So it seems when you add new units you need to add two buttons: the regular one (square) and some sort of round one. This latter button, it seems, is only used when a unit is selected and you pull the cursor off screen, but I cannot find any tags pointing to it. Can anyone offer advice?
Adding the round buttons
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Edgecrusher
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Its been a long time since I did any modding for this game, but if I remember correctly...
The round buttons were for the city bar (to show what the city was producing).
I believe the game automatically adjust the square one into the circle.
The round buttons were for the city bar (to show what the city was producing).
I believe the game automatically adjust the square one into the circle.
On the citybar, yes, but not in the above scenario... when I select one of my new units and drag the cursor offscreen, I get a pink circle, rather than an adjusted button.
stolenrays
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You might have a compression error in the .dds file or the artdefines.xml entry doesn't start with art/interfact/buttons... instead of mods/yourmod/assets.....
Dancing Hoskuld
Deity
Don't forget that the square button must be exactly 64x64 otherwise it can turn pink and cause CTDs when you try and build the unit.
None of that is the issue. The buttons work perfectly, EXCEPT for that ONE situation that is described above. They work in the citybar, they work in the civilopedia, the only place they do not work is when you select the unit and drag the screen off it.
Is there maybe a space in the name of the button file?
Dancing Hoskuld
Deity
Or the names of the folders containing the button file.
The entries in CIV4ArtDefines_Unit.xml for vanilla units contains two paths for buttons
these are called a comma-separated values (CSV), note the commas highlighted in Red. If you want to use a button that can only be found in Art/Interface/Buttons you add a single path to it and drop the comma's
if you leave the comma you will get the problem you describe.
Reason for this: the game will use the Atlas as preference, if there is a comma in your entry it will look for the atlas button to place in the bubble, if there is no Atlas entry it will be pink.
Code:
<Button>[COLOR="Red"],[/COLOR]Art/Interface/Buttons/Units/Frigate.dds[COLOR="Red"],[/COLOR]Art/Interface/Buttons/Unit_Resource_Atlas.dds,2,9</Button>
Code:
<Button>Art/Interface/Buttons/Units/Manowar.dds</Button>Reason for this: the game will use the Atlas as preference, if there is a comma in your entry it will look for the atlas button to place in the bubble, if there is no Atlas entry it will be pink.
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