Someone tell me what I'm doing wrong...

[Co'yrtesia]

I guess this is almost like a continuation of my previous post...
http://forums.introversion.co.uk/darwin ... php?t=3612

In order to try out different sprite shapes as DGs, I downloaded a few from other users, as well as made my own 32x32 pixel bitmap image. It's possible I'm misunderstanding the instructions, but despite my repeated attempts, neither bitmaps seems to work--the DGs look like the usual little green men.

Here's one way I attempted it:
I made a file in darwinia\mods file, called "newsprites". Obviously at this point I don't have any text editor or files in there such as "locations" or "levels" because I just made the file while not playing the game. I made a folder within this mod:newsprites called "sprites", and drag-dropped the bitmap, darwinian.bmp within this folder. I then loaded this new mod in the game. The DGs were still the usual DG sprites.

Another way I attempted it:
In the game, I clicked, "create new mod", and named it "newsprites3" (there was "newsprites2" as well, but I didn't keep the file because it didn't work). I created a sprite folder as before, drag-dropped the bitmap named darwinian.bmp, and loaded the game. I had no location in this new mod so I made my own. The DGs in this location did not change.

So, what am I doing wrong? I'm probably missing something obvious, but I can't figure it out. Thanks!

[Shwart!!]

I don't know what the issue is. I followed your instructions (e.g. Darwinia/mods/TAoW/sprites/darwinian.bmp) and it worked fine. Anything in this directory, no matter what I do, shows up when it's enabled. I cannot help you.

Shwart!!

[Co'yrtesia]

Problem solved: I didn't extract the data files, and I was actually unsure of what was meant by "directory". Thanks anyway.