CHANGING C&C GRAPHICS

This is some information I forgot to put into the main document file.
I could have omitted this information, as all I'll say here is that I don't
know many things, but if I don't say that, people will keep e-mailing me for
help.

While we were working for the C&C:IE project, we tried to replace some units.
We wanted to change the number of frames associated to a unit, but we were 
unable to do that.

This is also an answer to those who will ask : As far as I know there's no way
to change the number of animation frames for a unit. And there's no way to
change their use (for example n frames for vehicle, n frames for turret).
So, if you want to replace a vehicle without a turret, with a vehicle with a
turret, you'll probably have problems.

You can change the number of frames in the SHP, but that won't help, as C&C
will expect the same structure of the SHP file and number of frames as for 
the old unit.

Try experimenting yourself, as I don't have any experience. 
I have tried one thing though :
Using CCEDT I copied all the fields from one building to another one,
except for the field that points to the name of the building (otherwise I 
wouldn't be able to get in the game).
The result was that the graphics didn't change ! The behaviour of the structure
was the same as for the other one, but the graphics didn't change.

My conclusion is that there must be some other data structures in GAME.DAT that
contain information about the graphics.

Anyhow, I wish you luck. Have fun.

Vladan Bato
i3100785@univ.trieste.it
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/8682