Sprites, Icons and Filenames
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Note that not all of the sprites are available for use by both the Blue and the Red side. Most of the duplicated ones use the same filename with the first letter denoting the colour, u for Blue and r for Red, but there are a few exceptions. Using uifvp will show a Blue IFV platoon, but rifvp will display the 'keyboard' overlay onto your briefing map. Only the short filenames are shown in the diagrams and the full filename must be in the following form: images\xxxxx.pcx
Most of these icons are a standard 20 x 20, but the 'deployed Inf Coy' symbols are mush larger at 40 x 80 (or 80 x 40). All the icons shown above have been tested for both sides and if only one filename is shown then that icon is only available for that side. There are some surprising omissions and yet all of the ranged SAM units are available for the Blue side, even though those units don't actually exist in the game. I suspect that the Red 16th Tank, 207th M Rifle and 106th Airborne icons should have been divisional sized units, but the designers forgot to change the size indicators. Both rifvdiv and rmrdb display the same icon, that of a Motor Rifle division. There was probably some work here that Microprose left unfinished.
Higher Formations
These icons are used in the campaign missions and intel briefings, but can be utilised by the player. They take the same form as the divisional icons shown above, but were probably created at a different time. Unlike the icons above which use an 'r' or a 'u' prefix, these icons use 'c' for Corps and 'd' for Division.
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| cbaor | British Army of the Rhine | ngf | Northern Group of Forces |
| cii | IInd Corps | cgf | Central Group of Forces |
| cv | Vth Corps | sgf | Southern Group of Forces |
| d1usa | US 1st Armored Divn | c20g | 20th Guards Tank Army |
| d1usc | US 1st Cavalry Divn | c2g | 2nd Guards Army |
| d3usi | US 3rd Inf Divn (Mechanised) | c6t | 6th Tank Army |
| d24usi | US 24th Inf Divn (Mechanised) | c3s | 3rd Shock Army |
| d1uk | UK 1st Armoured Divn | c5b | 5th Belarus Corps |
| d3uk | UK 3rd Armoured Divn | c28b | 28th Belarus Corps |
| d1gr | 1st Panzer Divn | c65b | 65th Belarus Corps |
| d5gr | 5th Panzer Divn | c1u | 1st Ukrainian Corps |
| d10gr | 10th Panzer Divn | c8u | 8th Ukrainian Corps |
| c13u | 13th Ukrainian Corps | ||
| c32u | 32nd Ukrainian Corps | ||
Map Symbols
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HELO WAYPOINT MARKERS |
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BLUE |
RED |
DIMS |
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| uwplz | rwplz | 20 x 20 | Landing Zone Waypoint marker |
| uwpbp | rwpbp | 20 x 20 | Battle Position Waypoint marker |
| uwpaa | rwpaa | 20 x 20 | Assembly Area Waypoint marker |
| uwpcp | rwpcp | 20 x 20 | Checkpoint Waypoint marker |
| uwppa | rwppa | 20 x 20 | Patrol Area Waypoint marker |
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ARROWS |
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BLUE |
RED |
DIMS |
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| uarrown | rarrown | Arrow pointing North | |
| uarrowne | rarrowne | Arrow pointing North East | |
| uarrowe | rarrowe | Arrow pointing East | |
| uarrowse | rarrowse | Arrow pointing South East | |
| uarrows | rarrows | Arrow pointing South | |
| uarrowsw | rarrowsw | Arrow pointing South West | |
| uarroww | not available | Arrow pointing West | |
| uarrownw | rarrownw | Arrow pointing North west | |
| uarrow | not available | Wide Blue Arrow pointing East | |
| not available | rarrow | Wide Red Arrow pointing West | |
| not available | rarrowlngLong | Wide Red Arrow pointing West | |
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OBJECTIVE MARKERS |
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BLUE |
RED |
DIMS |
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| uobja | robja | 30 x 40 | Oval objective area marked 'Anvil' |
| uobjh | robjh | 30 x 40 | Oval objective area marked 'Hammer' |
| uobjs | robjs | 30 x 40 | Oval objective area marked 'Shield' |
| uobj | robj | 30 x 40 | Oval objective area unmarked |
The 'All Sprites' mission in the Missions Section, shows all of the above as they appear on the briefing maps.