Lh Help?!?!

[Lord Civius]

I made a simple Patton Mod using the video tutorial a few weeks ago. I used a still photo for the leaderhead. It works but I wanted to take my modding to the next lvel and add my first 3D LH. I simply replaced my original (still photo)dds file with the one I downloaded here and crossed my fingers. It is just a blue screen with a shadowed side of a face where the LH should go. I am obviously doing something wrong and any help would be greatly appreciated. I have read all of the tutorials I could find on the matter and none seem to tell me what i am supposed to do.

I guess what I am asking for is a simple step by step on what to do.
Does it matter where I extract the files to? I put them in my desktop to find them easy.
Do you put the entire file in Assets/Art/Leaderheads? I did, then I set the Civ4Artdefines_Leaderheads/ to match the name of the D/L file.
Please take it easy on me I am very new to modding.

LH File= "Patton"

<LeaderheadArtInfo>
<Type>ART_DEF_LEADER_PATTON</Type>
<Button>,Art/LeaderHeads/Patton_button.dds</Button>
<NIF>art/LeaderHeads/Patton</NIF>
<KFM></KFM>
<NoShaderNIF></NoShaderNIF>
<BackgroundKFM></BackgroundKFM>
</LeaderheadArtInfo>

BTW I am still using my original button.

 

[Lord Civius]

Can anyone throw me a bone? I have been at this all day and just can't seem to get it. Where do I put the file after I extract it. Do I have to split it up or just put the whole thing in MyMod/Assets/Art/Leaderheads? It was simple when I used a still image, it was just one dds. file and I put it in the above mentioned file (leaderheads) and let it know the path in the Civ4ArtDefines xml file. There seems to be no image here so I have no idea what I am doing.

 

[Dresden]

I'd ask in the topic from where you got the file. Also, wolfshanze's Leaderhead Tutorial might be useful.

 

[Lord Civius]

I'd ask in the topic from where you got the file. Also, wolfshanze's Leaderhead Tutorial might be useful.

I did but the thread is old and didn't get a response. I've tried to make the question more general by asking what to do with any LH I download. I just don't know where to put the file. I've read wolfshanzes tutorial and it assumes you already know this, as does every other one I've read. Kale did a good job with the video tutorial but it only shows you how to add a still image not a 3D file. When I tried to mimick the still image procedure with the 8.5 MB file it did not work. Anyone that has d/l and installed a custom leaderhead can you please tell me where to put the file and what xml to edit.

 

[Lord Civius]

Someone has provided me with the xml artdefines for the Patton custom LH. It works but I have no idea why. there are 30+ files in the unpacked folder and we only use 5 of them??? How do you determine which files to use? Why d/l so many files to just disregard over 80% of them? It seems I am even more confused now.

 

[deanej]

It has to due with 3D modeling. Most likely ALL the files are used, but most are referenced by the NIF and KFM files, not the XML.

 

[NikNaks]

Deanej is completely right. The ones you're looking for to reference in XML should be:

<LeaderheadArtInfo>
<Type>ART_DEF_LEADER_PATTON</Type>
<Button>Art/Interface/Buttons/Patton_button.dds</Button>
<NIF>Art/LeaderHeads/Patton/Patton.nif</NIF>
The file here should be the largest file with the "nif" extension

<KFM>Art/LeaderHeads/Patton/Churchill.kfm</KFM>
Make sure this one doesn't have "_bg" in it, as that's the background KFM.

<NoShaderNIF>Art/LeaderHeads/Patton/Patton.nif or Patton_noshader.nif</NoShaderNIF>
If there's a file with "noshader" or "nonshader", use this here, otherwise use the same file as referenced for "NIF"

<BackgroundKFM>Art/LeaderHeads/Patton/Churchill_bg.kfm</BackgroundKFM>
Make sure this one does have "_bg" in it, as that's the KFM you now need.

</LeaderheadArtInfo>

Hope that's helpful