How can i change a factions flag?

[ick_of_pick]

im modding my game to make it as realistic as possible, and one of the few things left is the faction flags, so how do i change them?

[Portuguese Rebel]

You will have to change a bunch of bif files, and tga files. Unfortunatly the factions flag is not a flag, there are a bunch of files for flags, shields (battle shields/flags and campaing map shields/flags). You will need to modify files in folders:
- campmap/shields
- campmap/shields/colours
- campmap/pieces/units/christian
- campmap/pieces/units/muslim
- campmap/pieces/buildings
- campmap/gameend (this one is a finishing picture, not a flag, but you said you wanted realism)
- battle/flags
- textures/campmap/castleflags
- textures/campmap/prebatshields (whatch out, this ones are bif files with 3 frames, you have to change all 3)


The next are for units equipment (the shields they carry)
- battle/facshield/hires/(in all the folders you find there is a bif you need to change)
- - battle/facshield/lowres/(in all the folders you find there is a bif you need to change)

That's about all i can remember right now. hope i haven't scared you or anything. If someone can point out something i missed please do... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

There is a bif editor here at the org, and the tga files can be changed using paint shop pro (and many other similar software, im sure).

Hope this helps m8 http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[ick_of_pick]

thanx, I figured it out finally im not changing much, probably just the Byzantines and Muslim factions...

[Ithaskar Fëarindel]

Dammit I didn't see this thread and I just replied in Lancers "Creating own flags".

Grrr. Well all's well. Portuguese probably knows more about this than me anyhow In fact, I didn't realise the buildings would need changing too http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Portuguese Rebel]

It's ok Ithaskar http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/pat.gif

Just imagine how many bumps on the house walls i had before i can come up with this "to change" list... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif