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Funky fonts[message #206595]

Sun, 18 January 2009 15:36

Kaerar

Messages:2016
Registered:January 2003
Location: Australia :D

Does anyone know where to change the Blockfont2 colour palette (unless its in the STI file). Seeing as in places there are some very annoying colour choices I wish to alter.

Well found an answer the colours are linked to the palette of the font. I am compiling a list of which colours are used and where. I will add to the list as I find out more Smile

Here is a current version:

1   Transparency Colour - MUST BE (0.0.0) Also main colour for Description box (bug).
2   Generic Background colour for text. (0.54.0)
3   Shadow for Itemfoc text Item and Map Numbers and option screen. (0.0.0)
4   Unknown
5   Unknown
6   Charinfo Text minor colour and desc boxes minor colour (214.201.156)
7   Charinfo Text main colour (173.148.115)
8   Unknown
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33  Text shadow colour extended desc... (201.172.133)
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35  Pros/Cons and Item Name Shadow (0.0.0)
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120 Map Sector grid coords main colour (139.106.57)

146 Selected sector highlight and Merc Roster Name colour (255.201.2)

163 Red selection for negative info colour (255.64.64)

185 Merc Roster Contract good, City Names, and positive info colour (0.206.0)

209 Item Name main colour and Sector and Merc Roster mouseover highlight (255.255.255)

[Updated on: Mon, 26 January 2009 07:44] by Moderator

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Lieutenant

Re: Funky fonts[message #206596]

Sun, 18 January 2009 16:26

Marlboro Man

Messages:1153
Registered:October 2005
Location: USA

I would like to know this as well. You can change it through the .sti, but you have to change every frickin letter I think. That's why I never bothered. But if there is an easier way.......it would be nice to know how.

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Sergeant Major

Re: Funky fonts[message #206601]

Sun, 18 January 2009 18:32

Kaerar

Messages:2016
Registered:January 2003
Location: Australia :D

not really you just change the colours that are in the palette. Seeing as it uses the colours on the palette. Thing is does it work off the STI's palette or does it work like the Anims and get changed by an alternative palette elsewhere (like JA2.set). I haven't tried the STI palette change yet, but will do in a day or two and let you know.

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Re: Funky fonts[message #206607]

Sun, 18 January 2009 21:27

Khor1255

Messages:1815
Registered:August 2003
Location: Pleasantville, NJ

I don't see any other way to change the palete than within the .sti. The way the anims work is the areas that are shaded are done so right in the animation frame but then the game assigns the real colors via the entries made in places like proedit for characters and the entries made in the map editor for all generic sprites.

If there is another way to add a palete I'd surely like to know.

You can change the uniform paletes of enemies and militia by altering the pal.dat file in binarydata using Toxic's very cool Paledit utility. But these changes are global so if you want the mercs dressed like they normally are you would then have to go back and manually edit prof.dat to accomodate.

I've wanted a utility (or xml) that allowed you to alter the uniforms, race, and gender of all factions for quite some time. This would go a long way toward adding realism to some mods.

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