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Rain-Islet: [bot] Batch update {{Bugs}} templates.

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[bot] Batch update {{Bugs}} templates.

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	{{bugs}}		=={{bugs}}==
	=== Hardcoded color selection menu ===		=== Hardcoded color selection menu ===
	While the color values are freely editable, there are issues with the color displayed in the color selection menu in both Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 2. In TS, the color names in the color selection menu are hardcoded; editing the values associated with a color will ''not'' change the name of the color as it appears in the menu, although it will alter the color the text is displayed in. For example, editing {{tt\|DarkGreen}} into a brown color tone will result in the color selection menu containing a brown-colored text reading "Green", which can be selected in order to have the respective house play with a brown color in the acctual game.		While the color values are freely editable, there are issues with the color displayed in the color selection menu in both Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 2. In TS, the color names in the color selection menu are hardcoded; editing the values associated with a color will ''not'' change the name of the color as it appears in the menu, although it will alter the color the text is displayed in. For example, editing {{tt\|DarkGreen}} into a brown color tone will result in the color selection menu containing a brown-colored text reading "Green", which can be selected in order to have the respective house play with a brown color in the acctual game.

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en>Crimsonum: Fixed index/ID terminology

2023-03-31T05:12:35Z

Fixed index/ID terminology

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	== Color format ==		== Color format ==

	Each color entry has a unique name ~~identifier~~ followed by three values representing the ''hue'', ''saturation'' and ''value'' of the color expressed in bytes (0–255). The value component specifies the maximum brightness allowed for the color as the color spread is generated. Hue remains constant. Saturation curves through color space as the value component changes so that darker colors become more saturated.		Each color entry has a unique name followed by three values representing the ''hue'', ''saturation'' and ''value'' of the color expressed in bytes (0–255). The value component specifies the maximum brightness allowed for the color as the color spread is generated. Hue remains constant. Saturation curves through color space as the value component changes so that darker colors become more saturated.

	== Structure ==		== Structure ==
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	=== Multiplayer colors ===		=== Multiplayer colors ===

	Player colors available in multiplayer are hardcoded to certain indexes ~~(''not'' IDs~~) in the internal table. Below is a list of these ~~indexes~~ and their respective colors. The ''multiplayer color ~~index~~'' determines the order in which the colors appear in the multiplayer dialog.		Player colors available in multiplayer are hardcoded to certain IDs (indexes) in the internal table. Below is a list of these IDs and their respective colors. The ''multiplayer color ID'' determines the order in which the colors appear in the multiplayer dialog.

	{\|class="wikitable sortable"		{\|class="wikitable sortable"
	!~~Index~~ (TS/FS)		!ID (TS/FS)
	!~~Index~~ (RA2/YR)		!ID (RA2/YR)
	!Multiplayer ~~Index~~		!Multiplayer ID
	!ID		!Name
	\|-		\|-
	\|3		\|3
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	=== UI & text ===		=== UI & text ===

	Several color ~~IDs~~ and/or ~~indexes~~ in this section are hardcoded for various UI and text elements. Below is a few examples from TS:		Several color names and/or IDs in this section are hardcoded for various UI and text elements. Below is a few examples from TS:

	{\|class="wikitable"		{\|class="wikitable"
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	!Hardcoded for...		!Hardcoded for...
	\|-		\|-
	\|~~Index~~		\|ID
	\|0		\|0
	\|UI top bar text, pip text		\|UI top bar text, pip text
	\|-		\|-
	\|ID		\|Name
	\|LightGold		\|LightGold
	\|Closing credits text		\|Closing credits text
	\|-		\|-
	\|ID		\|Name
	\|LightGrey		\|LightGrey
	\|Neutral & Special 0House color, cameo "on hold" status and queue count		\|Neutral & Special 0House color, cameo "on hold" status and queue count
	\|-		\|-
	\|ID		\|Name
	\|Grey		\|Grey
	\|Default text print & gadget color and MP debug text print		\|Default text print & gadget color and MP debug text print
	\|-		\|-
	\|~~Index~~		\|ID
	\|14		\|14
	\|Waypoint number		\|Waypoint number
	\|-		\|-
	\|ID		\|Name
	\|Red		\|Red
	\|Map lighting		\|Map lighting
	\|-		\|-
	\|ID		\|Name
	\|Green		\|Green
	\|Map lighting, loading screen progress text, tooltips, Dropship loadout and ingame menu version text		\|Map lighting, loading screen progress text, tooltips, Dropship loadout and ingame menu version text
	\|-		\|-
	\|ID		\|Name
	\|LightBlue		\|LightBlue
	\|Sidebar icon "ready" status		\|Sidebar icon "ready" status
	\|-		\|-
	\|ID		\|Name
	\|Blue		\|Blue
	\|Map lighting		\|Map lighting

en>Crimsonum: Some minor fixed and additions.

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Some minor fixed and additions.

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	This section contains a list of colors used for various purposes in the game, most notably to differentiate various players ([[Houses]]) from each other.		This section contains a list of colors used for various purposes in the game, most notably to differentiate various players ([[Houses]]) from each other.

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	=== Objects displaying through shroud ===		=== Objects displaying through shroud ===
	[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tiberian-sun-client The Tiberian Sun Client] and its derivatives allow modders to use any of the colors listed in this section as player colors by referring to the game's internal color table. However, care should be taken, as using even-numbered color indexes results in the player objects clipping through [[shroud]] (as demonstrated [https://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/11/10865/1.jpg in this screenshot]). This is because even-numbered colors are reserved for UI and text elements, so they must, by design, ignore any alpha layers like the shroud. See [#Structure] for more information.		[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tiberian-sun-client The Tiberian Sun Client] and its derivatives allow modders to use any of the colors listed in this section as player colors by referring to the game's internal color table. However, care should be taken, as using even-numbered color indexes results in the player objects clipping through [[shroud]] (as demonstrated [https://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/11/10865/1.jpg in this screenshot]). This is because even-numbered colors are reserved for UI and text elements, so they must, by design, ignore any alpha layers like the shroud. See [[Colors#Structure\|the Structure section]] for more information.

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==
	* [https://ppmforums.com/topic-44057/westwood-color-conversion-utility/ Westwood Color Conversion Utility] for converting color values between standard RGB range and Westwood's HSV range.		* [https://ppmforums.com/topic-44057/westwood-color-conversion-utility/ Westwood Color Conversion Utility] for converting color values between standard RGB range and Westwood's HSV range.
	* [http://bobingabout.gamemod.net/Files/rgb2hsb.exe RGB-to-HSB color converter], an alternative, older tool.		* [http://bobingabout.gamemod.net/Files/rgb2hsb.exe RGB-to-HSB color converter], an alternative, older tool.

			[[Category:Rules(md).ini Sections]]
			[[Category:General Editing Information]]

en>Crimsonum at 21:51, 26 November 2021

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	=== Remap ===		=== Remap ===

	Most buildings and units in the game have color areas in their art that are remapped according to the owner house's [[color]]. These areas consist of colors #16–31 in the {{tt\|UNITSNO}}, {{tt\|UNITEM}} and (in RA2) {{tt\|UNITURB}} [[palettes]], represented by a gradient of red.		Most buildings and units in the game have color areas in their art that are remapped according to the owner house's [[color]]. These areas consist of colors #16–31 in the {{tt\|UNITSNO}}, {{tt\|UNITEM}} and (in RA2) {{tt\|UNITURB}} [[PAL\|palettes]], represented by a gradient of red.

	=== UI & text ===		=== UI & text ===
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	Several color IDs and/or indexes in this section are hardcoded for various UI and text elements. Below is a few examples from TS:		Several color IDs and/or indexes in this section are hardcoded for various UI and text elements. Below is a few examples from TS:

	{\|class="wikitable ~~sortable~~"		{\|class="wikitable"
	!Type		!Type
	!Value		!Value

en>Crimsonum: Un-Deezire'd, rewritten and updated with latest info.

2021-11-26T21:48:00Z

Un-Deezire'd, rewritten and updated with latest info.

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en>TAK02: moved the bottom link to top

2016-12-03T15:30:28Z

moved the bottom link to top

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			'''NOTE''': Bobingabout made an RGB-to-HSB color converter. Get it here:
			http://bobingabout.gamemod.net/Files/rgb2hsb.exe

	This section contains the various colors available to be used when applying the 'remap' logic and usually refer to the colors that objects in the game can be remapped to. Most objects in the game contain an area or areas of color which are drawn in specific palette entries from the UNITSNO, UNITEM and UNITURB palettes. In Red Alert 2, like Tiberian Sun, these palette entries are represented by various shades of red. The colors listed here form an internal table of colors from which the game can remap those shades of red. Each house (country) must be assigned a default Color= from this list. In multiplayer map files, the color of each house already present on the map can be specified which will over-ride the default setting for that house. The three values from each entry here represent the hue, saturation and value of each color. The value component specifies the maximum brightness allowed for the color as the color spread is generated. The hue component remains constant. The saturation curves through color space as the value component changes such that darker colors become more saturated.<br />		This section contains the various colors available to be used when applying the 'remap' logic and usually refer to the colors that objects in the game can be remapped to. Most objects in the game contain an area or areas of color which are drawn in specific palette entries from the UNITSNO, UNITEM and UNITURB palettes. In Red Alert 2, like Tiberian Sun, these palette entries are represented by various shades of red. The colors listed here form an internal table of colors from which the game can remap those shades of red. Each house (country) must be assigned a default Color= from this list. In multiplayer map files, the color of each house already present on the map can be specified which will over-ride the default setting for that house. The three values from each entry here represent the hue, saturation and value of each color. The value component specifies the maximum brightness allowed for the color as the color spread is generated. The hue component remains constant. The saturation curves through color space as the value component changes such that darker colors become more saturated.<br />
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	NeonLime=53,235,255<br />		NeonLime=53,235,255<br />
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	~~'''TAK02''': Bobingabout made a color converter. Get it here:~~
	~~http://bobingabout.gamemod.net/Files/rgb2hsb.exe~~

en>TAK02: Found Bobingabout's color converter and added the link to the bottom of page

2016-03-11T14:43:06Z

Found Bobingabout's color converter and added the link to the bottom of page

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			'''TAK02''': Bobingabout made a color converter. Get it here:
			http://bobingabout.gamemod.net/Files/rgb2hsb.exe

en>MillenniumNova at 03:43, 3 March 2013

2013-03-03T03:43:05Z

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	Note that this list forms an internal table to which the game refers when any color is required for the games houses (including display of text). The table is numbered in the order in which these colors appear and starts at '0'. When the game needs a particular color, it refers to a number from this table by matching the name, so to edit or change any colors you should change the values held here under that color's name, not the name itself.<br />		Note that this list forms an internal table to which the game refers when any color is required for the games houses (including display of text). The table is numbered in the order in which these colors appear and starts at '0'. When the game needs a particular color, it refers to a number from this table by matching the name, so to edit or change any colors you should change the values held here under that color's name, not the name itself.<br />
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	~~It is also worth remembering~~ that ~~entries 1~~,5,6,7,8,10,12 and 14 are ~~used for~~ the default ~~colors of~~ the ~~multiplayer houses so you~~ can change these ~~values~~ to allow players to use different colors, although it is not recommended that you use Black for a multiplayer house - doing so means the player will not see a lot of in game text which is printed on a Black background! It is ~~unwise~~ to ~~edit numbers 17 and 18 (Allied Load and Soviet Load) as these colors~~ are ~~always used for~~ the ~~text~~ on ~~loading screens~~. The game ~~can handle a maximum of~~ 50 colors in this ~~table~~.<br />
			In both ''[[Tiberian Sun]]'' (including ''[[Firestorm]]'') and ''[[Red Alert 2]]'', the game identifies the colors available in the multiplayer color selection menu by their name on the left side of the table. The colors that will appear in the color selection menu are the ones with the names <tt>Gold</tt>, <tt>DarkRed</tt>, <tt>DarkBlue</tt>, <tt>DarkGreen</tt>, <tt>Orange</tt>, <tt>DarkSky</tt>, <tt>Purple</tt> and <tt>Magenta</tt>. They will appear in the dropdown menu in precisely this order, from top to bottom, irrespective of how they are sorted in the color list in the rules(md). Their acctual number in the list does not matter at all, since they are identified by their name, not by the list number. While the appearance of the golden MP color (edited to yellow in ''RA2'') - corresponding to no side in ''Red Alert 2'' - and the appearance of the Soviet color before the Allied one may seem odd in that game, one has to keep in mind that the color array dates back to ''Tiberian Sun'', where GDI - by default associated with a golden remap - was the first side, and Nod - by default associated with a red remap - was the second side. Blue - which represents the Allies in ''Red Alert 2'' - had no corresponding side in ''Tiberian Sun''.

			You can change the values of these entries to allow players to use different colors, although it is not recommended that you use Black for a multiplayer house - doing so means the player will not see a lot of in game text which is printed on a Black background!
			<br>
			While in-game colors as appearing in-game are freely editable, there are issues with the acctual color selection menu in both ''Tiberian Sun'' and ''Red Alert 2''. In ''Tiberian Sun'', editing the values associated with a color will not change the name of the color as it appears in the color selection menu, although it ''will'' alter the color the text is displayed in. For example, editing <tt>DarkGreen</tt> into a brown color tone will result in the color selection menu containing a brown-colored text reading "Green", which can be selected in order to have the respective house play with a brown color in the acctual game.
			''Red Alert 2'' has a distinct, but similar issue in the color selection menu - this game does not acctually have text in the dropdown color selection menu. Instead, it uses little colored squares representing each available color. If the color values are unedited, the color of the squares corresponds to the in-game color which is selected by clicking on them. However, if the color value of a multiplayer color is edited, the colored square in the menu will not change its color to reflect the new values - it will instead keep displaying its default color, which may not correspond to the new color that the option it represents has been changed into.
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			The game also uses the colors with the name <tt>AlliedLoad</tt> and <tt>SovietLoad</tt> to print the loadscreen texts for allied and soviet, respectively, allowing you to edit these aswell.

			Contrary to previous information in the community, there seems to be no issue with having more than 50 colors in this list, at least for YR, although the same seems to be supported by research in TS.<br />

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	LightGold=25,255,255 ; 0 Orange<br />		LightGold=25,255,255 ; 0 Orange<br />

en>Nighthawk200: Tidied up a bit and split ColorAdd section, I'm assuming it is a DZ definition too so I've included the DZ header.

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Tidied up a bit and split ColorAdd section, I'm assuming it is a DZ definition too so I've included the DZ header.

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	LightGold=25,255,255 ; 0 Orange<br />		LightGold=25,255,255 ; 0 Orange<br />
	Gold=41,240,230 ; 1 MP#0 Yellow<br />		Gold=41,240,230 ; 1 MP#0 Yellow<br />
	LightGrey=0,0,240 ; 2 White<br />		LightGrey=0,0,240 ; 2 White<br />
	Grey=0,0,131 ; 3 Grey<br />		Grey=0,0,131 ; 3 Grey<br />
	Red=20,255,184 ; 4 Brown<br />		Red=20,255,184 ; 4 Brown<br />
	DarkRed=0,230,255 ; 5 MP#1 Red<br />		DarkRed=0,230,255 ; 5 MP#1 Red<br />
	Orange=25,230,255 ; 6 MP#4 Orange<br />		Orange=25,230,255 ; 6 MP#4 Orange<br />
	Magenta=221,102,255 ; 7 MP#7 Pink<br />		Magenta=221,102,255 ; 7 MP#7 Pink<br />
	Purple=201,201,189 ; 8 MP#6 Purple<br />		Purple=201,201,189 ; 8 MP#6 Purple<br />
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	NeonBlue=185,156,238 ; 11 Violet<br />		NeonBlue=185,156,238 ; 11 Violet<br />
	DarkSky=131,200,230 ; 12 MP#5 Periwinkle (i.e. aquaish)<br />		DarkSky=131,200,230 ; 12 MP#5 Periwinkle (i.e. aquaish)<br />
	Green=104,241,195 ; 13 Bathroom green<br />		Green=104,241,195 ; 13 Bathroom green<br />
	DarkGreen=81,200,210 ; 14 MP#3 Light green<br />		DarkGreen=81,200,210 ; 14 MP#3 Light green<br />
	NeonGreen=0,0,0 ; 15 Black<br />		NeonGreen=0,0,0 ; 15 Black<br />
	Yellow=38,159,255 ; 16 Pastel yellow<br />		Yellow=38,159,255 ; 16 Pastel yellow<br />
	AlliedLoad=164,255,255 ; 17 Allied Load<br />		AlliedLoad=164,255,255 ; 17 Allied Load<br />
	SovietLoad=0,235,255 ; 18 Soviet Load<br />		SovietLoad=0,235,255 ; 18 Soviet Load<br />
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	~~[title]ColorAdd[/title]<br />~~
	[content]This section holds and defines the colors used to tint buildings, such as when they are designated for an Airstrike. In order to prevent slowdown in the low level blitting routines, this functionality was implemented by doing a composite bitwise logical OR. This means that the color value is not being shifted, instead the value of color specified below is being added. If part of the object being tinted already has as much value of the color specified, then no change will be seen. At the level that the blitters operate, colors are 16 bit numbers using the 5,6,5 RGB scheme. This means that values of red range from 0 to 31, values of green from 0 to 63, and values of blue from 0 to 31. Those values are then converted from binary to decimal and listed here.<br />
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	~~None=0,0,0 00000,000000,00000 0<br />~~
	~~StrongRed=31,0,0 11111,000000,00000 1<br />~~
	~~StrongGreen=0,63,0 00000,111111,00000 2<br />~~
	~~StrongBlue=0,0,31 00000,000000,11111 3<br />~~
	~~HighRed=24,0,0 11000,000000,00000 4<br />~~
	~~HighGreen=0,56,0 00000,111000,00000 5<br />~~
	~~HighBlue=0,0,24 00000,000000,11000 6<br />~~
	~~BrightWhite=31,63,31 11111,111111,11111 7<br />~~
	~~LowWhite=7,7,7 00111,000111,00111 8<br />~~
	~~HighWhite=24,56,24 11000,111000,11000 9<br />~~
	~~MidWhite=14,28,14 01110,011100,01110 10<br />~~
	~~Purple=15,0,15 01111,000000,01111 11<br />~~
	~~HighYellow=24,56,0 11000,111000,00000 12<br />~~
	~~TopYellow=16,32,0 10000,100000,00000 13<br />~~
	~~<br />~~
	The games' difficulty is controlled by these factors. Some of these factors will only affect a computer player. The computer and human players can be handicapped by these individual settings, thus the computer may be playing at 'hard' level while the player may be playing at 'easy' level. Each level of difficulty must be defined with its own section here and should be [Easy] , [Normal] and [Difficult]- you cannot add new difficulty levels as these sections are the only ones Red Alert 2 will recognize.