UNIT COLOURS

monki · Guest

hey , any of u guys know how to change the unit colours in game to diff palletes?

pd · Laser Commando **Joined**: 19 Jun 2005 **Location**: Gone

edit the palette?

otherwise, no way (without hacking)

VK · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:26 am Post subject:

If you changed palette result will be bad Mad

You must also edit VOXEL.VPL

@PD change UNITSNO.PAL and see result

Gangster · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:54 am Post subject:

Can someone explane what is this VOXEL.VPL?

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VK · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:52 pm Post subject:

It is a file:
ra2.mix/local.mix/voxels.vpl for example
VPL - Voxel PaLette Question

Gangster · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:34 pm Post subject:

Hm.. i ve thought that voxels are using standart unittem.pal.

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Anderwin · General **Joined**: 16 May 2005

yeah me too. What if u change color in thats file and what program u need too open vlp file?

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VK · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:14 pm Post subject:

Try to change colors - before it nobody did
About program - it not exist Sad

I get information about VOXEL.VPL from GAMEMD.EXE
and I first ,who try to find purpose of this file Sad

stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

"and I first ,who try to find purpose of this file"

Wrong. Everyone who has worked on a Voxel Editor has tryed to crack it.

The general thought is its something to do with the lighting since Voxels definatly use the .pal files for the 'Base' colour(as in the colour the voxel has without lighting applyed).

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Gangster · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:43 pm Post subject:

so.. it might be aswer why RA2 voxels looks differently from TS ones.. that what u mean?

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stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

RA2 has different lighting to TS and it has more Normals. (menaing more accurate lighting)

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Gangster · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:14 am Post subject:

I know that RA have different lighting and more Normals.. I dont like how RA2 normals are messing with voxel color. For example unlike in TS, in RA2, South-East side of voxel will always be white (or too bright).. no mater what color i ve used. So can it be fixed with VOXEL.VPL editing?

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VK · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:45 am Post subject:

VOXEL.VPL have another data
Test it: change the dword with offset 8 in HEX-Editor from 32 to 16 for example- it's funny

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Wrong. Everyone who has worked on a Voxel Editor has tryed to crack it.

Tried using usual methods Sad

But I see information about it in EXE file Smile

So I have more info about it
It have:
1. Header
2. Palette
3. Some Data 256 * Header + 08h
So file size 8976 = 768 + 256 * 32 + 16 Smile

Anderwin · General **Joined**: 16 May 2005

C&CVK wrote:

VOXEL.VPL have another data
Test it: change the dword with offset 8 in HEX-Editor from 32 to 16 for example- it's funny
Tried using usual methods Sad

If EA\WW did make a crack some did the vxl look beter in that game why make a new file ? And yeah RA 2 have beter normal and like thats but is ztype upp the colors sometimes. So u mean this file have more color inside it or how the normal and like thats work?

i suck in hack exe file some body can help me Rolling Eyes

hehe.
If u change the offset too 16 will thats work and change the HEX-Editor too 16 too will thats work *think*

So another question the .VPL is a file but can u rename the file too .txt or just open it in notepad will that work?

What mean VPL mean =S? ( Voxel Protect lligal ) #Tongue

loool.

Can u make a program some can open VPL file?
Sorry too spam or be a big noob ^^ i just try too help and i want too know more about this crap\wonderfull file.

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Banshee · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:47 pm Post subject:

Someone who didn't pay attention to previous posts wrote:

So another question the .VPL is a file but can u rename the file too .txt or just open it in notepad will that work?

It's a binary file. Edit it with a hex editor and not with a notepad.

Someone who didn't pay attention to previous posts wrote:

What mean VPL mean =S? ( Voxel Protect lligal ) #Tongue

loool.

Voxel Palette.

Anderwin · General **Joined**: 16 May 2005

Ah i sorry :S. Why them call it VPL why not just for VP =S.

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stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

Libary begins with L. Lighting begins with L. Looser begins with L.

In general extentions have 3 letters. Programmers generly try and stick to 3 letters just cos everyone else does...

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VK · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 10:48 am Post subject:

But when I filled a some part of file with "11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111" Laughing

In one direction in game unit became green color Exclamation

stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

that supports the theory that it has to do with how lighting is done based on the normals.

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Banshee · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 1:19 pm Post subject:

I thought bglman captured the normal values from the vpl file.

stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

No. He searched the EXE for groups of Vectors which when u do the maths = 1 or 0.... my maths sucks can't remember which think its 1. (meaning its a normal)

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DeathRay2K · Commander **Joined**: 01 Sep 2002 **Location**: Canada

=1 makes sense, as that's just like 3D normals. It just makes sense, as you can't have light without dark...

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