Coloring a Creature

[Callirgos]

Hi.

 

At first glance it looks like coloring a creature is simple. However, I've found I can't actually do this. There must be some hidden setting, flag, or some such shinannagins... Besides the 6 color entries, what else needs to be changed to change the coloring of a creature?

[Jarno Mikkola]

At first glance it looks like coloring a creature is simple. However, I've found I can't actually do this. There must be some hidden setting, flag, or some such shinannagins... Besides the 6 color entries, what else needs to be changed to change the coloring of a creature?

Erhm, well some of the creatures are a little different from paleted humanoid creatures(hobgoblins, player races etc)... but it can be done, at least in BG2's aTweaks mod, a screen shot:

[Callirgos]

It seems IWDII monsters can't have thier color changed. But I look at the Hell Hound and it's clearly a Worg Model with a red texture. The settings in the .CRE are as I suspected, but I can't make a green worg or a blue worg, or change it in anyway. Infact, if I use the Red Worg as a base it is ALWAYS Red and when I use the Gray worg as a base it is ALWAYS gray. There must be some flag or setting somewhere...

 

How do I make a blank .CRE and start from absolute scratch? I haven't tried that yet. Is that the only way to set a new color?

[Sam.]

There is a tutorial on How to change (NPC) colours. To change the color of un-paletted creatures (like the trolls above) see effect #51 (0x033) Colour: Strong/Dark by RGB [51] with the Location field set to Skin color - 3. Attached is an example creature we use in the Classic Adventures mod (for BGII ToB).

 

TCMMBIRD.rar

[Callirgos]

Thanks, Sam!

 

Effect 51 works great!