Leaderheads question...

[Beginner]

I have extremely limited abilities in modding, and before you attack me for asking such a stupid question, know that I did look around without finding an answer.

What I want to know is how I can replace an animated leaderhead with a non-animated one? Let's say I have som .jpg files that I want to use as leaderheads, how do I add them?

 

[woodelf]

Several mods/sceanrios have done this already, mostly historical ones like TAM, EE3, and maybe Middle Ages mod. My advice would be to d/l one of them and see how they did it. It's not hard, but I'm not sure if you need to be a specific size or not.

 

[Ekmek]

what i see i nth ecalifornia mod is this:

		<LeaderheadArtInfo>
			<Type>ART_DEF_LEADER_MUIR</Type>
			<Button>Modules/Custom Civilizations/California/Muir/johnbutton.dds</Button>
			<NIF>Modules/Custom Civilizations/California/Muir/MUIR.dds</NIF>
			<KFM/>
			<NoShaderNIF/>
			<BackgroundKFM/>
		</LeaderheadArtInfo>

it looks like it just makes a dds of the flat image and then ignores the rest

 

[Fabrysse]

what i see i nth ecalifornia mod is this:

		<LeaderheadArtInfo>
			<Type>ART_DEF_LEADER_MUIR</Type>
			<Button>Modules/Custom Civilizations/California/Muir/johnbutton.dds</Button>
			<NIF>Modules/Custom Civilizations/California/Muir/MUIR.dds</NIF>
			<KFM/>
			<NoShaderNIF/>
			<BackgroundKFM/>
		</LeaderheadArtInfo>

it looks like it just makes a dds of the flat image and then ignores the rest

That's exactly what you have to do.
You just need The Gimp and DDS Converter to do that. If needed, look at my Espana 1936 Mod for Warlords, it's what I've done.

 

[magicalsushi]

Is it possible to create animated 2d leaderheads using multiple pictures?

 

[Fabrysse]

Is it possible to create animated 2d leaderheads using multiple pictures?

Charlemagne Mod (that uses 2D LeaderHeads) changes the picture (at least the Pope) when the Leader is not happy of your answer.

 

[magicalsushi]

Aha! Thanks.