color changes

kpayne89 · Post by **kpayne89** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:29 pm

im doing my 2nd replica which is indy 2004. the car ramps are purple. i made a purple texture but in the game, its a brownish color not the purple texture i made. but in track view to take pics of the track, the ramps are purple. can someone help?

g8torsbizktai20 · Post by **g8torsbizktai20** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:58 pm

Make a custom pallete and see if that does anything. just a suggestion. IF you dont konw how to make one go to the topic about my Soldier Speedway it explains it there.

http://forum.mtm2.com/viewtopic.php?p=28466#28466

rocketalces · Post by **rocketalces** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:40 am

The problem relates to the fact that the game is always displayed with only 256 colors.
Each track and truck can have its own set of 256 colors. But in a race, the game engine needs to break down everything to a single common 256 color palette. Colors not included in that common palette will be displayed with the closest available color, close being numerically defined based on the Red-Green-Blue values.
For the calculation of the common palette, the tracks' palette is the most (only?) relevant.
[The screen displayed while the track gets loaded is also affected by the palette: with some tracks you may see noticeable color distortions.]

All this implies that truck colors will be different depending on the track they run. In your case, because purple is not a kind of color heavily used in tracks, the closest available approximation will often be quite far away, hence the brownish tone you get.

g8torsbizktai20 · Post by **g8torsbizktai20** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:37 am

^

listen to him not me lol

hes a lot smarter with tracks then i am.