Here is a new updated version of my political map colorscales for Vanilla/AGCEEP/Plvs Vltra and WATKABAOI.
It retains quite a few of the colours included in the first version, but there is a fair number of new colours and shades as well.
Like the first version, there is an emphasis on reduced contrast between the shading at the centre of a provence and the one at the edge.
Some of the new colours are a bit darker than typical for the first version, however.
In addition, while the first version only had 20 colours, this one has the maximum possible of 26.
I've also attempted to remove some of the shortcomings in the first version, which I apologise for. The first version was rather chaotic, because I simply changed the shades of some colours and then posted the thing up without giving you an idea of what the names of the colours seen on the map actually were. I also left four colours that didn't match up with the others properly in the file unchanged because I'd just left them out in my copy of the game.
This time I've made more of an effort to match the actual appearance of the colours to the names in the file, and where they don't match I've added a better description, like here in the vanilla file:
Here you can see that the colour labelled DarkYellow is actually BlueGreen (the colour used in vanilla for Venice, which I have made slightly more blueish).
Anyway, here are some screenshots of the new version:
I'd like to acknowledge the inspiration for several colours that I got from Olav's and Emperor_krk's version of the EUII SB colorscales, which were posted on this thread. This was a big help with the greens in particular.
You should note that the screenshots are taken from my version of the game, where I've customised the map to my own tastes by altering my countries files. Your version will look different.
With this in mind I'm also posting links to my countries files for vanilla, AGCEEP and WATKABAOI (I haven't got Plvs Vltra, sorry). These will make your maps look like the ones above, but please note that these files are only suitable for people who are using my sprite pack. If you are still using the old sprites, my countries files will make a lot of them disappear, so don't download them.
For those of you who don't have my sprites or want to allocate colours to countries yourselves, I've written a short guide to editing the countries files in post #5 of this thread. The post also includes a list of the colour names and examples of the countries that use them on the maps shown.
Downloads
Vanilla, AGCEEP and Plvs Vltra all use the same colorscales file. WATKABAOI has its own file, however.
Download the colorscales for vanilla, AGCEEP and Plvs Vltra here
Download the colorscales for WATKABAOI here
Put the colorscales download for vanilla AGCEEP and Plvs Vltra in your For the Glory folder
Put the colorscales download for WATKABAOI in For the Glory/Mods/WATKABAOI
Overwrite when asked
Countries files
IMPORTANT - DO NOT download these files if you don't use my spritepack or if you want to allocate the colours to countries yourself.
Download the vanilla countries file here
Download the AGCEEP countries file here
Download the WATKABAOI countries file here
Put the vanilla countries download in your For the Glory folder.
Put the AGCEEP countries download in For the Glory/Mods/AGCEEP
Put the WATKABAOI countries download in For the Glory/Mods/WATKABAOI
It retains quite a few of the colours included in the first version, but there is a fair number of new colours and shades as well.
Like the first version, there is an emphasis on reduced contrast between the shading at the centre of a provence and the one at the edge.
Some of the new colours are a bit darker than typical for the first version, however.
In addition, while the first version only had 20 colours, this one has the maximum possible of 26.
I've also attempted to remove some of the shortcomings in the first version, which I apologise for. The first version was rather chaotic, because I simply changed the shades of some colours and then posted the thing up without giving you an idea of what the names of the colours seen on the map actually were. I also left four colours that didn't match up with the others properly in the file unchanged because I'd just left them out in my copy of the game.
This time I've made more of an effort to match the actual appearance of the colours to the names in the file, and where they don't match I've added a better description, like here in the vanilla file:
Here you can see that the colour labelled DarkYellow is actually BlueGreen (the colour used in vanilla for Venice, which I have made slightly more blueish).
Anyway, here are some screenshots of the new version:
I'd like to acknowledge the inspiration for several colours that I got from Olav's and Emperor_krk's version of the EUII SB colorscales, which were posted on this thread. This was a big help with the greens in particular.
You should note that the screenshots are taken from my version of the game, where I've customised the map to my own tastes by altering my countries files. Your version will look different.
With this in mind I'm also posting links to my countries files for vanilla, AGCEEP and WATKABAOI (I haven't got Plvs Vltra, sorry). These will make your maps look like the ones above, but please note that these files are only suitable for people who are using my sprite pack. If you are still using the old sprites, my countries files will make a lot of them disappear, so don't download them.
For those of you who don't have my sprites or want to allocate colours to countries yourselves, I've written a short guide to editing the countries files in post #5 of this thread. The post also includes a list of the colour names and examples of the countries that use them on the maps shown.
Downloads
Vanilla, AGCEEP and Plvs Vltra all use the same colorscales file. WATKABAOI has its own file, however.
Download the colorscales for vanilla, AGCEEP and Plvs Vltra here
Download the colorscales for WATKABAOI here
Put the colorscales download for vanilla AGCEEP and Plvs Vltra in your For the Glory folder
Put the colorscales download for WATKABAOI in For the Glory/Mods/WATKABAOI
Overwrite when asked
Countries files
IMPORTANT - DO NOT download these files if you don't use my spritepack or if you want to allocate the colours to countries yourself.
Download the vanilla countries file here
Download the AGCEEP countries file here
Download the WATKABAOI countries file here
Put the vanilla countries download in your For the Glory folder.
Put the AGCEEP countries download in For the Glory/Mods/AGCEEP
Put the WATKABAOI countries download in For the Glory/Mods/WATKABAOI
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