Anyone know what the Location.bmp file does?

[Gatling20 749]

In some terrains, in the INI file, there is a line which reads LocationMap=..._Location.bmp. Does anyone have any idea what this file controls, or what it does?

You see the line in most stock terrains, like VietnamSEA and IsraelME, and in many add-on terrains, such as Menrva's IraqWA and ItalySE. But they mostly don't exist. The only terrain in which I can find a Location.BMP file is the stock IsraelME terrain, which looks like this:

Israelme_location.bmp

Edited July 3, 2023 by Gatling20

[+EricJ 3,989]

I'd like to know as well, for gp knowledge

[+Menrva 4,074]

It's not clear what the file exactly does but it does not seem to have any visible effect. The game already knows if a target area is Friendly or Enemy and in which specific Location thanks to the _targets.ini and nations.ini files. Even if we understand how this additional file works, we'd know colors only for a limited number of nations. On terrains having more countries, who knows which colors are exactly needed for that file.

Simply put, I'd move on.

[Wrench 9,626]

Basically, it don't do shit. As they say

[Gatling20 749]

Thanks Menrva, it is good to have that confirmed.