0.12.22 change color of poles

[osldgoth]

I am attempting to change the color of the electric poles on the map. I am basing this on the visibleBots mod. I have tried:

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for k, v in pairs(data.raw["electric-pole"]) do
	v["small-electric-pole"].map_color = {r=0, g=1, b=0}
end

and

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for k, v in pairs(data.raw["electric-pole"]) do
	v.map_color = {r=0, g=1, b=0}
end

other variations have also been tried. I can't get the poles to change color. is this even possible? has anyone been able to do it? any tips, hits, suggestions?

in the end I don't want all poles to be a different color, I eventually want to change only a few poles that meet specific criteria. I have to be able to change the color of the poles before I get that far...

[mophydeen]

My mod changes the color for the M1-5 versions

eg.
custommep.pictures.tint=Colortint.Tier5

[keyboardhack]

My mod changes the color for the M1-5 versions

eg.
custommep.pictures.tint=Colortint.Tier5

This is about the color shown on the map/minimap.

Have tried to do it myself and it doesn't look like it's possible.

[Rseding91]

map_color, friendly_map_color, and enemy_map_color on the entity prototype will do what you're after. Keep in mind you'll need to trigger a re-chart of the chunk(s) in order to see the changes.

[osldgoth]

well I have tried all versions of 'my code' to select the power poles and set the color after which I've run rechart in game several times, the power poles just don't change color. is there anything else I should know about?

[Rseding91]

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data.raw["electric-pole"]["small-electric-pole"].friendly_map_color = {r = 1, g = 1, b = 1, a = 1}

Works perfectly for me. Throw it in a mod, start up a game and build some small electric poles. They'll show white on the map.

[keyboardhack]

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data.raw["electric-pole"]["small-electric-pole"].friendly_map_color = {r = 1, g = 1, b = 1, a = 1}

Works perfectly for me. Throw it in a mod, start up a game and build some small electric poles. They'll show white on the map.

Just want to make sure why this works. It works because a small-electric-pole is placed in the neutral force because it has this flag "placeable-neutral" and to get "map_color" to work the flag have to be changed to "placeable-player"? If that's how it works then is it possible to make your own "placeable-force" flags?

[Rseding91]

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data.raw["electric-pole"]["small-electric-pole"].friendly_map_color = {r = 1, g = 1, b = 1, a = 1}

Works perfectly for me. Throw it in a mod, start up a game and build some small electric poles. They'll show white on the map.

Just want to make sure why this works. It works because a small-electric-pole is placed in the neutral force because it has this flag "placeable-neutral" and to get "map_color" to work the flag have to be changed to "placeable-player"? If that's how it works then is it possible to make your own "placeable-force" flags?

It works because map_color is used first if it exists else friendly_map_color is used for most friendly entities.

small-electric-poles are not placed as neutral. They're placed as the force that builds them.

[osldgoth]

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data.raw["electric-pole"]["small-electric-pole"].friendly_map_color = {r = 1, g = 1, b = 1, a = 1}

Works perfectly for me. Throw it in a mod, start up a game and build some small electric poles. They'll show white on the map.

Thank you for helping with this. I tried recreating your code to test it, but when that didn't work, I copied your code thinking maybe I was spelling something wrong, or there was some other typing error... still didn't work. ... about an hour later still not working but I managed to figure out the problem: the file name containing the script wasn't named 'data.lua'. so the game didn't know what to do with it i guess. perhaps I missed the memo which spelled that out.