Totem Tribe

Quit your game.
Go to your folder: Totem Tribe/date/texture/game/item

You'll find .png images of the items. Open them in GIMP or Paint and change the background to a red or pink and save.
Start the game.
You'll be able to find the items quite quickly then.
In later levels you'll search for crystals. They can be found in sub-folder 'structure' instead of 'item'.

go to C:\Program Files\Totem Tribe\data\cfg and make a backup copy of gamevisual.cfg then open it with wordpad and scroll to the fow colors and change the dense so it matches the clear color as seen below.
<fow_dense_color>00FFFFFF</fow_dense_color>
<fow_clear_color>00FFFFFF</fow_clear_color
*note: the fog of war is still used on minimap and you still have to expand by building, but this will show you the entire screen so you know where to go. (I also changed the mist and cloud colors I found in another config file so all of them are light as well.

To build pretty much anywhere (in trees and mountains and middle of water) backup and open gamelogic.cfg with wordpad and change the 0.1 to 0.0 as seen below. <min_passability_to_build>0.0</min_passability_to_build>

note builders do get stuck sometimes but can be fixed by destroying the bld. or build anything close enough they get unstuck then you can cancel it. Remember not to block pathways so you don't get a traffic jam. Last note...when building somewhere out of reach it still takes that extra time to auto complete itself.

There are many more tweaks you can do by just looking around the config as well as C:\Program Files\Totem Tribe\data\level\original where you can see exactly how many items and monsters as well as solutions to puzzles.
Don't forget to back up files...
Code I found in level folder...At the oracle lake press
B Y V G R (colors) to get 3 meteors to use as well as
R B Y V G to get a chest of jewels.

\Totem Tribe\data\texture\game\item\ folder and find your item. Open it with paint, and paint white/black areas with red(its your choice). save it, and enter game. it become more visible.

GENERAL TIPS
Always click the guiding stones for they always provide worthwhile information, sometimes even helpful hints for specific quests or puzzles.
The more workers you train, the quicker building processes are finished. But take into account that workers always fulfill just one task at the same time. If you add new tasks (charging spells, research, construction) before another task is finished they will interrupt it. However, they automatically return to the old order as soon as they have finished the new one.
It is always more effective to use the scouts to explore the islands, because they are quicker than the military units. Especially when they learn how to swim and become invisible for the enemy they are your most important unit.
All buildings except for towers cannot be constructed to far away from other buildings.
Your people are only controlled by flags or orders, but nevertheless you can also click and drag them away manually in critical situations. This is of high importance in the case of Aruku and Goru, because you automatically have to restart a level when either of them is killed.
You can and should always return to previous island when you have learned something to solve a formerly impossible task.
The hidden-object parts of the game can be painfully difficult. Do not forget to look for jewels every time you explore a new part of a map, even in corners where you do not expect them. You need to find all the jewels to be able to access the Moon level at the end of the Rainbow Road. This level is not a precondition to beat the game, but you need to get there to reach the best possible ending. Objects are often hidden behind or beside objects/structures which resemble them in color and or shape.
The mini-map is very useful in various ways. For one thing you can move to other parts of an island much quicker than by using the arrow keys

I found building what is needed to get everything built (put fighters in between those buildings or they will be easily destroyed)then filling all the other space with fighters, healers, enough builders to be able to repair quickly all the time, and a few towers in areas you don't see many troops is the best way to go. Do NOT keep your army clumped at a flag and the whole area is filled with fighters who provide enough protection to get 0 to minimal damage when you're being attacked every minute. Once you build up your army get the combat spell ready and get them together in the area right before the (boss) then move to flag to attack then cast your spell when they begin fighting (so you don't lose spell time) and make another one quickly and use it. CANCEL your fighting flag when you start to lose most of your men (usually while making 2nd spell) so regenerated troops stay to protect buildings, and let the rest die out fighting. After you have repaired all your buildings and army, do it again and again til the boss is dead.
If you're having problems finding the boss it's because it's mainly secret passages. (look top middle and use your minimap). Others open up after you defeat the boss and so on.

Dolphin - In the water on the left
Whale - In the water on the right
Seagull - Upper left near where are the seagulls are
flying
Monkey - Top center (tower needed to see it clearly)
Polar Bear - Near your base in the icy area
Lizard - NE from base, surrounded by pebbles