Resource shadowing problemo

[Ukas]

What is the secrecy behind successful shadowing? I edited this shrine resource from civ3's temple, checked and it worked fine. Then decided to do shadows for it, I have both resources.pcx and resources_shadows.pcx in my personal mod scenario folder - but the game crashed everytime when I tried to test the resource in action.

Then renamed the resources_shadows.pcx to somethin else to see if the game works without it, and it did - of course w/o shadows. I don't think there's necessarily something wrong with the pic but I sure can't tell where's the problem is. Must the _shadows.pcx be in some specific folder or...?

What gives?

ukas

Here's the resource w. shadows:

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads4...e-resources.zip

Preview:

 

[Colonel Kraken]

Hmm. I'm not really sure what the problem would be. I've added resources with and without shadows and they all work fine. I was going to take a look at your file, but the link doesn't work.

 

[aaglo]

Here seems to be the correct link.

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads4/shrine-resources.zip

Ukas, it would help if you tell what kind of error message the game gives (if any).

 

[Yoda Power]

I zoomed in on your shadow, there is some blue in it. Then i looked at the normal shadows, no blue. I dont know if this is the problem, but i just noticed it.

 

[Colonel Kraken]

Here is your Shrine resource added into the "resouces" and "resources_shadows" pcx files. I don't have the CD here at work, so I can't test it; but it should work.

 

[Ukas]

Ok, thanks everybody. I solved the problem by comparing the two pix - I had added some resources before, and now that I added more I made larger resource.pcx again and this time I just forgot to increase the size of resource_shadows.pcx to the same size - I increased it but some 10 pixels too much.

And because it was a simple mistake I didn't notice it earlier, but started to think about some major mystical hard-code problem. Sorry I troubled you.

But that was obviously the governements fault, our new prime minister drives me nuts just by looking at her.

 

[Yoda Power]

yeah blame the goverment!