Infantry Skins!

[Water Melown]

I'll get straight to the point, Relic any chance you could some infantry skins (even as DLC or free) i'm not bothered either way. I find this a must considering the god awfull skin you have given the grenadiers for "summer camoflage" you seam to have gotten the rest correct such as ostruppen, you even have some hostorical accuracy with them bad boys but i feel like you just kind of emptied the last of the paint you had left then spat on it and that is what came out.

But In General i feel that i would equally appreciate and gladly as much as i hate to say it spend money on skins for this even though i could get them for free in COH1, i like to make my army as unique as possible and mix and match. After a few 100 od games you do start to get tired of your blotchy grenadiers and same old green coated and yellow coated infantry. free it up add new stuff such as a winter white uniform for the Germans and russians i have no idea why you went for a "robin hood" like cape instead for vanilla Grens but each to their own i guess.

Just a thought guys anybody else want some infantry skins?!?!!

[Ogudah]

+1

[datguy13]

Noun already addressed this request a few weeks ago. The units are too small, so the camuoflage makes them disappear into any form of terrain and thus hard to see or use. Relic believes that this would cause much more negative than positive feedback, although they are looking into ways to implement some form of cosmetic additions to Infantry units. Once the game is closer to the goals they have for it, they'll put a bit more into researching possibilities.

[Water Melown]

but it worked with the 3rd party modding community for COH 1 but a big industry giant like Relic can't do the same? come on, the default skins for some of the infantry are frankly terrible, and there isn't and modding ability to change the skins just for yourself like in COH1 :( It doesn't have to be camoflaged for example Green native or grey uniform for standar German Infantry, just give us colour variants anything haha

[datguy13]

CoH1 didn't have so much morphable terrrain or extraneous detail features as CoH2 does. That's where the problem lies. Besides, not everyone thinks the uniforms are ugly. And on top of that, they're uniforms- by design they're supposed to be ugly and nondescript. Like I said: Relic has stated they are looking into options. Right now though, they have other fish to fry. So it'll happen when it happens, if it happens. At least it's not game-breaking, right?

[Water Melown]

i guess, i'll just go back in my hole and cry over my spotty scarf/cape wearing grendiers then :(

-im sure a standard green/grey uniform instead of spots wouldn't blend in though like the ones the pio's wear or ostruppen :D - I'm determind!

[Lorica Mammata]

I agree with Water Melown, Relic should make a Skins DLC or at least allow modding for new skins. I can understand the concern for certain uniforms/camo blending in too well with terrain and making it difficult to keep track of smaller units, but the fact is that there are many better options that would still be easily visable than the current lollipop green and fur winter shawl of the grenadiers.

For instance standard German infantry wore field grey or sometimes the dark green you see for the german weapon crews in CoH2 (Though I believe the green uniforms were generally reserved for artillery)

Winter uniforms for Germans are hit and miss per unit. Most of them I dont mind but the fur shawl Grenadiers have been an eyesore from day one. I can understand straying away from full white uniforms as they would be hard to see but I dont see why they couldnt do a mix of winter uniforms. You see it on the German Pioneers and Mortar Crews (both of which have mixed white and green uniforms) or give the Grenadier the winter great coat. Either way they'd still be visiable.

Same thing goes for the Russian units, though I feel that both summer/winter versions of Russian soldiers look pretty good, minus the winter male snipers who unfortunatly look like the KKK

[Taghmata Omnissiah]

Originally posted by Gebirgsjager88:

For instance standard German infantry wore field grey or sometimes the dark green you see for the german weapon crews in CoH2 (Though I believe the green uniforms were generally reserved for artillery)

Indeed I was rather suprised when feldgrau, the main German uniform colour was represented only in squad weapons. That was rather wierd thing.

But Relic had that style of making some rare units a common thing and in opposite, common things a rare one. Grenadiers are the best example, only a handful of Wehrmacht infantry division were renamed in to Grenadier division in... 44' I think. In mass of German army grenadiers were rare thing.

I hope that one day moders will fix some obvious mistakes of Relic and give us better game.

[Lorica Mammata]

I hope that one day moders will fix some obvious mistakes of Relic and give us better game. [/quote]

Heres hoping. I'd really like to see a Blitzkrieg style mod for CoH2, I especially miss the realistic damage that units did. Im so sick of seeing infantry squads duke it out at point blank range

[Water Melown]

Originally posted by Gebirgsjager88:

I agree with Water Melown, Relic should make a Skins DLC or at least allow modding for new skins. I can understand the concern for certain uniforms/camo blending in too well with terrain and making it difficult to keep track of smaller units, but the fact is that there are many better options that would still be easily visable than the current lollipop green and fur winter shawl of the grenadiers.

For instance standard German infantry wore field grey or sometimes the dark green you see for the german weapon crews in CoH2 (Though I believe the green uniforms were generally reserved for artillery)

Winter uniforms for Germans are hit and miss per unit. Most of them I dont mind but the fur shawl Grenadiers have been an eyesore from day one. I can understand straying away from full white uniforms as they would be hard to see but I dont see why they couldnt do a mix of winter uniforms. You see it on the German Pioneers and Mortar Crews (both of which have mixed white and green uniforms) or give the Grenadier the winter great coat. Either way they'd still be visiable.

Same thing goes for the Russian units, though I feel that both summer/winter versions of Russian soldiers look pretty good, minus the winter male snipers who unfortunatly look like the KKK

Yes you get it!

It's silly to say that green or grey camo would make it too difficuilt to see units when the P'grens have comflaged trousers and helmet, while the weapon crews are wearing the correct uniform.. So whats the deal with the grens haha. Just some variety guys would be nice. Relic i can garuntee you now if you made a different skin for the infantry which is historical not just silly spots and shaul, hell i'll throw my money at you.

i personaly would like to see a grey uniform, i feel it would give you that emersive feeling and i think it would stand out equally as well as the soviet pale yellow uniform. not much of a big job either relic very low budget to be fair, Its not like an entire theatre of war pack :D

[Lorica Mammata]

@ WATER MELOWN

Haha, I get it more than you know bro.

Me and a few others had a poll going in the early beta days of the game back on the beta forums. A bunch of us were trying to get the developers to change the winter grenadiers uniform to the more visually pleasing Ostruppen winter uniform. Never happened of course, the developer had some lame excuse as to why they had that specific uniform picked out and blah blah blah about not changing it.

Either way man we just have to keep our fingers crossed for either the developers to finally cave into the wants of the gamers or to wait for modders to start making legit overhaul mods for the game.

I find the winter Grenadier uniform so displeasing to look at that I hardly use them in winter maps. As soon as I can get P'Grens I use those as my main infantry unit. More expensive, but better looking and more dangerous. But still it would be nice to actually see good looking units. Gives a gamers a certain connection to their army per say.

[✳Sindri Myr✳]

Arent there any mods for this?

Tbh, the main reason I dont like to play OH in this game is their uniform. Grey worked for CoH 1 eventhough the entire colour pattern of the game was rather grayish,so why shouldnt it work for CoH 2? Give grens the colour of the osttruppen atleast and I'll be fine, personaly.

[Water Melown]

Originally posted by Gebirgsjager88:

@ WATER MELOWN

Haha, I get it more than you know bro.

Me and a few others had a poll going in the early beta days of the game back on the beta forums. A bunch of us were trying to get the developers to change the winter grenadiers uniform to the more visually pleasing Ostruppen winter uniform. Never happened of course, the developer had some lame excuse as to why they had that specific uniform picked out and blah blah blah about not changing it.

Either way man we just have to keep our fingers crossed for either the developers to finally cave into the wants of the gamers or to wait for modders to start making legit overhaul mods for the game.

I find the winter Grenadier uniform so displeasing to look at that I hardly use them in winter maps. As soon as I can get P'Grens I use those as my main infantry unit. More expensive, but better looking and more dangerous. But still it would be nice to actually see good looking units. Gives a gamers a certain connection to their army per say.

I hear ya man, yeah i don't think they will allow mods to develop skins because they won't be able to do it without letting them also develop vehicle skins then they will loose money from the skins they release, so that won't happen. Only thing i can happening is if we get enough support for this then mayube they might cave in as you say and realise it as it might be worth their time and money.

Originally posted by Sindri Myr:

Arent there any mods for this?

Tbh, the main reason I dont like to play OH in this game is their uniform. Grey worked for CoH 1 eventhough the entire colour pattern of the game was rather grayish,so why shouldnt it work for CoH 2? Give grens the colour of the osttruppen atleast and I'll be fine, personaly.

Yeah, i'd be happy with anything as i said that get's rid of the scarf thing and the patchie summer uniform, i fail to see how grey would blend in more than browna dn green patches haha.

[Tobeh]

We wouldn't want the camoflage to make them hard to see, now would we? :p

[Sharky]

I wish steam workshop lets us do it and make world builder easier like in halo easy to do and it works not this confusing file exe jpeg bull crap to get maps or infantry skins

[Admiral Piett]

Originally posted by Water Melown:

i guess, i'll just go back in my hole and cry over my spotty scarf/cape wearing grendiers then :(

-im sure a standard green/grey uniform instead of spots wouldn't blend in though like the ones the pio's wear or ostruppen :D - I'm determind!

Not sure if Im restarting a dead thread or not, but have you looked at the OKW Volksgrenadiers?

They (at least to me) best resemble the German Infantry you are looking for. The Wermarcht units tattered Grenadier pattern makes sense in the "Stalingrad" scenario they are made for because they were the frontline troops continuously fighting Ivan, but for clean uniforms (or as close as a uniform in "Der Untergang" was to clean) OKW infantry have a cleaner and more orderly look to them because they weren't on the bloodbath and chaos of the Eastern Front, but instead were on the Western front where Germans would flock from the Eastern Front to surrender to the USF & friends rather then surrender to Russians.

Hope this Helps!