Cameo for Tiberian Sun and Firestorm

GeneralAnthrax101 · Medic **Joined**: 10 Jul 2011

Today, I was messing with the Mammoth Tank. I made it buildable for both sides and everything work'd. However, I saw a metal box as a cameo for the Tank. It soon Bother'd me and I wanted to use the C&C Mammoth Tank cameo to replace it. I did the same process as I do on RA2. After making the Cameo a SHP, I threw it in the TS directory and went to my art.ini, and I found the Mammoth Tank [4TNK], but it had no Cameo=. I put in Cameo= and after that, I put Cameo=GODICON (godicon is the .shp with the mammoth tank cameo) and started up TS. It stil had that ugly metal box.

Please help me and thanks. Also, I don't have Paint Shop Pro so the post Banshee made looked impossible. Though, he did make a good tutorial. I have just Paint.

Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

SHPs are only read from ecacheXX.mix files (XX = 02-99)

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Orac · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:06 am Post subject:

If you're looking for free image editing software, I heartily endorse GIMP, although there are many other programs which can do enough to make a decent cameo.

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I prefer paint.net over GIMP...

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GeneralAnthrax101 · Medic **Joined**: 10 Jul 2011

About what Lin Kuei said, what is the 02-99? And do I have to put that just in the TS directory?

Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

read The newbie guide in modding

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GeneralAnthrax101 · Medic **Joined**: 10 Jul 2011

What is the difference between ecachexx.mix and expandxx.mix?

Allen · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:19 pm Post subject:

It a crap system WW made. The older C&C and RA1 SCXXX.mix was way better.

Anyway...

SHP files go in a ecacheXX.mix
VLX and HAV files go in a expandXX.mix

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GeneralAnthrax101 · Medic **Joined**: 10 Jul 2011

So if I was to create a new ecachexx.mix, I should name it ecache02.mix?

Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

yes, because ecache01 is already used by the firestorm expansion. Thus 02 is the first free number.

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GeneralAnthrax101 · Medic **Joined**: 10 Jul 2011

Alrighty then! I got the cameo to work. Before I go and I need to PM Lin (if he says its ok about it) about the Light Tower problem I am having, when do I have to add a new .mix file, like ecache03.mix, and why?

Thanks, now I can start toying with Tiberian Sun Cameo's too #Tongue

Allen · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:46 am Post subject:

In theory you could ony use a ecache02.mix and expand02.mix and pack every thing in those to mixs and be fine.

However I found that this dose not alway works as I put a shp in to one of my ecacheXX.mix and the game IEs. So I have to take that shp and put it into its own ecacheXX.mix to fix the IE.

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