I would like to shift Pontos from an "eastern faction" to an "eastern greek faction." The basic switch like UI and family member portrait is easy with a switch in the culture file. But I still have problems where some of the unique Pontic buildings, like the statue of Mithridates, looks like the "default building" icon, which is a roman barracks, instead of the actual building icon.

Any hints? Thanks

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You need to make sure that every building that Pontos has access to has an image in the East Greek ui buildings folder.

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You have to copy the two TGA files from eastern building folder to the egyptian building folder. I believe that is the tavern/bardic circle building and rename the beginning of the file to egyptian_. Good luck!

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Thanks to you both. You were both very helpful.

Question: will this affect the game in any way other than aesthetics?

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If you mean by this: 'swapping pictures around'; then no.

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True. I meant more broadly the culture shift. Would changing a faction's culture affect things other than just aesthetics. For example, if as Pontos I conquered a settlement held by the Seleukids, would there no longer be a culture penalty? I assume so.

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If you change the culture as coded for the faction in the descr_sm_faction there might be a gameplay impact, I think. Some of the "special buildings/wonders" give boni only to certain cultures (e.g. Foreign Sea Trading Posts in Iberia giving boni only to Barbarians) etc., also the penalties when conquering a different culture's town might be lost.
This is only my assumption based on my poor knowledge of the game mechanics, perhaps the modding professionals here can give you a more fact-based answer ;)

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