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braden Game profile

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Nov 25th 2011, 23:19:09

are you serious right now?

can we make these things optional? the green text for unbuilt acres.. i've already been told you're serious on that one and i can't get anything done.. but i'm not mentally handicapped, and i doubt the flashy colours everywhere would help much if i were..

Edited By: General Earl on Nov 29th 2011, 20:38:07. Reason: categorized
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enshula Game profile

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Nov 26th 2011, 6:35:41

you could ask for a colour blind friendly version which would mean theyd need more than one profile to select between and you could probably get a plain version that way

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Nov 26th 2011, 16:00:11

I did exactly what enshula suggested -- I added an option to your account prefereneces ("Options" button below the Earth logo ingame) to change your "Colour Preferences".

There's a checkbox there to turn the green/red text to white.

Let me know if you find any more instances ingame that I should add; it's a simple change with the way we do our styles. :)
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Nov 26th 2011, 16:09:38

THANK YOU! That red/pink was killing me.
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Nov 26th 2011, 16:22:07

Ok, I made the change as you suggested, but it changed the entire color scheme even in my advisor page. All I wanted changed was the color change for the 25 turns left for food that you guys made a few days ago. At the very least change the font from BOLD.
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Pang Game profile

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Nov 26th 2011, 16:36:25

mmm that wasn't the intention of this fix

i'm not planning to make a display option for every small change we make.

this was addressing an overarching concern about the colour scheme we're using and it not jiving with some people's vision.

however, on a somewhat related topic, since I had a bit of time this morning, I also muted the red colour on the alerts a bit to make them stand out but not be so vibrant.
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Nov 26th 2011, 16:42:53

i was suggesting if they throw around some accessibility concerns to do with colour blindness theres a decent chance you might build the infrastructure to support multiple colour profiles

and then you could probably be convinced to make:

1) traditional, basically how it was from e2025
2) enhanced, coloured missiles and so on
3) colour blind friendly, no red/green and anything else which is known to be problematic

braden Game profile

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Nov 26th 2011, 23:41:25

Awesome, Pang. Even if it isn't exactly what I wanted or asked for (i don't know as i haven't checked but will shortly) I would like to thank you and show my appreciation for the active responses and attempts at bettering the game for everybody.

you and everybody else do great work, ya'll should be proud of yourselves!

(even if people call you guys names from time to time :P)

braden Game profile

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Nov 27th 2011, 0:29:15

playing ffa i didn't see it at all, but in team now and i must say i do like the toned down a lot more than before, so thanks much on this front.

is it just me, or is the text bolded just a bit, as well?

*edit: I can see for sure now it is bold that i changed it to white text for the red and green, but wonderful, thanks a lot for the quick response and option, ya'll are indeed great :)

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braden Game profile

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Nov 27th 2011, 0:41:22

and i apologize immediately for the triple post, i know, my bad..

but.., yes, i can see what you mean- all green text, for cash flow, is now white instead of green. I wasn't looking for *that* little colour, lets not give tan too much to worry over :P

Marshal Game profile

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Nov 27th 2011, 19:19:55

how about we get option to change texts to what they were before change?`since now all texts are white no matter if its negative or positive sux alot.
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Nov 29th 2011, 19:53:39

I like this change, thanks :)

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Nov 29th 2011, 23:53:54

i like the colours

Azz Kikr Game profile

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Nov 30th 2011, 18:39:55

problem with handling colorblindness, ensh, is that there is a huge range of it. really, to handle colorblindness, there needs to be a textual display of the information, or the information needs to be noncritical.
personally, i tend to not take cues from color, but from what things *say*, for reasons like this. i can't trust my interpretation of the color :P

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Dec 3rd 2011, 21:28:13

I found the red 'low food/cash' items pretty cool.. Thanks..
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cRaZyDaVe Game profile

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Dec 3rd 2011, 23:28:29

Originally posted by QM Diver:
I found the red 'low food/cash' items pretty cool.. Thanks..


i 2nd that

i havent food shortaged since its been in there :)
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Dec 9th 2011, 10:06:30

yeah azz i just know that redgreen is the most common form