CrazyNonGenius
Chieftain
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- Feb 21, 2018
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Hello CivFanatics,
I am currently working on a mod changing the warfare aspect of the game, reading and watching various tutorials on this forum, searching through original game files and learning by other mods I could already create more than I would have aspected, new units from parts of other units, changed animations, added unit layers et cetera.
Just one thing absolutely does not work. I created a custom icon for a new unit, and even after days of trying I was not able to get it displayed ingame. The new unit is always using the icon from the original game with the same index-numer.
What i did:
1) Using ModBuddy I created a (starter unit) mod with a ModArt and three more XML-files.
2) I created the icon using paint.net and saved the needed sizes (22x22, 32x32 etc.) as a A8B8G8R.
3) Then I used the Asset Editor to import them into my mod. The .tex and .dds-files were created in the textures folder and there is a .xlp in the XLP one.
4) In the ModBuddy the ModArt was expanded by an entry for the icon-XLP (UITexture).
The NewUnit_Gameplay.xml and NewUnit_Text.xml create the standard-peon which is working ingame.
5) In the NewUnit_Icon.xml I created the ICON_ATLAS_NEW_UNITS using the .dds imported with the AssetEditor.
Then I set the ICON_UNIT_PEON as Index 0 in the Icon Definitions.
To my knowledge, this should work, but the peon is always using the settler icon. I spent hours trying to solve this thing, everything is typed correctly, I read a number of tutorials in which this works, and I downloaded some other mods and searched for anything I may have missed, but I couldn't find any difference between working mods intergrating custom icons and my own work.
Please help me, I'm going absolutely crazy!
Adding 2D assets should be the easiest part of modding, but in my case it is the opposite... 
I am currently working on a mod changing the warfare aspect of the game, reading and watching various tutorials on this forum, searching through original game files and learning by other mods I could already create more than I would have aspected, new units from parts of other units, changed animations, added unit layers et cetera.
Just one thing absolutely does not work. I created a custom icon for a new unit, and even after days of trying I was not able to get it displayed ingame. The new unit is always using the icon from the original game with the same index-numer.
What i did:
1) Using ModBuddy I created a (starter unit) mod with a ModArt and three more XML-files.
2) I created the icon using paint.net and saved the needed sizes (22x22, 32x32 etc.) as a A8B8G8R.
3) Then I used the Asset Editor to import them into my mod. The .tex and .dds-files were created in the textures folder and there is a .xlp in the XLP one.
4) In the ModBuddy the ModArt was expanded by an entry for the icon-XLP (UITexture).
The NewUnit_Gameplay.xml and NewUnit_Text.xml create the standard-peon which is working ingame.
5) In the NewUnit_Icon.xml I created the ICON_ATLAS_NEW_UNITS using the .dds imported with the AssetEditor.
Then I set the ICON_UNIT_PEON as Index 0 in the Icon Definitions.
To my knowledge, this should work, but the peon is always using the settler icon. I spent hours trying to solve this thing, everything is typed correctly, I read a number of tutorials in which this works, and I downloaded some other mods and searched for anything I may have missed, but I couldn't find any difference between working mods intergrating custom icons and my own work.
Please help me, I'm going absolutely crazy!
Adding 2D assets should be the easiest part of modding, but in my case it is the opposite... 
