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Kommodore Krieg

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Make HUD weapon text turn red when weapon is disabled.
« on: July 02, 2012, 09:55:03 PM »
See title.  The graphics/text in game are great when your not being pummeled with enemy fire, but when your being heavily bombarded/your armor has been really ravaged and your on a ship with many guns it's really hard to tell which weapons are still working from the in game graphics alone.  Making the weapon name/status text that appears in your weapon groups on the HUD change colour, or draw a line through it or some other similar indicator would alleviate this. 
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Vandala

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Re: Make HUD weapon text turn red when weapon is disabled.
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2012, 09:59:20 PM »
The alternate color would have to be modable though, seeing as the current color already is, otherwise there could be problems if your standard HUD color is set to the same color.

Perhaps a line across the weapon text would be the simpler option even if it might not be the most visible one.
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Re: Make HUD weapon text turn red when weapon is disabled.
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2012, 10:24:07 PM »
something like this was suggested a while back, can't seem to find it anymore, even when i search for words that i used in my own post in that thread. <.<
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Re: Make HUD weapon text turn red when weapon is disabled.
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2012, 10:26:34 PM »
I would suggest even making it unselectable/remove it from the weapon list entirely when it's disabled.
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Re: Make HUD weapon text turn red when weapon is disabled.
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2012, 11:22:02 PM »
Quote from: KriiEiter on July 02, 2012, 10:26:34 PM
I would suggest even making it unselectable/remove it from the weapon list entirely when it's disabled.
That may not be the wisest thing to do. It could really confuse the player.
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Re: Make HUD weapon text turn red when weapon is disabled.
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2012, 11:26:19 PM »
Yeah, maybe having a text overlay in a different color say "[Disabled]" pop up over the weapon group would work.
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Re: Make HUD weapon text turn red when weapon is disabled.
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2012, 04:23:07 AM »
I'd suggest strikethrough.
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Re: Make HUD weapon text turn red when weapon is disabled.
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2012, 06:39:42 AM »
Quote from: Catra on July 02, 2012, 10:24:07 PM
something like this was suggested a while back, can't seem to find it anymore, even when i search for words that i used in my own post in that thread. <.<
Found it.

http://fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index.php?topic=2727.0

But, it wasn't a bad idea back then, and it still isn't a bad idea now.
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Re: Make HUD weapon text turn red when weapon is disabled.
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2012, 11:18:32 AM »
I didn't realize HUD color was mod-able, so strikethrough is probably the best and most intuitive idea.  
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Re: Make HUD weapon text turn red when weapon is disabled.
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2012, 11:26:37 AM »
Quote from: Commissar Krieg on July 03, 2012, 11:18:32 AM
I didn't realize HUD color was mod-able, so strikethrough is probably the best and most intuitive idea.  
Almost all colors are modable.

Check your "./data/config" folder for the "settings.json" file, there are a few variables there that have the recognizable color codes there for Red Green Blue and Alpha. You can change them any way you like.

Getting things to look right can be difficult though.

You can very easily make a mod that changes just all these colors, I was working on a few of them for a new mod bundle but as I said, getting everything to look good can be difficult.
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Re: Make HUD weapon text turn red when weapon is disabled.
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2012, 11:10:44 PM »
Should be Yellow when broken, Red when out of ammo or not enough flux to fire (Eg the plasma cannon).
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Re: Make HUD weapon text turn red when weapon is disabled.
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2012, 11:19:26 PM »
Maybe the whole firing arcs you see could change color as well, makes it far more obvious.
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Re: Make HUD weapon text turn red when weapon is disabled.
« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2012, 09:43:24 PM »
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