Request for alternate Begin game ready state colors.

MR.D · Post by **MR.D** » 19 Jun 2007, 06:55

On most maps, its very hard to determine the state of readiness of the players that are ready or just idle and havn't clicked ready for beginning games.

Currently the gui is using red for loading state, neon-green for idle-state/loaded into game, and yellow for locked in and ready to play.

Could either the idle, or ready state color for the player names list at game start be changed to be easier to see who is actually ready?

This should be a super easy fix, and would be alot nicer to have a more stand out color for readied players.

Alot of the time anymore, I just see hosts force games because its hard to see who is ready and who is not.

Could a cycling color set be made to work on this part of the gui, if not then just altering the colors used would work fine.

perhaps black, or blue could be used for loading/not-in-game state.
Red for idle/in-game.
yellow/green for ready to play state.

AF · Post by AF » 19 Jun 2007, 07:58

I'd be surprised if lua couldnt do this.

Otherwise, I think that rendring the text with an outline would be a first step.

Also the list regularly overflows off the bottom of the screen.

MR.D · Post by **MR.D** » 19 Jun 2007, 09:52

Sounds would be nice too, or adding in some Bullets or even Icons for ready state ect..

Boirunner · Post by **Boirunner** » 19 Jun 2007, 12:53

As I am slightly colorblind, I have a really hard time telling what players are ready and which ones aren't, so I wholeheartedly support this proposition.

rattle · Post by **rattle** » 19 Jun 2007, 18:11

I'd outline the text. Should fix it for everyone.

Post by **trepan** » 19 Jun 2007, 18:25

Except for folks with red/green colorblindness.

The code is in GameSetup.cpp / GameSetup::Draw().

P.S. No lua scripts are setup to modify this rendering code.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 19 Jun 2007, 22:15

trepan wrote:Except for folks with red/green colorblindness.

The code is in GameSetup.cpp / GameSetup::Draw().

P.S. No lua scripts are setup to modify this rendering code.

Yes but Lua would let us fix this in 74b3 already, right?

MR.D · Post by **MR.D** » 03 Jul 2007, 17:46

I know this is a very small fix, but I hope it finds its way into the next release.

Its the small things like this that will add up later on down the road.

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Request for alternate Begin game ready state colors.

Request for alternate Begin game ready state colors.