Color on Meshes

[allejo]

Hi everyone i need help!

I'm making a mesh (Top Secret) for a new map idea of mine and i was wondering how do i add color. im using wings 3d and i know that i can do vertex color and i tried it but when i exported it the colors didn't. and my mesh has 350+ faces on wings3d (i had help) and i cant do trial and error with faces because it takes to long so was wondering if there is a way to color the faces. im on a mac (Mac OS X FTW) and im using the wings 3d exporter so please help! thank you all, bzflag fanatics!!!!! :):):):):)

[z[h]ero]

Use "Material" instead "vertex color", and select your desired color there. "Material" is exactly above "vertex color".

[allejo]

ok when i try material a menu pops up then i look to see if i can enter numbers but i can only make black and white colors. or am i not seeing something?

[z[h]ero]

...but i can only make black and white colors...

Yeah, what you see is the window attached as "material.png". Press there in the area which I painted red.
Then the window "color.png" will appear, where you can choose your desired color.

[allejo]

oh ok thank you so much z[h]ero that will really save me time. so now if i export it with the wings 3d exporter it will export it with the colors? thank you!

[z[h]ero]

No problem.

so now if i export it with the wings 3d exporter it will export it with the colors?

Yes, it should. (But simply test it)

[anomaly]

you can also edit the material colors in the map file.
example:

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material
  name mat_name
  # change things in here
  diffuse 0.3 1 0.2 1
  addtexture mesh
end

any face with the matref named mat_name will have this color. In fact it's not really necessary to change the color in Wings3D. just add the materials as you normally would. The mesh won't look right in the modeller though.

[allejo]

oh that is useful thanks so much this will save me time!