Extra building icons

[PaulWilliams]

I am trying to add buildings to Civ Conquests.

I have succeeded up to a point. I cannot get the small icon to show in the building lists in City view.

I found buildings[small.pcx in art/cityview and added a couple of lines. I changed the number in Pedialcons.txt (what does Pedialcons stand for anyway?)

The icon will not show. I note that in the Age of Discovery file they replaced some space ship parts by the icons for the mines.

Does this mean that the number of icons allowed in buildings-small.pcx is limited by the code and cannot be increased?

Paul Williams

[Antrine]

No, the limit if there is one is a long way off. Modding is not easy, every little thing has to be accounted for by you. When adding something one place in the Game Editor, it does not pick it up for you and update anything, such the civilopedia files, or the little icons that go with each new building you add, so they are properly rendered on city screens etc. It is unneccessarily complicated for the Game Editor is just a makeshift afterthought. However, it is here and we get to use it!

So with that disclosure, I recommend the CIVFanatic Site. They have extensive info base and many, many active modders; here at Apolyton it is slow. I have never added any buildings, only modded current ones, I found it easier.

[Willem]

Re: Extra building icons

Originally posted by PaulWilliams
I am trying to add buildings to Civ Conquests.

I have succeeded up to a point. I cannot get the small icon to show in the building lists in City view.

I found buildings[small.pcx in art/cityview and added a couple of lines. I changed the number in Pedialcons.txt (what does Pedialcons stand for anyway?)

The icon will not show. I note that in the Age of Discovery file they replaced some space ship parts by the icons for the mines.

Does this mean that the number of icons allowed in buildings-small.pcx is limited by the code and cannot be increased?

Paul Williams

Some buildings require extra graphics in the buildings_large.pcx. Try adding your icons to both.