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HOWTO: Sprite Editing with Mdose and WH2Edit Unit-Stats Editor by Mikademus

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Quick guide to creating your own Sprites/Units in MDose Sprite Editor



1) Download and install DOC111 Dark Omen Mod (by Mikademus and Smurf and friends)

Download DOC111

2) Goto C:\Program Files\Dark Omen\SmurfResources\Applications
and Start Mdose

3) Import a Fairy or Sprite into Mdose

4) Select a frame using scroll bar , say frame 1 (move sprite slightly to the right , to see scroll bar)

5) Click export image and save as bmp

6) Open bmp in paint and change apperance

7) Save changes

Open Mdose up and import Same sprite

9) Goto frame 1 and then choose to import

10) It will want to look for a bmp file so find the new bmp file and choose to import

11) Then some more options appear

12) Choose to remap fairy or Sprite and save , so it overwrites frame 1 with your image..

12) Then save and compile sprite..

13) Exit and load up the same sprite and now frame 1 should be your new image ...

14) Repeat for each frame

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To Give a new Unit STATS using WH2Edit

1) Goto SmurfResources Applications

2) Copy WH2EDIT to the main Dark Omen Folder C:\Program Files\Dark Omen

3) Double click it then press enter and accept the default path

4) Press Esc and a purple screen should now appear

5) Press F10

6) Load Human

7) Choose the letter "a" to load a unit

Press F12 to see advanced stats

9) Alter accordingly and attach new Sprite

10) Final touches are new banner and Animation Portrait to overwrite an existing unit, so for example we base Chaos on Undead to use banner as they fight Dwarf army that already use changed Human Banners.