Map Ownership Overlay Colour

[stryc]

Where is the script that handles the alpha for the Ownership map overlay colour? If would like to make the layer more transparent as it's rather overpowering as is.

Alternatively, a way to change how the current Ownership borders are drawn with a view to using a more obvious version of those instead of solid colour.

I like to see the terrain as well as clear Ownership delineation without having to flit between overlays.

Thank you.

[DasTactic]

Changing the alpha on this is a great idea. I get comments in streams that the game looks bad until I turn off the ownership overlay. Would love to see this implemented.

[stryc]

Yeah.

I'll gladly go in and make the alterations, I'd just like to know where to start looking rather than having to sift through a great many scripts looking for something that 'might' be the right thing.

[stryc]

No help available?

That's a shame.

[pipfromslitherine]

OK - changing the alpha on the map can be done via the shaders. But it's a little fiddly.

1 - go to the folder CORE/SHADERS in the game install folder
2 - delete all the .PCS files in there (they will get rebuilt)
3 - open the file TerrainTools.txt
4 - go to line 260 or so
5 - change it from this
colour.rgb = lerp(colour.rgb, over.rgb, highlightR.a);
to
colour.rgb = lerp(colour.rgb, over.rgb, highlightR.a * 0.25);
or whichever value you want to reduce the alpha by.
6 - save the file and restart the game

NOTE: if your game is installed in a protected folder (like Program Files) then you are going to have issues with the game saving the cached files. So you will need to start the game as administrator the first time you run it after you make the change. This shouldn't happen with the Steam version IIRC.

You will need to delete the PCS files each time you want to make a change.

Hope this helps!

Cheers

Pip

[DasTactic]

This was basically fixed in the latest update for the game, wasn't it. With the new settings. Works really well. Love the changes to the red text as well.

[stryc]

OK - changing the alpha on the map can be done via the shaders.
...

Mighty.

Many thanks.