Choosing color in ranked game

[manwithoutname]

Is there a way to select your color in a ranked game?

I set my player and team 1/2 all in teal in the accessibility settings, but they don't seem to come through in the multiplayer settings.

[I_HaRRiiSoN_I]

make sure you have turned off friend or foes colours either in option menu or in game with "alt + f"

[manwithoutname]

make sure you have turned off friend or foes colours either in option menu or in game with "alt + f"

Thanks, that helps. Now I encounter another problem: when I set both team/player 1 and 2 as a certain color, to make sure I'll get it, me and my opponent have the same color which is confusing. How do you guys solve this?

[n0el]

you have to add a new file to your game folder which hard codes the friend foe colors, otherwise you are reliant on being player 1 or player 2

[manwithoutname]

you have to add a new file to your game folder which hard codes the friend foe colors, otherwise you are reliant on being player 1 or player 2

Ohh ok, do you have a source for that file?

[knusch]

u can do it via mod, but mods r not allowed in ranked games (or r they now?)

[n0el]

@manwithoutname

playercolors.xml

<playercolors>
<player num="0" color1="147 108 46" color2="140 90 10" color3="77 51 0" minimap="147 108 46">
</player>
<player num="1" color1="45 45 245" color2="45 45 245" color3="45 45 245" minimap="45 45 245">
</player>
<player num="2" color1="210 40 40" color2="210 40 40" color3="210 40 40" minimap="210 40 40">
</player>
<player num="3" color1="224 224 30" color2="224 224 30" color3="224 224 30" minimap="224 224 30">
</player>
<player num="4" color1="145 15 243" color2="145 15 243" color3="145 15 243" minimap="145 15 243">
</player>
<player num="5" color1="42 212 58" color2="42 212 58" color3="42 212 58" minimap="42 212 58">
</player>
<player num="6" color1="234 135 0" color2="234 135 0" color3="234 135 0" minimap="234 135 0">
</player>
<player num="7" color1="28 194 219" color2="28 194 219" color3="28 194 219" minimap="28 194 219">
</player>
<player num="8" color1="235 97 235" color2="235 97 235" color3="235 97 235" minimap="235 97 235">
</player>
<player num="9" color1="30 30 30" color2="10 10 10" color3="35 35 35" minimap="64 64 64">
</player>
<player num="10" color1="120 120 120" color2="120 120 120" color3="120 120 120" minimap="120 120 120">
</player>
<player num="11" color1="211 210 191" color2="211 210 191" color3="211 210 191" minimap="211 210 191">
</player>
<player num="12" color1="211 180 107" color2="211 180 107" color3="211 180 107" minimap="211 180 107">
</player>
<friendorfoeself color1="50 252 0" color2="50 252 0" color3="50 252 0" minimap="50 252 0">
</friendorfoeself>
<friendorfoeally color1="215 215 30" color2="215 215 30" color3="215 215 30" minimap="255 255 0">
</friendorfoeally>
<friendorfoeenemy color1="230 40 40" color2="230 40 40" color3="230 40 40" minimap="255 0 0">
</friendorfoeenemy>
</playercolors>

put this into your steamapps/common/aoe3de/data folder

edit the colors how you see fit

[vividlyplain]

@manwithoutname

playercolors.xml

<playercolors>
<player num="0" color1="147 108 46" color2="140 90 10" color3="77 51 0" minimap="147 108 46">
</player>
<player num="1" color1="45 45 245" color2="45 45 245" color3="45 45 245" minimap="45 45 245">
</player>
<player num="2" color1="210 40 40" color2="210 40 40" color3="210 40 40" minimap="210 40 40">
</player>
<player num="3" color1="224 224 30" color2="224 224 30" color3="224 224 30" minimap="224 224 30">
</player>
<player num="4" color1="145 15 243" color2="145 15 243" color3="145 15 243" minimap="145 15 243">
</player>
<player num="5" color1="42 212 58" color2="42 212 58" color3="42 212 58" minimap="42 212 58">
</player>
<player num="6" color1="234 135 0" color2="234 135 0" color3="234 135 0" minimap="234 135 0">
</player>
<player num="7" color1="28 194 219" color2="28 194 219" color3="28 194 219" minimap="28 194 219">
</player>
<player num="8" color1="235 97 235" color2="235 97 235" color3="235 97 235" minimap="235 97 235">
</player>
<player num="9" color1="30 30 30" color2="10 10 10" color3="35 35 35" minimap="64 64 64">
</player>
<player num="10" color1="120 120 120" color2="120 120 120" color3="120 120 120" minimap="120 120 120">
</player>
<player num="11" color1="211 210 191" color2="211 210 191" color3="211 210 191" minimap="211 210 191">
</player>
<player num="12" color1="211 180 107" color2="211 180 107" color3="211 180 107" minimap="211 180 107">
</player>
<friendorfoeself color1="50 252 0" color2="50 252 0" color3="50 252 0" minimap="50 252 0">
</friendorfoeself>
<friendorfoeally color1="215 215 30" color2="215 215 30" color3="215 215 30" minimap="255 255 0">
</friendorfoeally>
<friendorfoeenemy color1="230 40 40" color2="230 40 40" color3="230 40 40" minimap="255 0 0">
</friendorfoeenemy>
</playercolors>

put this into your steamapps/common/aoe3de/data folder

edit the colors how you see fit

Oh this works on DE?! Thanks for sharing.

[manwithoutname]

@n0el sorry, I'm pretty dense when it comes to this stuff :) Should I just save the xml file in the 'data' folder?
Or did you mean actually pasting this stuff in the 'data' file of steamapps\common\AoE3DE\Game

Because I don't seem to find a 'data' folder in steamapps/common/AOE3DE

[EAGLEMUT]

@manwithoutname you have to create it.

[manwithoutname]

Awesome, now I can finally play this game the way God intended to... In the color teal, and by becoming toxic af whenever I lose.