Soldier Sprites/ Uniforms/ Colours

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Hello, I've seen this subject discussed in the VIP forum, but nowhere else....I'm not even sure if it's a bug, or a deliberate decision on Paradox's part, but I do know it is something that the average modder, like myself, can't fix. It's not a big issue, or an important one, but if fixed, this would probably add a bit more flavour/history to the game

I speak of the colourations of the uniforms used by the army sprites. Normally, they all have white trousers...except, in the country.csv file where this data is stored, most countries have different colours listed for their pants. Obviously, whatever sets the different colours for the lower half sprites' uniforms is not activated. Perhaps this is the wrong place for this thread, but I'm just curious, was leaving the lower half of the uniforms white a deliberate choice? Or, was putting in the colours causing problems, or was it to difficult to implement? Or...is this a bug? Is there a way for the average modder to fix this?

In any case, just a small question/comment, probably reserved for
elsewhere....also, it's a really ODD one, but hey....I find military uniforms interesting.

P.S. Good work on patch 1.03! Very good!

 

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I'd wondered about this myself. I was very disappointed to discover that the trousers' colours couldn't be changed It's unfortunate, too, that there's only one land unit graphic--I was looking forward to modding units for the different nations.

 

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No other responces....hmmm...

Strange, not a single other person has even looked at this, most noticably someone who can actually tell what's gone wrong with the sprites, or what HASN'T gone wrong, as the case may be. It's a simple question to answer, so please, could I have an answer?

 

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From what I've heard, it's a hard-coded thing; all units have grey pants. Back when the game was released, a few people attempted to mod the colors but got nowhere quick.

I'm sure that if you look around in the Scenarios and modifications/ Graphics forum you can get your answer.

Edit: Found it
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=113278

 

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Thanks, trevorscott, it's the same thread I found a while ago, but now I've noticed that this subject has been brought up before on the bug forum, and not answered before, too. Frankly, I just want an answer as to why the pants colour was not activated. I don't even really care if nothing is changed, but an answer would be nice, period.