Hi there.
One quick and dirty way to do that is:

1.) ILed.exe double click
2.) "Batch" --> "New Batch"
3.) Choose the folder of your desired images
4.) click on the first image and choose image type (picture for pictures, sprite for unit graphics/model)
5.) mark "Use previous sample settings" and "sort images"
6.) don't mark the others
7.) you can totaly ignore image library & index script
8.) Hit [RUN]
9.) Grab Mode "Single" --> Grab
10.) Save change to noname.iba? --> No

Done - In your image folder (see part 3.) now there is a file called ".ilb".

Rename(!) that file and copy it where ever you need it. For example c.:\games\aow\images\pictures
Or c.:\games\aow\images\units

There may be other ways depending on what you want. But that's how I do it almost every time. Have fun.


EDIT: for exports you need another program. Have done that YEARS ago with .. about 50-70% success rate. (not every ilb export worked). I don't know what program I used.

[This message has been edited by blackwinged (edited 07-18-2016 @ 03:23 PM).]

Sorry for the late reply, thanks so much for the help! I've been trying to find out how to do this for years but never could.

I have been in the process of making a mod since quite a while back (2004?), drifted on and off it over the years and imported it into MPE 2.0. Within the past year I stopped making it because I came across a couple of critical issues which I couldn't fix.

The mod was going to feature:
- A new Lizardmen race with new city graphics (the graphics have actually already been done! They replace Draconians)
- A new Jötunn race with new city graphics (replacing Frostlings. A Frostling unit however would have remained)
- A new Immortal race based on the race of said name from BNW. I also already made new city graphics for this (except Pure Good instead of Neutral. Replaces Syrons)
- A new Demon race with new city graphics (Pure Evil, replaces Shadow Demons)
- A new race replacing the Nomads, either an insectoid one (like the Shadow Demons), or a fully mechanical race. Nomads would've been merged in with Humans
- Double the number of original heroes, each with their own stories and models. Some of them are completely wild, such as Troll, Yeti or even Dragon heroes!
- Morphable units on gold as BNW and Strange Lands
- New projectile attack and hit sounds for all elemental missile attacks
- Loads of new sounds for many units
- Fixed unit bodies so they all play sounds correctly, including movement!
- A red-coloured Doom Gaze
- All spell spheres have 4 summoning spells which can summon alternate units
- If possible spells tend to require more of their respective spheres so cosmos mages don't get access to the best spells anymore (such as T4 summoning and mastery spells)
- Towns and Cities become harder to get to (require more Population)
- Undead and many certain other units are all Summoned and use Mana to upkeep instead of Gold. I would also try to remove that annoying blue sparkly effect which makes summoned units look like they're enchanted
- A change in keyword ability granted for the Orcs (Life Stealing is problematic for balancing). No idea if it would've been possible or what keyword is would've been switched to
- Fixed Campaign maps so they support the mod as much as possible
- Full compatibility with unofficial patches version 1.4 and eventually maybe even 1.5
- All wizards come with magical projectile attacks so that the AI can use them
- All buildings which previously gave nothing now give a little bit of production/resources etc so the AI will now build them
- All map objects have new defenders and will change their looks based on what terrain they're on
- New wizards, each with their own story
- New items
- Re-balanced most things, the biggest of note being the aforementioned spells, monks/priests becoming more fragile, T1 units, Spirit rewards and most units with high resistance receive Shadow Walker, including all Undead and Archons. However, it will still have similar balancing to MPE
- All units are a tier higher than normal and cost 3 less gold to upkeep. This was done so that certain units could cost 3 Gold to upkeep (such as Goblins) and so that these units could grant experience upon being killed and level up/morph (which Level 0 units could not do)
- There's probably something else I forgot!

Maybe I'll come back to it one day if I get the time / can overcome the issues.

Hehe. Thanks for your answer. So you also worked so many years on a mod..

I was modding since the year 2000..
But all I did was:
-totaly destroying the game balance (I'm a fan of realism.. some races MUST be stronger than others.. ^^)
-Adding hundreds of custom sounds
-Custom music
-Portraits for every single unit
-Changed some races and added some subraces to the race specific buildings.
-Custom attack animations for spellcasters, so that it looks like they are casting spells instead of meele combat.



But now there is something that I'm realy wondering about.
As I'm reading this:

- All units are a tier higher than normal and cost 3 less gold to upkeep. This was done so that certain units could cost 3 Gold to upkeep (such as Goblins) and so that these units could grant experience upon being killed and level up/morph (which Level 0 units could not do)

You managed to CHANGE the upkeep?? O_O
How did you do that? °_°
Can you please explain the steps? ^^
I wanted to mod that for years and never figured out how to do that.

[This message has been edited by blackwinged (edited 01-12-2017 @ 08:43 AM).]

I think the only way to do it is to convert the mod to MPE. Then, in the main window of the mod editor it allows the change of the upkeep cost. It might also be possible to do with hex as well but no idea where to start with that.

Thank you so much.