Paper Background seems impossible to identify

[Saufsoldat]

I was really looking forward to getting back into the game with endless mode, but the most frustrating part of it still remains the paper background. I do not understand how to identify forged/faulty stationary, I just don't. I tried googling and looking here for any advice but I'm not finding anything.
Has anyone found a way to identify this without using insight?

[Emanouche]

The paper color matches the country it comes from, it's faulty if let's say all are blue, but one is red. You can check in the handbook for the stamps and backgrounds.

[Saufsoldat]

I simply had way too many cases where visually it was fine as far as I could tell. The fact that the handbook only shows a tiny example of what the proper stationary is supposed to be does not help, either.
All the other things you need to check seem fair, but this one thing simply doesn't. I wish there was some way to disable it.

[Emanouche]

Once I realized there was a color difference, it was fine for me. Then you eventually learn the stamps and backgrounds.

[wernerwolfs]

you can click on the color in the handbook below the stamp and then on the document at the top (might take a few tries to get how it works) to get a check on color, works for vehicle card, cargo list and passport

[Saufsoldat]

Originally posted by wernerwolfs:

you can click on the color in the handbook below the stamp and then on the document at the top (might take a few tries to get how it works) to get a check on color, works for vehicle card, cargo list and passport

I understand that, but checking every single document that way is not feasible or fun.

Originally posted by ONSEmanouche:

Once I realized there was a color difference, it was fine for me. Then you eventually learn the stamps and backgrounds.

Thanks, I will try to look for small color changes and see if that works.

[Jayps Played]

Yeah I was struggling with this as well, It would have been nice to have the example give a more zoomed out example if you hold mouse over it, but then again after a while you start noticing the right from wrong through trial and error especially if you don't want to use the "helper cheat" so if you don't then it's supposed to be hard on yourself to figure it out...

[Saufsoldat]

So I tried looking primarily at colors and not patterns, which helps a lot.
But now I have screenshots of a case where I personally find it impossible to tell from the handbook that the paper is supposedly wrong, but the helper tool tells me it's a "mismatch". I am fairly certain I don't suffer from any kind of color blindness, but to me it just looks identical.

I don't know if this is an actual bug or working as intended, but either way it makes the whole process a lot less fun where I have to choose between not getting perfect inspections or using the helper tool on every single document.

Screenshot 1[ibb.co]
Screenshot 2[ibb.co]

The only thing I see is that maybe the document is a bit creased?

[Decurio Cthulhus [ESP]]

is possible, but is not evident as another things. For me, i can see it when is false paper at first sight, and i have disabled the helper

[Emanouche]

Originally posted by Saufsoldat:

So I tried looking primarily at colors and not patterns, which helps a lot.
But now I have screenshots of a case where I personally find it impossible to tell from the handbook that the paper is supposedly wrong, but the helper tool tells me it's a "mismatch". I am fairly certain I don't suffer from any kind of color blindness, but to me it just looks identical.

I don't know if this is an actual bug or working as intended, but either way it makes the whole process a lot less fun where I have to choose between not getting perfect inspections or using the helper tool on every single document.

Screenshot 1[ibb.co]
Screenshot 2[ibb.co]

The only thing I see is that maybe the document is a bit creased?

See how the edges of the Kingdom of Erkay passport is brownish, and the card you found the mismatch is red. That picture seemed harder to see than on my PC when playing the game though. Also the stamp is wrong.

[EJR]

It can be difficult to do, but having learned to identify if the papers are forged it is easy to do.

Just flip open the handbook and go to the country where the guy hails from and compare the colors of the passport, registration, and cargo list (If any) to the ones in the handbook. You may have to squint or lean closer to get a good look but it is possible, I built up this skill by doing just that.

[Saufsoldat]

Originally posted by ONSEmanouche:

See how the edges of the Kingdom of Erkay passport is brownish, and the card you found the mismatch is red. That picture seemed harder to see than on my PC when playing the game though. Also the stamp is wrong.

I'm specifically talking about the cargo list. As you can see in the second screenshot, that is being labelled as mismatch. I cannot for the life of me see any difference in the colors between the cargo list and the second example in the handbook.

[SpAwN]

The cargo list you were handed is a reddish color, but the example in the handbook is brownish. It a little weird, especially since the vehicle card is essentially the same color..
Anyway, it's a bit subtle, and I kinda wish the examples were a little larger. It gets me every now and again.. but thankfully most are something like a yellow paper when supposed to be blue or something.

[Opti Moose]

kinda wish there was a color blind mode for it

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by Opti Moose:

kinda wish there was a color blind mode for it

Just click the documents and on the stationary part of the country the newcomer is from, it'll either say "MATCH" or "MISMATCH" colorblind mode not required.

[YyeahhH BASILEUS]

do you not know how to compare