Importing Custom Sponsors?

[GravityGames]

Hi, I'm making a custom sponsor mod just for fun, and was wondering how I would make a custom sponsor. I know how to make a 3D model in Blender, but I wanted to know things like the model format I'd use, the scale, the polycount, how to make animations, etc. Anyone here know how I'd go about doing those things?

 

[Mercury002]

Check the tutorials part of this forum first (the sub forum located at the top, just above the forum list)

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=538132

 

[GravityGames]

Check the tutorials part of this forum first (the sub forum located at the top, just above the forum list)

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=538132

Oh, sorry, that was probably a bad choice of words. I understand all of the XML work (in fact, I've already started that part and even have a custom sponsor icon working). What I'm specifically talking about is how to make the sponsor 3D model. However, from the file attributes/properties thread, I was able to figure out that meshes are in the .gr2 format. Now I just need to know what the animations are stored into, how to export a .gr2 from Blender, and then things like the safe polycount, texture size, etc.

 

[Mercury002]

Oh sorry I meant to link you to the art asset one as that was what I thought you meant.
You could always write your own tutorial on 3d models for civs / sponsors once you figure it out.
The art stuff isn't my thing sorry I couldn't help.

 

[GravityGames]

Oh sorry I meant to link you to the art asset one as that was what I thought you meant.
You could always write your own tutorial on 3d models for civs / sponsors once you figure it out.
The art stuff isn't my thing sorry I couldn't help.

Eh, it's okay, hopefully I can figure it out from looking at the game's files. I was planning on making a tutorial of sorts if I got it working, but I'm pretty bad at explaining things, so it might not help too many people. I could go ahead and make a tutorial on what I already know, from setting up the XML up to importing a custom sponsor logo, but all of that is actually pretty easy to figure out.

In the meantime, I guess I could make a progress thread once I figure out what the sponsor benefits will be.