Getting Editor to use disabled icons.

[QuillQuickcard]

Hello Hive! Looking for some help.

I’m using some custom icons for buildings in my latest project. The problem is, though I have the Disabled version of the icons loaded into my import manager, the game is still defaulting to a solid green square when a building can’t be constructed (either because the prereqs aren’t met or the main menu is open).

Is there a way I can get the editor to recognize and use the disabled versions of the icons for when the icon is not active?

 

[Bribe]

Have you configured those imported icons in the Object Editor?

 

[pick-a-chew]

Also make sure you've imported their paths correctly.

 

[Wietlol]

This may be the first time that you want to whack Blizzard but it will surely not be the last time.

Disabled icons are partly hardcoded into the game.
When an icon is disabled, the game will search for a disabled icon instead.
The game will search for that icon under "ReplaceableTextures\\CommandButtonsDisabled\\DIS<iconname>.blp"
So it does not matter where your custom icons are, if their disabled counterpart is not under the CommandButtonsDisabled, the game will not find them.

Ofcourse you can go to the import manager and select all your disabled custom icons and place the path "ReplaceableTextures\\CommandButtonsDisabled\\DIS" just before the iconname.
This will surely fix the issue.

 

[QuillQuickcard]

This may be the first time that you want to whack Blizzard but it will surely not be the last time.

Disabled icons are partly hardcoded into the game.
When an icon is disabled, the game will search for a disabled icon instead.
The game will search for that icon under "ReplaceableTextures\\CommandButtonsDisabled\\DIS<iconname>.blp"
So it does not matter where your custom icons are, if their disabled counterpart is not under the CommandButtonsDisabled, the game will not find them.

Ofcourse you can go to the import manager and select all your disabled custom icons and place the path "ReplaceableTextures\\CommandButtonsDisabled\\DIS" just before the iconname.
This will surely fix the issue.

When I modify the path I keep an error which says
"Unable to create directory in [yadda yadda] ...ReplaceableTexture\\CommandButtonsDisabled\\

System error: Cannot create a file when a file already exists."

 

[Wietlol]

Ow yea, I copied that part from my stuff directly.
You only need one slash.
And are you sure that the complete path now is "ReplaceableTextures\CommandButtonsDisabled\DISBTNMyIcon.blp"
Something like that?

 

[DaneTheBeast]

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/2d-art-tutorials-281/my-icon-green-game-why-13372/ This?

 

[QuillQuickcard]

Thanks guys. It's all working perfectly now.

Another notch from 96% done to 97%.