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Cameos are the "build list icons" which you click to build objects. They have to be defined by the <tt>[[Cameo]]</tt>= line in the [[art(md).ini]]-section of an object.
{{Flag
|name=Cameo
|files={{Categ|Art(md).ini}}
|values={{values|strings|filenames}}
|default=XXICON
|types={{Categ|InfantryTypes}}, {{Categ|VehicleTypes}}, {{Categ|AircraftTypes}}, {{Categ|BuildingTypes}}
|ts=yes
|fs=yes
|ets=yes
|ra2=yes
|yr=yes
|rp=yes
}}


== How to add a cameo to RA2/YR. (by Kravvitz) ==
{{f|Cameo|link}} defines the "sidebar image" for this [[ObjectTypes|ObjectType]] . If your cameo is in a file called {{Tt|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. {{Tt|xxicon.shp}} is the game's image to be used when the cameo file cannot be found or is not defined.


=== If you start out with a PCX ===
For reference: TS cameos are 64x48, RA2 and YR cameos 60x48.
*Open XCC Mixer and navigate to where you have your PCX cameo.
It is unknown what side-effects result from making a smaller and/or larger cameo, though RA2 seems capable of handling 64x48 TS cameos and 64x64 cameos without trouble.
*Make sure that when you click on the PCX it says in the top right hand corner that it says "Bits/pixels: 8".
== See Also ==
**If it doesn't, you need to go to View --> Palet and click "Use for Conversion"
*[[Adding A Cameo]]
*Go to View --> Palet --> Red Alert 2 and click cameo.pal
*[[AltCameo]]
*Now right click on the pcx go to Clipboard and click on Copy
*[[Cameo Charging Indicator]]
*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 [[File_Types#.SHP|OS SHP Builder]] to edit the cameos. It can edit SHP files directly, without needing to convert them to PCX and back.
 
== Cameo Building Transitions (The Percent Built Thing) (by Kravvitz) ==
It uses the gclock2.shp and the sidebar.pal files in ra2.mix --> sidec01.mix and sidec02.mix. The original gclock2.shp files are the same, except the colors that are used are different. The sidebar.pal files are named the same, but they are different. So you have to modify those files. You don't have to change the sidebar.pal it you don't want to it's your choice, but if you don't change it, the colors you can use will be limited. The files ambttn.shp, smbttn.shp, and tmbttn.shp in ra2.mix --> neutral.mix apparently are not used.
 
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Latest revision as of 14:44, 7 June 2021

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Flag: Cameo
File(s): Art(md).ini
Values: Strings: Normal text. (Limited to: filenames)
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.

For reference: TS cameos are 64x48, RA2 and YR cameos 60x48. It is unknown what side-effects result from making a smaller and/or larger cameo, though RA2 seems capable of handling 64x48 TS cameos and 64x64 cameos without trouble.

See Also

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