WSNeo Master Sergeant





[HUD]Can we please not let this change leave the test server without player feedback?





The map and minimap should now respect your empire color selections



Opening the map I see this:









Checking my settings, it looks like everything is correctly set, so I compare it with my settings on the live server:



Test:

Larger image

http://i.imgur.com/abSmUZl.jpg





Live:

Larger image

http://i.imgur.com/6qRr7tM.jpg





And to see what has changed color-wise here is a map on the live server.







Now for those of you that remember back in January before the change was forced on us, where the enemies in the color settings were as follows:



Minimap -





Objectives held by your empire showed up as green

If an enemy held an objective the below colors will display to inform you of who holds it:



TR = Red Indicators

NC = Blue Indicators

VS = Purple Indicators



All enemies showed up as red.



Squad/Platoon = Numbers with the color of their squad(Alpha/Bravo/Charlie/etc).





HUD (More specifically the names above enemies) -



Friendlies = Blue

Squad= Green

Platoon=Color of their squad(Alpha/Bravo/Charlie/etc).

Hostile Infantry/Vehicle/Turret = Red



So to give a brief example of what you would see on the minimap:



You're VS and attacking Mao Tech Plant that's being held by the TR from a concealed Sunderer. As you get there on foot you see on your minimap that one of the outer outpost are flipped to blue with red dots pouring out of the spawn room. At this point you know that you are no longer fighting only the TR, but you're now competing with the NC over this base.



As of the January patch that changed this to what we are currently using now. I still remember for a lot of people this caused confusion (to myself included), because we had to drastically change how we processed targets before we fired at them.



At this point, to get all three empire colors to show on the map you either have to set the dropdown to "Empire Colors" or "Ally vs Enemy".



Empire Colors is just what it sounds like, no matter what empire you are on, VS will be purple indicators, NC blue, TR red.



Ally vs Enemy means that all allies are blue, anyone not friendly is red, simple enough, right?



Custom is pretty self explanatory.



So the reasoning behind me laying all of this out is simply to ask that the devs do not implement the color change unless there is way to have this:



Red and blue IFF indicators

Larger image

http://i.imgur.com/UbMdYNB.jpg







With this:



All three Empire colors on the map







Otherwise honestly the best thing to do, is to give is a nearly raw access to being able to edit what colors we want for each HUD element (objective, squad colors, vehicle color, ammo box vs ammo tower colors vs ammo sundy colors, etc) under the custom settings. Though while I'm not a programmer, I cannot understand how easy such a thing may be.



In conclusion, please hold off on the map/minimap colors until those can be done or at least get some feedback from the players before forcing yet another feature that is unwanted and, as far as I know, something that has not been asked for.



Thank you for reading and please provide any feedback criticism or point out any mistakes that I may have made. One of the patch notes on the test server are as follows:Not thinking much of it, I log on to the test server to check out the change to the Map UI.Opening the map I see this:Checking my settings, it looks like everything is correctly set, so I compare it with my settings on the live server:Test:Larger imageLive:Larger imageAnd to see what has changed color-wise here is a map on the live server.Now for those of you that remember back in January before the change was forced on us, where the enemies in the color settings were as follows:Minimap -Objectives held by your empire showed up as greenIf an enemy held an objective the below colors will display to inform you of who holds it:TR = Red IndicatorsNC = Blue IndicatorsVS = Purple IndicatorsAll enemies showed up as red.Squad/Platoon = Numbers with the color of their squad(Alpha/Bravo/Charlie/etc).HUD (More specifically the names above enemies) -Friendlies = BlueSquad= GreenPlatoon=Color of their squad(Alpha/Bravo/Charlie/etc).Hostile Infantry/Vehicle/Turret = RedSo to give a brief example of what you would see on the minimap:You're VS and attacking Mao Tech Plant that's being held by the TR from a concealed Sunderer. As you get there on foot you see on your minimap that one of the outer outpost are flipped to blue with red dots pouring out of the spawn room. At this point you know that you are no longer fighting only the TR, but you're now competing with the NC over this base.As of the January patch that changed this to what we are currently using now. I still remember for a lot of people this caused confusion (to myself included), because we had to drastically change how we processed targets before we fired at them.At this point, to get all three empire colors to show on the map you either have to set the dropdown to "Empire Colors" or "Ally vs Enemy".Empire Colors is just what it sounds like, no matter what empire you are on, VS will be purple indicators, NC blue, TR red.Ally vs Enemy means that all allies are blue, anyone not friendly is red, simple enough, right?Custom is pretty self explanatory.So the reasoning behind me laying all of this out is simply to ask that the devs do not implement the color change unless there is way to have this:Red and blue IFF indicatorsLarger imageWith this:All three Empire colors on the mapOtherwise honestly the best thing to do, is to give is a nearly raw access to being able to edit what colors we want for each HUD element (objective, squad colors, vehicle color, ammo box vs ammo tower colors vs ammo sundy colors, etc) under the custom settings. Though while I'm not a programmer, I cannot understand how easy such a thing may be.In conclusion, please hold off on the map/minimap colors until those can be done or at least get some feedback from the players before forcing yet another feature that is unwanted and, as far as I know, something that has not been asked for.Thank you for reading and please provide any feedback criticism or point out any mistakes that I may have made.





__________________ Last edited by WSNeo; 2013-04-25 at 05:19 PM .