Sid Meier's Gettysburg Design Tools

A beginner's guide to:
Changing the order of battle
Creating Scenarios
Changing the Artwork
Changing the Sounds
Editing the Map
Design Codes


A Guide to SMG Opening Menus.
A Guide to SMx Side Choosing.
A Guide to SMG Battle Honors.
A Guide to SMx Palettes.
A Guide to SMx Ground Texture.
A Guide to SMx Trees.
SMG Scenario List Map.

Download Paul Sharp's Game Map Editor for SMG = GME.exe
Download a demonstration of how House images are allocated to map sites in SMG. See the PCX Images thread at the Gettyburg Online Society for more information.
Download StoneHouse.pcx which shows some of the steps I used to modify a building to represent the Stone House (Matthew's) at Bull Run and documentation for this building (0.8MB).
Download Templates to use in creating opening screens for SMG
Download a collection of buildings for use in SMG (1.5MB) - updated 28 October 2009
Download the 2nd volume of buildings for use in SMG (1.8MB) - updated 28 October 2009
Download a collection of houses for use in SMG (0.8MB) - updated 28 October 2009
Download a collection of town blocks for use in SMG (0.4MB) - updated 28 October 2009
Download a collection of supplementary buildings etc for use in houses3.pcx (0.2MB) - 28 October 2009
Download a collection of trees for use in SMG (0.3MB) - updated 28 October 2009
Download a collection of larger scale buildings for use in the bldg.pcx & bldg2.pcx slots that display at a reduced size in SMG (0.5MB) - updated 28 October 2009
Honors1.jpg
Download unlocked versions of the battle honor files for SMG (3.4MB)

cbase+rips6.jpg
Download tools to create battle honor files for SMG (3.8MB)

Download unlocked options screens, the scenario list/map screen & others not included in the unlocked files download from Firaxis (4.3MB).  About options screens.
Download the unlocked art for SMG available at Firaxis but as a plain .zip file rather than as a self extracting file which may be problematic on XP or Vista.
Download unlocked versions of Confederate dialog art for SMG used in the introductions for scenarios (4.8MB).
Download unlocked versions of Union dialog art (5.1MB).
Download unlocked versions of all other SMG art (4.9MB).
Download new portraits of generals for "map dialogs". These are from the Seven Days Battles.
Download dialog sound files with timing marks to schedule events in introductory dialogs (187kB). ReadMe




A work in progress of Saratoga with a branched scenario structure & scenario introductions for "play the battle".

QuintupledSoldiers.gif
Two sets of quintupled soldiers. One set by Mark W has 5 soldiers, that are out of step, in each frame. The 2nd set by General Richmond has 5 soldiers, with different uniforms, in each frame.
Other single or doubled soldiers that can be used for SMG can be found here.


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