Color a map/film description !

[CaLL Me ZeNy]

Hi guys. Do you want colors in your Map/Film description ? =)
Yes ? So, this tutorial is for you. Enjoy !

An example of a result:

It's not really a Green, but a Yellow greened.

Step 1: Make your file.
Step 2: Extract the file from your Xbox 360.
Step 3: Open it with a Hex Editor.
Step 5: Search and replace your text description by the color code.
(Offset 0000D060)

Example: <color argb=#ff76a1d3>Description</color>



Step 6: Save, Rehash, Resign and upload back to Xbox.
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(Verified) Colors codes:
<color argb=#55FFFFFF>Description</color>
<color argb=#ff76a1d3>Description</color>
<color argb=#FFe8ea1e>Description *Yellow greened* </color>
<color argb=#FFa1b375>Description</color>
<color argb=#FF8692d4>Description</color>
<color argb=#FFb139b5>Description</color>
...

I think the colors possibilities are almost limitless. (Like on a web page with a .css).
All the best !

Quote: Originally Posted by Anthony

- Thanks to Anthony -

The first value seems like it would be the Alpha channel.. It's always 0xFF which is 100%, someone should try making it 50%

((50 / 100) * 255 ) = 127.5
127 = 0x7F

So replace the first with value "FF" with "7F" and see if its 50% transparent

Example: #FFb139b5 to #7Fb139b5 (Description to Description).
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- Don't upload your files with a modded description in a File Share -
Thank you !

[scopen4]

Dude this will be sweet there are so many colors you can make too bad you cant make each letter a different color But nice.

U need to make a program for this that would be sweet i woulld but im still a beginner in VB and that other stuff.

[Hackingandmodding]

Cool Imma try to make a program with it. Oh and scopen4 halo 3 modding programs are created in c# so you should learn that not VB.

[unknown v2]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hackingandmodding

Cool Imma try to make a program with it. Oh and scopen4 halo 3 modding programs are created in c# so you should learn that not VB.

No, VB can make Halo 3 programs too, it's just a different language.

[Hackingandmodding]

Well its not as good as C#.

[unknown v2]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hackingandmodding

Well its not as good as C#.

Says who? It's all opinion.

[Hackingandmodding]

Well your right but I think its a very high opinion because almost every h3app is made in C#.

[CaLL Me ZeNy]

@scopen4: Thanks, but I don't know how to make it... ^^
@Hackingandmodding: Okay, thank you

[Update] New codes added. =)

[Holy Ownage]

Doesn't any colour code work, or are they specifics?

[going down00]

Warm Hex Color Codes: Hexadecimal codes for named colors used in HTML page features

theres your colors i doubt you can find a color that is not included. If those even work.....

[CaLL Me ZeNy]

It's 50/50.
In Halo 3, the Purple color code is: #FFb139b5
In a Color Palette, it's #b139b5
So apparently, we need to add a "FF" value before the other figures.
I'm not sure but this is how I was found the Purple and the Green.

[Grimm]

So... If Bungie were to see this on a fileshare, would you be in trouble?

[scopen4]

Well right now my bro is teaching me java and im trying to figure out VB and C# by myself but ill see what happensbut For right now ill stick with VB.

[PookaChu]

wow nice!! the best progress weve had in a while

[unknown v2]

Quote: Originally Posted by PookaChu

wow nice!! the best progress weve had in a while

That's somewhat saddening.

[Luxurious Meat]

Quote: Originally Posted by CaLL Me ZeNy

It's 50/50.
In Halo 3, the Purple color code is: #FFb139b5
In a Color Palette, it's #b139b5
So apparently, we need to add a "FF" value before the other figures.
I'm not sure but this is how I was found the Purple and the Green.

That's because all Xbox 360 files are in big endian so it parses that value as a int and does logical AND's and shifts bits to get each component color.

[Anthony]

Quote: Originally Posted by Luxurious Meat

That's because all Xbox 360 files are in big endian so it parses that value as a int and does logical AND's and shifts bits to get each component color.

What??
That has nothing to do with it...


The first value seems like it would be the Alpha channel.. It's always 0xFF which is 100%, someone should try making it 50%

((50 / 100) * 255 ) = 127.5
127 = 0x7F

So replace the first with value "FF" with "7F" and see if its 50% transparent

Also, if this works you should try out some of the other types of values they have.

<map_variant_name/>
<day_of_week/>
<month_name/>
<day/>
<year/>
<time_hms/>
<current-language/>
<gamerzone/>
<build_number/>
<game-mode/>

You can get a lot more from the mainmenus string table

[ManBearPig06]

Why is it yellow in your picture?

[Anthony]

Quote: Originally Posted by ManBearPig06

Why is it yellow in your picture?

Because he used #ffe8ea1e... C'mon.. use a little intelligence..

[CaLL Me ZeNy]

@Anthony: Thanks for informations but I have already tested (On Films only) and those values do not work...

Quote: Originally Posted by Anthony

<map_variant_name/>
<day_of_week/>
<month_name/>
<day/>
<year/>
<time_hms/>
<current-language/>
<gamerzone/>
<build_number/>
<game-mode/>

You still full of others:
<party-leader/>
<party_size/>
<party-joinable/>
<party-leader-info/>
<build_number/>
<version_number/>
<current-progress/>
....