How to make a custom unit?

[Sova173]

What I really mean is that I'm having trouble creating a custom unit icon, specifically with the string graphic = "[NAME HERE]"

Who can help with this line?

[Elefant]

The tileset will need to provide the specified graphic. If it is not present, the alt graphic will be used.

[cazfi]

Graphics are provided by the tilesets. The tileset defines tags for the sprites in it. See .spec files.

That ruleset "graphics" line just refers to a tag provided by the tileset.

[Sova173]

Thanks, but how do I make a custom tag? Since I'm just starting out, I need to figure it out.

[cazfi]

Thanks, but how do I make a custom tag? Since I'm just starting out, I need to figure it out.

The tags are defined in the .spec files of the tileset.

See also doc/README.graphics

[Sova173]

Error:
the “isophex” graphics set may not be compatible with the [NAME OF MY RULESET] ruleset There are no sprites for unit [MY UNIT] with the tag “[TAG]” and its alternatives “-” and “-”.


What am I supposed to do? I've been doing this shit for 20 minutes.

[cazfi]

If you just want to modify "isophex" tileset to be compatible with your custom ruleset with the new unit:

From isophex.tilespec "files" we see that it uses "trident/units.spec" and "trident/extra_units.spec" for units, so you should add your unit sprite to trident/extra_units.png and define the tag in trident/extra_units.spec.

Alternatively you could add completely new .png and .spec, and add it to isophex.tilespec "files" list.

[Sova173]

I'm using an alternative, I'll let you know how it goes.