> i have followed all the directions to adding an icon to Tiberian sun.
> i havent figured it completely out yet tho.
> in the guide it says to open conquer.mix and drag the .shp file (xdefICON.shp) onto the white area of XCC MIX Editor
> however when dragging the icon over the white area, like it says, it does not add it. i get the (\) mouse cursor.
> and i have tryed to look under the menu items and even right clicking the white area and looking under that menu for a option to add a file/import.
> i found a import option but that is greyed therefore cannot be used..
> so how do i do this?

You use XCC MIX Editor, not XCC Mixer.

> p.s. also if you were to add the icon to conquer.mix
> wouldnt you need to open up TibSun.mix and replace the conquer.mix file with the one with the new icon afterwards?

No.