Unit card trouble

**jcd1993** · 07-26-2009, 14:55

I painstakingly made 19 unit cards last night

, and i can't get them to work, due to the fact that they are in the Photoshop format, I have tried several converters but they only convert the original image, leaving me with headless archers. If anyone knows any way around this or any converters that work i would apprectiate it. thanks

**Red Spot** · 07-26-2009, 22:06

http://www.xnview.com

**Squid** · 07-26-2009, 22:24

Why not just go file -> save as and choose TGA from the file type dropdown?

**jcd1993** · 07-27-2009, 10:01

Originally Posted by Squid

Why not just go file -> save as and choose TGA from the file type dropdown?

Ah, I did that, but anything that was outside of the original outline, e.g a spear in a legionaries hand instead of the sword, wouldn't show up, which is a problem as 11 of the units i have made use the eagle thingy in the corner.

**Dol Guldur** · 07-27-2009, 10:50

I'm guessing that others are probably asking the same question as me... what do you mean by things being outside the original outline???

Making unit cards (without 3ds max) can be a bit fiddly and long-winded but the file format is not an issue. I use paint shop pro (an old version), some peole use the free GIMP, more artistic people use PS.

**Squid** · 07-27-2009, 17:39

Are the new images the same size as the old ones? The UI Card (unit and unit_info) must be a particular size, which I don't know off the top of my head.

**jcd1993** · 07-27-2009, 22:20

Originally Posted by Dol Guldur

I'm guessing that others are probably asking the same question as me... what do you mean by things being outside the original outline???

What happens is everything looks as it is supposed to ( in this instance 2 legionary cohorts with spears instead of swords, one with a imperial eagle thing in the corner, and 2 legionary archer cohorts (auxilary head on egyptian archer body, lol)) outside of the game, i.e opening it in Adobe Photoshop CS4, but when I am actually playing Rome, what wasn't in the original unit card doesn't show up. E.g: my "legionary" first archer has the auxilary head, as it is in the same place as where the egyptian's is supposed to be, but the eagle in the top right corner has vanished :O , leaving only a few gold bands where it overlapped the bow. and in the legionary spearman's case the spear holding arm doesn't appear as it doesn't overlap the sword holding one in the original, however the eagle does, as I used the legionary first cohort unit card to begin with when i made the spearmen, but there is an outline of where the eagle should be on the NON-FIRST legionary cohort. It may sound confusing , and i guess it is.

Speaking of problems, I have run into a bit of trouble with textures, but I will let you digest this before I unload any more

:( :( :(

**Dol Guldur** · 07-28-2009, 00:01

You have not tried to edit the non-alpha layer but key the alpha layer the same, have you???

**jcd1993** · 07-28-2009, 11:19

Erm i'm not sure, what does that mean lol?

**Dol Guldur** · 07-28-2009, 11:42

unit cards have an alpha layer which tells the game which part of the card to display in-game. Look up some basic tutorials on creating unit cards rather than trying to guess