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Smooth unit cards - by FreeMetal

This mod removes some of the frames usually accompanying unit cards so we can actually enjoy the artworks made by Creative Assembly a bit more.

It gives a clearer and fresher look at the army bar on the battle map, the campaign map and during loading screens. It also affects the encyclopedia in game and the army list maker menu within the battle mode.

This mod is my humble attempt at porting the mode made for Warhammer 2 and Warhammer 1 by AtticNote called Clearer unit cards https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1564482244

Seeing it was missing for the third game,i tried to create something as similar as possible.

This is my first ever mod so make sure to give feedback if anything isn't working properly or if you have any recommendation of UI things i could tweak and add to this mod.


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What does the mod do :

• Removes solid frames around unit cards whenever they appear, revealing a few more pixels of the unit artwork. Better continuity with neighbor units
  
  
• Removes the black gradient applied by default on the unit artwork, resulting in a brighter card
  
  
• Removed the brown shape background near the bottom of the card, where the unit category icon is located (e.g the small bow representing archery units), uncluttering the picture a bit more.

What i'm looking to do :

• Units selected on the campaign army bar are still within bright individual orange frames. Thought i could remove that aswell but first attempts proved otherwise so far.
  
  
• I can maybe highlight selected units a bit more, especially if previous point is solved
  
  
• So far, special units kept their unit category icon background shapes on the bottom. Think about Regiment of Renown purple shapes, Ikit's Forbidden workshop units with warpstone green shapes or Elector Counts units with red shapes.
  
  I need to find a way to reduce the overall shape to unclutter the card while retaining the beauty of those specific shapes made by CA and without touching anything about the unit category icons themselves.

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My mod is now working well withUnique Faction UI https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2789999718, it requires this Submod i made. Mind the load order.
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This mod is compatible with any other mods as long as it doesn't change the unit card frames or the unit category icon backgrounds.

It is for sure working with:

• Mods changing units artwork, such as custom units or mods like this one https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2853466306
  
  
• Mods adding or reworking parts of the units UI such as Experience Points, Health bars, Ammunition, Unit type icons, custom currency, ... like this one https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2790566124
  
  
• The entire mod list i was using before making this mod was compatible; it included a lot of things such as Detailed building icons, new event artworks, lord experience rate, camera or end turn behaviour, new victory conditions, UI high resolution mod, ....