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SidebarImage

The name of the shape file drawn as the superweapon's sidebar cameo.

Specification
Applies to
SuperWeaponType
File
rules.ini
Section
[<ObjectType ID>]
Value
string
When omitted
ComputedThe name of the section that declares the superweapon.

Write the name without an extension. The engine adds .SHP and looks the file up in the mix files when the rules are read, so a value that already ends in .SHP is not found. When no file matches, the cameo falls back to the generic XXICON.SHP. Only the first 24 characters are kept.

rules.ini
[MyIonStrike]      ; example superweapon section
Type=IonCannon
SidebarImage=IONCICON

A weapon listed in [SuperWeaponTypes] with no section of its own has no cameo artwork. Loading a saved game gives it one: the engine then looks up the section name and falls back to XXICON.SHP in the same way.

See also — superweapons