Just to see how it is done, creating new icons, I set about to create a fictious TT-5g ARV (captured, turretless Panther G) and modified Icon0039.bmp with two more icons, one of a green and one of a white Panther G chassie, with the turret hole covered with wooden boards.
I know how to open the .bmp file with the editor and how to transform it into a icon file, but I don't know how to save it as such, thus making the two turretless icons available in the icon slots 797 and 798.
The fictious ARV itself works just fine in-game, being able to carry a Tiger II, with a carry capability of 255. But I only get the normal T-5g icon with the turret, thus it would have a turret with zero armour in-game, which isn't good during battle.
Can someone please help me with the last steps, so that I can start creating some "real" ARVs?
Cheers, Taskforce