Could we bring back colors on resources?

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In the older builds, Durantium, Elerium and Antimatter had their own colours - Thulium and Promethion too - in the latest Opt-In all these have been changed to white symbols on the galactic map rather than the colors they used to be before.

To be honest, it's now harder to identify things on the map and it feels "cluttered" too look at on a glance, would it be possible to bring the old colors back again please? 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

+1: I agree, finding resources on the strategic map is now a pain. 

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Please, recolor them. The white looks terrible.

The B6 release notes say "they will continue to play with them".

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

 Seconding; I loved having colored resources, made it MUCH easier to identify what was what.

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Franco, reply 2

Please, recolor them. The white looks terrible.
End of Franco's quote

 

Yes, and it makes playing as the Iconians a pain.

It makes even less sense when the icons in the top right of the screen showing what mining resources you have are still coloured and anti-matter is still orange on the map!

It must be a bug.

 

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Wasn't a bug but they have reconsidered and brought back color in B6  (in the dev stream today)

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Can confirm. They're bringing back color. Appears to be similar to before, but a bit more muted/darker version.

Reply #7 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Agree, diff colors on resources seem better to me.

 

BTW, colors could also be utilized to indicate whether planets can be colonized immediately or are a certain "extreme" type needing a certain tech. Sure there's the tooltip  saying that, but something that allows to give the same info at a quick glance could be nice too IMO.

 

There's only problem I could see - if we get lotsa colored icons things could get a little confusing, esp. with certain color choices that might be misread as "ownership" if too similar to civ colors. But if that can be avoided ... /my 2 cents :)

Reply #8 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I guess I can live with the pirates being white but otherwise, I find a lot of white on the map off-putting. I have almost declared war on the freaking Iconians several times thinking they were pirates. Thankfully, there is a warning that stops the attack. They should be a darker gray but if they were they would probably be invisible

Also, as they improve the game, all the colors should be made to stand out on the map better. Some of the custom races are very hard to see with the darker blues and the darker reds. They are very popular colors, that are likely to be picked. The background needs to be lightened, brightened, and made standard for all factions. I have never understood custom tinted backgrounds for each race, unless that's the only way for them to show up on the mini-map. If that's it, there has to be a better way.

Reply #9 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Being an Iconian-phile (?)  I have to agree dealing with the pirates being white is bad enough.   Can't they make them black or give them a jolly roger flag?   The resources coloring will help no doubt.

 

Reply #10 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I'd assume modding them another logo would be doable. If the ship icons should be black vs. mostly dark background ... hm ...