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Jared posted a message about Re: Part 2 in reply to Re: -----===========CAMEO HELP==============-----

>Converting the icon to pcx
Start Paint Shop Pro.
Open the pcx file you've saved a few minutes ago.
Save the palet.

Choose colors->save palette....
Save the palet somewhere, because you'll need it when converting icons.
Load your (new) icon.
Apply the palet.
Choose colors->load palette....
Load the palet you just saved.

Save the icon.
Choose file->save as...
Select zsoft paintbrush as file type.
Save the icon with the name xccicon 0000.pcx.

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Converting the icon to shp
Start XCC Mixer.
Navigate to the directory where you've just saved the icon.
Select the output directory.
Convert the icon to shp (ts).



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Adding the icon to a mix file
Start XCC MIX Editor.
Open cameo.mix.

Choose open....
Load it from your RA2 directory.
Insert the icon.
Start Windows Explorer.
Drag-and-drop your icon to XCC MIX Editor.
Choose compact.
Choose close.
Close XCC MIX Editor.
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Adding the icon to a art.ini
Start a text editor.
Open art.ini.
Find [e1].
Change the line cameo=giicon to cameo=xccicon.
Save art.ini.

Jared


 
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