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This may be a simple question, but when I am modding drones, theres a line that says this :
<droneImage>drone_combat</droneImage>

Where are those images stored? The only place I could find anything close to it was in the images folder, where drone pictures are put, but that didn't include anything simply named drone_combat. I even opened every single file in the data folder with notepad++ and searched, and there were no results that had anything to do with images. So I may just be dumb, but where do you put those drone images? Its not in the animations.xml and its nor is it in the blueprints.xml.

drone image stuff should be in img/ship/drones

why it's inside the ship folder and not outside like the weapons folder is anyone's guess...

oh and here's a good guide on how all the different drone images for one drone relate: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=16922#p51886

drone image stuff should be in img/ship/drones

Right, but that doesn't really answer my question. I guess I kind of worded it badly, but I read the post you provided, and from what I can piece toghther, do I just add my images into my mod's drone image folder, then type the first part of the drone image's name? I know where to put the images, just don't know how to impletment them into the game.

AnAngryMantis wrote:I read the post you provided, and from what I can piece toghther, do I just add my images into my mod's drone image folder, then type the first part of the drone image's name? I know where to put the images, just don't know how to impletment them into the game.

yeah that sounds like it.
would correspond with images in img/ship/drones named my_drone_base, my_drone_charged, my_drone_on, etc.
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the following details I uncovered when looking at both vanilla FTL and sMPK's Insurrection:

combat drones have a set of images defining their animation:
_base --> what you see when the drone is depowered.
_charged --> what you see when the drone is about to fire. looks like it copies _base if left out.
_on --> what you see when the drone is firing. what's fired depends on the combat drone's given weaponBlueprint. looks like it copies _charged if left out.
_engine --> follows the direction the drone is moving on the ship's shield ellipse. looks like if the _engine image is left out, the default "drone_engine.png" image is used.

defense drones (including anti-drones) have the same set of images for the base of the drone, but a separate set of images for the "gun" that swivels around the drone based on what it's about to intercept/fire at:
_gun --> what you see when the drone is depowered.
_gun_charged --> what you see when the drone is about to fire.
_gun_on --> what you see after the drone has fired and is reloading.

I have not seen a single drone with a custom "_engine" in the game, I believe that it does not work.

Thanks for all the help, everyone. I'm working on drones for my mod, so this will help a lot.