MP: Choosing Civ Colors

[snoopy369]

Wow, I just realized that I don't know how to change colors from defaults. I'll have to look into it It may be simple, like playing w/the xml or some such...

[PLATO]

I believe we have reached agreement with Vox on the Horde adopting the bright red color.

Many Thanks to Jon Miller and the Voxians!

[snoopy369]

Hmm, playing w/XML, I have unlimited options

Okay. You all can have custom colors to the extent that they must be reasonably different from each other - but it allows multiple shades of blue, red, whatever.

Give me RGB/K values... ie, R=0.00-1.00, G=0.00-1.00, B=0.00=1.00, and Alpha (0.00-1.00) which is brightness as far as I understand.

I can test them out at will.

I'll also be modifying the Civ values, so anything in Civ4CivilizationInfos.xml can be edited ...

[Golden Bear]

You're very demanding.

I'm working on it and will have an answer anon. In my biz we work with CMYK and H*/L*, but I'll try to adapt. :teal:

[Golden Bear]

Here ya go, Snoopster....

Red 0
Green 128
Blue 255
Hue 140
Saturation 240
Lum. 120 <---this might be the Alpha value, not sure.



Let me know if you need more information.

[E_T]

Originally posted by Golden Bear
Here ya go, Snoopster....

Red 0
Green 128
Blue 255
Hue 140
Saturation 240
Lum. 120 <---this might be the Alpha value, not sure.



Let me know if you need more information.

Just to let you know, these are out of a value of 0 to 255, so divide by 255 to get the 0.0 to 1.0 values that you need.

Also, I think that GB's stuff is the standard RGB and not the RGBK, but the other is the HSL values. If you have a photoshop program, you should be able to input the values and then convert to the type that you want.

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[E_T]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Hmm, playing w/XML, I have unlimited options

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Give me RGB/K values... ie, R=0.00-1.00, G=0.00-1.00, B=0.00=1.00, and Alpha (0.00-1.00) which is brightness as far as I understand.

You know, that's kind of weird how they did that. Normally, you have 0 to 255, which with all 4 specks (RGBK), take up one word of 32 bit memory, but each now has to be a float or double float, which takes up 4 to 8 times as much space (need 2 values, determinent and exponent shift, with the precision dependant on the size of both).

/me dislikes anything that helps create bloat

E_T

[E_T]

DOH!! Wrong button

E_T

[snoopy369]

well, maybe they are just trying to use an easy to understand number for the XML?

Anyhow, I can gimp any given color or color value - maybe it's easier if you just paste a hatch of whatever color you want, and i'll use gimp to get it exactly.

[binTravkin]

Colors as of now, use your color mixer to look up if it's okay.

No	Team		Color		R	G	B
------------------------------------------------------------
1	Mercs		Black		0	0	0
2	GS		Dark Blue	0	0	128
3	Vox		Dark Red	128	0	0
4	Horde		Bright Red	255	0	0
5	Banana		Yellow		255	255	0
6	Sarantium	Teal Blue	0	128	255
7	AC		Pure Blue	0	0	255
------------------------------------------------------------

I kept colors as of half spectre distance (0, 128, 255) for better distinguishability.

A note regarding Russian color:
Red color is color of Kniazdom of Muscowy and current CoA
Green color is color of Czardom Russia, it has also been used for uniforms since adopting of uniform use (which was a deed of Pete we all know, if my memory serves me well)
If you look at colors of late imperial Russia you only get confusion cuz they're mostly copies of European, in particular - German, versions.

[binTravkin]

Here I have attached a list of colors ordered the same as the above list.

The two colors below white spot are an approximation fo russian uniform green (it was not exactly 0, 128, 0 IRL after all) and roman purple - 128, 0, 128.

(Alpha = 100 as it should be)

EDIT:Me bad, forgot the image..

[binTravkin]

I realised there's a tealer version of teal blue - 128, 255, 255

[ForesterSOF]

ok

[Golden Bear]

The color in the first post looks good (Post 26). The second is more like what I would call cyan.

[binTravkin]

But it's almost impossible to distinguish between 0.128.255 and 0.0.255 as you see in the very first pic.

Maybe you like this one more (it's 0.192.255)?