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Erebus · May 04, 2005, 04:21 PM // 16:21

Being color blind, I would like to see color customization (or other visual tags) available for the following interface and screen displays. Currently, the following can be confusing, or even downright difficult to see/read.

*Health bar color for self/party/target (health remaining can be difficult to see for party/target)
*Name colors for on-screen allies and enemies (the red names are easily identifyable but can be tough to read when attempting to pick out a specific target during battle)
*Chat window text colors for All, Guild, Whisper, etc. (likely a feature anyone will appriciate)

Those are my main concerns, and I likely speak for many colorblind players as well. Comments?

Epinephrine · May 04, 2005, 04:30 PM // 16:30

Interesting point, and easily acomplished I imagine. Given the number of people with Red/Green colour-blindness it makes some sense to allow setting the colours of health bars, chat text, item desciptions and such within the options.

lbela · Jun 07, 2005, 09:54 PM // 21:54

Some 3 to 8% of males are colorblind.

It would be aswesome if I could change the text size, color, background, blinking, etc of what is in the chat window. As it stands unless I'm expecting a Guild Member to whisper me, I won't see their message.

Changing the dots in the map/compass would help me a LOT too.

Poppinjay · Jun 07, 2005, 10:10 PM // 22:10

And while they are at it make NPCs on the minimap YELLOW like the manual says they are supposed to be. Not some strange shade of lime green that only stands appart from the truly green dots if you are born with exceptionally good vision, have a huge monitor, squint really hard, and use a spectrometer.

Poppinjay

Talesin Darkbriar · Jun 07, 2005, 10:59 PM // 22:59

Amen! I hope the UI gets some well needed love soon...

lbela · Jun 08, 2005, 03:00 PM // 15:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poppinjay

And while they are at it make NPCs on the minimap YELLOW like the manual says they are supposed to be. Not some strange shade of lime green that only stands appart from the truly green dots if you are born with exceptionally good vision, have a huge monitor, squint really hard, and use a spectrometer.

Poppinjay

ROFL

RTSFirebat · Jun 08, 2005, 03:02 PM // 15:02

Took them over a year to implement this in Planetside, but the playerbase was very happy.

It makes sense to allow the customisation of colours of the interface. Mainly the green/red issue.

DrSLUGFly · Jun 08, 2005, 03:24 PM // 15:24

although I would never use it, I support this idea 100%. Perhaps they could allow customization or if it were simple (since most colorblind people have similar types of colorblindness) to just have colorchange option templates.

*tyler* · Jun 08, 2005, 03:31 PM // 15:31

I am colorblind, also. My solution to this problem was to move things to different sides of the interface. However, I would prefer if their was a easier option(incase I decide to play at a friends, etc.)

n0tsane · Aug 07, 2005, 10:56 PM // 22:56

I am colorblind, and find it really hard to decipher the different channels in the chat window when they are all active and people are talking. A way to customize the color for each channel and whispers would be much appreciated.

elenna · Aug 09, 2005, 04:46 PM // 16:46

My father-in-law is colorblind. He tried guild wars, but didn't like that he couldn't tell the difference between the green-friendly and red-enemy dots on the mini map and health bars on the screen.

I'm all for them addressing this issue.

EtrnalXellotath · Aug 09, 2005, 04:49 PM // 16:49

I think this should be a petition... it's sure to turn some heads. I wonder if they've even thought about it. I agree 100%.

Lt.Crumpet · Aug 09, 2005, 05:00 PM // 17:00

aside from some nearsightedness, my eyes r fine, but im for this idea totally. it woulnt be THAT hard to change, and it seems that enuf ppl have this problem that its a must fix.

The Mighty Toe · Aug 09, 2005, 07:41 PM // 19:41

If they only wanted to make minor changes to the game, Anet could create ready-set templates for text, ie Blue and Yellow or even Black and White texts.

These are just the ideas of a sad, sad toe so feel free to fire them if you want