How to change faction colors,,,

[Lannik]

I'd like to personally edit faction colors. I'm looking for a few pointers on where to start. tried googling my tail off and only found tutorials on how to create new units or to change faction colors for Rome 1 using File pack manager. What do I need to get and are there any good tutorials out there?

[Insurgent Korrah]

If you mean changing, for example, Rome units and banners colors from red to other color then this is how i made it before i read any tutorials:
1.in the PFM press File - Open - your ROME II folder - data folder - data.pack. in the left side of the programs press on the little + to browse the files. the things you need to find are: faction_tables (color of the unit cards) and faction_banner_tables. press "extract selected" and it will make a copy of it on your desktop.
2. create a new mod (Files - My Mods - New). right click - add - directory - browse the copies on your desctop and click on OK. go all the way (for example: db - faction_tables - factions). here you can edit the colors of each faction cards color by changing the code numbers to whatever you want. they are under card_color_r, card_color_g, card_color_b (use RGB codes). after saving it put your new .pack file to ROME II data folder and check it in modmanager.

I am not a modder at all, so there are probably more effective ways (maybe without going to desktop) however this worked for me perfectly

[Lannik]

yes thank you. That tells me I was at least on the right track. Trying to change my Carthaginian Uniforms to white/beige/dark purple. I used RGB codes and now about to see if I CTD my game :)

[Lannik]

Well didnt work after a few attempts. must be missing something. tried to change it to prefered colors, saved, loaded game, checked mod. custom battle... units still white/red/green. went back in tried all black still vanilla colors. (under bd/faction_uniform_colours)

[Insurgent Korrah]

Maybe you have other mods installed. i edited now Pontus colours and it didn't work in the first time because of ancientcolorsv2 mod, which is movie.pack and cannot be disabled by mod manager.

[Lannik]

Mother of HADES... I hope thats not the problem i have 40+ mods :/

[ZΞRØ_ØИΞ]

Originally posted by |USMC| Lannik:

yes thank you. That tells me I was at least on the right track. Trying to change my Carthaginian Uniforms to white/beige/dark purple. I used RGB codes and now about to see if I CTD my game :)

Where did you find the factions_tables, i cant find it please help