If you want to add more logos you have to convert the PlayerTheme[...].windows and the PlayerThemesDef into txt, I think in these files are the positions for logos.

But, if you want to replace an existing logo, that is much more easier. Just make a copy of RaceLogos.tga (it's in the Textures folder) and open it with photoshop or with gimp.

As you said you're familiar with 2D, so just delete an existing one, and draw your new logo. You can play with fading (as the originals are also fading from dark trough bright to dark.)

As you can see, there is an alpha channel. You have to make the alpha for your logo and place it properly. The funny thing is that there are other 3 sizes for the logos, you have to raplace them, too.

If you're ready with the logos, just make a new mod for it or place it in an existing mod, (in Textures folder) and when you apply the mod, your new logo will be in the game.

Masteru, I have played around with the colours in the player logos, the colours show up in the LARGE logo spots only, and there are no small logos that I could see in the file, so I suspect that it uses the alpha channel for the small logos

harpo

neterw I put colour spots in one of the logos and the colour showed up in the player window at the bottom of the game screen, the large logo during colonization of a planet, and in the shield on the player setup screen only.

I could not get the coloured logos to show anywhere else

harpo

I also was unable to access the modding area between 10 & 12 hours ago

harpo

What do you mean? In each RGB channel I *paste* the logo and place it in the right position, but the logo will lose colour and adapt to the layers. In the Alpha channel it turns grayscale while in the others - Red, Green and blue. Also, it seems that the Alpha channel is not directly linked to the actual layers, and the RGB layers *are* linked. I think if you change one, you change all, so how can I work individually on each one?

masteru I just clicked on the channel  that I was working on then did the alterations, then clicked on the next channel worked on it then clicked the next channel & worked on it and yes it does give colour on all sizes as a NEGATIVE effect( i was painting black in the channels and they showed  up as the channel colour on the rgb layer)

harpo

did you make the logo in rgb and in alpha channel, too???

and you have to make the the medium and the small logo in apha channel (at least... I never met the smallest /4th size/ logo in the game)!

if you wish a multi-colored logo, then you need to draw the colored logo in alpha channel... that's for the colors (as I said before... the rgb of the RaceLogo is for fading)