[Balkenende]

Hey Guys, another question
Ive been fixing up my own Generals Logos etc.
Made a new team etc, everuthing works fine.
Now in playertemplate i want to add my own :

GeneralImage = CustomGeneral

I defined this in SCShellUserInterface512.INI , with the tga etc.

That didnt work ingame.... Then i tested it, by making my new team have

GeneralImage = GLA_Stealth

That also didnt work... which led me to believe there's some other file i have to work in aswell.
Any ideas? What are the complete steps to add your own general's image to your custom team ???
also plz help
many thx in advance

[GametagAeonFlux]

http://gendev.origin-network.net/page.php?file=modding Go here, this site has some KICK ASS tutorials. They might have what your looking for, if not, sorry that i couldnt help.

[Balkenende]

YEah, i know that site , no luck
Tnx for the help anyway

[GametagAeonFlux]

Have you tried the forums of www.sleipnirstuff.com ?

[Hostile]

Add your new faction in the ChallengeMode INI. The other references don't seem to get the generals portrait up. They appear to do nothing. Once you add the faction there your portrait will appear as well as your custom CSF strings that describe the unique abilities that appear to the right.

[Balkenende]

YEah, but once i ad my general to the Challengemode.ini, i get this error :

Reason Error parsing INI file 'Data\INI\ChallengeMode.ini' (Line: 'ChallengeGenerals ')

After trying everything, i came to the conclusion, that your not allowed to add another ChallengeGeneral

Or do i have to define this somewhere else?
tnx anyway for the help

[Hostile]

What you want to do is not add one but modify an existing namely, general 10 and 11. If you need more than use 9 as it's the boss general with very little use IMO.

There is a max of only 11.

[Balkenende]

Ah, ok tnx alot for the help.
Small question :

The Demo General uses the "BioPortraitLarge = PUDemolGen"
I found the "PUDemolGen" in "SCGenChallengeSelect512.INI" in the handcreated directory.

however, if i add my generalslogo's they dont show :S
So i looked again, and the file said :
"Do NOT edit by hand, ImagePacker.exe auto generated INI file"

Where can i put my logo's so the ChallengeMode.ini can read them?

(i tried my own icons.ini but that didnt work )

anyway, thx a million

[Hostile]

This is where the INI file goes, you can have as mansy files as you need to so mess with the ones that come with the game.
C:\Program Files\EA Games\Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour\Data\INI\MappedImages\TextureSize_512

This is where the actual images go.
C:\Program Files\EA Games\Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour\Data\English\Art\Textures

Download a program called cameo mapper that will let you use a GUI to map the coordinates and it will write the ini file for you.
Mod Tools

They have it at thier site but that may be down soon for overhaul I have it mirrored at my site. It's not the most recent version but works quite fine.

[Balkenende]

Its working !!!
TNX a million Hostile I owe you 1
To bad generals doesnt allow more than 11
tnx again