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I created a hero for the Order faction. Everything is fine with the connections. The model is default, but the special ability, name, biography, and icon have been changed.
Almost everything works.
EXCEPT: the icon. It displays poorly (or not at all) for some reason.

Does anyone know what this is and how to fix it? I'm attaching screenshots with explanations.
Here's how it looks when selecting the hero before the match starts:

In the hero window:

In battle:


The xdb files were copied exactly.
I saved everything in dds format using Photoshop with a plugin (I've had experience with this before, changing the icon for the Undead faction's protection against Chaos magic, as well as for the Haste spell).
The only difference I noticed is the file size (mine is smaller) (the alpha channel is present, just like in the original).
Also, my saved dds files have image properties (values), while the original has nothing written there, although I don't think that's the cause.

In general, it's a strange situation. I'm hoping someone knows something about this:confused:

Didn't you have a similar issue before, with the "Summon Death" spell? Do you remember (in this same thread)? How did you solve that problem back then? Or did it remain unresolved?)

You had a similar issue before, with the "Summon Death" spell, remember (in this same thread)? How did you resolve that problem back then? Or did it remain unresolved?

It remained unresolved.

I had the same problem with "Arcane Wave," and it still persists. I moved it to the education category and wanted to change the icon. The result is the same. The icon breaks and doesn't work.

Actually, I have no idea; most likely, the problem lies with the file paths... I don't think the issue is with the icon itself.

Actually, I have no idea; most likely, the problem lies with the paths... I don't think the issue is with the icon itself.

Everything works normally if, for example, dds Vittorio is specified in the xdb. That is, everything breaks when a link is specified not to the default dds file that already exists, but to my own.

And is the icon located in the same directory as the xdb file?

Is the icon located in the same folder as the xdb file?

Yes.


I still think the problem is with the icon or the DDS output format. Because mine is almost 3 times smaller.

BUT it worked with others (protection of the undead from chaos magic and the acceleration spell)

It's not about the size; yours is smaller because the icon is compressed with DXT, while the original icons are not compressed.

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You can send me the icon, and I'll take a look.

It's not about the size; yours is smaller because the icon is compressed with dxt, while the original icons are uncompressed.

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You can send me the icon, and I'll take a look.

Do you have Discord? It would be more convenient to quickly exchange files (which are small) and send messages (and screen sharing is instant).

Do you have Discord? It would be more convenient to quickly share files (that are small in size) and send messages there (and screen sharing is instant).

I only have it on my phone, and I don't use it often.

This is the format. There are at least three of them for DDS. If you save it in the format that has the same size as the icons in the game, it should work.
An additional hint: the XDB file contains information about the path to the icon (for example, something like DXT1, DXT3, 8888).
In Paint.NET, this is selected in the dialog box during saving. I don't know how it's done in other photo editors.

Ladies and gentlemen! I want to share the good news with all of you (and myself first of all) about the success of this topic =)

I found what I needed:


And here's how it looks (the picture isn't very high quality, but what can you do? I had to stretch a 58x64 pixel image to 128x128)




Thank you to everyone who responded! I hope this topic will be useful to someone else =)