Quiiliitiila Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Hello!I've just discovered this game-in-progress and I love it! Well... I haven't gotten it to work on my Mac yet, but I will.Anyway, one of the first things I noticed was the faction The Carthaginian Empire, as is described in the faction info the Carthaginians were Phoenician. So my question is: Where's their famous purple? All of the screenshots I've seen thusfar show an overwhelming sea of blue for all of the units pictured. Is this because there are no other colors or is it intentional?Thanks! I look forward to begin playing soon,Quiiliitiila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Hello!I've just discovered this game-in-progress and I love it! Well... I haven't gotten it to work on my Mac yet, but I will.Anyway, one of the first things I noticed was the faction The Carthaginian Empire, as is described in the faction info the Carthaginians were Phoenician. So my question is: Where's their famous purple? All of the screenshots I've seen thusfar show an overwhelming sea of blue for all of the units pictured. Is this because there are no other colors or is it intentional? Thanks! I look forward to begin playing soon,QuiiliitiilaThe blue you see is player color. Purple is one of our player colors, so putting a bunch of purple on our units would conflict. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiiliitiila Posted December 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 The blue you see is player color. Purple is one of our player colors, so putting a bunch of purple on our units would conflict.Ah, thank you! Can't wait to begin playing!-Quiiliitiila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pureon Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Here are some purple Carthaginians: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhyloc Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 This give me an idea: How about a default team colour for each faction? Maybe purple for Carthaginians, red for Romans and Hellenes, i'm not sure about other factions though. These colours will further depicts the factions in antiquity time period. Of course the players can still change his team colour if he wishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Android_ Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 ^ Sounds good to me if we can clearly attribute certain colours to all civs. We could also have different shades of red if there are two or more Roman players for example.It might be a plus for historical accuracy; however, we'd have to let the players decide otherwise if they wish. I think most people would prefer blue as it has become sort of a convention in the RTS genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feneur Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 I don't think we should/will do specific colors for certain civilizations. The main reason is so that we have as many different colors as possible for each match so it's easy to tell units/buildings from different players apart. Limiting the choice to just a few shades per civilization would really harm maps with more than one player of the same civilization. It's possible to change in Atlas though, so for custom skirmishes it's very much possible to have the colors mean things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almin Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 In AoE3 you can also enable an optional feature called team-colours where all your friends have the same colour on the mini-map, e.g. yellow and all of your enemies also have the same colour, e.g. red. I just mention it, that it's not forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samgj Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Will it be possible to choose your color on maps that will allow it? It could be like the map editor chooser where any color can be choosen. I liked this feature in Warcraft 3, but only about 12 colors could be picked from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quantumstate Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Will it be possible to choose your color on maps that will allow it? It could be like the map editor chooser where any color can be choosen. I liked this feature in Warcraft 3, but only about 12 colors could be picked from.The reason for restricting the range of colors is so that people cannot pick colors which look too similar. I think it is preferable to limit the color picker for this reason otherwise you would somethings get annoying situations in multiplayer with little benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feneur Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I think for Atlas having the ability for unlimited colors is fine. If people can't be reasonable in their color choices it's up to them, I think the benefits are greater. For default skirmishes/random maps I do think the choice should be limited though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almin Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 By the way, I forgot to say that I really love your picture with the purple Carthaginians! Continue doing this great stuff! I would love to be able to do these things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I think for Atlas having the ability for unlimited colors is fine. If people can't be reasonable in their color choices it's up to them, I think the benefits are greater. For default skirmishes/random maps I do think the choice should be limited though.Right. For custom maps, the designer can choose any color. For skirmish random maps, then there should be a list of default colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Octavian Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 will alpha 8 be released soon?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feneur Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 will alpha 8 be released soon??Should be out within this week unless something horrible happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolanjoker Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 The player can choose the color in match menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idanwin Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 (edited) Sorry, I just couldn't leave it... Edited August 12, 2013 by idanwin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pureon Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 So true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolanjoker Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 sorry i dont have idea, i was only searching around. hahahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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