Adventurer's Panel - A custom made control panel for Warlords Battlecry 3! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Adam Stanchos calibrus@astrodragon.com http://wbc.astrodragon.com/ About ----- Tired of playing with the same old skull themed control panel in WBC3? Then this is for you! This panel uses a somewhat lower profile, taking up less screen space. And it won't cover up the top right corner of your strategic mini-map like the default panel does. The theme of the panel is non specific and should fit well with most races found in WBC3. Before You Begin ---------------- Before proceeding, backup your Graphics.xcr file found in the Assets folder of your Warlords Battlecry 3 directory. This way, if you screw up, you can always copy the original back in place without having to reinstall the whole game. You will need Khayyin's XCREx Plus. This program will allow you to replace the control panel graphics in the game with the new ones. As of this writing, the current version is 3.02. You can get the program from my web site at: http://wbc.astrodragon.com Installation ------------ 1. Run the XCREXPLUS302.EXE program. 2. Click on File then select Open XCR. 3. Browse to the Assets folder in your Warlords Battlecry 3 installed directory. The Warlords Battlecry 3 directory is not the one found in your My Documents folder, but the one where you first installed the game. 4. Once in the Assets directory, the file Graphics.xcr should be viewable. Double click it. 5. The program should now be displaying a list of .BMP files. These are general graphics found in the game. Scroll down till you come to a list of pictures with Panel_ in its name. The first should be Panel_1600.bmp. 6. Replace the existing graphics with the new ones: -Highlight Panel_1600 then click the Replace icon at the bottom. Replace this image with Panel_1600(adventurer).bmp -Next Select Panel_800.bmp, click the Replace icon and replace it with the file Panel_800(adventurer).bmp -Panel_1024.bmp is to be replaced with Panel_1024(adventurer).bmp -Panel_1280.bmp is to be replaced with Panel_1280(adventurer).bmp -Select Panel_Buttons.bmp, click the Replace icon, and replace it with the file Panel_Buttons(adventurer).bmp -Select Panel_Menu.bmp, click the Replace icon, and replace it with the file Panel_Menu(adventurer).bmp -Select Panel_OverStrat.bmp, click the Replace icon, and replace it with the file Panel_OverStrat(adventurer).bmp -Select Panel_OverHero.bmp, click the Replace icon, and replace it with the file Panel_OverHero(adventurer).bmp 7. Finally, click File and select Save XCR. If everything was done correctly, the next time you play WBC3 you should have the Adventurer control panel! Problems? --------- If the game crashes after installing the new graphics, or if the graphics don't display correctly, copy your backup of the Graphics.xcr over the altered file to get things back to normal. If you're having trouble, feel free to post a message asking for help at: The Enlight WBC forums: http://gold.tsimtung.com/forums/index.php?c=9 Or email me: calibrus@astrodragon.com P.S. - If you like this panel, be sure to check out my "Stone Hammers" control panel too! Disclaimer ---------- These modification files are not associated with or supported by Enlight Interactive or Infinite Interactive. August 17, 2004