Paasky
Good News Everyone!
This works for both normal- and flag leaderheads
You'll need:
1) The new flic(s) for the new leaderhead. I'll use my ownmade flag leaderhead, the US flag (get it from the attachment)
2) New icons. If you don't have them, you'll have to create them. This requires either a lot of patience with a bad picture editer (Paint), or a good picture editer (Paintshop Pro)
3) Make backups of everything you edit. It makes life simpler.
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Freeware programs:
.pcx editing: GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/downloads/#mirrors)
.flc to .pcx: Civ3Flc (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=2321501&postcount=162)
Let's start!
There are two parts in this tutorial; 1) Replacing an existing leaderhead or 2) Making a new one.
Replacing an existing leaderhead
I'm going to replace the modern Abe Lincoln into the present American Flag.
First, replacing the flic:
Open \Art\Flics and delete Ab_d01.flc and Ab_d02.flc. These are the modern american filcs. Now copy-paste the United States.flc and rename it into Ab_d01.flc. Then copy-paste the Ab_d01.flc and rename the new file into Ab_d02.flc. That's it!
Next, replacing the large pics:
Open \Art\leaderheads and open every pcx that starts with AB. Then, erase everything, and just copy-paste the United States.gif into the picture. You might want to put a smily in the corner, to show what the picture means. Repeate this for every picture. That's it!
Next, replacing the round pics:
Open \Art\Advisors and open AB_all.pcx. This is the hard part, where a decent picture editor shows why its so good. Remove everything from the fourth picture on each row. Then copy paste the new flag, United States.gif into it and resize the flag to fit inside the circle. Then remove everything that's outside of the circle.
Next, replacing the Civilopedia pics:
Open \Art\Civilopedia\Icons\Races and open AmericansLARGE.pcx and AmericansSMALL.pcx. Then copy-paste the new flag, United States.gif inside it, and do some resizing.
That's it, were ready!
I personally don't do anything but replace the flic, but it's up to you what you do.
I'll be doing some screenshots to help the guidance.
Making a new Flag Leaderhead
* This tutorial is made to help create & add a new static leaderhead.
You'll need:
a) Some sort of program that can edit flics. I'm using Animation Shop, which comes with Paintshop Pro.
b) A picture with a max size of 200x240. I do not suggest enlargening the picture so that it comes out of proportion, as that looks dumb. Just make sure its no wider than 200 pixels, or non higher than 240 pixels.
The procedure:
1) Open some existing flic (I use AB_d01.flc). If possible only import the first picture, and skip part two. *If using Civ3Flc: File>Export to Storyboard*
2) Delete all but the first picture from the animation.
3) If your new flag/head is exactly 200x240, skip this part. Now fill the entire picture with some unnoticable colour (I use a very dark blue).
4) Copy-paste the flag or head into the flic. If it isn't exactly 200x240, try to fit it in the centre.
5) Save the flic with a new filename into your civ3\art\flics folder.
6) Now, open the scenario your adding this into.
7) Under "Edit rules->Civilizations", change the animation forward & backward name into your new flc (I saved mine as turtle.flc, so I put art\flics\turtle.flc in them).
8) Save the scenario, and that's it! To make the small pictures work, see the 1st part of this tutorial above.
You'll need:
1) The new flic(s) for the new leaderhead. I'll use my ownmade flag leaderhead, the US flag (get it from the attachment)
2) New icons. If you don't have them, you'll have to create them. This requires either a lot of patience with a bad picture editer (Paint), or a good picture editer (Paintshop Pro)
3) Make backups of everything you edit. It makes life simpler.
--------
Freeware programs:
.pcx editing: GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/downloads/#mirrors)
.flc to .pcx: Civ3Flc (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=2321501&postcount=162)
Let's start!
There are two parts in this tutorial; 1) Replacing an existing leaderhead or 2) Making a new one.
Replacing an existing leaderhead
I'm going to replace the modern Abe Lincoln into the present American Flag.
First, replacing the flic:
Open \Art\Flics and delete Ab_d01.flc and Ab_d02.flc. These are the modern american filcs. Now copy-paste the United States.flc and rename it into Ab_d01.flc. Then copy-paste the Ab_d01.flc and rename the new file into Ab_d02.flc. That's it!
Next, replacing the large pics:
Open \Art\leaderheads and open every pcx that starts with AB. Then, erase everything, and just copy-paste the United States.gif into the picture. You might want to put a smily in the corner, to show what the picture means. Repeate this for every picture. That's it!
Next, replacing the round pics:
Open \Art\Advisors and open AB_all.pcx. This is the hard part, where a decent picture editor shows why its so good. Remove everything from the fourth picture on each row. Then copy paste the new flag, United States.gif into it and resize the flag to fit inside the circle. Then remove everything that's outside of the circle.
Next, replacing the Civilopedia pics:
Open \Art\Civilopedia\Icons\Races and open AmericansLARGE.pcx and AmericansSMALL.pcx. Then copy-paste the new flag, United States.gif inside it, and do some resizing.
That's it, were ready!
I personally don't do anything but replace the flic, but it's up to you what you do.
I'll be doing some screenshots to help the guidance.
Making a new Flag Leaderhead
* This tutorial is made to help create & add a new static leaderhead.
You'll need:
a) Some sort of program that can edit flics. I'm using Animation Shop, which comes with Paintshop Pro.
b) A picture with a max size of 200x240. I do not suggest enlargening the picture so that it comes out of proportion, as that looks dumb. Just make sure its no wider than 200 pixels, or non higher than 240 pixels.
The procedure:
1) Open some existing flic (I use AB_d01.flc). If possible only import the first picture, and skip part two. *If using Civ3Flc: File>Export to Storyboard*
2) Delete all but the first picture from the animation.
3) If your new flag/head is exactly 200x240, skip this part. Now fill the entire picture with some unnoticable colour (I use a very dark blue).
4) Copy-paste the flag or head into the flic. If it isn't exactly 200x240, try to fit it in the centre.
5) Save the flic with a new filename into your civ3\art\flics folder.
6) Now, open the scenario your adding this into.
7) Under "Edit rules->Civilizations", change the animation forward & backward name into your new flc (I saved mine as turtle.flc, so I put art\flics\turtle.flc in them).
8) Save the scenario, and that's it! To make the small pictures work, see the 1st part of this tutorial above.
) , how do I save the finished product in PCX format?
but it is very easy to use i think. mmm GIMP havent heard of it myself might try that sometime. 
mabey its just cause im not use to it yet lol 
