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| Author: | Verb [ Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | how do I change the color on the names of items? |
like the topic says, how/where do I change which color the item has on its name? |
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| Author: | PureRage-DoD [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: how do I change the color on the names of items? |
First you'll need the .tbl files that store all the text displayed in the game. Download a .tbl file editor: http://phrozenkeep.hugelaser.com/filece ... le_id=1056 and winMPQ http://www.gamefront.com/files/files/4684765/winmpq.zip Run winMPQ and open your HU patch_d2.mpq. Look for the files in data\local\lng\eng\ The archive is arranged alphabetically to make finding them a bit easier. The files you want to highlight are "string.tbl" "expansionstring.tbl" and "patchstring.tbl". (All preceeded by data\local\lng\eng\) Extract those to desktop (or wharever you like) and it'll create a data folder with the files inside. ============================================= Before the next step, it'll help to know the way the game reads those files. It first checks patchstring.tbl to see if the string exists (string is just another name for the text to be displayed). If it can't find the string there, it then searches expansionstring.tbl, and finally string.tbl. If it finds the string in expansionstring.tbl, and it also exists in string.tbl, it will always use the expansionstring.tbl entry etc. When searching for the name/text you want, you should do the same. Always search patchstring.tbl first, then expansionstring.tbl then string.tbl if you cant find it in the first 2. ============================================ Next you wanna run your .tbl editor and click the open button. Using Jah as an example, first open patchstring.tbl and click the search button. Type Jah into the bar and click OK and it'll find the first instance. All going well, you'll find it, but if you search for the next instance, notice theres another entry below it that contains the Jah text. What one is the right one to change? The short answer is, its the one with the ÿc8 infront of it. The ÿc8 is a color code that changes the color of the text. Any text you put after ÿc8 shows up as gold ingame. The codes are: ÿc1 = Red ÿc2 = Green ÿc3 = Blue ÿc4 = Gold ÿc8 = Orange ÿc- = White ÿc: = Dark Green ÿc0 = white ÿc5 = grey ÿc6 = black ÿc7 = gold ÿc9 = Yellow ÿc; = Purple Once you have recolored your text, click the save button and move the data folder into your HU folder. Make sure you run with -direct -txt Slightly longer explination incoming explaining how you know its the right string and how to find out. Can ignore this if you can find what you are looking for just by searching the .tbl. In the .tbl editor, along the left side is a list of names/number and letter codes etc. These are the codes the text files use to determine what string the item should display. Staying with the jah example, open misc.txt (runes and gems are misc items) (extract it if you need to, its under data\global\excel\misc.txt in winmpq) with an excel editor. I use this one: http://phrozenkeep.hugelaser.com/filece ... ile_id=145 Once its open, ctrl+f and enter Jah into the bar and hit enter. F3 will search for the next one if you don't find the right thing. Once you find the jah rune row, scroll along a little till you find the column named "namestr". The code in that column on that row is the same code you see listed on the left of the .tbl editor for the Jah Rune text (r31). There is a "namestr" column in weapons.txt and armor.txt too. For uniques, the string code (like r31) is the name as it appears in the index column. For runewords, the string code is the entry in the name column. Ie. Delirium in runes.txt has the name "Runeword22". The game searches the .tbls for the code "Runeword22" then displays the text attatched to that code. |
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| Author: | Verb [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: how do I change the color on the names of items? |
awesome man, thanks a lot. you're the best |
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