Ok I've searched here and twcenter to no luck.

1: I unpacked all the pak files and replaced the portraits I wanted to replace and then moved them back intothe DATA folder. Doesn't work.

2: I deleted the pak files after I unpacked them. CTD.

3: I'm thinking I need to repack the files and then put them in..

do i repack them as ui_0 or patch_1?

and also, to repack I have to use the txt document.. so I have to go

data\ui\egyptians\portraits\portraits\young\generals\000.tga
.....

data\ui\egyptians\portraits\portraits\young\generals\084.tga

(there are 84 portraits for egypt) and do the same thing for the cards, old, dead, etc?

that's a long long work...

some help and guidance please