richieb 3 Posted October 15, 2014 Hi all, i have managed to change the colours i used in previous versions with regard to damage by source, so the damage I do is an obvious colour and the damage my platoon mates do is also an obvious colour, but.... In previous versions that used the online editor you could setup your floating damage text with a main colour and have a slightly different coloured shadow, for example i used a light blue with a kind of neon glow purple shadow, just for my damage done, is this achievable in the current version? Sorry, not too good at looking thru code and finding the right bits and pieces! Thnx, Richie. Quote Share this post Link to post Short link Share on other sites
sech_92 469 #222793 Posted October 15, 2014 is this achievable in the current version? Yes, it is. Do you have the config for some previous versions with the colors you like? You may copy color settings from there or just update that cfg to make it work properly with current mod version. Quote Share this post Link to post Short link Share on other sites
richieb 3 #222797 Posted October 15, 2014 thnx for the answer, sadly i don't have the previous versions anymore, i always like to start with fresh configs and mods where i can, and when i saw that the online config was no longer used, presumed the old xvm configs would not work any more with the new versions :0/ Quote Share this post Link to post Short link Share on other sites
sech_92 469 #222803 Posted October 15, 2014 i always like to start with fresh configs This seems hard to me. XVM config is quite complicated by now and there is no need to remake it once a game update comes. Just minor updates may make it work well. Now your way is to find wanted settings by editing in notepad and checking with replay. The hard way. Quote Share this post Link to post Short link Share on other sites
richieb 3 #222807 Posted October 15, 2014 Yes, i realize that now, will be saving configs from now on! Altho tbh i tend not to make too many changes from the default, just tune the target markers and change a few colours around. If adding a shadow around only my damage is hard or tricky, think i may decide to get used to playing without it! Quote Share this post Link to post Short link Share on other sites
sech_92 469 #222850 Posted October 15, 2014 just tune the target markers and change a few colours around. So it means that you may only list those changes (saving the hierarchy), not copying all the default files you don't change. The mod will take them from the built-in config. If adding a shadow around only my damage is hard or tricky It is not. If I knew the colour and other parameters - I could have already done that :) All this stuff is in the markers*.xc files in the DamageTextPlayer section. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Short link Share on other sites
richieb 3 #223065 Posted October 16, 2014 All this stuff is in the markers*.xc files in the DamageTextPlayer section. Ahh! I had been looking in the 'colors.xc' file lol This is all i have in the 'markers.xc file: /** * Over-target markers. All settings moved to separate files. * ??????? ??? ???????. ??? ????????? ???????? ? ????????? ?????. */ { "markers": { // true - use standard client vehicle markers. // true - ???????????? ??????????? ??????? ???????. "useStandardMarkers": false, // {{turret}} marker display strings. // ???????????? ?????? {{turret}} ???????. "turretMarkers": { // Subject has stock turret and top gun can not be mounted. Subject is highly vulnerable. // ??????? ????? ???????? ????? ? ??? ?????? ?? ????? ???? ???????????. ??????? ?????? ??????. "highVulnerability": "*", // Subject has stock turret and top gun can be mounted. Subject is somewhat vulnerable. // ??????? ????? ???????? ????? ? ??? ?????? ????? ???? ???????????. ??????? ??????? ??????. "lowVulnerability": "'" }, // ally // ???????? "ally": { "alive": { "normal": ${"markersAliveNormal.xc":"ally"}, "extended": ${"markersAliveExtended.xc":"ally"} }, "dead": { "normal": ${"markersDeadNormal.xc":"ally"}, "extended": ${"markersDeadExtended.xc":"ally"} } }, // enemy // ?????????? "enemy": { "alive": { "normal": ${"markersAliveNormal.xc":"enemy"}, "extended": ${"markersAliveExtended.xc":"enemy"} }, "dead": { "normal": ${"markersDeadNormal.xc":"enemy"}, "extended": ${"markersDeadExtended.xc":"enemy"} } } } } In 'markersalivenormal.xc' the only reference i see to damagetextplayer is: "damageTextPlayer": { "$ref": { "path":"damageText" } The colours i'm trying to get are, main text #00BFFF and the shadow around that to show as #FF00FF (if that helps) Thnx for all the help!! Quote Share this post Link to post Short link Share on other sites
sech_92 469 #223576 Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) @richieb, I meant these four files: "normal": ${"markersAliveNormal.xc":"ally"}, "extended": ${"markersAliveExtended.xc":"ally"} "normal": ${"markersDeadNormal.xc":"ally"}, "extended": ${"markersDeadExtended.xc":"ally"}maybe in some hours I'll update this message with configured files. In 'markersalivenormal.xc' the only reference i see to damagetextplayer is: "damageTextPlayer": { "$ref": { "path":"damageText" } My bad, I forgot about that reference. What you need is to redefine parameters partially. Like this: "damageTextPlayer": { "$ref": { "path":"damageText" }, "color": "0x00BFFF", "shadow": { "color": "0xFF00FF" } }, Here are the files. All default, only damage color and shadow changed.markersAliveNormal.xcmarkersAliveExtended.xcmarkersDeadNormal.xcmarkersDeadExtended.xc Edited October 18, 2014 by sech_92 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Short link Share on other sites
richieb 3 #224363 Posted October 21, 2014 Fantastic!! Thank you so much for that, exactly what i was trying to get :0) Much appreciated! Quote Share this post Link to post Short link Share on other sites
