Socket update

Here's a WIP on a socket update. The goal with the change is to make the sockets less intrusive so that you can see the item art behind them more. At the same time they should be easy to separate for colour blind people and in general easy to use. I'll update this thread with some more variations as I do changes. I'll have a another look at the link connection next for example.

Those shades of green/red are much better, I can instantly tell them apart without having to search for the symbols.

And yes, I'm red/green color blind.

Could you do the same for the colors used in the on ground preview? the little squares are impossible for me to tell what color each one is. The layout is fine, just the shades picked are very close (atleast from my eyes).

what about the difference here?

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Erik wrote:

what about the difference here?

For a non color blind user, the difference in this change is like day and night, a great improvement.

Initially I preferred the before shot (with the bright red and bright green and bright blue).
But after looking at it for a while, I think that the different brightness (shades?) works well.

The blue feels like its getting lost a bit though. My eyes sort of want to ignore the blue socket in favour of the dark red, and the bright green.

purely opinion :)

NB// I can see colours.

As a 'mild' color blind person I can say this looks great!! Thanks for working on this.

The colors seem to be improvement, especially for color blind people, but to be honest I liked the old socket images more. They were nicely shaded, bigger and more 3D-like. The problem with intrusiveness could be solved by making them partially transparent.

If the new images are to stay I would suggest to make the distances between sockets smaller so that the link lengths would be approx. 2/3 of the socket size (using the golden ratio for more harmony :) ).

As for the preview colors, I would suggest to make distances between squares a bit more and the links thinner. If you look at the linked blue and red socket in the example quickly they seem sort of merged. They should be easy to discriminate at the first glance. Besides that I like the change.

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Erik wrote:

what about the difference here?

I think its the "link" that messes with it for me. With no links I can see them pretty clearly, with the link it starts to blend together.

I honestly cant tell much of a difference if at all in the 2 pics, I guess its just how I see colors that makes those hard to see.

Also for the poster saying he likes the original better, will this be added as a "color blind" mode?


Thanks for helping out the color blind players!

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Erik wrote:

Everything looks ok I guess except for the red sockets on the red item background. I can barely see the socket above the blue one and I can't tell if both red sockets are empty or if both have gems inserted. I think you guys really missed the mark by making the sockets smaller. The socket size as it is now is not a problem, it's the link size that's too much. Though in this pic.. I'm not a fan of the links at all. They're too.. blah.

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Erik wrote:

what about the difference here?

What difference? You posted the exact same picture twice.
(Edit: On closer inspection, and by that I mean to say I zoomed in like 300% and noticed on the branded kite shield that reds were two different colors. The one on the right is not as vibrant and actually a bit easier to see, imo. I'd need to see two red sockets linked and a red/green socket linked, perhaps a couple different 3 or 4 linked socket combos would help as well to get an idea of just exactly how much easier to see the new red is.)

As bodhe said, I can see the sockets just fine when they are independent of each other. However, when they're linked.. I have no idea what's going on.

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FaceLicker wrote:

What difference? You posted the exact same picture twice.

I know it doesn't look like much but the subtle color changes feel much bigger while playing. Easier for the eye to see even for those with normal vision.