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Good evening! 
Is it possible to attach an ownership icon to a non-capturable object? Preferably, using a script, i.e., by creating a static object (if one can be created) or by using PlayVisualEffect. However, I'm not very familiar with entity types, and I might be suggesting something nonsensical right now. 
In general, I would appreciate any information on this effect and the possibility/impossibility of adding it to objects of any type. 

Hmm, I was interested in this myself once, but all I could find was in the script for the 2nd mission of Wolfenstein from Lords, where it showed neutral mine/dwelling structures around a warrior's grave. The effect itself was activated through PlayVisualEffect, and the name of the effect was: "/Effects/_(Effect)/Buildings/Capture/_BuildingFree_S.xdb#xpointer(/Effect)". Maybe you can find specific models with colors and faction icons in the data folder at that address.

UPD: I just checked the data.pak archive and found folders with faction names at the address /Effects/_(Effect)/Buildings/Capture/. And in each one, there are subfolders with different color variations of the effects (from red to brown). So, there shouldn't be any difficulties in applying them to an object.

All game texts are stored in a special archive called tetxts.pak (excluding custom text files created from scratch). Personally, I would do it this way: by default, the map has one voiceover (e.g., Russian), and to enable another, you download a mini-mod that also contains text files, but in English. And with a simple trick, the Russian language turns into English. But this is if you just want to make the map bilingual (without dynamic switching). You can start the map and display a talkbox, asking the player which language they prefer, and then use a special command, OverrideObjectTooltipNameAndDescription, to change the names and descriptions of objects. But this requires a lot of scripting. However, the main point is: I have no idea how this will work with 2 players. Someone else who is familiar with this is needed.

Here, I didn't describe my task well enough: I already have a toolbox, and moreover, the map is primarily designed for Multiplayer (for now, I think that a bot on a map with this many scripts will struggle, even though I write each scripted interaction separately for the bots). The text files work like this: there are 2 folders, en and ru, and a special variable is used to write this value to the player through the toolbox, and then it is simply inserted in the appropriate place. It works like a charm - for toolboxes, message boxes, and everything else that only the player sees. In general, it seems like it's a bit sad, but people will have to read the tooltips in English .

Good evening! Is it possible to attach an ownership icon to a non-capturable object? Preferably, using a script, i.e., by creating a static object (if one can be created) or by using PlayVisualEffect. However, I'm not very familiar with the types of entities, and I might be suggesting something silly right now. In general, I would appreciate any information on this effect and the possibility/impossibility of adding it to objects of any type.

I'm creating a map that is bilingual in terms of text (there are reasons to write the text in English as well), but the descriptions of custom objects are not dynamic, in the sense that it's not a text box, but rather a permanently displayed text that is always available for reading. As a result, I'm only setting up English versions everywhere.

Here, you could create a small file with Russian descriptions so that users can simply download the file, add it as a mod, and play. Such an archive won't take up much space and can be distributed directly with the map. Plus, you can mention in the starting text file/talkbox that if they choose the Russian voiceover, they shouldn't forget to install this additional mod for tooltips; otherwise, they'll need a linguist to play the map.

Well, in general, you can create two versions of the map, one in Russian and one in English. The checksum shouldn't differ if the text file names are the same.

I'll probably do something like that towards the end of the project... For those who find it too difficult to read English names

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Thanks for the tip about the checksum; I didn't know it only reads the headers. I understand that any, even small, txt file will break the saves (if, for example, you use print_to to add a file to the map folder)?
Most likely, that's the case. And unfortunately, this is a drawback, as it forces me to enter a lot of data manually, not allowing the game to work for me...

Is there a function called print_to that writes content to a text file within a map? If there's also a function for reading, that would be amazing!

Regarding the effects, you can create copies of these effect files (e.g., in a folder called new_effects/possession/), and place copies of the particle files specified in the effect's properties (the instances, models, and lights graphs) in the same folder (it might also be that the particles are defined directly within the effect, in which case you don't need to copy them).

In the particle properties, there's a position graph where you can change the z-coordinate (it's best to keep it the same for all particles ), and these changes will definitely work.

I checked, in version 3.1, the value of the print_to variable is nil, not [function].

But Novik himself states in the manual that these functions were removed in versions higher than 1.6!