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General settings for Alphas,?
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Amarisen Gream
The.Kin.of.Jupiter
#1 - 2017-01-08 14:08:43 UTC
A few days ago I was messing around with one of my alpha characters. Realized I still had the window blur settings turned on, so I went into the general settings to kill the blur and make my window color match the ship.
The blur option is there but not the setting for having the window change color based on the ship.
My omega accounts still have the option. So why did CCP spend development time ether to remove this option from Alphas or am I missing something? I also can no longer find the settings folder on my computer that allows me to duplicate my UI across multiple characters (the launcher does not support it).

I need to do some more digging when I get time.
I use a mac, but as EVE is run using wine, the set up is the same.

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Memphis Baas
#2 - 2017-01-08 15:43:28 UTC
Alphas are restricted to the black color theme, and basically all the options related to color choices are removed from the Alpha control panel interface.

I guess CCP imagined that their dark and gritty color schemes are reason for people to go Omega, but truth be told they all kinda suck, and the best-looking option is still the black.

They went and removed our unrestricted color sliders, and since then they've only made bad and worse decisions about UI coloring.
Keno Skir
#3 - 2017-01-08 15:56:06 UTC
Wow i was unaware of this, what a stupid design decision. I guess the colorblind / sight impaired have to upgrade to Omega to train ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO SEE THE GAME.. Roll

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Trasch Taranogas
State War Academy
Caldari State
#4 - 2017-01-08 16:00:20 UTC
CCP!

Here is a great idea how to get people screaming for Omega.


Alpha ingame color.

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Reinhardt Kreiss
TetraVaal Tactical Group
#5 - 2017-01-08 16:01:54 UTC
I'm all for limiting Alpha capabilities but if this is actually true it's dumb as hell.
Mara Pahrdi
The Order of Anoyia
#6 - 2017-01-08 16:33:19 UTC
Doesn't make sense to restrict basic client functionality. Why make the general game experience a nuisance and risk to antagonize potential new customers, if I want them to suscribe?

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Eleonora Crendraven
Global Communications AG
#7 - 2017-01-08 17:25:11 UTC
True. Don't think people will upgrade to Omega just because an Omega can change the UI colours....
So CCP do us all a favour, change this. It's the ships that make people want to be Omega, not the UI.

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Matthias Ancaladron
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#8 - 2017-01-08 17:55:08 UTC
Memphis Baas wrote:
Alphas are restricted to the black color theme, and basically all the options related to color choices are removed from the Alpha control panel interface.

I guess CCP imagined that their dark and gritty color schemes are reason for people to go Omega, but truth be told they all kinda suck, and the best-looking option is still the black.

They went and removed our unrestricted color sliders, and since then they've only made bad and worse decisions about UI coloring.

And there has been at least three separate instances I've seen of color blind people being unable to play because of not having access to color options to make menus/text they can see clearly.
Memphis Baas
#9 - 2017-01-08 18:22:45 UTC
Well, I don't know about color blindness, but for me the "Dark Matter" black/white Alpha scheme has the best contrast.

All of the other color schemes have some sort of grey shade as the window background, so the text is white on grey or white on light-puke-green, or yellow on light brown, or other such low contrast ****** combinations. Dark Matter has the best black background (and I'm also running with no transparency and no blur).