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Annoyed with Germanium Tue, 16 August 2011 13:36 Go to next message
pzm52v is currently offline pzm52v

 
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Hello,

I am new with this game, and it is fantastic.

My concern right now, is that horrible yellow colour of the word Germanium and all their tonnage, for example in remote mining.

itīs me only or it is difficult to see on screen?

Have anybody idea how to change it?


Thanks

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Re: Annoyed with Germanium Tue, 16 August 2011 13:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
vonKreedon is currently offline vonKreedon

 
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 Yes, the color is annoyingly hard to see, and no there is no way to change it.

Unless I'm wrong, which I'd be happy to be.

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Re: Annoyed with Germanium Tue, 16 August 2011 14:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
pzm52v is currently offline pzm52v

 
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Itīs incredible, and with so many version I havenīt seen any commnet on this......

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Re: Annoyed with Germanium Tue, 16 August 2011 14:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
nmid

 
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 It's actually something to do with monitor specs.
I can see the germ yellow quite nicely on one computer, while another used to give me massive pains.

try messing around with the display settings..
Right click on desktop > Personalize (i.e. get into control panel's display settings) > Advanced Settings > Color Management
If you use an Intel onboard graphics card, like my laptop does, go to graphic properties > Color Correction and mess around with the contrast and gamma.

ps - Do you know about the starbase icon to the right of the population number on the planet dialouge box?

ps 2 - Also, speaking of color changing utilities, there is one that changes "player" colors.. but as vonkreedon said, I don't think there's one to change mineral colors.

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Re: Annoyed with Germanium Tue, 16 August 2011 15:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
LittleEddie is currently offline LittleEddie

 
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 I when into my monitor control panel and moved the Gamma setting almost all the way to the left to be able to see the G yellow.

I'm using windows 7 with Intel Graphics & Media Control Panel and Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 with 4 Win-XP virtual machines(one for each game).

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Re: Annoyed with Germanium Tue, 16 August 2011 15:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
pzm52v is currently offline pzm52v

 
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Hello,

I have an ATI Radeon Mobile HD 2600, and using Colour Corrections I have reach some better view of yellow. However, I think a better colour could be chosen Rolling Eyes

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Re: Annoyed with Germanium Tue, 16 August 2011 18:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
m.a@stars is currently offline m.a@stars

 
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 Welcome to the Stars! Cheers Disco

That particular shade of rather pure Yellow happens in more places, such as the "hab value" map, with its Greens, Reds, and Yellows. It should be possible to change it somewhere in the binary, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it. Rolling Eyes

On the other hand, you should perhaps check you monitor calibration just in case its settings are out of whack. Some people have eyes quite sensitive to tiny variations that others can simply ignore. Going insane

There's lots of websites that can help with calibration. One such would be http://displaycalibration.com/ Work at computer

[Updated on: Tue, 16 August 2011 18:56]



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Re: Annoyed with Germanium Tue, 16 August 2011 21:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eagle of Fire

 
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 Some better colour cannot be chosen. It is a Windows 3.11 game and this yellow is a standard color (for the time).

Beside, if you use a "normal" CRT monitor (like I still do) the yellow color is quite nice. As usual.

CTR monitors are always better for gaming.

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Re: Annoyed with Germanium Tue, 16 August 2011 21:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
nmid

 
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 ofc not... My 14" LCD laptop monitor works just as well for the stars germ yellow or for playing a game of HALO.

As an old saying goes, it's a difference of 19-20.

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Re: Annoyed with Germanium Wed, 17 August 2011 04:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
iztok is currently offline iztok

 
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 Hi!
Eagle of Fire wrote on Wed, 17 August 2011 03:10

Beside, if you use a "normal" CRT monitor (like I still do) the yellow color is quite nice. As usual.

CTR monitors are always better for gaming.

Maybe, but my old 21-inch some 30kg weight CRT monitor took half of the destop for itself, not to mention 280W power it consumed. With that power I now run my comp AND 23" LCD and stil have room for my legs when I feel I need to put them on the desktop. Very Happy

BR, Iztok

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Re: Annoyed with Germanium Wed, 17 August 2011 04:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 Try clicking on the yellow bar. It gives you a breakdown of the surface minerals, mineral concentration and mining rate.

I can see the yellow fine, but if I really want to know how much I've got, I don't try reading the bar ...

You may also find it useful to click on the scale below and adjust it to suit.

Goober.

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Re: Annoyed with Germanium Wed, 17 August 2011 06:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
BeeKeeper is currently offline BeeKeeper

 
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 I have same problem with my LCD screen - if I am doing remote mining I cannot see the figure for how much Ge is being mined each year although it is usually possible to have a good idea by looking at the other figures and work out an estimate based on the relative mineral concentrations.

I guess the answer is to find the manual for the screen and see if I can adjust the settings - but as I don't seem to do any remote mining in recent games it is not a major problem.

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Re: Annoyed with Germanium Wed, 17 August 2011 07:42 Go to previous message
m.a@stars is currently offline m.a@stars

 
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BeeKeeper wrote on Wed, 17 August 2011 12:37

if I am doing remote mining I cannot see the figure for how much Ge is being mined each year

You should use the Planet Report for that. You can even dump it to file, load it into Excel (or equivalent) and do all kinds of datamining too. Cool

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