of the day, going to take a break from it for now .