New colour HUD settings.

Sunrock · 2013-02-02, 01:37 PM

The new color options in the game settings is a bit of a disappointment IMO. There are too few options to have control over. Only behing able to colour the empier colours sucks. The empire color should be different from enemy and faction,

So I should be able to set so capture points for TR is red but "random faction friends" are blue. And NC objectives are blue and NC players are red. Liked it used to be if I wanted to have that.

Redshift · 2013-02-02, 02:50 PM

i'd love to play in empire colours but then i haveto have friendlies red on the mini map.....

I'd like to be able to colour the kill spam empire colours, objectives blue purple and green, and have the mini map green and red

ringring · 2013-02-02, 04:35 PM

Yea, so as TR friendly capture points on the map are blue! Huh?]

Even after playing with the options there is no sensible setting it seems.

e.g. I'd want capture points to be the colour of the owning Empire, ie the same as the map.
Colours should be able to be nominated for friendlies, enemies and squad/platoon vehicles.....

I'd like to hear of any good sensible setting though if anyone has any.

ShadetheDruid · 2013-02-02, 05:50 PM

Yeah, they should add a "classic" setting so people can have the setting they've been used to up until now.

That said, I actually do like having everything set to empire colours. I just need to get used to blue and red not being what i'm used to them being.

Sturmhardt · 2013-02-02, 05:57 PM

I just made all the vanu gay-pink. I love it

NewSith · 2013-02-02, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by Sturmhardt

I just made all the vanu gay-pink. I love it

Try setting Red for NC and Green for VS and TR, I dare you...

Neutral Calypso · 2013-02-02, 08:41 PM

I double dare you!

Ghoest9 · 2013-02-02, 08:40 PM

Well this is a HUGE improvement for us colorblind players.

But its a shame we cant set squad colors.

I play NC and Im pretty much forced to use red or orange for NC while I use blue for TR now because if I make TR red I cant tell them from my squad.
It would would be preferable to be able to set squads to a differnt shade of blue.

Rivenshield · 2013-02-03, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by Ghoest9

Well this is a HUGE improvement for us colorblind players.

I don't grudge you any improvement in your ability to play.... but I *do* grudge having weeks and weeks of muscle memory flushed down the commode. I keep shooting at friendlies and trying to 'resecure' friendly flags.

It should be an option you can turn on if you need it, not default sweeping changes for the rest of us.

Ghoest9 · 2013-02-03, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by Rivenshield

I don't grudge you any improvement in your ability to play.... but I *do* grudge having weeks and weeks of muscle memory flushed down the commode. I keep shooting at friendlies and trying to 'resecure' friendly flags.

It should be an option you can turn on if you need it, not default sweeping changes for the rest of us.

You have the option of old colors dont you?

Canaris · 2013-02-04, 02:38 AM

Originally Posted by Ghoest9

You have the option of old colors dont you?

No you can't, Dev's need to bring it back as an option. You can't even replicate it with the new system.

Suitepee · 2013-02-04, 06:44 AM

I got used to this change somewhat quickly. Blue for friendlies, red for enemies.

A bit irksome having to realign the colours for my Vanu/NC alts on Miller, but this change seems ok and if it helps the colourblind players enjoy the game, great!

VR Draco · 2013-02-04, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by Ghoest9

You have the option of old colors dont you?

Not exactly. Before this patch, terminals and other things where colored in faction color, friendly players were blue and enemy players were red.

NOW terminals and other things have the same color like friendly or enemy players.

I don't like this. I want my enemies to be red (because I don't see any differnce whom I shoot at ^^) but I want to see to which faction a terminal or base belongs, to see if there will be a 2nd front.

But if I change to "Empire Colors" I see friendly players purple and NC blue...this distracts me, because I am used to the old color-scheme.

It would be perfect to have 3 additional colors for the terminals an other "captureable" things, THEN we would be able to use the old scheme.

Sunrock · 2013-02-03, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by Rivenshield

I don't grudge you any improvement in your ability to play.... but I *do* grudge having weeks and weeks of muscle memory flushed down the commode. I keep shooting at friendlies and trying to 'resecure' friendly flags.

It should be an option you can turn on if you need it, not default sweeping changes for the rest of us.

Weeks and weeks? Try 25 years of muscle memory. Red=enemy have been the standard for ever in all games that been playable sens the early 80's.

HiroshiChugi · 2013-02-02, 11:50 PM

I triple dog dare you!!

OOH! AHH! GASP! :O