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How to: Change faction colours
« on: December 19, 2010, 12:01:15 PM »
So you're bored of the same old blue for the Scipii and you think Gaul should get another colour. Well, here's where you can change that.
(Note: This does not change every colour for everything for the faction, just the region colours and strat flag)

First, we need to know what file we're going to change.
Go to Rome - Total War\data.
There, if you scroll down (or search) you will see a file called descr_sm_factions.txt. Open it.

You will see this:
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faction  romans_julii
culture  roman
symbol  models_strat/symbol_julii.CAS
rebel_symbol  models_strat/symbol_slaves.CAS
primary_colour  red 165, green 20, blue 20
secondary_colour  red 0, green 0, blue 0
loading_logo  loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_julii.tga
standard_index  0
logo_index  23
small_logo_index  248
triumph_value  5
intro_movie  fmv/intros/julii_intro_final.wmv
victory_movie  fmv/victory/julii_outro_320x240.wmv
defeat_movie  fmv/lose/julii_eliminated.wmv
death_movie  fmv/death/death_julii_grass_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability  yes
can_sap  yes
prefers_naval_invasions  no
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
There's a lot of stuff there we're not going to mess around with. Specifically, we're only going to change the primary_colour & secondary_colour.
Now open Paint, and go to the tab at the top that says Colours. Click Edit Colours. Then, click Define Custom Colours>> on the window that appears.
You will see this:


Info


On Paint, select the colour you want, look at the RGB value, and change the RGB values in descr_sm_factions.txt. It's that simple.
« Last Edit: December 20, 2010, 12:03:03 PM by Calisthenis of Green Day »

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How to: Change faction colours
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2010, 02:15:42 PM »
Good Tut! I ought to write a couple more for this section...
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« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2010, 11:40:00 AM »
Of course, you then have to recolour the textures and faction logos.
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« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2011, 07:23:31 AM »
And than play the game. :P
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« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2011, 10:35:09 PM »
Trying to show your necro skills? :P

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« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2011, 11:14:14 PM »
I SHALL PREVAIL!!
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« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2011, 01:43:14 AM »
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« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2011, 06:44:24 AM »
Oops. I need to work on my grammar a bit. :P
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