Make the game easier to read while preserving a clear distinction between presentation and mechanics.
Vehicle graphics and scope
Official help supports vehicle graphic sets at several scopes: a default set, a dispatch-centre assignment, building-level choices and individual vehicle graphics. It also describes applying a vehicle design more widely to matching vehicles. Inspect the selected scope before making a bulk change so a regional livery does not unexpectedly replace the rest of your fleet.
TKB recommendation: establish one consistent visual language before adding exceptions. Use clear service silhouettes, readable scale and matching emergency-light placement. A beautiful image that becomes indistinguishable at the normal map zoom is a poor operational marker.
Mission and building graphics
Mission packs are selected from the Mission tab within Graphic Packs, where the available icons can be previewed before use. Building graphics are a separate presentation choice. A graphic is not evidence that a vehicle, building extension or mission capability has changed. Always read the underlying type and status.
For TKB’s established mission artwork, the intended convention is steady green when the response requirements are fulfilled, slow flashing yellow for units en route and red when no units have been sent. Treat this as the pack’s visual convention, not a universal rule shared by every custom pack. Check mission details for transports and any remaining work.
Use animation carefully
Official upload guidance supports animated APNG vehicle artwork with the APNG option selected. It also requires ownership or permission for all images in a publicly shared pack. Do not copy another creator’s work merely because it is visible in the game.
TKB design recommendation: test both normal and emergency appearances, transparency edges and actual map scale. Emergency lights should align with the vehicle’s light housings. Helicopter rotor animation should remain readable, and trailers or pods should have a coherent visual presentation. Avoid flashes so dominant that they obscure nearby incidents. Offer a calmer presentation when motion or dense maps make reading harder.
The TKB toolkit
The current TKB toolkit distribution route is the Chrome Web Store. The guide’s toolkit link should point to extension ID lmnojpchebgcochdfnfjmnficicnaaoc. The TKB community support invite is https://discord.gg/qWZ8Quf6EZ. These are project-maintained links; toolkit availability does not make it an official MissionChief product.
Use optional interface tools to help understand and manage your account. Keep native game controls understandable, and reproduce a suspected game fault with optional extensions disabled before reporting it. Never assume a tool has developer approval merely because it appears in an extension store.
A safe visual rollout
- Preview on a small selection of vehicles or a single region.
- Check normal and emergency states on both light and dark map areas.
- Confirm the type remains identifiable without relying on colour alone.
- Keep a record of the previous pack and any individual overrides.
- Recheck newly introduced vehicle and mission types because a pack may not yet contain artwork for them.
Sources and further reading
Official sources establish game rules; practical build orders and planning examples are TKB recommendations. Follow the UK game’s current requirement panel where a later update differs.