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I'm trying to figure out the limitations of holding graphics. Holdings can have different graphics based on culture. Is this hardcoded to be just culture, or could be based on other factors as well?

Great Works seem to have a strip, instead of just a single image, allowing for the art to change if the Great Work reaches a new stage. They also have a changing background based on terrain.

Is there any way for castle, city and temple holdings to have the same modularity as Great Works? I would love for the image to change if the buildings in the holding are upgraded and for terrain to be represented in the background of the graphics.
 
I'm trying to figure out the limitations of holding graphics. Holdings can have different graphics based on culture. Is this hardcoded to be just culture, or could be based on other factors as well?

Great Works seem to have a strip, instead of just a single image, allowing for the art to change if the Great Work reaches a new stage. They also have a changing background based on terrain.

Is there any way for castle, city and temple holdings to have the same modularity as Great Works? I would love for the image to change if the buildings in the holding are upgraded and for terrain to be represented in the background of the graphics.

As far as I know you can only set one holding graphic for for each <culturegfx> (or <culturegfx>_<religiongfx>, for temple holdings). Family palaces do have multiple frames that imply some kind of "evolution", but MRs are a hardcoded mess and whatever triggers the "evolution" isn't defined in the files (or, if it is, I sure can't find it anywhere sensible...).
 
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I'm trying to figure out the limitations of holding graphics. Holdings can have different graphics based on culture. Is this hardcoded to be just culture, or could be based on other factors as well?

Great Works seem to have a strip, instead of just a single image, allowing for the art to change if the Great Work reaches a new stage. They also have a changing background based on terrain.

Is there any way for castle, city and temple holdings to have the same modularity as Great Works? I would love for the image to change if the buildings in the holding are upgraded and for terrain to be represented in the background of the graphics.
If I remember correctly, there is some allowance for backgrounds like coast/ocean and desert. It might just be for trade posts though, I'd have to look again to remember.