Changing Starting Keep,Color

[sh4d0wknight7447 8]

Oh right. Yes that makes sense, but what does it specifically mean?

[Lord_Chris 251]

In programming, when something is defined it is given a value. It can be given a new value simply by being re-defined. The reason float4 is probably re-defined in almost every file is probably to stop people doing exactly what we are trying to do now - change the code. It's also in a lot of files probably because of this reason.

[sh4d0wknight7447 8]

Makes sense, but how do we override this, it seems locked up tighter than a drum.

Edited March 30, 2014 by sh4d0wknight7447

[Lord_Chris 251]

By changing the value that it is given, or adding something in to change it.

 

Note: // will make anything on that line a comment and will not be included in the code

 

For example, the original code from ShadowMapAlpha Test.fx:

 

ColorWriteEnable = 0;

 

We can redefine it after, I.E.

 

ColorWriteEnable = 0;

// Old value will work here

ColorWriteEnable = NEW VALUE;

// New value will stay from now on

 

Or, instead we could just redefine it from the start:

 

ColorWriteEnable = NEW VALUE;

Edited March 30, 2014 by Lord_Chris

[sh4d0wknight7447 8]

In this example you gave, what will changing the colorwriteenable value do?

[Lord_Chris 251]

I'm not sure, I only picked it because it was value that was defined easily and was a straight forward example. But I can tell you now that it won't work because I gave it the value of "NEW VALUE" and of course it should have the value of a number.

 

Change it, run it & see what it does. The worst that will happen is a message appears when you start the game saying that it failed to compile an effect file and then you can just change it back. I would also recommend downloading Notepad ++ as it makes the code a lot easier to read and shows you the line numbers.etc.

Edited June 12, 2015 by Lord_Chris
Updated download link

[sh4d0wknight7447 8]

will do

[Lord_Chris 251]

Tell me what you find ;)

[sh4d0wknight7447 8]

nothing happened

[Lord_Chris 251]

I didn't really expect anything would. This proves that to perform a modification as big as changing the colour you will not be able to get by just by changing certain things, it will require a more advanced modification that will likely affect all files in the /stronghold 2/shaders/ directory. You mentioned before about getting someone who knows C++ in, this may well be the time to do so as we are very much stuck in our tracks and it is just guess work currently.

[sh4d0wknight7447 8]

yep

[Lord_Chris 251]

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I believe that the file /stronghold 2/shaders/Units/Default.fx is one of the key files in changing the colour as I think it sets the default colour from there based on interactions from other files as well from what I appear to have just found.

[sh4d0wknight7447 8]

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Edited April 16, 2014 by Lord_Chris

[Lord_Chris 251]

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