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Changing the team tank color

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:58 am
by Ultra
Hey guysss

I have a question, is it possible to change the tank's team color? for example in Mofo its Red Vs Green, Is it possible to change the red to blue tanks ?
i have no idea how tho.
Thank you. :D

Re: Changing the team tank color

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:55 pm
by trpted
While I am not sure, I did find something that I think will help you.

Credit from http://shellshock.bzflag.bz/ -> Mods (Under Cool Bits) -> Shell Shock's Texture Pack.

PS. I tried to contact them, to make sure that they know of an error on their site that prevents users from downloading Shell Shock's Texture Pack directly from them as well as their contact form does not work.

Re: Changing the team tank color

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:17 pm
by Ultra
Awesome cool stuff, iam still learning but dunno anything actually lol.... XD

Re: Changing the team tank color

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 5:09 pm
by Zehra
Hi Ultra,

I'm not exactly sure about changing a tanks team color, but it can be done.
I'm assuming you're referring to changing the texture color from a tank, so I'll start from there.

1. Locate the folder storing BZFlag and locate the 'Data' area.
(This will contain the textures used in BZFlag.)
2. Replace the textures with the ones you want.
(Just make sure they are named the same way, otherwise it will likely not work.)
3. View the textures used.
(Check and see how the textures look and if they're not loading try '/retexture' and it should reload the textures.)

Some notes to add though, if you're using the same textures for two teams, it can quickly becoming confusing on a few servers.
Also you might want to edit the configuration file as well.
(This will be for radar configuration and other things.)

Here's a bit of a list from some of the areas you might want to modify in configurations.

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#set bluecolor "0.1 0.2 1"
#set blueradar "0.08 0.25 1"
#set greencolor "0 1 0"
#set greenradar "0.2 0.9 0.2"
#set huntercolor "1 0.5 0"
#set hunterradar "1 0.5 0"
#set purplecolor "1 0 1"
#set purpleradar "1 0.4 1"
#set rabbitcolor "0.8 0.8 0.8"
#set rabbitradar "1 1 1"
#set redcolor "1 0 0"
#set redradar "1 0.15 0.15"
#set roguecolor "1 1 0"
#set rogueradar "1 1 0"
This will alter some of the radar/color of tanks.
Please note you will need to uncomment the settings to alter the colors.
I haven't tried much changing on the color configurations, but have altered textures a good bit.
By the way, it's generally a good idea to keep a backup of your configurations too, this way in case something goes wrong, you can easily revert it.

-Zehra

Re: Changing the team tank color

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:23 pm
by Ultra
Hi ^_^, Well explained and appreciate your help Zehra i will try my best hopefully.

Re: Changing the team tank color

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 2:59 am
by Zehra
Glad to be of service.
If there's any extra help needed, feel free to message me too. :)

-Zehra