Alter Ego, and Crew Pictures

[Cmdr Nova]

I was tinkering with BCM Demo E2, and figured this out. Copied this from the Orion Fleet Discussions Forum, FYI.

In the GFXFrontend folder, there are some .zip files. In the NPC.zip file, you'll find .bmp files of your crew members, important NPCs (like Karl Reines), and your alter-ego (you, the player). (Hmm.... Derek seemed to sneak his picture in there, as well--cmdr.bmp) They are all 128x128 pixels. I extracted the mcmdr.bmp to the frontend folder, and started editing it. The modifications were visible in the game (in all the missions except the first one, I think). You don't even have to re-compress the picture into the zip file. Just rename it, with the name of the file you'd like to replace.

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A while ago, some folks were asking if they could put their picture there, but I don't remember any answer. This way, you can edit your Alter-Ego's picture, and your crew if you want. But, I'm not sure about it's effects, once multiplayer will come out. Anyway, it's a pretty nifty thing to do, with any 128x128 bitmap on your comp.

Cool, right? But, all the missions using that picture in particular will use it, instead of the default (you knew that right?); like E2 Missions 2-4 use the same pic (mcmdr.bmp), and whatnot. This may be temporary, or, it may affect something down the road, when BCM goes gold.

Like I said, I'm not sure what will go on in multiplayer. I wish you can have 'your' picture, like the ones we've made for Orion Fleet commanders... But it's too late for wishlists, right?

[Supreme Cmdr]

You can have your own picture in multiplayer. If it doesn't find the cmdr.bmp file in the folder, it will use the default one in the npc.zip file. Which is why mine is in there.

[Cmdr Nova]

Oooohhhh! Yay!

[Menchise]

Yippee!

Now, if only I could get a decent and recent photo of myself.