Flag problems - need advice

[Houman]

Hello,

We have implemented a while ago Bad Ronalds Flags in our Mod. However since then people with older video adapters are having problems with the Flags. They are not shown correctly such as the British Flag that is shown in Black and White instead of White & Red.

Any idea how we could fix this? I suppose it is the Alpha Channel. Is it easy to just swp the alpha chanell to a different color?

A bit of advice would be really nice,

Many thanks
Houman

 

[Ploeperpengel]

Hello,

We have implemented a while ago Bad Ronalds Flags in our Mod. However since then people with older video adapters are having problems with the Flags. They are not shown correctly such as the British Flag that is shown in Black and White instead of White & Red.

Any idea how we could fix this? I suppose it is the Alpha Channel. Is it easy to just swp the alpha chanell to a different color?

A bit of advice would be really nice,

Many thanks
Houman

Yes it's easy. I think already told you a while before. Just change the alphachannel to white and make sure all secondary playercolors are white also. You will have to put in enough primary colors instead.
The new Flags need to be put as a separate fix.

 

[Houman]

Alright. Thanks a lot. We have included a temp fix, until we do this happen.
How do I change the alpha chanell in Photo shop?

Thanks
Houman

 

[Ploeperpengel]

Alright. Thanks a lot. We have included a temp fix, until we do this happen.
How do I change the alpha chanell in Photo shop?

Thanks
Houman

I use bmp dxt for that normally it's quite handy for small tasks like this I don't use photshop(I work with gimp and bmp dxt).

 

[Houman]

I use bmp dxt for that normally it's quite handy for small tasks like this I don't use photshop(I work with gimp and bmp dxt).

Do you have a link for bmp dxt?

Thanks

 

[Ploeperpengel]

It's in this tutorial along with an explanation how to use it:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=144425

btw called DXTbmp I allways mix that

 

[strategyonly]

i also have a flag problem, i want to change the flag in SEVO mod (Blue Star) to the American flag, i need to know what and how to do that??

 

[Houman]

Yes it's easy. I think already told you a while before. Just change the alphachannel to white and make sure all secondary playercolors are white also. You will have to put in enough primary colors instead.
The new Flags need to be put as a separate fix.

The Alpha chanels are already white?! Shall I put them on Black instead?

Houman

 

[Ploeperpengel]

The Alpha chanels are already white?! Shall I put them on Black instead?

Houman

Sometimes they don't show black in dxt but are(if they show in your game they certainly are). To be sure you should do two versions for any flag in seperate folders:
For the whiteflagfix(white alpha)
For the normal mod(black alpha)

remember refreshing the alphachannel after you edited it

Rember this only aplies to flags which aren't supposed to show teamcolor.

 

[Houman]

Sometimes they don't show black in dxt but are(if they show in your game they certainly are). To be sure you should do two versions for any flag in seperate folders:
For the whiteflagfix(white alpha)
For the normal mod(black alpha)

remember refreshing the alphachannel after you edited it

Rember this only aplies to flags which aren't supposed to show teamcolor.

I did it like you said. But the users have even more troubles with the new flag. Now its complete white, black or grey.

 

[Ploeperpengel]

I did it like you said. But the users have even more troubles with the new flag. Now its complete white, black or grey.

Are the player secondary colors white for all civs and do you have enough diverse primary colors?

 

[Houman]

Are the player secondary colors white for all civs and do you have enough diverse primary colors?

Damn I forgot setting the secondary color to white.
The file you mean is CIV4PlayerCOlorinfos.xml right?

Thanks

 

[Houman]

BTW what abot this <bWhiteFlag>0</bWhiteFlag> ? How important is that?

 

[Ploeperpengel]

BTW what abot this <bWhiteFlag>0</bWhiteFlag> ? How important is that?

Very important. Need to be 1 not 0 otherwise it's for decalflags which show the teamcolor

 

[Houman]

Very important. Need to be 1 not 0 otherwise it's for decalflags which show the teamcolor

Ahhhh ich verstehe...Thanks

 

[Ploeperpengel]

Wahr mir ein Vergn&#252;gen!

 

[strategyonly]

Vos ish los?