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Soldat Talk => Game Improvements / Suggestions => Topic started by: T-Bone on June 21, 2006, 02:17:31 am

Title: Text Colors
Post by: T-Bone on June 21, 2006, 02:17:31 am
I dont know if this has been brought up before, but i think it would be cool if chat was displayed in colors regarding the team the player is on...i.e red talks in red, blue talks in blue etc. This would help when you first join games, and you want to know who is talking to who
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: Masher on June 21, 2006, 02:24:52 am
Yeah this could work, though in some maps this could become inpossible to read due to the colour of the backgrounds ect... but none-the-less good idea
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: T-Bone on June 21, 2006, 02:28:08 am
well i was thinking about the colored backgrounds as i was typing, so maybe the text could have a shadow effect, or maybe embossed? i dunno...any more feedback is welcome

EDIT: MAybe the name of the player can be embossed in the team color?
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: Nightcrawler on June 21, 2006, 03:28:53 am
I like the idea. But i prefer that the players name was in a different colour.
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: Captain Ben on June 21, 2006, 05:09:58 am
as long as you can change it on/off in the options menu.
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: Zero72 on June 21, 2006, 05:35:07 am
I think any color other than white would be harder to read, but it might not be too bad.
as long as you can change it on/off in the options menu.
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: Fraggy on June 21, 2006, 06:31:50 am
good idea!!
this would help a great lot :P
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: GNU on June 22, 2006, 06:40:18 pm
Awesome.
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: BondJamesBond on June 22, 2006, 06:55:46 pm
ehh... I think it would be too distracting. Especially if your playing TDM with Charlie and Delta. They'll just flash out at your eyes
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: zyxstand on June 22, 2006, 07:18:18 pm
as long as you can change it on/off in the options menu.

ehh, no - it should be either IN or OUT...
anyways, i think outlined text would work best*  but what color would TeamSpeak be in?  white?
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: Svirin Kerath on June 22, 2006, 07:43:57 pm
i agree, it could be colored only if it's outlined in black or another dark color...
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: T-Bone on June 22, 2006, 09:09:43 pm
well it could just have a heavy black border, and filled with team color, and i dont see why it wouldnt work
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: Zamorak on June 22, 2006, 09:10:54 pm
You should be able to choose your name's color(e.x. Wolfenstien ET)...
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: Sticky on June 22, 2006, 09:12:31 pm
The text is way too small to have borders. Pastel colours would probably work well. There aren't many pastel blue or pink maps around, are there?
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: vulbastick on June 23, 2006, 04:55:39 am
like in CS -  this would be quite useful for many reasons i can't really be bothered to talk about...
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: 2big4u on June 23, 2006, 09:12:57 pm
I like the idea, especially the make your name a diff color( this should be for the registered users like me XD)







MY UNITED STATES OF WHATEVA!!!!!!
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: jbigz on June 24, 2006, 03:02:26 pm
maybe not the name, but a little bullet before the name in the team color. or to make it simpler without colors, what CSS does is they put (CT) before your name if your counter-terrorist. So in soldat terms, if you were bravo, it would put (BR), if you were alpha, (AL), charlie (CH), delta (DL). you understand? either the bullets before their name or this IN their name. input?
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: jettlarue on June 24, 2006, 03:09:50 pm
well this isnt cs though...i dont really care for the text to be colored. just the names of people and there team, and have smiles when you type them in.
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: Eagles_Arrows on June 24, 2006, 05:02:10 pm
Text colors?  Like in Wolf:ET?!

Hell yes!
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: boer on June 24, 2006, 06:31:10 pm
I suggested this long ago (dec 2004) , but also added that , with FF on, if you kill a teammate , the "you killed ***" should be green , and likewise "killed by **(teammate)" also.
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: T-Bone on June 24, 2006, 10:54:39 pm
I suggested this long ago (dec 2004) , but also added that , with FF on, if you kill a teammate , the "you killed ***" should be green , and likewise "killed by **(teammate)" also.

I dont want to jack your idea, i never realised it had been suggested before...i shoulda assumed something so simple should have been though lol.
Title: Re: Text Colors
Post by: zyxstand on June 24, 2006, 11:50:52 pm
eh don worry T-Bone, no one's accusing anyone here...  Colors would give players more individuality.  Like if you play ctf and someone on your team is really good and worth listening to, it'll be much easier for you to know when he types based on the text's color.