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Cameo
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Flag: | Cameo |
File(s): | art(md).ini |
Values: | strings (filenames) |
Special Values: | none |
Default: | XXICON |
Applicable to: | InfantryTypes, VehicleTypes, AircraftTypes, BuildingTypes |
Cameo= defines the "sidebar image" for this ObjectType . If your cameo is in a file called monkicon.shp , you would write
Cameo=monkicon
or
Cameo=MONKICON
, this refers to the filename without the extension (.SHP is assumed) and is case-insensitive. xxicon.shp is the game's image to be used when the cameo file cannot be found or is not defined.
Contents
How to add a cameo to RA2/YR. (by Kravvitz)
If you start out with a PCX
- Open XCC Mixer and navigate to where you have your PCX cameo.
- Make sure that when you click on the PCX it says in the top right hand corner that it says "Bits/pixels: 8".
- If it doesn't, you need to go to View --> Palet and click "Use for Conversion"
- Go to View --> Palet --> Red Alert 2 and click cameo.pal
- Now right click on the pcx go to Clipboard and click on Copy
- Now right click on the pcx go to Clipboard and click on "Paste as SHP(TS)"
- It will pop up a "Save as" window, so type in what you want to name the cameo and click Save.
- It will pop up a "SHP Properties" window, if it's just a normal cameo, click Ok.
- You now have a cameo in SHP(TS) format. (I feel that this method is the easiest.)
Once you have the SHP file
- Put the SHP into your RA2 directory
- Open up the art(md).ini
- Find what ever Infantry, Vehicle, Aircraft, or Building's entry
- Add the line Cameo=XXXX, XXXX being the name of your cameo in uppercase letters
- If you have a version of the cameo with a Veteran's Stripe, add the line AltCameo=YYYY, YYYY being the name of the veteran version of the cameo
Note: You can also use OS SHP Builder to edit the cameos. It can edit SHP files directly, without needing to convert them to PCX and back.