Art without mod buddy

[SlySlySly]

Hello. I don't use mod buddy. Not by choice, by computer type. I have a... mac.
Anyway, whenever I try to add icons into mod they don't work cause something always seems to be missing. I was wondering if anyone has advice, or would like to help with it.

 

[SlySlySly]

Something about missing .tex files, potential artdef wrong, I've tried tutorials but none helped.

 

[Infixo]

You can add icons to the game without any .artdef nor .tex files. Just .dds and .xml for icon definitions. Check out my mods e.g. Building upgrades or great people or natural disasters. They all add icons without anything else than .dds and .xml.

 

[SlySlySly]

You can add icons to the game without any .artdef nor .tex files. Just .dds and .xml for icon definitions. Check out my mods e.g. Building upgrades or great people or natural disasters. They all add icons without anything else than .dds and .xml.

I'm confused though. Nothing I do works

 

[Deliverator]

I don't think .dds icons in mods work on Mac - at least that's what people have reported of mods that use .dds images rather than cooking them into .blp files.

So unfortunately you are blocked I think. Only .blp icons work on Mac, you can't cook the icons into .blp files without Modbuddy and Modbuddy isn't available on Mac.

 

[CivilizationAce]

Maybe you could run a PC virtual machine or other form of PC emulator on your Mac? I don't have a Mac so for all I know it's impossible, but that's the stray thought that occurred to me.

 

[Infixo]

It's hard to believe that Firaxis would have made modding on Mac practically impossible...

@SlySlySly Can you intstall one of my mods I mentioned above and report back if the mod and icons are working? They are all available on CivFanatics.

 

[SlySlySly]

Maybe you could run a PC virtual machine or other form of PC emulator on your Mac? I don't have a Mac so for all I know it's impossible, but that's the stray thought that occurred to me.

I have tried this, but something doesn't work. The asset importer thing or whatever it's called doesn't work.

It's hard to believe that Firaxis would have made modding on Mac practically impossible...

@SlySlySly Can you intstall one of my mods I mentioned above and report back if the mod and icons are working? They are all available on CivFanatics.

I remember someone told me they did it without mod buddy... I don't remember how. I'll look into those.

 

[CivilizationAce]

I read a rumour that you could use images exported from Gimp as .DDS RGBA8 without importing them via Asset Editor. Whether you'd have to make your own .TEX file (and what you'd have to put in it) or whether it really works I have no idea. Sorry I can't remember where I read it either.

 

[SlySlySly]

I read a rumour that you could use images exported from Gimp as .DDS RGBA8 without importing them via Asset Editor. Whether you'd have to make your own .TEX file (and what you'd have to put in it) or whether it really works I have no idea. Sorry I can't remember where I read it either.

I put together .dds files. It's rather simple with the photoshop plugin.