istarted doing my own ala carte resourses and they blocknout [black rectangles . i guess my cheapgraphics program [20/20] doesn't save transparent.
includeare my files if anyone can help [ i got p-ediacon and civilopedia entries...but it dont work...

here is apic of my resource.pcx[or jpeg here]

here the shadows file pic

i'll share what i develope with any who help, as well as others, like harlan etc [got some icons from harlan]

this my personal mod i'm working on

Change the amount of colors to 256 and it should work.