Purple town name?

[Spock]

I think I understand most of the town colors. Green means there's still industry that can be upgraded; brownish means the town and industry are completely finished. (Not the colors that I'd have chosen; I hope some day we'll get customizable colors.)

But what does a purple town name mean? I mean on the main map, not when looking at the industry key, or when dragging a resource icon. I just mean the plain old names on the map. On Isle of Man, two of my towns (Lazare and Marown) were in purple until I finished the region of Isle of Man; now they're sort of bright greenish. What did the purple mean?

[archmag]

Light Green - town is finished, there is an industry in it.
Yellow - town is finished, there are no industries in it.

Dark Green - town is not finished, there is an industry in it.
Grey - town is not finished, there are no industries in it.

Purple - town is not finished, at least 50% of towns in a region are finished, there is an industry in it.
Red - town is not finished, at least 50% of towns in a region are finished, there are no industries in it.

Redish (with a flag) - depot.

[Princemousey]

The problem is there isn't a colour that tells you your town has an unupgraded industry in it yet to be completed.

[Spock]

Thanks for the replies. I could've sworn that one of my purple towns was finished. But okay, I'll use your post as a guide going forward. Thanks!

[archmag]

Originally posted by Princemousey:

The problem is there isn't a colour that tells you your town has an unupgraded industry in it yet to be completed.

There was a distinction previously but some people complained that there are too many colors and it is confusing, so it was simplified.

I wish that town without any requirements was yellow instead of Grey/Red. It is slightly annoying that you finish a region but some towns stay red in it because they have no requirements and you can't complete them.

[Spock]

Hmm, I see purple towns whose requirements (the circled requirements at the top) are finished but have industry less than level 3. Is that what you mean by a town that's "not finished?"

[archmag]

Originally posted by Razzle:

Hmm, I see purple towns whose requirements (the circled requirements at the top) are finished but have industry less than level 3. Is that what you mean by a town that's "not finished?"

No, for me those towns are Light Green, like Mount Shasta on this screenshot:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1400289510

Never seen purple town with completed requirements. They only become purple if 50% of region is done and this town does not have completed requirements and has an industry (does not matter if maxed or not).

Can you provide screenshot of your purple town with completed requirements?

[TheRealCelticBatman]

Originally posted by archmag:

Light Green - town is finished, there is an industry in it.

Redish (with a flag) - depot.

For me the depots - places where you can buy vehicles - is light pink with a silver pole and green flag.

If you see a silver pole and red flag, that is a marker that you as the player set up.

You can further tell if a town with an industry is done or not because it will have a white outline around the town; in purple if the 50% region completion, or in green if not yet 50% region completion.

Another combination is in complete towns with no industries - dark yellow if the region is below 50% and brighter yellow if the region is above 50%

Another combination is in complete towns with industries - dark green if the region is below 50% and brighter green if the region is above 50% If the industry is done, the text as a medium green outline; if not done, a black outline.

[Spock]

Originally posted by archmag:

Can you provide screenshot of your purple town with completed requirements?

Okay, I was wrong: I hadn't noticed one circle of town-requirements is unfinished. So you're right: purple towns have uncompleted requirements. Thanks for the help!

Also, a region is an entity that has its own row in the Achievements tab, right? So in ABC, each island appears to be a region. Right?

Incidentally, the distinction between light-green and dark-green is hard for me to discern unless I turn off town names, but I like seeing town names. Not a big deal. But I do wonder why the dev didn't follow the video-game convention of gray=worst, green=ok, blue=good, purple=great, gold=legendary, along with red=bad. I can live with it, but the color scheme seems odd to me.

[archmag]

Originally posted by Razzle:

Also, a region is an entity that has its own row in the Achievements tab, right? So in ABC, each island appears to be a region. Right?

I was using incorrect terminology, sorry. Yes, in ABC each island is a separate region, but most other modules have sligtly different hierarchy: Region-County-Town. Module consists of several regions, each of which is separated into counties that consist of one or more towns. So by region here in my description I actually mean County. Each county has a row in achievement tab as you said. Also you can see all towns that belong to that county if you click on that row on achievement tab or if you click on county name on town info screen. You can see completion stats of other players by mousing over R (region), C (county), T (town) small circles on town info screen. You can also see max amount of towns on that stat page when you look at leaders (unless the module is new).

Incidentally, the distinction between light-green and dark-green is hard for me to discern unless I turn off town names, but I like seeing town names. Not a big deal. But I do wonder why the dev didn't follow the video-game convention of gray=worst, green=ok, blue=good, purple=great, gold=legendary, along with red=bad. I can live with it, but the color scheme seems odd to me.

Well, no need to worry with the distinction between light-green and dark-green, as dark-green becomes purple when you complete enough other towns and before that they both just show that there is an industry in the town.

That scheme is not actually a global convention plus you can't use it here because you can't compare what is better - completed Town without Industry or uncompleted Town with Industry, so it is not linear. You just know that you start with Grey and DarkGreen towns, need to paint all map into Yellow and LightGreen, and that Red and Purple just show that you are close to your target in some region and they make it easier to find remaining towns.

Originally posted by TheRealCelticBatman:

Originally posted by archmag:

Light Green - town is finished, there is an industry in it.

Redish (with a flag) - depot.

For me the depots - places where you can buy vehicles - is light pink with a silver pole and green flag.

Yeah, I didn't know how to describe that color - redish, pinkish, main thing is it has a green flag and you can see it from any zoom. Also its color does not change if it has an industry so sometimes I forget that I have an industry inside depot. I am not sure why I call it depot too as in game the building where you buy trucks/planes is actually called Vehicle Shop (previously it was called Warehouse).

You can further tell if a town with an industry is done or not because it will have a white outline around the town; in purple if the 50% region completion, or in green if not yet 50% region completion.

It is hard to see the difference between town with maxed industry and town with not maxed one. Made a screenshot where two such towns are close to each other and it is noticable, thanks for info, never looked at outlines before:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1400604738

Another combination is in complete towns with no industries - dark yellow if the region is below 50% and brighter yellow if the region is above 50%

Right, didn't notice that when was collecting colors for the post earlier.

Another combination is in complete towns with industries - dark green if the region is below 50% and brighter green if the region is above 50% If the industry is done, the text as a medium green outline; if not done, a black outline.

Was confused with this outline. I noticed that sometimes it is dark and sometimes it is light, but couldn't understand why. Dark was displayed for industries that I've built, so it was this thing that confused me. Checked it now and it actually works.

Completed town with unmaxed industry has black outline:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1400609814

Completed town with maxed industry has green outline:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1400610065

The problem with this is that completed town with your own industry (does not matter if maxed or not) also has black outline, so you can't go searching for green town names with black outlines to max industries after you started building your own.