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[alenzebic365]

Hello, I recently started to get interested in changing some things in war of the ring, but I am new to this and I don't understand some things. I want to add Gandalf as a hero in war of the ring, but the problem is there is no HeroGandalfIcon so he is invisible. I figured out how to add, create, change stuff but I just can't find icons. My question is: where are this things located (HeroAragornIcon and other icons), and how do I add HeroGandalfIcon (I already have file but I don't know where to put it so I can use it. Sorry if this is dumb, I am just curious if this is complicated. I appreciate any help. 

[malvack]

If I understand correctly, what you want is to have Gandalf as an Army Leader? If so, my lazy solution for that is to replace one of the current army leaders with Gandalf. That is to say, you want something like this:

 

livingworldbuildings.ini

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		ArmyToSpawn
			PlayerArmy = GandalfPlayerArmy
			Icon = HeroBoromirIcon
			IconSize = Small
			PalantirMovie = Palantir_150
			BuildTime = 1 ; 3
			ConstructButtonImage = HIOnthuron
			ConstructButtonTitle = CCONTROLBAR:LW_Hero_Gandalf
			ConstructButtonHelp = CONTROLBAR:LW_ToolTip_Haldir
		End

 

livingworldstartingunits.ini

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LivingWorldPlayerArmy
	Name = GandalfPlayerArmy
	DisplayNameTag = LWA:MenHeroArmy	
	ArmyEntry
		ThingTemplate = GondorGandalf
		Quantity = 1
	End
End

 

livingworlddefaultarmies.ini

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SpawnArmy
	ScriptingName = HeroArmy3
	SpawnForTemplates = PlayerMen
	HeroTemplateName = GondorGandalf
	PlayerArmy = GandalfPlayerArmy
	Icon = HeroBoromirIcon
	Banner = BannerMen
End

 

livingworldbuildableunits.ini

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LivingWorldPlayerArmy
	Name = GandalfPlayerArmy
	DisplayNameTag = LWA:MenHeroArmy
	ArmyEntry
		ThingTemplate = GondorGandalf
		Quantity = 1
	End
End

 

And of course, you would have to add a new texture and name it as the texture of the army leader you're replacing (i.e., lwbanhboromir.dds). Naturally, if you do this, you would also have to edit the files of the replaced hero so that they behave as normal heroes, not army leaders.

 

Edit: I'm pretty sure that there are more elegant ways to achieve this, but I haven't tried them yet so I'm not quite sure what you would have to do, however, what I said above is what I have done in the past and I haven't met any major issue yet.

Edited by malvack, 10 August 2020 - 11:40 PM.

[Samuel R. Kinsey]

I just used the saruman army icon, not perfect but small enough you hardly notice the difference.