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"Tzar Sasha" <ZarSasha@localnet.com> wrote in message news:<107rtqor5q6sl6f@corp.supernews.com>...
> To add a new unit or make changes to a unit.
> Easy method (if you don't care about the civilopedia)
> 1 create or download new unit flcs see www.civfanatics.com for a whole bunch
> of player made units.
> 2 save unit flcs, sound files, and ini file into ..\art\units\"name of your
> unit" folder Be sure that the folder name is identical to the name you've
> given your new unit.
> 3 make sure that the ini file has the same name as the new unit.
> 4 if new unit has a units32 image, copy & paste into your existing units32
> file in the "..\art\units" folder be sure to match color palletes as closely
> as possible.
> if new unit does not have (or you don't want to edit the units32 file) use
> any icon you wish. There is a units32 file at www.civfanatics.com which
> contains thousands of unit icons from many units already created and posted
> at that site.
> 5 add new or rename an existing unit in the editor.
> 6 if you renamed use the existing civilopedia entry, if you created new copy
> the civilopedia entry of a different unit.
>
> Harder method (if you care about the civilopedia)
> 1 instructions 1 thru 5 above
> 2 type in a civilopedia entry. The captial letters before the underscore
> must remain. The part after the underscore doesn't have to be but should be
> the name of your unit.
> 3 Open civilopedia.txt from the "..\text" directory. Use notepad or wordpad
> to open it Scroll down the file until you get to the grouping of units. Go
> to the end of the units group. After the last one, look at the previous
> entry, follow it but use your own information where necessary.
> 4. Open pediaicons.txt from the "..\text" directory. Scroll down until you
> find the units list. At the end do the same thing as with the
> civilopedia.txt in the previous step. This is where you point to the image
> that will show in the civilopedia. If you have an image you want to use
> (make sure it is the same size and color count as the others), copy it into
> the directory where the other images are and then type the location into
> pediaicons.txt file. If you do not have an image you want to use then point
> to one of the other unit images.
>
> This is both in and out of the editor. The editor only allows you to change
> behavior of the unit and it's representation icon. Not how it looks in
> game. The steps I've given you are very basic, but will get you a different
> looking unit in the game. There are threads at www.civfanatics.com in the
> forums on how to do this and go into much deeper detail. If you need
> further help, you can e-mail me directly if necessary.
>
>
> "Gary Childress" <grchildrss@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:70130df2.0404141611.574cab12@posting.google.com...
> > I went into the Civ 3 Conquests editor and thought I was changing unit
> > graphics. Just to test it out I scrolled to the warrior and then
> > scrolled through the "icons" until I got something different. But
> > when I went to test my changes by playing a game I found out that
> > changing the "icon" in the icon box on the unit editor only changes
> > the icon in the display of production choices. It doesn't change the
> > unit graphics as they appear in the game. The warrior was still the
> > same looking warrior when I moved it around on the map.
> >
> > So my question is, how do you change a unit's graphics? And how do
> > you add new units to the game? When I tried to add new units, using
> > the editor, they didn't appear. Is anyone else having this problem?
> >
> >
> > Gary
Thank you Tzar Sasha. I've been visiting the web site and have done
some exploring as well as some experimenting with the Civ 3 editor. I
hope to get the hang of it soon.
Gary
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