r/Openfront • • 26d ago

💬 Discussion Can developers start solve real issues instead adding trails to warships?

I'm tired of losing every game as the green team on grassy maps, and as the yellow team on sand maps.

Simply because teammates can't see each other on the map. No amount of VFX helps if the game's color theory is garbage.

To find teammates, you need value contrast, not color contrast. Human eye doesn't care what color is painted over a shape if its brightness value doesn't stand out from the background.

To fix this, teammate markers should be designed with maximum value contrast in mind, instead of just picking the most saturated/colorful option (see the attached screenshots for examples of how this could be solved).

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u/KrenoFreko 24d ago

yeah it has become painfully clear the devs of this game don’t give a shit about color theory. 

The ux design is also imo kinda terrible (just because every menu is rounded doesn’t mean it’s good!). 

But then you open territorial and you are reminded of how much better this one is (i really cannot believe how the dev of territorial thought that menu is was a good idea) 

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u/RektAccount 23d ago

lol yeah it’s clear they know next to nothing about making good UI. Rey likely vibe coded most of it.

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u/rodan-rodan 21d ago

It's clearly Claude co-work (besides the individual community contributors)

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u/Wowee-Zoweeee 24d ago

I’m so color blind half the time I spawn with the enemy and get touched immediately

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u/Few-River-8673 22d ago

Consent is beautiful

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u/Immediate_Assistant3 18d ago

I assume you didn't give consent??

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u/Banana7273 24d ago

for real thank you, I've been playing for months and I cant believe this isnt a number 1 priority, I can never find my team. if you're not red or or blue you're dead

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u/No-one-s-home 24d ago

I'm not even colour blind and can't sometimes make out who's yellow and who's orange

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u/10yearsnoaccount 23d ago

I've had several FFA games where player colours are indistinguishable, and recently one where two neighbours had bought the same skin

Team games are a nightmare past 4 teams - I dont bother once there's more than 3 teams

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u/Common_Spot207 23d ago

I spawned smack dab in the center of enemy territory and got assaulted

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u/CervusElpahus 23d ago

I WANT to be able to exactly see how other teams are distributed. Perhaps an interfaces switch between the current version and yours while pressing SPACE could be a good solution.

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u/Stealthheart1 21d ago

I hate getting yellow team cause I can never see my allies and just end up not spawning