I have not tried to make a new star, but in the engines, the color is provided partly from a .txm file. I was able to change engine colors by making new textures and new .txm files.

Hope this helps

All right, the star is ingame, and its purple. It's almost ready, but there are a few things that need finishing. I'll post the important parts of the StarArch.ini:

[star
nickname = med_purple_sun
star_glow = purple_starglow
star_center = purple_starcenter
lens_flare = circle_blue_lens_flare
lens_glow = purple_lens_glow
spines = blue4_spines
intensity_fade_in = 0
intensity_fade_out = 0
zone_occlusion_fade_in = 1.000000
zone_occlusion_fade_out = 1.000000
radius = 3000.000000

[star_glow
nickname = purple_starcenter
shape = LensGlowSpike
scale = 2
inner_color = 1, 1, 1
outer_color = 0.500000, 0, 1

[star_glow
nickname = purple_starglow
shape = glow2_ring
scale = 6
inner_color = 0.500000, 0.500000, 1
outer_color = 0.500000, 0, 1

Note, I found the above already ingame, and used its colors as a basis for the rest.

[lens_glow
nickname = purple_lens_glow
shape = LensGlowSpike
radius_scale = 2.000000
inner_color = 1, 0.400000, 0.700000
outer_color = 0.900000, 0.200000, 0.700000
glow_fade_in_seconds = 0.250000
glow_fade_out_seconds = 0.250000

Now, the only things that need "purple-izing" are the spikes and the lens flare. Let me post the ones its using so you can see my problem.

[lens_flare
nickname = hex_blue_lens_flare
shape = hexagon
min_radius = 10
max_radius = 150
bead = 0.150000, 0.500000, 0, 0.200000, 0.800000, 0.050000
bead = 0.200000, 0.300000, 0, 0.200000, 0.800000, 0.020000
bead = 0.250000, 0.400000, 0, 0.200000, 0.900000, 0.070000
bead = 0.300000, 0.200000, 0, 0.200000, 0.900000, 0.050000
bead = 0.330000, 0.400000, 0, 0.300000, 0.900000, 0.060000
bead = 0.500000, 0.500000, 0, 0.100000, 0.600000, 0.040000
bead = 0.600000, 0.700000, 0, 0.200000, 0.700000, 0.030000

[spines
nickname = blue4_spines
radius_scale = 1
shape = stripe_narrow
spine = 5, 0.500000, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0.200000, 1, 0.400000
spine = 7, 0.600000, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0.200000, 1, 0.300000
spine = 5, 0.500000, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0.200000, 1, 0.500000
spine = 7, 0.600000, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0.200000, 1, 0.500000

What do all of those numbers mean, and which do I need to modify?

MK

*edit*

I just realized that the amount of numbers in the lens_flare is the same as the numbers of its shape (hexagon), so my bet is that they represent the actual shape in some way. Since no color is mentioned, I don't think we need to worry about it.

Edited by - mknote on 3/23/2005 12:28:28 PM

Well, Those numbers PROBABLY specify how the spines etc are shaped but they are definitely NOT RGB Values.

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