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    Eternal-
    last edited by 14 Mar 2022, 11:31

    What the lights? Player with low graphics settings

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      BlackYps @Jip
      last edited by 14 Mar 2022, 15:34

      @jip said in Removal of the Blinking lights:

      But I'd like to stress: if only a few individuals actually knew about the lights, then why do we bother

      Because we try to preserve the game SC:FA here. If there is no pressing reason to remove nice details then why should we do that?

      If we remove the color changes that are a performance hog, then what do we actually improve if we completely remove the lights? At that point we are just taking stuff away for no good reason.

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        Jip
        last edited by 14 Mar 2022, 16:01

        Fair enough - I'll add them back in but without the color changing. Suggestions for a color?

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          Uveso @Jip
          last edited by 14 Mar 2022, 16:48

          @jip said in Removal of the Blinking lights:

          Suggestions for a color?

          Well i can see yellow and blue best.

          1. I would obviously vote for yellow or blue.

          2. Also nice; light in faction color

          3. Or just white light (in this case yellow white like an old light bulb)

          4. Increase the size of the light.
            (maybe people will see a "new" feature in the game - "ambient lights" 😄 )

          And thanks for keeping the lights!

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            QuietJoy
            last edited by 14 Mar 2022, 17:06

            Could we not do some sort of vote? I see no point in the lights if they have a performance cost.

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              MazorNoob
              last edited by 14 Mar 2022, 18:04

              There was some discussion on preserving current behaviour without the performance penalty. Maybe that's the best option?

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                Jip
                last edited by 14 Mar 2022, 21:40

                The performance cost is in having the lights change. If they remain the same, then they're essentially free of charge.

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                  relentless
                  last edited by 14 Mar 2022, 22:06

                  The details person in me wants the blinking lights to match the faction colour if they are static. But I couldn't see a blue blinky light.

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                    Jip
                    last edited by 14 Mar 2022, 22:15

                    We can make them match the faction colors. Fine by me too 🙂 .

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                      Zeldafanboy
                      last edited by 14 Mar 2022, 22:56

                      I think the blinking lights should contrast the faction color— i.e. Cybran should have yellow blinking lights and Seraphim blue blinking lights. Aeon should have red lights and UEF green lights.

                      put the xbox units in the game pls u_u

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                        MazorNoob
                        last edited by MazorNoob 14 Mar 2022, 23:10

                        From what I understood of the explanation, it's possible to handle stalling/not stalling color change in a single loop instance, right? So that we pay a tiny fixed cost for the stalling/not stalling logic, and the rest is handled by some shader magic. All the other logic like building units and such could then be placed in appropriate functions instead of being polled every tick. Then we'd keep the old behaviour without polling everything all the time.

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                          Jip @MazorNoob
                          last edited by 15 Mar 2022, 06:32

                          @mazornoob said in Removal of the Blinking lights:

                          From what I understood of the explanation, it's possible to handle stalling/not stalling color change in a single loop instance, right? So that we pay a tiny fixed cost for the stalling/not stalling logic,

                          I've explained it in this post.

                          and the rest is handled by some shader magic.

                          Possible, but that doesn't remove all the issues as described in the post mentioned.

                          All the other logic like building units and such could then be placed in appropriate functions instead of being polled every tick. Then we'd keep the old behaviour without polling everything all the time.

                          If you don't poll enough then the results are not accurate enough to be reliable, and if they're not reliable then why are we having them change at all?

                          I've decided to keep the lights, set to a fixed color. There will be no changes to the lights once they've spawned in. I'm fine with any color, they can be faction dependent. Uveso and Zelda made some suggestions:

                          @uveso said in Removal of the Blinking lights:

                          1. I would obviously vote for yellow or blue.
                          2. Also nice; light in faction color
                          3. Or just white light (in this case yellow white like an old light bulb)

                          @zeldafanboy said in Removal of the Blinking lights:

                          I think the blinking lights should contrast the faction color— i.e. Cybran should have yellow blinking lights and Seraphim blue blinking lights. Aeon should have red lights and UEF green lights.

                          Any other opinions?

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                            thecore
                            last edited by 15 Mar 2022, 06:38

                            Another option is make the lights the player colour.

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                              Uveso @Zeldafanboy
                              last edited by 15 Mar 2022, 13:30

                              @zeldafanboy said in Removal of the Blinking lights:

                              I think the blinking lights should contrast the faction color— i.e. Cybran should have yellow blinking lights and Seraphim blue blinking lights. Aeon should have red lights and UEF green lights.

                              yes, i think this is the best solution.

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                                BlackYps
                                last edited by 15 Mar 2022, 13:37

                                You just shuffled the faction colors around and I can't even figure out the logic which color goes to which faction, this isn't really contrast in an aesthetic sense. Using the player color seems like the better solution.

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                                  Zeldafanboy @BlackYps
                                  last edited by 15 Mar 2022, 13:49

                                  @blackyps

                                  I wasn't aware the lights could obtain the individual player color, but my logic for the color selection uses "contrast" in a loose sense (for example, if Cybran is "red" the opposite color on the color wheel is green, not yellow) but I took the actual coloration of the factories and structures into account. Only UEF factories are actually blue, Cybran is black, Aeon is white, and Seraphim is chrome. I think yellow stands out on black better than green, so I used yellow instead of the actual contrast color, and then I shuffled the rest of the colors around.

                                  put the xbox units in the game pls u_u

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                                    TheVVheelboy
                                    last edited by 15 Mar 2022, 13:51

                                    I also think that having the light colours be the player colour would be the best idea, it also adds to the already lackluster customization options in game so it would be a nice change of pace to see it happen.

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                                      LegionDarrath
                                      last edited by 15 Mar 2022, 20:52

                                      Having the lights be the player color just adds more of the same color to the building. Having them be the faction color is a nice little nod to the "lore" while also not looking samey to all the other color the units/buildings already have.

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                                        Caliber
                                        last edited by 21 Mar 2022, 10:06

                                        Occams Razor.
                                        Most players dont now this exists.
                                        Players now cant decide whether to keep them or change its function or change its colours ect.
                                        Remove altogether would be the simplest solution.

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                                          Morax
                                          last edited by 23 Mar 2022, 10:35

                                          I’m in favor of removing them.

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