Modifying colors (Parthia)

[NoFrag]

Hello everyone, I'm not quite sure I'm in the right forum but I'll give it a try.

I play Roma Surrectum, and I'm trying to change Parthia's faction color (map banners, my empire color on the minimap, army banners, everything related to parthia on the campaign map pretty much)

here's is what you can see in my descr_sm_factions file atm, with the modified color values :

faction parthia
culture eastern
symbol models_strat/symbol_parthia.CAS
rebel_symbol models_strat/symbol_eastern_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 40, green 40, blue 200
secondary_colour red 40, green 40, blue 200
loading_logo loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_parthia.tga
standard_index 8
logo_index 243
small_logo_index 255
triumph_value 5
intro_movie fmv/intros/eastern_intro_640x480_bars.wmv
victory_movie fmv/victory/eastern_outro_320x240.wmv
defeat_movie fmv/lose/parthia_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_parthia_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions no


However the Parthians are still pink! Cities banner, army banner and map color... nothing changed =S. Am I doing anything wrong?

[Aradan]

Here's a list of all files where a faction's banner appears and where each one is used - happy editing!

Data\banners\symbols1 (up to symbols5)
= symbols included in banners for 4 factions in campaign map (index referenced by Data/descr_sm_factions.txt)
Data\banners\symbols6 (and symbols7)
= the same for the rebels (depending on culture, index referenced in Data/descr_cultures.txt)
Data\loading_screen\symbols\symbol128_factionname
= loading screens (name can be changed, referenced in Data/descr_sm_factions.txt)

Data\menu\symbols\FE_buttons_48\factionname
= button for faction selection in campaigns and battles
Data\menu\symbols\FE_buttons_48\factionname_grey
= the same when cursor is on button
Data\menu\symbols\FE_buttons_48\factionname_roll
= the same when it is selected
Data\menu\symbols\FE_buttons_48\factionname_select
= with the previous one makes the symbol to flash
Data\menu\symbols\FE_buttos_24\factionname
= symbol that appears on the left of each faction in the faction selection menu
Data\menu\symbols\FE_buttons_24\factionname_grey
= the same when cursor is on button
Data\menu\symbols\FE_buttons_24\factionname_roll
= the same when it is selected
Data\menu\symbols\FE_buttons_24\factionname_select
= with the previous one makes the symbol to flash
Data\models\textures\standard_factionname
= battle standards for units (name can be changed, referenced in Data/descr_banners.txt)
Data\models\textures\standard_factionname_ally
= not sure when it is used (referenced in Data/descr_banners.txt)
Data\models\textures\standard_culturename_rebels
= battles standards for rebels (coded by culture, and also possible by faction, in Data/descr_banners.txt)
Data\models_building\textures\##standard_factionname
= standards appearing in buildings in battle maps (e.g. walls, plaza)
Data\models_building\textures\##standard_culturename_rebels
= the same for rebel buildings in battle map
Data\models_strat\textures\#banner_symbol_factionname
= strat-map when settlements are empty
Data\models_strat\textures\#banner_symbol_culturename_rebel
= strat-map when settlements are empty
Data\ui\CAPTAIN_BANNERS\captain_card_factionname
= battle-map (pre-battle pannel) when no family member present
Data\ui\CAPTAIN_BANNERS\captain_card_factionname_rebel
= battle-map (pre-battle pannel) when no family member present, rebel army
Data\ui\CAPTAIN_BANNERS\captain_portrait_factionname
= appears in some pannels (pre-battle and perhaps in other occasions)
Data\ui\CAPTAIN_BANNERS\captain_portrait_factionname_rebel
= appears in some pannels (pre-battle and perhaps in other occasions)
Data\ui\CAPTAIN_BANNERS\DEAD\captain_card_factionname
= battle-map when no family member present and general died
Data\ui\CAPTAIN_BANNERS\DEAD\captain_card_factionname_rebel
= battle-map when no family member present and general died, rebel army

Data\ui\culturename\INTERFACE\STRATPAGE_02
= many places in campaign (diplomacy panel, right-bottom corner of UI, end of turn...)
Data\ui\culturename\INTERFACE\SHAREDPAGE_01
= many places (battle results, diplomacy panel...)


No idea why the mini-map didn't change colour, are you sure you are editing the right file (and not vanilla for example) and that it was saved properly?

[Hannibal Smith]

Are you starting a new campaign or loading from a save? Sometimes changes made to the strat map will not show until you start a new campaign.

[NoFrag]

Are you starting a new campaign or loading from a save? Sometimes changes made to the strat map will not show until you start a new campaign.

I tryed both and it's the same result =(


@ Aradan

Thanks you for all this, but I'm a total noob in editing, could you please enlighten me on what to do with these =P?

[Aradan]

All these are image files (.tga) which will need editing with proper software (PaintShopPro, PhotoShop, Gimp which is free). Some of them might also be packed away in pack files, I'm not sure how RS Team has built their mod, in which case you will also need to unpack the files. Tutorials for 2 editing can be found in the relevant tutorial subforum here in the Workshop and the packs can be extracted using Vircingetorix's .pak extractor, which can be found in the downloads/tools section and has its own read-me.

[Halie Satanus]

This should shed some light on a few of them..