Grey Fox is having problems with pallettes and flicster that has given me the idea of civIII compliant surface maps. since we're having so many people making units now I though it would be a good idea to start a library of surface maps for the different unit fmxs to make easier to convert rendered models to playable units.
being that I'm new to the 3D scene, is this a feasible idea? and are bmps the standered form?

I am not sure about surface maps.... I think palette .PAL files could be alot more helpful to work with colors besides brown.