Customization Guide

Packs & Customization
Introduction | What's This All About?

If you've downloaded any of my major skin packs and still want to have the option of using the new in-game customization system (like me), you've probably noticed that the in-game colors & camouflages don't display properly on top of the recolored vehicles. This may not bother some of you all that much, but for those of you (like me) who want vehicles' customization, whether your own or someone else's, to show up correctly, this can get to be pretty annoying.

Fret not, however - there is a relatively simple fix for this: changing the default color value for the nation(s) for which you have packs installed. Thankfully, Wargaming has set it up so that the default color values can be switched relatively easily; however, all of the default colors are controlled by one file, so I can't simply just include the file in a pack, as the file would get overwritten if you were to install more than one pack. As such, I have gathered the necessary components to making these work correctly together, and compiled a guide on how to install this yourself. Check it out below!

Important Updates

⭕️ UPDATE 4 (3. August, 2018): Due to the addition of the Polish nation in Update 1.1, the default_colors.xml file will change once again once the update is officially released (around the end of this month). By the time the patch hits, you will have to download the new version of the file from here and repeat the process.

Previous Updates:

UPDATE 3 (26 July, 2018): Drat... well, unfortunately, it appears as though WG has (yet again) changed the default_colors.xml file. If you've used this fix in the past, you will have to download the new version of the file from here and repeat the process.
UPDATE 2 (21 June, 2018): Once again, Wargaming have updated the default_colors.xml file (although, gladly, the format has remained unchanged this time around), this time to allow for proper customization on the new Sherman VC Firefly and T26E3 "Eagle 7" (which both have colors which differ from the rest of the vehicles of their respective nations). If you have used this guide previously, please redownload the "default_colors.xml" file and repeat the usual install/fixing process. Once again, apologies for any inconvenience this may cause, but unfortunately, there is not much I can do on the matter.
UPDATE 1 (3 May, 2018): Wargaming has changed the format of the default_colors.xml file with the release of update 1.0.1. As such, I've updated both the download link and installation guide instructions. If you've done this before 1.0.1 to fix the pack colors, you will have to rebuild your default_colors.xml using the new file and install instructions (both of which can be found below). Apologies for any inconvenience.

Installation Guide
Updated 26 July, 2018

To get customization working properly with the pack(s) you have installed:

Download this file (updated 26 July, 2018)* and drop it in <your game install directory>\res_mods\<version>\scripts\item_defs\customization. (For example, C:\Games\World_of_Tanks\res_mods\1.0.1.0\scripts\item_defs\customization).
Open the file (default_colors.xml) in a text editor, i.e. Notepad or Notepad++ (of which I would personally suggest the latter).
UPDATED (3 May, 2018): Look for the line(s) which correspond to the nation(s) which you have installed packs for (the name of the nation(s) are listed in the <nation> tags.) Once you have located the one you wish to replace, select the line of text beginning in <c0> and ending in </c0> for that nation (located in between the <colors> tags). (This should only be one line of text.)
Have a look at the "Color Codes" section below. Look for the color code(s) corresponding to the nation pack(s) you have installed.
UPDATED (3 May, 2018): Select the text below the name of the pack (one line, going from <c0> to </c0>, like in step 3). Copy the text to your clipboard (either by right-clicking & selecting "copy" from the context menu, or by pressing ctrl+c on your keyboard).
Go back to the "default_colors.xml" file open in your text editor, with the lines from earlier still selected. Paste the text from your clipboard (either by going to Edit > Paste, or by pressing Ctrl+V on your keyboard).
Save the file (either by going to File > Save, or by pressing Ctrl+S on your keyboard).
Start up your game.
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Profit!

If you encounter any issues, check to make sure you have placed the file in the correct location (see step 1), copied & pasted the code correctly (see steps 3-6), replaced the correct section(s) of text (and are not missing any), etc.. Files of this type can be pretty sensitive, so even the slightest of errors (i.e. even one missing letter/character) can cause problems (none that can't be fixed, though).

*More advanced users can alternatively grab the "default_colors.xml" file directly from the game files, located in res\packages\scripts.pkg\scripts\item_defs\customization. You will need a tool like Coffee_'s WoT XML Editor to decode this before you can edit it, however, as the files are encoded by default.