[BNW] Alpha Icon Dillema

[os84]

Dear Community,

i am really dumbfounded. Somehow the Alpha Icons are not shown and i have no clue how to fix it. Everything seems in order, yet i can't spot the mistake. Any chance someone could take a look on it?

Thanks!
Olli

 

[LeeS]

<PortraitIndex>1</PortraitIndex>

None of your Alpha atlas dds files contain an image at spot number 1. A dds file with only one image will use a PortraitIndex number of 0. The game uses the same PortraitIndex # for both of

<IconAtlas>TIROL_ICON_ATLAS</IconAtlas>
<AlphaIconAtlas>TIROL_ALPHA_ATLAS</AlphaIconAtlas>

The IconAtlas works because the PortraitIndex number for the "normal" image of the civ is indeed Index position # 1, but it fails for the AlphaIconAtlas because there is no such animal as PortraitIndex #1 in those atlases.

What you need to do is swap the positions of the leader and civ icons in the TIROL_ICON_ATLAS dds files, and then use PortraitIndex of 0 for table <Civilizations>, and PortraitIndex of 1 for the leader in table <Leaders>.

 

[os84]

Thank you SO much!! Somehow these values were switched, despite the fact that i was using the same template for the other civs in my mod as well, where no such error occured. Every day is a school day, i guess.
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