Transparent borders mini-mod. [Updated to 6.4]

[SoulBlade]

So here it is, the little mod making the mini-map more eye-friendly. Extract it in SS 6.4 folder.

If you have suggestions or find any errors, just post them here (with a screenshot prefered )

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This small mini-mod changes the borders in the mini-map, making them to look better and without the secondary colour of the borders.
I also put Portugal's colour to the secondary colour from SS 6.1 (Old-school, yay!) - light blue to the ones who don't remember/played it.
Save-game compatible, works for both eras.
Lithuania's, Cumans' and Norway's colours are a bit changed, so if they share a border you can recognize them.

Note: I changed Holy Roman Empire, Teutonic Order and Timurid's borders gray because... blame CA.

[Meneth]

Scaling up your image doesn't do it any favors

[Tilos]

Love it. Thanks a bunch!

[newt]

I think it should be renamed from 'transparent' to something else.
Transparent means you can see through it, and you can't see the ground under your borders.

[SoulBlade]

Ok, I'll just rename it to No Borders just like how I named the folders.

[caralampio]

Soulblade, you may merge anything from my Atlas mod work to yours if you like.

[2Shy]

Exellent mini-mode !

[Mojo582]

Like the mod soul,as newt mentiond with the "transparent" look ive always been thinking i would much rather have the darker (non transparent) areas for the "unexplored" regions rather than the current setup,ie i would like to have the veiw "reversed" so i can see the transparent areas when i put up towers ect,is this possible?

[Beetlecat]

I'm having trouble getting this to work -- do I need to delete a map.rwm file? I have many in my subfolders (using meneth's compliation) -- any idea which one to delete?

[bɑne]

I'm having trouble getting this to work -- do I need to delete a map.rwm file? I have many in my subfolders (using meneth's compliation) -- any idea which one to delete?

Don't. What exactly isn't working?

[Beetlecat]

Don't. What exactly isn't working?

The files were copied to the "sub" folder, but it wasn't activating. It turned out that the new version of the submod manager didn't load it, and all I had to do was alter the txt file to new format for it to appear in the SMM.

works like a charm now.

[PerXX]

Even if you have problems getting this submod to work, it's VERY easy to do it yourself.
All you need to do is open the descr_sm_factions.txt and change the nations secondary color, to the same as it's primary color.
Like this.

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faction venice
culture southern_european
religion catholic
symbol models_strat/symbol_venice.CAS
rebel_symbol models_strat/symbol_rebels.CAS
primary_colour red 121, green 3, blue 3
secondary_colour red 121, green 3, blue 3
loading_logo loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_venice.tga
standard_index 0
logo_index FACTION_LOGO_VENICE
small_logo_index SMALL_FACTION_LOGO_VENICE
triumph_value 5
intro_movie faction/major_intro.bik
victory_movie faction/venice_win.bik
defeat_movie faction/venice_lose.bik
death_movie faction/venice_lose.bik
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap no
prefers_naval_invasions yes
can_have_princess yes
has_family_tree yes

Be aware that any factions with a black color will not work properly, but rather appear as transparent, unless you're playing that faction yourself.

[Overlord.ru]

Using this constantly Good job!

[Beetlecat]

Ahh... a new sub-mod manager and now the re-modified files no longer work. Altering the NoBorders_Early.txt file allows it to appear in the sub-mod list, but attempting to enable it makes the manager app hang.

Any clues on how to format the files to make this sub mod work again?

[name]Transparent Borders
[works for]early
[description]This small mini-mod changes the borders in the mini-map, making them to look better and without the secondary colour of the borders.
I also put Portugal's colour to the secondary colour from SS 6.1 (Old-school, yay!) - light blue to the ones who don't remember/played it.
Save-game compatible, works for both eras.
[files] overwrite data\descr_sm_factions.txt

[newt]

You might try reformatting like this. I don't know if it matters or not

[name] Disable Real Recruitment
[works for] early late
[description]
Selecting this option will disable all of the effects of Real Recruitment.\n\n
Most of the units will be trained within just 1 turn, and are available right from the game start (except for gunpowder units).\n
Additionally, area of recruitment is also disabled, meaning you can recruit all of your units anywhere on the map.
[files]
overwrite data\export_descr_buildings.txt
overwrite data\export_descr_unit.txt

[Fred Putz]

You don´t have to overwrite the whole file. I did it that way in the Carl-Collectors Edition and it works fine:

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[name] Borderless Colours
[works for] early late
[description]
This Option removes the borders from the Nation´s colours, so that their empire looks really like one on the small overwiev window to the left/bottom on the campaign map. Thanks to my exquisite english at this point.
[files]
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 121, green 3, blue 3
secondary_colour            red 121, green 3, blue 3
on:
primary_colour                    red 121, green 3, blue 3
secondary_colour                red 255, green 215, blue 0
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 60, green 60, blue 60
secondary_colour            red 60, green 60, blue 60
on:
primary_colour                    red 70, green 70, blue 70
secondary_colour                red 250, green 250, blue 255
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 255, green 255, blue 255
secondary_colour            red 255, green 255, blue 255
on:
primary_colour                    red 255, green 170, blue 0
secondary_colour                red 239, green 239, blue 239
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 200, green 200, blue 155
secondary_colour            red 200, green 200, blue 155
on:
primary_colour                    red 200, green 200, blue 155
secondary_colour                red 221, green 176, blue 69
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 238, green 221, blue 130
secondary_colour            red 238, green 221, blue 130
on:
primary_colour                    red 239, green 185, blue 24
secondary_colour                red 0, green 69, blue 142
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 49, green 79, blue 49
secondary_colour            red 49, green 79, blue 49
on:
primary_colour                    red 221, green 176, blue 69
secondary_colour                red 5, green 5, blue 5
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 0, green 16, blue 94
secondary_colour            red 0, green 16, blue 94
on:
primary_colour                    red 0, green 16, blue 94
secondary_colour                red 239, green 239, blue 239
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 40, green 245, blue 245
secondary_colour            red 40, green 245, blue 245
on:
primary_colour                    red 116, green 45, blue 13
secondary_colour                red 18, green 189, blue 250
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 244, green 231, blue 170
secondary_colour            red 244, green 231, blue 170
on:
primary_colour                    red 244, green 231, blue 170
secondary_colour                red 0, green 0, blue 0
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 34, green 107, blue 9
secondary_colour            red 34, green 107, blue 9
on:
primary_colour                    red 34, green 107, blue 9
secondary_colour                red 255, green 191, blue 0
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 0, green 5, blue 180
secondary_colour            red 0, green 5, blue 180
on:
primary_colour                    red 0, green 87, blue 177
secondary_colour                red 255, green 215, blue 0
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 218, green 165, blue 32
secondary_colour            red 218, green 165, blue 32
on:
primary_colour                    red 0, green 0, blue 0
secondary_colour                red 255, green 210, blue 0
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 220, green 0, blue 0
secondary_colour            red 220, green 0, blue 0
on:
primary_colour                    red 215, green 0, blue 0
secondary_colour                red 255, green 210, blue 0
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 135, green 206, blue 250
secondary_colour             red 135, green 206, blue 250
on:
primary_colour                    red 255, green 255, blue 255
secondary_colour                red 0, green 69, blue 185
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 160, green 0, blue 0
secondary_colour            red 160, green 0, blue 0
on:
primary_colour                    red 233, green 232, blue 231
secondary_colour                red 220, green 20, blue 60
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 76, green 36, blue 78
secondary_colour            red 76, green 36, blue 78
on:
primary_colour                    red 76, green 36, blue 78
secondary_colour                red 171, green 14, blue 9
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 236, green 88, blue 0
secondary_colour            red 236, green 88, blue 0
on:
primary_colour                    red 236, green 88, blue 0
secondary_colour                red 255, green 255, blue 255
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 12, green 30, blue 119
secondary_colour            red 12, green 30, blue 119
on:
primary_colour                    red 12, green 30, blue 119
secondary_colour                red 255, green 36, blue 0
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 238, green 232, blue 82
secondary_colour            red 238, green 232, blue 82
on:
primary_colour                    red 255, green 210, blue 0
secondary_colour                red 215, green 0, blue 0
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 139, green 69, blue 19
secondary_colour            red 139, green 69, blue 19
on:
primary_colour                    red 221, green 70, blue 50
secondary_colour                red 80, green 200, blue 120
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 255, green 160, blue 0
secondary_colour            red 255, green 160, blue 0
on:
primary_colour                    red 212, green 175, blue 55
secondary_colour                red 41, green 41, blue 203
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 205, green 79, blue 57
secondary_colour            red 205, green 79, blue 57
on:
primary_colour                    red 128, green 55, blue 34
secondary_colour                red 255, green 77, blue 26
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 58, green 117, blue 196
secondary_colour            red 58, green 117, blue 196
on:
primary_colour                    red 58, green 117, blue 196
secondary_colour                red 249, green 221, blue 22
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 205, green 205, blue 193
secondary_colour            red 205, green 205, blue 193
on:
primary_colour                    red 3, green 3, blue 3
secondary_colour                red 255, green 255, blue 255
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 50, green 40, blue 40
secondary_colour            red 50, green 40, blue 40
on:
primary_colour                    red 1, green 1, blue 1
secondary_colour                red 215, green 0, blue 0
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 128, green 36, blue 26
secondary_colour            red 128, green 36, blue 26
on:
primary_colour                    red 128, green 36, blue 26
secondary_colour                red 0, green 16, blue 94
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 244, green 184, blue 100
secondary_colour            red 244, green 184, blue 100
on:
primary_colour                    red 239, green 239, blue 239
secondary_colour                red 197, green 156, blue 61
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 40, green 40, blue 40
secondary_colour            red 40, green 40, blue 40
on:
primary_colour                    red 0, green 139, blue 129
secondary_colour                red 204, green 51, blue 51
<end>
replace data\descr_sm_factions.txt with:
primary_colour                red 0, green 0, blue 0
secondary_colour            red 250, green 250, blue 250
on:
primary_colour                    red 110, green 110, blue 110
secondary_colour                red 239, green 239, blue 239
<end>

Haven´t seen this one so far - sorry. I can take it out.

[soulson]

This looks great.

[SoulBlade]

That's very interesting, Fred Putz. I'm gonna upload the 6.4 compatible version with new colours for Cumans, Lithuania and Norway.

[Beetlecat]

That's very interesting, Fred Putz. I'm gonna upload the 6.4 compatible version with new colours for Cumans, Lithuania and Norway.

excellent. looking forward to that.

[strife1013]

Good mod, thanks +rep