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Atrahasis

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Calling all old-timers: What can be done with weapons graphics?
« on: August 20, 2003, 09:21:55 am »
I would like to know some things about the weapons graphics, especially phasers:

I know the phaser graphics are on fx1 or fx0 but can the color be changed? I remember I tried to long ago but got no results, but I seem to remember some others reporting some success with it. Also, since the Phaser-4 and Gatling phasers look different form the regular phaser(s) do they have graphics that can be changed and if so where/what are they?

By the way, I mean for EAW-OP. Thanks in advance.
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Captain Ron

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Re: Calling all old-timers: What can be done with weapons graphics?
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2003, 11:12:01 am »
Yes it can be changed and one phaser I think the type one will show the colour you made on the texture. The other phasers will also change as they are hard coded to change their colours based on the hue of the texture and some preset value.

So changing one texture colour changes them all, and they all look like the graphic you placed there.
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Qob'nuH

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Re: Calling all old-timers: What can be done with weapons graphics?
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2003, 09:25:20 pm »
Atra, good to hear from you. The graphic to edit is fx1, the white section below the mine rings.It affects all the overall color of phasers. The problem is the hard-coding of phaser colors. You have to find a shade that doesn't exceed the color wheel
tolerance of the preset colors. Also experimenting with gradients in the white area may help. Phaser4 seems to be strongly centered ,while phaserG seems more dependent on the the side bands. However,in general the color is derived from, at least in part  the total color in the area. I use a  whiteish center with sidebars of shades of blue with a hint of red. Sounds confusing but it gives me:

Ph4--Blue-white (the hottest)
Ph1--yellow-orange
Ph2--yellowish
Ph3--red
PhG-bright blue

Not much we can do until someone cracks the sprites file. Good Luck.    
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Atrahasis

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Re: Calling all old-timers: What can be done with weapons graphics?
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2003, 05:56:49 am »
Wow, that was just the info I was looking for! If I can change even the Phaser-G color then more possibilities for creativity re specs open up. Thank you.
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jimkirk

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Re: Calling all old-timers: What can be done with weapons graphics?
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2003, 01:39:33 am »
What about PH3, because I would like to change it from red to yellowish???  
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Captain Ron

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Re: Calling all old-timers: What can be done with weapons graphics?
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2003, 09:31:15 am »
Do you have the texture available for download?
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