[UI] Make blue army numbers lighter

[ender516]

I think a broader-based solution would be to make it possible to turn on an opaque background for the army numbers. Whether this would be toggled from one's control panel, or would simply appear when you hover over the number is an issue for later separate discussion.

[Dukasaur]

I never have any problem seeing the blue numbers. What I do often have a problem with are the green numbers. Fix the green before fixing the blue.

[lethlethe]

First of all, I think something should be done about the white armies. For some reason reason the white player always deadbeats! Annoying!

[blakebowling]

First of all, I think something should be done about the white armies. For some reason reason the white player always deadbeats! Annoying!

Are you being serious now?

I can't tell.

[QoH]

I think a broader-based solution would be to make it possible to turn on an opaque background for the army numbers. Whether this would be toggled from one's control panel, or would simply appear when you hover over the number is an issue for later separate discussion.

This is possible, if you have BOB.

Go into a game, click on MAP OPTIONS, CIRCLE WHITNESS (each click makes the circles behind the armies 10% whiter)

[blakebowling]

I think a broader-based solution would be to make it possible to turn on an opaque background for the army numbers. Whether this would be toggled from one's control panel, or would simply appear when you hover over the number is an issue for later separate discussion.

This is possible, if you have BOB.

Go into a game, click on MAP OPTIONS, CIRCLE WHITNESS (each click makes the circles behind the armies 10% whiter)

Right.

It should be available as a site option.

[QoH]

Obviously. As should all of BOB's features.

[natty dread]

Anyone who has ever been the blue player on Conquerman should know what this suggestion is about.

[40kguy]

why are we complaining about blue? fix the yellow troops.

[natty dread]

why are we complaining about blue? fix the yellow troops.

Because there's nothing wrong with yellow or any other colour. Only blue.

[natty dread]

Here's a little example...

The upper row is the current army numbers...
The lower row is the same numbers with the luminosity balanced to the same level on all.



Notice how much blue becomes brighter and yellow becomes darker? I'm not saying all numbers should be changed like this, but this demonstrates clearly how much darker blue is than the other numbers.

[ender516]

The new blue colour would certainly be more distinguishable from a dark background, but it is much less distinct from grey (old or new) and from the new white. Of course, there is no reason to change the white.

Here is a counter-suggestion aimed at the same problem: why not outline the blue numbers in white instead of black?

[natty dread]

Here is a counter-suggestion aimed at the same problem: why not outline the blue numbers in white instead of black?

That would also be a good idea.

[blakebowling]

Here's an even better, and even simpler, more effective solution.

Let everyone choose the colors of the various 8 slots in a game in their control panel. Offer a color palette for those that aren't as technically aware, and have a text input field that will accept a hex color code as an input (like #AA0000 for Dark Red).

[ender516]

Here's an even better, and even simpler, more effective solution.

Let everyone choose the colors of the various 8 slots in a game in their control panel. Offer a color palette for those that aren't as technically aware, and have a text input field that will accept a hex color code as an input (like #AA0000 for Dark Red).

No doubt that would be better, but there is no way that would be simpler to implement than either natty's idea or mine. Also, too many people are accustomed to addressing player 1 as "red" in game chat, so letting people mess with that might cause more problems than it solves.

[natty dread]

Yeah, and what if people pick colours that are too close to each other?

[blakebowling]

Yeah, and what if people pick colours that are too close to each other?

They would be the only ones to see the colors, so there wouldn't be an effect the user couldn't fix.

[ender516]

The fact that a user caused a problem and can fix it will not stop some from complaining bitterly about it.

[TheForgivenOne]

Gonna Sticky this.

[Minister X]

Please fix blue. If it was consistently associated with a certain position in an 8-player game (e.g. first or last) I'd never sign up for a game at that position. I hate playing dark blue.

[blakebowling]

Please fix blue. If it was consistently associated with a certain position in an 8-player game (e.g. first or last) I'd never sign up for a game at that position. I hate playing dark blue.

Uhm. The third player is always blue.

Also, do the colors really matter that much?

[killercheez]

i think this is a great idea

[Ninja Champion]

Much agreed, I use color codes because of this.. the worst map I can think of is blue on Europe... practically camouflage.

[ender516]

I wonder if this is something that could be solved with a script. If I recall correctly, once upon a time, scripts like BOB took control of the writing or rewriting of the troop numbers (in the early days, this was how colour codes were provided, before they were added to the site). At that time, there were offset options to line up the text with the map. More recently, a site update changed how the troop numbers are presented, and such overwriting was dropped. Could it be restored, so that blue numbers could be written in a more legible colour scheme?

[natty dread]

I wonder if this is something that could be solved with a script. If I recall correctly, once upon a time, scripts like BOB took control of the writing or rewriting of the troop numbers (in the early days, this was how colour codes were provided, before they were added to the site). At that time, there were offset options to line up the text with the map. More recently, a site update changed how the troop numbers are presented, and such overwriting was dropped. Could it be restored, so that blue numbers could be written in a more legible colour scheme?

I think this should be possible, not 100% sure though.