Dammit, I think I need an idiots guide...

[Amistat]

Ah I see.

Well I've now made cameos for them (altered the allied and soviet wall icons to make them sort of gatey and changed the name at the bottom).

Sorted out the name thing using the string editor in XCC Mixer (I never realised it had one )
However I'm having problems with my cameos still

[GAGATE_C]; Allied Gate
Image=GAGATE_C
Remapable=yes
Cameo=ALLYGATEA;GATEICON
Foundation=3x1
Buildup=GAGATE_C
GateStages=17
NewTheater=yes
CanHideThings=false
CanBeHidden=false

[GAGATE_D]; Allied Gate
Image=GAGATE_D
Remapable=yes
Cameo=ALLYGATEB;GAt2ICON
Foundation=1x3
Buildup=GAGATE_D
GateStages=17
NewTheater=yes
CanHideThings=false
CanBeHidden=true

[NAGATE_A]; Soviet gate
Remapable=yes
Cameo=SOVGATEA;NGATEAICON
Foundation=3x1
Buildup=NAGATE_A
GateStages=14
NewTheater=yes
CanHideThings=false
CanBeHidden=true

[NAGATE_B]; Soviet Gate
Remapable=yes
Cameo=SOVGATEB;GAt2ICON;NGATEBICON
Foundation=1x3
Buildup=NAGATE_B
GateStages=14
NewTheater=yes
CanHideThings=false
CanBeHidden=true

Those are the codes from the Art.ini and the cameos I made are stored in a mix file called expandmd05.mix in the RA2 folder and are named the same as the Cameo= tags above but they only show up as transparent cameos (i.e. invisible, you just get the "Allied Gate" lable come up if you hover over.

Any ideas what I've done there? I don't get cameo missing so it seems to know they're there, but they don't show up...


Once again, cheers for the walls, they are pretty damn sweet. Although thinking about it, would it not be possible to make a wall that sinks into the ground and allow it to be hidden? That would just mean units would drive over what graphic was left wouldn't they?
Opening outwards looks cooler, but it does have that moving through problem which sounds tough to get rid of or compromise on too.