Hangar font color.

[BowHTR]

I don't know what you guys are talking about? My hangar floor is a medium gray with yellow text!

Is that with shadows off?

[Chalenge]

okay, I see what is going on now. Thank you BowHTR.

Every monitor that you have should have the proper driver loaded. Then you can go into Windows color profiler and load the proper color profile for your monitor, since every drivers includes the color profile. It may still be difficult for people that are color challenged, but that will give you better contrast between hangar floor and lettering.

Yes, with shadows off the hangar floor brightens a bit, but the letters are still readable.

https://pcmonitors.info/articles/using-icc-profiles-in-windows/

[LilMak]

I don't know what you guys are talking about? My hangar floor is a medium gray with yellow text!

That would work great if the sun didn't wash it out.

[BuckShot]

What if your monitor is a tv?

[Chalenge]

In that case I would suggest you use your video cards control panel to switch to YCC-4:2:2 format. You might still be able to load a color profile if one has been provided with your television drivers, but if it is loaded as a generic then the YCC approach is probably as good as it gets.

[100Coogn]

What about changing the color of the floor?  Make it a darker gray?

Coogan

[FLS]

I don't know what you guys are talking about? My hangar floor is a medium gray with yellow text!

The sun through the skylights can wash it out. Tinting the skylights might help.

[ONTOS]

Change the hanger so the sun does not shine in at all. Everything else stays the same as far as the sun goes. For convenience, just keep the hanger sun proofed.

[DubiousKB]

Change the hanger so the sun does not shine in at all. Everything else stays the same as far as the sun goes. For convenience, just keep the hanger sun proofed.

Path of least resistance, assuming the correction is simple to implement. Great effect to showcase the overall graphics engine, not necessarily required in that instance.  Man this game is looking amazing!

[LilMak]

Path of least resistance, assuming the correction is simple to implement. Great effect to showcase the overall graphics engine, not necessarily required in that instance.  Man this game is looking amazing!

Isn't the path of least resistance to just change the color of the font to black?

[DubiousKB]

Isn't the path of least resistance to just change the color of the font to black?

Not if the light still washes it out... Root Problem vs Perceived problem IMO.

[LilMak]

Not if the light still washes it out... Root Problem vs Perceived problem IMO.

The contrast between off-white and white is the problem IMO. Even with the color washed out, the text would still be visible if it were darker.

[bustr]

I always thought the fonts on the hanger floor were white to.

I just loaded my monitor's color profile. They are a light yellow gold. But the bad news is if you turn off post lighting, 12:00 completely washes out the floor. Turn back on post lighting, shadows and reflections, the font color stands out nice and gold. I played with turning off things with post lighting enabled and when it got to shadows and reflections, the fonts started fading out. A bit like the icon does in flight at a distance when parts of it get transparent. I'm not sure changing the color of the font will fix this one. It's visibility is tied directly to the lighting effects engine.

[LilMak]

Well that explains a lot. I run the post lighting off because I can't read the panel. Also I don't see any fade to the icons and it bugs the crap out of me that it obscures the planes.

[DubiousKB]

There always was a learning curve with this game. I wasn't sure on the changing font vs the lighting in the area, but my guess was it was tied to lighting effects more than the text color.

thx for testing bustr!