Question about the Final Frontier LH's

[cfkane]

How is the hologram effect achieved? Can I apply it to other leaderheads?

 

[Refar]

It's a overlay blended over; And yes, you can apply it to other LH, there are however a few limitations - i.e. You can't apply it to some LH - it's applied globally, so it's either all or nothing, as far as i can tell. (Edit: Maybe it's possible to merge the effect on a single nif using NifScope, but i expect the anim (noise) to get lost )
Also some Backgrounds will look odd.

Look into Civ4ArtDefine_Misc.xml...

		<MiscArtInfo>
			<Type>REPLACE_LEADER_BACKGROUND</Type>
			<Path/>
			<fScale>1</fScale>
			<NIF></NIF>
			<KFM></KFM>
		</MiscArtInfo>
		<MiscArtInfo>
			<Type>REPLACE_LEADER_FORGROUND</Type>
			<Path/>
			<fScale>1</fScale>
			<NIF></NIF>
			<KFM></KFM>
		</MiscArtInfo>

These are from unmodded game, if you look into FF you will see a SpaceLeader.nif (or similar, not remember exactly) assigned here.
This nif is partially transparent and has animated noise, so blending it over will cause that holo effect.

 

[cfkane]

It's a overlay blended over; And yes, you can apply it to other LH, there are however a few limitations - i.e. You can't apply it to some LH - it's applied globally, so it's either all or nothing, as far as i can tell. (Edit: Maybe it's possible to merge the effect on a single nif using NifScope, but i expect the anim (noise) to get lost )
Also some Backgrounds will look odd.

Look into Civ4ArtDefine_Misc.xml...

		<MiscArtInfo>
			<Type>REPLACE_LEADER_BACKGROUND</Type>
			<Path/>
			<fScale>1</fScale>
			<NIF></NIF>
			<KFM></KFM>
		</MiscArtInfo>
		<MiscArtInfo>
			<Type>REPLACE_LEADER_FORGROUND</Type>
			<Path/>
			<fScale>1</fScale>
			<NIF></NIF>
			<KFM></KFM>
		</MiscArtInfo>

These are from unmodded game, if you look into FF you will see a SpaceLeader.nif (or similar, not remember exactly) assigned here.
This nif is partially transparent and has animated noise, so blending it over will cause that holo effect.

Okay. It might be alright if the background looks a bit odd. I'm thinking of using the effect for a Big Brother leaderhead where it looks as if you're viewing him through a television screen.