How to overwrite Art - Player Color

[BlacKcuD]

Hi guys,

i'm doing a td and some of my testers found out that many towers look ugly in their corresponding player color.

there is a field in section Art where you are able to choose either "Match owning Player" or select a specific player color for the unit.
i changed some colors from matching to a specific one, BUT when i test the game the color is overwritten/matching my player color.

i found some triggers for disabling ally color mode, but this didn't have any effect.

does somebody know how to force the game to use the player color specified in the Art section over the real player color?

thanks in advance

blackcud

 

[LordPhroze]

I actually need this as well...

 

[Dr Super Good]

You can manually set team colour of specific units I think via triggers (a trigger action if I am not mistaken). You will have to use triggers to do that on certain units as they are built.

But yeh, the object editor field seems to not function properly.

 

[Squiggy]

• Animation - Set *unit* vertex coloring to 100%, 100%, 100%

Change the percentual values to the amount you want i.e. 0%, 0%, 100% would look green, 100%, 100% -> yellow - mess around

 

[Just_Spectating]

no squiggy, that changes the hue of the unit.

you need to go to Player - change color.

EDIT: no im sorry, if you open object editor, you can see Art - Team color. apply that to the buildings that look "ugly" to whatever team color u want.

 

[Dr Super Good]

EDIT: no im sorry, if you open object editor, you can see Art - Team color. apply that to the buildings that look "ugly" to whatever team color u want.

Yes but for some reason that field does not change it ingame for some reason (does nothing) like he said already.

 

[Squiggy]

It works with vertex coloring for my map

 

[Dr Super Good]

Vertex colouring and team colouring are 2 different things and do not affect each other.

Even if a unit is black the team colour still glows the colour of the owning player.

I think he is complaining about the team colour looking ugly and wanting a way to make all units of a certain type use a fixed team colour (no matter who owns it).

 

[Just_Spectating]

You can manually set team colour of specific units I think via triggers (a trigger action if I am not mistaken). You will have to use triggers to do that on certain units as they are built.

But yeh, the object editor field seems to not function properly.

then i guess this is the only way.

 

[UreDe4D]

maybe this helps, in object editor there is a field which says "Art - allow own teamcolour" which is by default on "false" ,try changing that, haven't checked it though

 

[gabjus]

u could use the transfer unit control trigger instead... there's an option to keep previous team colour or somethin like that... so just have the unit in whatever every team (the teamcolour u wan it in)... den transfer control without changing its colour... a bit troublesome tho....

or u could do a double transfer control trigger... one that transfer it to the team-colour u wan... n the other that transfers it back... i haven't tried it b4 too tho... :s

 

[BlacKcuD]

maybe this helps, in object editor there is a field which says "Art - allow own teamcolour" which is by default on "false" ,try changing that, haven't checked it though

i tried this one, but it didnt have any effect either :-(

i will try using a trigger Player - Change Color

thanks thus far


*edit*

a trigger with event 'begins constructing structure' and trigger 'unit - change color' works -.- 80 towers to go... :_)

 

[Just_Spectating]

patience is virtue

 

[NhazUl]

Duh.

Here it is.

If you want all player units to suddenly change color, you have 2 options:

• Actions
  • Player - Change Color of The Player to Green, Changing color of existing units

• Actions
  • Player - Change Color of The Player to Green, Retaining color of existing units

If you want a single unit to change color, just do

• Actions
  • Unit - Change Color

The "Allow Custom Team Color" allows you to set in WE the team color of the units placed on the map. Further produced units have the player color.