Switching icons?

[Beeg]

In Mobhack (or otherwise) is there a way to transfer an icon to a unit, to replace the existing one, without cutting and pasting the original unit and changing all the stats, so the transferred icon appears on the game screen for that unit?

By icon I mean the unit that actually shows during gameplay. In Mobhack it's the icon that appears in the bottom right of the Mobhack unit screen for an individual unit, not the LBM. Can you walk me through how to change that icon?

Thanks,

Beeg

[Mobhack]

If you want to change existing units, then change the data - specifically the "icon" fields at the bottom of the unit page. One each for green, winter and desert if needed.

Stick in your new icon numbers and hit F12 - job done.

Of course, you have now altered your OOB and so it will now fail PBEM. But your cut and paste to new unit idea also invalidates the OOB checksum.

In Mobhack Help -> Help -> Units Tab Paragraph beginning Icon ...

IF however you mean "How can I change the SHP file for unit X" - you are into a completely new direction. Search the forums on SHP file editing and SHPEd, game palettes etc.

A quick search on SHPEd gives this thread - http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=47320&highlight=shped

Most things have already likely been discussed - so use the "advanced search" forum utility to look for useful keywords in BOTH forums (WW2 and MBT) for that sort of thing.

cheers
Andy

[Beeg]

Hi Andy,

My bad. My unit window screen did not go to the bottom, I had to stretch it, so I didn't see the icon fields. All's ok now.

Thanks so much for the help. You guys are the best!

Beeg