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C4DG Mod Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

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The zip file. I'm not going to update this often, but this is for losers who don't have winRAR.

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How to Mod your Flag and Button Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

1. Making the Flag
   To make the flag, create a 96x128 picture, with the meat of the picture in the middle. That's because the top and bottom get sort of randomly cropped by the flag renderer on units (but not nearly as much in the flag on the HID).
   Then, if possible, resize the picture in your picture creation program to 128x128. That will stretch it some, but that's okay, as the flag will re-shrink it back to original dimensions, later. Save it as a BMP format file, anywhere.
   Next, open the above saved file with DXTBMP (or your favorite DDS converter). In DXTbmp, there is a square that's white by default, on the right hand side of the screen. Under it are four buttons: "Import", "send to editor", "refresh from editor", and "Export". The first one (import) is the one you want. Click it, then navigate to the "black.bmp" file that is in the .rar file attached below. It should replace the white square with a black one.
   Then "save as" the file, choose DDS and then DDS-3, saving the file in the (mod name)/Assets/Art/Interface/TeamColor/ directory, preferably using the same name as the one I installed (otherwise, edit the XML, in a later post).
   That should be all you need to install your flag.
   
2. Making the Button
   Making the button is nearly identical to the flag, except for individual details.
   First, make a 55x55 image. The button will always be square in game, so start with a square this time. You can use the 128x128, if you don't mind it being stretched.
   Then open up a copy of the civ4bracket2rt.jpg file, and paste the 55x55 file on top of this 64x64 file, centered. That should fit the square borders fairly well.
   Save that image somewhere (not as the bracket file, of course) and open it with DXTbmp. Choose the import button for the alpha channel, and select the "bracket.bmp" file that's in the .rar file. Save that file as a DDS-3 file, in the (mod name)/Assets//Art/Interface/Buttons/Civilizations/ directory, preferably with the same name as the one I left for you.
   That should be all you need to install yoiur button (which is used in the civilopedia entry for your civ, among others).
   
3. Changing the XML for the file you want
   You need to open the file /Assets/XML/Art/Civ4ArtDefines_Civilization.xml in your xml editor (whether that's Windows' Notepad, or XMLspy, or whatever). Assuming you're working with an already existing civ, find that civ, which is in the following format:
   

   code:
   
   < CivilizationArtInfo>
   	< Type>ART_DEF_CIVILIZATION_FRANCE< /Type>
   	< Button>,Art/Interface/Buttons/Civilizations/France.dds,
        Art/Interface/Buttons/Civics_Civilizations_Religions_Atlas.dds,8,5< /Button>
   	< Path>Art/Interface/TeamColor/FlagDECAL_FleurDeLis.dds
   	< bWhiteFlag>0< /bWhiteFlag>
   < /CivilizationArtInfo>
   

   
   
   The < Button > line is the civilopedia button, for your 64x64 button. Replace that whole line with the path (relative to assets/ ) to your button's .dds file (usually /art/interface/buttons/civilizations/FILENAME.dds). The other stuff isn't needed, it's for the pakked file from the base game.
   
   The < Path > line is for the flag. It's in the same syle, but at art/interface/TeamColor/FLAGFILENAME.dds . Also, change WhiteFlag to 1 (this makes your flag visible, I think).
   
   To add a new one, just copy this from some other civ, give it a new name (you should follow styles, but any name is fine) in the < Type > field; then open Civ4CivilizationInfos.xml, and find your civ; one line is ArtDefineTag, change that entry to your custom entry.