Green font color

[XpunGe]

I would love to have an option to use a nice green color for the font, like some retro computer have. I think it would reinforce the immersion too!
How do you guys feel about it?

[Namikoyo]

Originally posted by Steviefaux:

If I remember right, the reason we moved away from green text on black background was it wa deemed to be bad for your eyes.

I didn't know that. Not sure any of the suggested colour schemes are technically "good" for your eyes, if we look at it with that in mind, rats...

[DamnedEyez]

Originally posted by Steviefaux:

Make it an option but don't make it forced. If I remember right, the reason we moved away from green text on black background was it wa deemed to be bad for your eyes.

I don't know that I'd say bad for your eyes...perhaps some eye strain due to lighting conditions, etc., but I think the switch was more about general readability.

[Silberbogen]

Another nice colour option would be AMBER. A lot of old machines used amber monitors.

[Okami]

I wish we could have several "set" to choose from:
- Standard DOS "white on black" (current version)
- Blue Screen of Death "White on blue"
- Retro "amber/green on black"

Why not add a palet of 8/16/32 colors with
- Color A = font/frame
- Color B = background

[Y Combinator]

There were a lot of phosphor colors in use. Some ADM3As ( http://www.bytecollector.com/images/DSCF2916.JPG ) and Commodore PETs ( http://greatnorthweb.com/bioterror!/PET_MapBeforeDOA.jpg ) were light-blue-on-black, for instance. And of course there's the classic PLATO plasma bright-orange-on-dark-orange. Trying to recreate every classic terminal color is probably a fool's errand.

[♕ Xunie ♡]

I could dig it if certain parts of the game had certain UI colors.

This has been said already:
But honestly, colors like phosphorous green are required. Though I think that's a bit clichéd and would prefer phosphorous amber for parts of the UI. Something like #FFA412 would do nicely.

[EDMEbba]

Maybe a ".cfg" type file that would allow us to modify a single ".cfg" file in the Steam game folder that would allow users to customize as they wish? or adding real code to the game that allows us to "program" colors as part of the game...

[Namikoyo]

Originally posted by EDMEbba:

Maybe a ".cfg" type file that would allow us to modify a single ".cfg" file in the Steam game folder that would allow users to customize as they wish?

Sounds like a good idea, why keep wondering about which colours if we could customize it ourselves? Anybody who doesn't care about the colours probably won't customize it, so it can stay closer to the original feel.

[Moderator Abuse]

This file right here unity default resources contains vector shader colours, Maybe this is what people are loki for.

[♕ Xunie ♡]

Originally posted by EDMEbba:

or adding real code to the game that allows us to "program" colors as part of the game... :happy_creep:

Yeah, make getting custom color schemes a challenge somehow.

[Tanbir]

+1 for gas phosphorus 'fading' on characters.

[Jeo Nugu]

+1 for the option to change the color scheme to a retro green/amber style.

My first experience programming (and gaming) was on a Commodor PET in the early 80's.

[Ben McLean]

I generally support vanity mods. I'd probably switch to green if it were available. But I think the default look should remain ... the default look. Don't make green default

[Stone Cold Jane Austen]

While green is nice for a short time, I feel like it would get old pretty quick. I don't relish the thought of spending an hour staring at green text on a black background.

[Moderator Abuse]

Originally posted by Stone Cold Jane Austen:

While green is nice for a short time, I feel like it would get old pretty quick. I don't relish the thought of spending an hour staring at green text on a black background.

How about Red on a Blue Back Ground