CoA Index?

[Capt Oblivious]

Is there any kind of index to CoA patterns and textures? I.e is ther ea graphics file that hte codes relate to?

When I created my own character it looks liek tampering with the dynasties.txt file by adding this sequence after the string allows a new flag:

coat_of_arms = {
template = 0
layer = {
texture = 3
texture_internal = 47
emblem = 0
color = 0
color = 0
color = 0
}
}

thus far I've just been crap shooting it to find a pattern I like, but I don't know if there is maybe a list I can look at or what. Anyone know?

 

[Vagn]

Is there any kind of index to CoA patterns and textures? I.e is ther ea graphics file that hte codes relate to?

When I created my own character it looks liek tampering with the dynasties.txt file by adding this sequence after the string allows a new flag:

coat_of_arms = {
template = 0
layer = {
texture = 3
texture_internal = 47
emblem = 0
color = 0
color = 0
color = 0
}
}

thus far I've just been crap shooting it to find a pattern I like, but I don't know if there is maybe a list I can look at or what. Anyone know?

I think they are located in gfx/coats_of_arms where there is a bunch of type .tga files, I'd guess template refers to the patern.tga files, emblem picks a specific image out of emblems.dds and color is the colour of the background pattern. The .tga files can be opened with something like GIMP, as can .dds if you have the right plugin.

 

[Arko]

Is there any kind of index to CoA patterns and textures? I.e is ther ea graphics file that hte codes relate to?

When I created my own character it looks liek tampering with the dynasties.txt file by adding this sequence after the string allows a new flag:

coat_of_arms = {
template = 0
layer = {
texture = 3
texture_internal = 47
emblem = 0
color = 0
color = 0
color = 0
}
}

what do you want to do exactly ? adding a preexisting flag from the dynasty flag DLC or creating one dealing with models and colours used from randomly generated coas ?

-first case, your script should work.
-in the second case you have to change the values.

template = X
is the laying out.
not sure about zero if it refers to the 1st one or none.
= 0/1 coa_plain
= 1/2 coa_party_per_fess
= 2/3 coa_party_per_pale
= 3/4 coa_party_per_cros
= 4/5 coa_party_triangle

texture = X
is the colour-able motif/emblem.
=0 refers to file named pattern.tga
=1 refers to file named pattern2.tga
=2 refers to file named pattern3.tga
=3 refers to the file from the dynasty DLC called dynasty.tga
=4 refers to file named pattern4.tga

texture internal = X
is to select inside the prior file.the number is obtained by counting the emblems in the files -1.
if you have more than one horizontal row. you count from left to right before beginning next line.

emblem = X
non colour-able emblems.
=0 none
=1/25 refers to the files emblem.dds the number is obtained by counting the emblems in the files -1.

color = X
defines the colours for different parts.
=1/14
some patterns are two coloured some are three coloured.
the available colours are set in the file coats_of_arms.txt

 

[Capt Oblivious]

Yeah I was just trying to tamper with the coat of arms system within the game to develop a CoA similar to my real life family's. The original game had a system where you could simply import a .jpg file and use that, which is a bit easier. Still trying to figure this one out....thanks for the help though, least now I know what changes what.

 

[Onedreamer]

great stuff Arko but I'll add a few notes/corrections

1- Emblems are counted from 1 to 24, no subtraction since 0 means none.
2- Don't ask me why but randomly generated coats in savefiles have "texture internal" and "emblem" switched in position. So if you're editing a save file, consider the order of these 2 inverted.
3- about colors. I'm not totally positive on this but it should be that, considering the RGB colors in the pattern files, red will be the 1st color in order in your coat, green the second and (where present) blue the third.

 

[Federalist girl]

And of course, you can always add another texture file to interface\coat_of_arms.txt after pattern4.tga. Just set it to be 1x1 and make the image whatever square coat of arms you feel like, and set the texture_internal in dynasties.txt to 0.