@turkeyleg711 "A 'colorize all' option is also provided to change the entire building's color even where the asset creator has provided a color map.", so you can change the color of the entire building, not just the specific areas the creator assigned.

Invert inverts the color map, to color parts of the model that normally aren't affected. If you don't know what this means, you don't need it.

what does invert and colorize buttons do?

@algernon your mods are awesome, the time and dedication you put into CS is awesome-- that is all. Thank you. :)

works great

@algernon that would be so nice, that would make the time it takes me to make a neigbourhood like 200% smaller

Maybe something like how the roads have an option to colour all the roads that colour, something similar to colour all asset of that type a certain colour

@Olivirus Not easily currently, other than using copy-paste. I could look at adding something like that.

Is there a way to easily colour all buildings of the same type? A modded asset i use extensively has white, black and grey colour maps but i want to have them all white (otherwise it looks ass), its really time consuming to have to open the menu for every individual building in my city

@pablopmorales99 All three of your questions are actually related to the same thing - the color map (or lack thereof) given to the asset by its creator.

By default, the color set in Recolor only applies to the area of the building that the creator has set to have color changes - the asset creator does this by creating what's called a "color map", which tells the game which parts of the building change colors and which do not.

If no color map is set by the creator, then the whole building will change color (what you're seeing with the residential buildings you mention), as the game has no information about what to color and what to leave (and obviously can't guess).

The "colorize" option duplicates that behavior for assets that do have a color map, in case you want to disregard the asset creator and color the whole building. The "invert" option does the same, but leaves the areas covered by the color map alone.

Can i also ask what are exactly the effects of using colorize and invert?

I seem to have some kind of problem with the color of some (rich) residential buildings. When I choose a color other than white, it does not paint the facade of the building, but the whole building. For example if I choose red color, the whole building becomes red, even the roof. I don't know if it can be a problem of this mod or of the building asset itself, does it happen to anyone else?

@algernon I was misunderstanding the functionality of the "colorize" and "invert" options. The changes just that effect after restart and that is working. I didn't know about that and I thought I would need to restart the game to use those features. Thank you for your attention :)

@algernon wow thank you!!! Wish I was paying attention. Thank you for your support

@GuggleGutFart That's due to the non-standard meshes for the vanilla highways, which lack a color mask. As per the description above, if you want to color vanilla highways you'll need to activate the relevant option in the mod's options panel.

This mod only seems to work on most roads not all of them. Road Color Changer ++ still works for me on all roads. Since that is a dead mod and this one gets updated I would love to make the switch but can't. Is this a known issue? The roads it doesn't like applying to are some highways

bro im here to say that you are one of the best mod creators

@TiF3r PT When using mods, you should ALWAYS exit to desktop between loads, even if ( ESPECIALLY if) you're not using mods like 81 Tiles 2 that are considerate enough to stop you damaging your save by not doing so. That's a fundamental part of using mods in Cities: Skylines.

What exactly do you mean by "can't use"? E.g. the options are missing? Disabled? Something else?

When I try to use the "colorize" and "invert" options it says that requeires a restart, but even after restart I can't use both options and the message is still saying to restart. I've mods like 81 tiles that force me to desktop each time I want to quit the game

@algernon awesome! Thanks for considering it

@AmiPolizeiFunk Hmm, that's an idea. I'll add it to the list, but I don't know when/if it'll happen.

Hi @algernon I wonder if you may consider adding the building colormask colors to MoveIt export files? Would be realllllly nice to be able to use MoveIt "Restore" to preserve the chosen custom colormask.

I have no idea about CS modding but my guess is that these roads have another texture layer or something that the retexture mechanic doesn't, well, retexture.

In any case thank you for your time and work :)

@spH3RiCal Okay, thanks. I'll have to take a look and see if I can work out what might be going on.

Ok I ve done a retest from scratch. Enabling/Disabling the retexture option has different results (maybe I screwed up with the restarts).

So:

-Disabling every mod but Repaint, Harmony, Loading Screen and the Unlock/Infinite mods with retexture OFF - All vanilla and Vanilla+ highway roads appear with faded segments and black textures on their nodes. The NE Road Replacement highway has this weird line effect.

-Enabling everything with retexture OFF - Same as the above.

-Disabling every mod but repaint, harmony, loading screen and the unlock/infinite mods with retexture ON - Most highways are ok including the old NEXT2 ones. The faded appearance remains to:
Asymmetrical 3-Lane highway with and without sound barriers
4-Lane 2-Way highway with and without sound barriers
All the bus expressways/highways
The Vanilla+ highway
The NE Road Replacement has still the line effect.

-Enabling everything with retexture ON - Same as the above.

@spH3RiCal Does it happen if you turn off (with Skyve) all mods except this one, Harmony, and Loading Screen Mod?

Yes, I did it as the instructions say.

@spH3RiCal Just to confirm, you restarted the game each time after you toggled the setting?

If you mean the "Retexture vanilla highways" option, I ve already tried with and without it enabled, with the same results. On the other hand the old roads included in the next2 mod seem to work fine.

@ spH3RiCal That looks like the issue with Vanilla (and Vanilla-derived) highways noted above - see the mod's options panel for an option to replace those textures with more recolor-friendly ones.

I am trying to change my roads' color but I am getting weird results even with the retexture.
Some roads change color without problems others don't, or/and have weird nod/line effects as you can see in the screen shot https://ibb.co/YpbHK1q

Mind that the left six roads are vanilla and the other two custom (the top one from the vanilla+ and the other one from the NE 2 road replacement).

Oh I see, thnx

@spH3RiCal Network Extensions 2 is deprecated and is not recommended to be used.

Hey, is it compatible with network extensions 2?

@Fox122 -- Use the Prop Painter Revisited mod.

is there a way to do props? I remember being able to but can't seem to now

@Wijnand1985 Any Network Skins settings will override anything you do with Repaint; the solution would be to remove any Network Skins settings for the affected segments.

Hello, when i start a new map and i use repaint to change the color of all roads, and then place a new road with network skins active, that road has a color that repaint can't produce. Maybe it has to do with the map theme? Could anyone say if it is possible to apply your favorite network skin to all existing roads in a map? That would be the best solution i think.

@algernon Apologies for the delayed response, yes if I reset the network skin settings for the specific road, it works!

@Stuy It is most likely that you've got Network Skins settings for the segments of that road. If you temporarily remove Network Skins, does recoloring work properly?

Yes I just double checked, it is the "Six lane road with decorative grass", it's a vanilla road but I guess it does not work? It colors the intersection, but just not the road. It works for other roads though.

@algernon I forgot to mention I do have Network Skins too since I didn't see it said it was incompatible.

It happens for 6 lane roads, IIRC these were ones from the Mass Transit DLC. If I click the paint brush icon then select a node, that specific road won't change color, but an entirely different road/network changes color.

@Stuy That shouldn't be happening, no. Is it only a specific road that does this?

I'm getting an issue where when I select a road, it is changing the color of an entirely different road/network. Am I missing something?

@Shine Polar 闪耀极地 The colors will change back to default.

Hello, if i already change color with repaint if i unsub or exclude from skyve will color change back to default or stay same?

Updated to version 1.7.4:
- Add support for hotel buildings
- Don't replace textures for cylis' highways

👍👍

@CreatorOfWorlds I've just added that recently in dev and aiming to publish this coming week.

@dev, any way to use this on hotels from the dlc?

@浪子天涯 It could be another mod, but I will need to see your output log from when you reload your save.

After modifying the road color and saving it, the next time we continue the game, the road color will be restored to its original state. We need to reset the road color, which is very troublesome. What is the reason for this?