Sponsor Recolor???

[revmiller13]

is there any way to simply recolor an existing sponsor? i like the Pan-Asian Cooperative, but i don't like purple...

i imagine it has something to do with changing the sponsor's icon, but i am a complete n00b when it comes to creating a mod, and i have no idea where to start.

 

[Ryika]

Changing the border colors is easy.

Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth\assets\Gameplay\XML\Interface

Colors.xml -> Has the actual Color-Definitions
PlayerColors.xml -> Allocated the Colors to the Sponsors Color Set

Both files can simply be opened with a Text editor and, if you don't want to spend time actually learning the basics of modding, just be edited in the original file. (Just create a backup before you do)
This will NOT change the color of the Symbols seen in the Game- and Diplomacy-Menus, that whole process is a lot more complicated and requires extracting archives, editing dds-files and all the good stuff. (Would probably be a bit overkill)

If you want to learn the basics of modding, then Kael's Modders Guide, while old and created for Civ 5, is a good place to start.

 

[revmiller13]

thank you so very much. i was hoping it was something simple.

 

[revmiller13]

guess i'll check out the modder guide, as i would really like to change the icon, as well.

 

[Ryika]

Well, yes, but that's more complicated.

You'd need to unpack the Package that has the Resource you're looking for. The Resource Packs can be found in: Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth\Resource

The Textures themselves are in UITextures.fpk,
You need Dragon Unpacker (can be found via google) to actually open and extract that pack.

Then you need this tool to actually unpack the dds-textures:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=389316

The actual File will then be called civsymbolscolor.png (I think other formats can be chosen in the unpacker, but this one is fine)

Then you need to get a tool that can actually edit and - more importantly - save these files as dds. The most common are either gimp or Photoshop. (Gimp is Free, Photoshop is not - and you'd need to google for the dds plugin of these programs)

After saving the new dds you'd then need to create a mod, add your dds file to it and set import into vfs = true.

And that's really all you need to do!
...like I said. It's complicated. 8)

I think there are more detailed tutorials for all of these steps in the Mod Section for Civ 5 though, you might want to do some searches there if you really want to go through the process.

 

[revmiller13]

not terribly complicated--maybe you just give great directions, though. i tried to read the pdf modder's guide, but there were so many differences i couldn't really make heads or tails of what it was saying...and it was to create a new civ, not mod an existing one...

thanks again. you have been very helpful.

 

[revmiller13]

dragon unpacker and/or civddsunpacker cannot get a clean image out, apparently...oh well. today i've spent 5 hours trying to mod the game and less than an hour playing it...

 

[Ryika]

That's exactly how the files look before you've used civddsunpacker. Make sure both, the dds and the index.dds are in the same folder (easiest way is to just unpack the whole pack-file with dragon unpacker) and then use civddsunpacker on the folder that you've unpacked the stuff with dragon unpacker to.

 

[revmiller13]

had done it backwards...lol still having no luck with getting the mod to actually see my new icon. oh, well. i'll deal with the purple icons.

thank you for all your help, anyway.