there havn't been updates because i'm writing a program that will read Edi's database and then write EACH AND EVERY SINGEL UNIT AND ITEM INTO THE DOMINIONS ROGUE GAME. (With Edi's permission of course)
the program is almost finished, it reads the database, and rewrites each unit and item into the template needed to be added to dominions rogue, then uses these to write the monster and item data files that Dominions Rogue reads all its monsters and items from.
currently, I am writing algorithms in this program that it uses to assign a symbol to each entry. For example, if a unit has (17 > protection > 12) it might get a symbol of 'I' which would be the symbol for 'heavy Infantry'. The unit works its way through the algorithms until it has a final symbol. So it might start of as an 'I', but later on it turns out the unit also has flying, so it gets a symbol of 'V', the symbol for 'flying heavy infantry', or something.
these unit qualities will determine what symbol a unit is, but since there are so many very similar units, there will be lots of i's and I's and A's and K's all representing many different types of units running around. Fortunately, Edi's DB has a page identifying which units belong to which nation, which can actually be searched by my program to match units with units in a particular nations armies, and then see which nation that unit belongs to. With this information, each unit can be given a color based on its nation, along with a symbol.
The next step then is to differentiate each symbol with a color identifying its nation. For example, Abysian units might be R182 G000 B000 (a dark red). This is easy enough, but I need the colors. While it I thoroughly enjoy playing with the online color wheel, I also have LOTS of other work to do for graduate school. It would be infinitely helpful if people could pick colors for a couple of nations and then list then list the color in this thread in this format:
Code:
color.new('ABYSIAN_RED', '.', color.ABYSIAN_RED, 187, 00, 00)
where the first digit is red, the second green, the third blue. I can simply c'n'p this into the dom rogue's color file.
use the following pages to do this. click around the color wheel until you have a color you are happy with for the nation you are thinking of. it lists the color in hexcode format (the first two digits are red, the second green, ect). You will need to take that hex code to another page to find out the RGB color entry.
the color wheel
http://ficml.org/jemimap/style/color/wheel.html
the color hex code decoder
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Miscellane...hex_table.html
your helps are greatly appreciated!!!