RoM: AND Art Files

Mattygerst

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Hello all,
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I am hoping someone here has SOME understanding of where to find certain files in the Assets folder of RoM: AND. I am wanting to incorporate some of the religions from this mod into my mod which is available on this forum for others to play.
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To give a specific example: If I search Hellenism in the XML, it will refer to this for the artwork:
<Button>Art/Interface/Buttons/Religions/hellenism_button.dds</Button><TechButton>,Art/Interface/Buttons/Empty.dds,Art/Interface/Buttons/Atlases/RoM_techtree_atlas2.dds,6,12</TechButton <GenericTechButton>Art/Interface/Buttons/Religions/hellenism_button.dds</GenericTechButton <MovieFile>Art/Movies/Religion/Greek_Myth/Hin_Found.nif</MovieFile>

So, if I search for the artwork for the Button I go to attempt to go to the Art folder seeking the Interface -> Buttons -> Religions -> hellenism_button.dds ... but, there is no Interface subfolder in the Art folder to start with. The game is certainly reading the hellenism_button.dds ... but I can't find the pathway to it. Does anyone know how to find this pathway in the files?
 
Hello all,
.
I am hoping someone here has SOME understanding of where to find certain files in the Assets folder of RoM: AND. I am wanting to incorporate some of the religions from this mod into my mod which is available on this forum for others to play.
.
To give a specific example: If I search Hellenism in the XML, it will refer to this for the artwork:


So, if I search for the artwork for the Button I go to attempt to go to the Art folder seeking the Interface -> Buttons -> Religions -> hellenism_button.dds ... but, there is no Interface subfolder in the Art folder to start with. The game is certainly reading the hellenism_button.dds ... but I can't find the pathway to it. Does anyone know how to find this pathway in the files?
It's in .fpk files, likely AND_Graphics.FPK
You can use Dragon Unpacker for those.
 
It's in .fpk files, likely AND_Graphics.FPK
You can use Dragon Unpacker for those.
Hello Mr. Smith,
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I am very much appreciative of your comment leading me on the fpk files. Do you have any experience going thru these files, yourself?
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My intent is to take the religions from AND to MMod. For example, I want to take Hellenism and then the Hellenic Temple to MMod [and customize the XML to use it with the standard BtS techs] but I need to be able to get the artwork for the buttons and then also the artwork for the building. Is it as simple as taking the files that will be in the fpk, copying them, and pasting them into the requisite assets folder in MMod?
 
Is it as simple as taking the files that will be in the fpk, copying them, and pasting them into the requisite assets folder in MMod?
Quite likely, don't forget movie and sound.
 
Out of curiosity; what would a movie file be for a simple building like a Christian Temple? I'm actually not sure...
It's a regular building, it shouldn't have one. You just need everything marked in XML entries of things you carry over.
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It's a regular building, it shouldn't have one. You just need everything marked in XML entries of things you carry over.
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Hello Mr. Smith,
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First of all, thank you for your help yesterday. I downloaded Dragon unPACKer and it works as intended an I can navigate my way thru the files pretty well. I have had initial success but also am running into two separate issues. See below...

#1: I was able to move the artwork buttons over, and the correct button appears when you found a tech that allows you to found a religion [good news!, see pic]
Hellenism2.jpg


...But they don't appear on the religion advisor screen menu [I get the pink blob indicating its missing, bad news, see pic] Where do I need to go to put the dds artwork file in to ensure it appears on this screen?
hellenism photo.jpg


Also, when the Hellenism religion is present in a city, instead of getting the Hellenism religion icon in the city, I get the Cereal Mills icon. Where do I need to go to ensure the Hellenism religion icon appears on the city screen [see pic]?
Hellenism4.jpg


As you can see ... I'm ALMOST there, but not quite as I need to fix these two issues. Any advice?
 
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Where do I need to go to put the dds artwork file in to ensure it appears on this screen?
No idea, check XML for typos.
Also, when the Hellenism religion is present in a city, instead of getting the Hellenism religion icon in the city, I get the Cereal Mills icon.
You need to edit GameFont and GameFont_75 for that.
 
Hello all,
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I have made some progress, but am also still hitting some stumbling blocks. I edited the GameFont and GameFont75 files. To this point, I have fixed one issue I was having. The religion icon now appears in my city correctly - so thats good news!
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But, I do have two recurring issues that I cannot find a remedy for: #1: The religion adviser screen remains a pink square.[any additonal ideas? All my xml tags to the same .dds file Pic which works in some cases but not in
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#2: On the scoreboard, my religion icon is STILL the cereal mills icon even though I edited both GameFont and GameFont75 files the exact same way [and it works properly on my city screen]. What gives? Any ideas? See pics below
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On the scoreboard, my religion icon is STILL the cereal mills icon even though I edited both GameFont and GameFont75 files the exact same way
Upload your fonts.
 
Upload your fonts.
Both font files are updated [GameFont and GameFont75].
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The city screen is picking up the new icon. But the scoreboard is not. Any idea why? Or any other change I have to make?
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Below are screenshots of both my updated GameFont files, starting with GameFont then GameFont75. I did the same thing to update both files so I cannot figure out why it works on the city screen but not the scoreboard.

GameFontCiv.jpg
GameFont75Civ.jpg
 
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Both font files are updated [GameFont and GameFont75].
I asked for files, not screenshots. Also when pictures are this big, it's proper to spoiler them.
Any idea why?
Either you ruined the grid or border between religions and corporations is marked separately, I'm not experienced with this either. Oh, I just got an idea - press alpha for the smaller font.
 
I asked for files, not screenshots. Also when pictures are this big, it's proper to spoiler them.

Either you ruined the grid or border between religions and corporations is marked separately, I'm not experienced with this either. Oh, I just got an idea - press alpha for the smaller font.
Will do from now on regarding spoilers.

Attached are the files. I can't imagine anything got corrupted as I used GameFontEditor and all I had to do was copy and paste the files over and I used the same method for both files.

Edit: I attached the files but neither will upload here ...
 
Sorry, no idea what's wrong. As for advisor icon missing, check if it's size matches the others. You moved both hellenism_button and hellenism_button_d out of package, right?
Try asking on popular modding discords like Ashes of Erebus or Caveman2Cosmos.
 
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