[Xietor]

i asked Foodstamp in a pm, how to get the banner he made me into the text document that contains the mod. here is his reply:

"Let's take this one step at a time.

Let me explain what a mod really is first of all.

A mod is a text file that gives specific commands to Dominions 3. Those commands include pointing to where a picture is stored, or assigning stats to units, things of that nature. All it does is give the game commands to carry out.

The best way to dive into modding is to look at mods created by other people. Feel free to grab one of my mods and use it as a template to start your mod.

The graphics do not actually go into the text document. You can either dump them directly into the mods directory in your dominions folder, or you create a subdirectory and store all your graphics there (the preferred way). In the text document you are actually going to point to the graphic file. For instance, to do a banner you might say....

#icon "./beofwulf/beowulfbanner.tga"

The banner is actually in a folder in your mod directory called "beowulf" that you create by right clicking and choosing new folder and naming it to that. Then you just dump the graphic in there."

Thanks again Foodstamp. I did borrow many ideas from the black steel ulm mod with respect to formatting the text part, but the reference to the image was a bit confusing. And I was curious as to why he did not just cut and paste it all into one document, which may not be possible. I had no clue.