Problem editing config

[Scarebird 0]

I've used XVM for some time, and liked how it used to show damage points from fellow squadman in different colour to the rest of the team.  With the latest patch, squadman damage points are now showing the same colour as the rest of the team.

 

I have tried using the XVM editor at http://www.koreanrandom.com/forum/topic/1422-/?do=findComment&comment=11316 to edit the markersAliveNormal.xc and markersAliveExtended.xc files, but the editor is giving an error message when trying to open these files.

 

I have also looked at both files in Notepad, but cannot see anything obvious that will allow me to change the colour of the damage text for a squadman hit.

 

Any suggestions?

 

This is the error message I get from the editor when trying to open the .xc files

 

Edited September 13, 2013 by Scarebird

[Yupi 505]

In colors.xc

 

Find and edit these lines:

      "squadman_ally_hit": ${"def.tk"},
      "squadman_ally_kill": ${"def.tk"},
      "squadman_ally_blowup": ${"def.tk"},
      "squadman_squadman_hit": ${"def.tk"},
      "squadman_squadman_kill": ${"def.tk"},
      "squadman_squadman_blowup": ${"def.tk"},
      "squadman_enemy_hit": ${"def.en"},
      "squadman_enemy_kill": ${"def.en"},
      "squadman_enemy_blowup": ${"def.en"},
      "squadman_allytk_hit": ${"def.tk"},
      "squadman_allytk_kill": ${"def.tk"},
      "squadman_allytk_blowup": ${"def.tk"},
      "squadman_enemytk_hit": ${"def.en"},
      "squadman_enemytk_kill": ${"def.en"},
      "squadman_enemytk_blowup":${"def.en"},

Edited September 13, 2013 by TwoPizza

[Scarebird 0]

I saw those when looking through the colors.xc file earlier.  Unfortunately I am not familiar with the ${"def.xx"} designation or how they should be edited to give me the result I am aiming for.

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@Scarebird, if you'll type ${"def.xx"} XVM will use value from "def": { xx: value }

 

So if you want to change colors, you can type code of color instead of ${"def.xx"}, or change xx to any other parameter depending on your preference and the colors specified in section def.

 

Here is a screenshot with several arrows indicating how it works.

 

 

On this screenshot XVM will use:

0x96FF00 instead of ${"def.al"},
0xFFB964 instead of ${"def.sq"},
0x00EAFF instead of ${"def.tk"},
0xF50800 instead of ${"def.en"},
0xFFDD33 instead of ${"def.pl"},

This is the error message I get from the editor when trying to open the .xc files

If you want to use XVMEditor you should select all files of config when opening. It is also worth mentioning that XVMeditor can save only the single-file configuration, and if you want to use multifile-config, you should edit it manually :)

[Scarebird 0]

Thanks for that.  Editing manually is fine though I am not that familiar with the programming language being used, so it tends to take me a while to identify which parameters need to be changed and how to change them..  I knew the colors were being defined somewhere, I just wasn't sure where.  Your image posted above was great and helped me find what I was looking for.

 

Didn't realise the XVM editor couldn't save the multi-file configuration, so that advice was useful too.