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Now the real work begins. We need to find the hero's properties tree and create a new object in the Textures -> Icon128 line. Then, we save and close the editor. We open the map using an archiver. We find the xdb file with the same name as the object. We open it with a text editor and in the DestName field, we add a link to the texture, for example, . We also change the image size tags (Width, Height). We copy the dds file to the folder with the xdb file. We save. We open the map. We check if it worked.

Thank you very much for your answer!

I did as you suggested, and I found everything. Unfortunately, it didn't work; I got a white background instead of the image. When I hover the mouse over the hero, the familiar image of Sinistar appears.

What can I do?

No, there are two different types of transparency, white and black. And you need to take the one that is in the DDS files of the developers and copy the color from there. Something like that.

The link is probably incorrect. Try copying the same link from Icon128 into Icon64. Maybe we can still do something with the tga file?

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Yes, I mean the same thing. When displaying images with variable transparency, the game remakes them, taking into account the brightness from the color channels. And to make the transparent areas truly transparent, they have to be made dark.

First, archive the file and upload it here. I'll take a look at the background and try to fix it, if there's nothing secret in it, of course.

Here is a TGA image in this archive. Now you can select it as a CustomIcon in the hero's properties panel.

Thank you very much! Everything works perfectly.
But how did you do it?

I just need another photo to be edited in the same way.

Good afternoon!

Another question, is it possible to make the water look nicer?
Just looking at the scenarios, for example, the Goblet of Fire, the water has a light blue hue. I decided to use the "river" tool and paint the regular water with it. It took me half a day to draw each curve of the islands. As a result, the ships ended up as if underwater!