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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?

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

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.

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

Sova173 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 19, 2025 7:43 pm 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

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.

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.

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