Never mind, I am stupid. I thought the picture files must not have an extension because of the xml file

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Hi,

I am desperately trying to get the custom race portrait to work.

Here is what i have different on the factions xml:



Now the part that I don't understand from reading all of the related posts.

Do I put the files in:

Gamedirectory/Public/Gui/DynamicBitmaps/Factions/ ?

Or:

My Documents/Endless Space/Modding/Images/ ?

Or something else entirely?

I tried the above 2, I even tried downloading the playable pirates mod, stuck the factions file into it, added the faction to index.xml, and even added the below line to the index.xml and the images with it.



images/customwide

...



And nothing, none of these work, what am I missing?



Thank you

Actually, if I may, I'd like to reply to this with a related question. There's a thread related to this topic, but it's a bit old, so I figured necro'ing it wouldn't be such a good idea. When I'm adding portraits to a custom faction, what do I type in? This is what I have currently, and it isn't working.



C:\Users\Me\Documents\Endless Space\Modding\Bionics\Images\bionicssmall.jpg









What am I doing wrong? I've tried switching \ to / and the like, but I don't actually know what I'm doing entirely. I'm a bit new to this, and the original guide on this wasn't as specific as I was hoping!



Thank you.

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If it doesn't work, do it in Faction.xml as well. I always do both to be sure nothing is broken.



EDIT: should be slashes ( / ) not backslashes ( \ ).

So, should I make a new folder in Modding called Gui? I've looked for the game's actual Gui folder and couldn't find it. Or should I put it in the Factions folder, like the other custom factions?



Also, the guide I was following only mentioned Faction.xml. Is there another xml file to update?

The Gui folder should be in your mod folder (Modding/Bionics/Gui). Create it at that location if it doesn't exist. For convenience, you may create sub-folders (e.g. Modding/Bionics/Gui/Images) to set apart different families of pictures like tech icons and portraits.



The other file is FactionTrait.xml on line 523 and below but I suppose it's not needed if you say the guide doesn't mention it. I've always done both of em purely for consistency so I'm not sure.





If you put your pictures straight in Gui folder, it should just be Wide="Gui/bionicswide". If you put them in a sub-folder called Images, then Wide="Gui/Images/bionicswide".