How to edit shield colors (not patterns)

[terzer]

Hi I want to edit the roman shields (legionares), they are too red, too saturated. The roman auxilia shields are ok, I want to match the color.
Thanks!

[terzer]

Really? Nobody wants to share?!

[FaLKReN]

Well you could use the mask0, mask1 and mask 2 arguments to color shields.

mask0 - faction's primary color
mask1 - faction's secondary color
mask2 - faction's tertiary color

I take it you don't like Rome's primary color, so you'll have to edit their colors in the faction_uniform_color table (or something like this, I can't check at the moment)

Basically you'll have to make a small mod, modifying one of rome's colors to the one you want, and include the shield's modified variantmeshdefinition files you want to change.

[terzer]

Thank you!
I like the roman faction color. For example the auxilia spear infantry and cavalrys shields are ok, desaturated red. Only the marian and segementata legion shields are too red. There is a difference in the color.
Here is the example:



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See, the shield of aux. spears is much less saturated than the legionary cohort. I want to make the legion's shield color the same as the aux. infantry.

[FaLKReN]

Hmm...it might be that the two shields use a different mask, though both of them are red. Or one is a transparent shield design and the other is a colored one.

I can't check it atm, but I can take a look at it when I get home.

[terzer]

Thanks, much appreciated!

[FaLKReN]

Here is what I found:

I checked and all roman shield patterns use transparent designs, so the problem lies with the masks. I looked into the two shield types variantmesh file and this might be the culprit:

The auxiliary shields use this mask -> mask0="2" mask2="0" or no mask at all;

while the legionary shields use this one -> mask1="2" mask2="1"

I suggest your do some testing with it, but it seems they refer to the same secondary color, so your solution might be deleting the masks from the roman_legionary.variantmeshdefinition. I hope this helps.

[terzer]

I didn't notice any change in the colors. I will experiment further.
Thanks!

EDIT: Hmm, I believe the problem is with the specular texture of the shield. There is a difference in the color between legionary and aux. shield specular texture. I noticed that, because according to the lighting, in some cloudy battles the legionares shields are fine (desaturated red), but on more sunny battles, the shields are too red. The aux shields are ok on sunny battles.