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I created a faction using the acedit tool which I called the Vanguard. I then downloaded the graphics for the faction of the same name at the Node (I wanted different attributes than that one had but liked the graphics). I came here and did a search as to how to load them, knowing it had been recently posted. I found the string I was after, but someone (can't remember the name and the search isn't loading right now for me to look again) stated that he had tried all the directions and still couldn't get his custom faction(s) to load.
I may have used the idiot's method to do this, but I successfully loaded my Vanguard faction. Firstly, even after using the file search, I could NOT locate Alpha Centauri.ini anywhere on my hard drive
Cyber, can you tell me where that file is supposed to be? Even the SMAC readme says it is created, but I can't find it. At any rate, I saved the Believers text and graphic files in a folder elsewhere and replaced them with the new ones. That still didn't work. So I changed the names of the Vanguard files to the Believer equivalent (believe, believe2, believe3, etc.). That didn't work either. So I got in the Vanguard (now Believe) text file and changed the name of the faction at the very beginning to Believers, then again a few lines down (from #Vanguard to #Believers). For reasons I cannot explain, the game loads with the appropriate leader portrait, faction name and such at the opening menu! It's even named as Vanguard! Again, I don't know how it worked but it did. So for whoever was having trouble, here's another way to try. I'm only using this until Tres is finished with his DS9 modpack, at which time I'll convert to that. That looks like a good one.
I may have used the idiot's method to do this, but I successfully loaded my Vanguard faction. Firstly, even after using the file search, I could NOT locate Alpha Centauri.ini anywhere on my hard drive
Cyber, can you tell me where that file is supposed to be? Even the SMAC readme says it is created, but I can't find it. At any rate, I saved the Believers text and graphic files in a folder elsewhere and replaced them with the new ones. That still didn't work. So I changed the names of the Vanguard files to the Believer equivalent (believe, believe2, believe3, etc.). That didn't work either. So I got in the Vanguard (now Believe) text file and changed the name of the faction at the very beginning to Believers, then again a few lines down (from #Vanguard to #Believers). For reasons I cannot explain, the game loads with the appropriate leader portrait, faction name and such at the opening menu! It's even named as Vanguard! Again, I don't know how it worked but it did. So for whoever was having trouble, here's another way to try. I'm only using this until Tres is finished with his DS9 modpack, at which time I'll convert to that. That looks like a good one.
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