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networknode-colors.fsmYou could draw your own spheres by putting the following in the Custom Draw trigger of each NetworkNode:

/**Draw Colored Sphere*/
treenode current = ownerobject(c);
treenode view = param(1);

drawsphere(0, 0, 0, get(viewpointradius(view)), 255, 0, 0);

The get(viewpointradius(view)) command used as the fourth parameter of drawsphere is a variable of the 3D view that indicates how zoomed in/out you are. This just changes the size of the sphere so you can always see it, similar to the default functionality of the NetworkNode.

If you want the sphere to be smaller or bigger, multiply the viewpointradius by a sizing factor. This will decrease the size of the sphere by 10%:

drawsphere(0, 0, 0, get(viewpointradius(view)) * 0.9, 255, 0, 0);

And this will increase the size by 10%:

drawsphere(0, 0, 0, get(viewpointradius(view)) * 1.1, 255, 0, 0);

Going one step further, you can create some user defined Global Macros that specify colors, which will ensure that all the nodes on the same network are the same color. Also, you can change the color of all nodes by just by changing the macros instead of each individual Custom Draw trigger.

A model is attached that demonstrates this.