It would be cool if it would be made possible to add more icons from the NATO Joint Military Symbology to Arma to give mission creators an easy way to expand on the already existing icons and go more into the specifics like whether that mechanized infantry is amphibious or not, which supplies are actually transported etc.
Especially when they are used as map icons like in the Warlords-gamemode it would really open up a path for a more detailed map.
Maybe it is possible to allow mission creators to add them via the description.ext like it is with unit insignia for example.
Inside the description.ext it could look something like the following:
class CfgGroupIcons
{
class b_airbase
{
color[] = {"colorBLUFOR",1};
icon = "\customGroupIcons\nato\b_airbase.paa";
markerClass = "NATO_BLUFOR";
name = "Airbase";
scope = 1;
shadow = 0;
showEditorMarkerColor = 1;
side = 1;
size = 29;
texture = "\customGroupIcons\nato\b_airbase.paa";
};
class b_radar
{
color[] = {"colorBLUFOR",1};
icon = "\customGroupIcons\nato\b_radar.paa";
markerClass = "NATO_BLUFOR";
name = "Radar";
scope = 1;
shadow = 0;
showEditorMarkerColor = 1;
side = 1;
size = 29;
texture = "\customGroupIcons\nato\b_radar.paa";
};
class b_transportation
{
color[] = {"colorBLUFOR",1};
icon = "\customGroupIcons\nato\b_transportation.paa";
markerClass = "NATO_BLUFOR";
name = "Transportation";
scope = 1;
shadow = 0;
showEditorMarkerColor = 1;
side = 1;
size = 29;
texture = "\customGroupIcons\nato\b_transportation.paa";
};
class mobility_amphibious
{
color[] = {0,0,0,1};
icon = "\customGroupIcons\nato\mobility_amphibious.paa";
markerClass = "NATO_Modifiers";
name = "Amphibious";
scope = 1;
shadow = 0;
showEditorMarkerColor = 1;
side = 1;
size = 29;
texture = "\customGroupIcons\nato\mobility_amphibious.paa";
};
};