How to change faction colours in the campaign map and other questions

[Axalon]

Hello Masaniello,

You wanted my comments on this stuff, so here goes.... In short, you can forget all about changing colours as long as you don't work with VI/v.2.01. In v.1.1 faction-colours are all hardcoded no matter what you do. Sad but true....

There is one option left, that is to rename factions within the files, and that way create the illusion of different colors assigned to faction X - however this is strictly out of the existing faction colours. And, all that means plenty of work and a bunch of other things that can go wrong as well in the process, so I would hardly recommend it. It is easier to just buy whatever V.2.01 version you can find (don't have a clue if the V.2.xx+ was ever localized. If so, try to get an English version. That is my suggestion anyways, less fuss that way).

That said, personally I actually prefer the v.1.1-experience above VI/v.2.01 on general terms. I know that this is total blasphemy around here to say such a thing but it is the truth. As modder however, I'll take the VI/v.2.01 any day, as it is easier and friendlier to work with - less screwed up essentially. And you get more options there. Anyways, if you do decide to stick with V.1.1 you can still play a bunch of major mods like Redux, Medmod and probably Italia TW as well (I think? Have I forgotten some stuff?). The rest of the major stuff are solely made for VI/v.2.01, while Redux, Medmod (different version) and Italia TW are available for that version as well. Alright, that's that...

- A