how do i add a disabled icon to a unit

[andreasaspenberg]

i created an icon but i dont have the slightest idea how to use it correctly.

 

[Fjury]

You'll have to use the BTN for your unit and DISBTN as a backup, that will replace your icon automaticly if you're (for example) pausing the game and therefor shouldn't be used.

Just rename the paths of your icons to

ReplaceableTextures\CommandButtons\BTNYourUnit.blp

ReplaceableTextures\CommandButtonsDisabled\DISBTNYourUnit.blp

And remember that the icons' names must be the same exept from BTN and DISBTN.

(EDIT: I'm not sure, but I think you can just name the disabled icon to 'DIS')

 

[Noobsmoke]

check here for tutorial

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i tried out that tutorial but it didnt help. i gave the files the btn and disbtn words.

 

[mckill2009]

better to post the icon here then we'll provide a test map

 

[andreasaspenberg]

the first response to this topic helped me. however after i added the icons, the game crash at random. so i guess that you better look at them anyway.

 

[mckill2009]

the first response to this topic helped me. however after i added the icons, the game crash at random. so i guess that you better look at them anyway.

you know why?, coz there's no BTN in your icons...BTN & DISBTN 'MUST' be partners in other words, icons must have partners...see the sample map...its fixed...

also you dont need to change tha path for the BTN icon, just let it be to..."war3mapImported\BTNthe paladin.blp"...

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i added btn to the icons i added disbtn icons to.

 

[Fjury]

The icons can possible be corrupt as well.

 

[mckill2009]

well, your file doesnt have btn there...check the map its already fixed...

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i change the names of the icons by adding btn when i create the disbtn icons. the icons even appears ingame. the problem i experienced was that players other than me dropped at random.

 

[mckill2009]

you cant just change the name of icons coz you will corrupt its format, you must use a program like button manager for that...

 

[andreasaspenberg]

changing a files name doesnt corrupt it. the game also stopped randomly crashing after i removed the disbtn icons. that means that the problem is in a disbtn icon.

 

[mckill2009]

havent you checked the map?, its OK there...

 

[andreasaspenberg]

the problem was solved by reimporting the icons. so apparently, there was a bug in the editor. after a while the disbtn the griffin seem to cause crashes again.