Edited: Updated to version 4.09.

Since version 4.03 WDS have included three modes to represent the units in 2D (Nato, Alt and Block), being able to select any of them from the game's Setting menu.

To install the mod you just have to copy the graphic files in the Map folder of the game directory. For easier installation of the mod, the unit files are prepared to replace the "Block" set. If you prefer to replace another set, you must change the names of the files to those of the set you want to replace before copying them to the "Map" directory. that is to change the name of the three files substituting one of the unit modes, adding an "a"(Nato) "b"(Alt) or "c"(Block) to the name depending on the everyone's preferences.

The idea for my Napoleonic Counters Project (NCP) mod came from the REN II mod I did for the JTS REN game some time ago and the more recent one for their 7 Years War title, that is still being refined.  The idea is to replace the “2DSymbolsLg” and “2DSymbolsSm files” in the “Map folder” with new ones that provide larger clearer 2d counters that use the “Divisional Colours” option in the game to cleanly fill in a portion of the unit type symbol box in a similar fashion to the JTS 20th century operational games such as Panzer battles.

  

With the exception of “Republican Bayonets on the Rhine”  (where one has not been made yet) all of these mods work best if they are installed on top of Philippe's mod for that JTS Napoleonic title.

There are 6 individual NCP counter sets each of which is designed for use with a specific JTS “Napoleonic Battles” title or titles or in some cases a limited number of scenarios for a particular title or titles. Details of which set is used for what is set out in table form in the Designers notes file included with the mod.  

1.    In the “Map” folder of your chosen  JTS Napoleonic title  create 2 sub folders one called “Stock Counter Files” in to which you should drop back up copies of the “2DSymbolsLg” and “2DSymbolsSm” files already in the “Map folder and 1 called “NCP Counter Files” into which you should copy the relevant NCP counter set.

2.    Then to apply the mod simply copy the 2 NCP files in the NCP Counter Files” sub folder into the main “Map” folder, saying yes to overwrite.

3.    When and if you wish to revert to the original counter set simply copy the “2DSymbolsLg” and “2DSymbolsSm” in the “Stock Counter Files” sub folder back into the main “Map” folder of the game and say yes to overwrite.

The planned changes to the “2DSymbolsLg” and “2DSymbolsSm” files being worked on by “Wargame Design Studios”  for the JTS Napoleonic Titles will of course render this mod obsolete but when these come out I will make a replacement mod using the new larger file structure.

From my point of view this move is a very welcome development not least because we will now have different counters for different classes of the 3 main combat arms such as Horse Artillery and Heavy Cavalry.

  

Moving “Divisional Colours” from the centre of the counter to the left side in the style of the JTS ACW counters will also mean that the 2nd colour of a nation’s unit counters will remain visible even when “Divisional Colours” is turned on which (as can be seen above) is not the case at present. 

Enjoy

Ian Leask

AKA

Hoplite1963

June 2020