How to Add Custom Video Game Products

You can add your own game images to expand the list of pre-defined game titles — a straightforward way to widen what the Video Game MOD offers.

Finding the customization window

Open the Manufacturer’s Guide, select a game genre, then click the Product Customization icon.

The Manufacturer's Guide with the Product Customization icon highlighted

You will see the pre-defined game products for the current genre.

The Product Customization window listing pre-defined game titles for a genre

Adding an image for the new title

Open the products folder

Click [Open Folder] at the bottom right of the window. It opens:

<Your Capitalism Lab game folder>\MOD\VideoGame\PRODUCTS\<game software type>

In this example the folder holds these files:

The PRODUCTS folder for a game software type, showing its image files

Copy in a PNG

Copy a PNG file of 120×120 pixels into the folder. Start Capitalism Lab and the new product image appears in the Product Customization window.

The file must be PNG and must not exceed 120×120. Smaller sizes are accepted.

For converting and resizing, we recommend the free XnView image tool, available from www.xnview.com/en/xnshell.

Setting the parameters of the new title

Name it

On the Product Customization window, enter a name for the new game title.

Entering a name for a new custom game title

Set its tech level

Use the [+] and [−] buttons to set the technology level the title requires.

Setting the required technology level for a custom game title

Sort the list

Click [Sort] at any time to refresh the list and show the titles in ascending order of technology level.