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0004230Zandronum[All Projects] Suggestionpublic2024-04-16 20:022025-03-04 14:36
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PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusclosedResolutionno change required 
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Product Version3.1 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0004230: If sv_forcegldefaults is 0, allow users to toggle bright ally icons
DescriptionInspired by e-sports style games, maybe there could be an option to allow users to decide whether the ally icons are to be rendered bright in order to see other teammates better. OpenGL users can already at the moment force the game to be bright anyway on most servers, and everybody can additionally force ally/enemy colors.

Quake Live apparently allows users to force "sports" and bright skins of other players.

If sv_forcegldefaults is set to 1, the icons could be rendered normally like they currently are.
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related to 0001850acknowledged Dusk Software renderer users must be allowed to change r_visibility when sv_forcegldefaults is 0 
related to 0004229resolved Kaminsky Ally icon to not be affected by the BlurSphere RenderStyle effect 
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2024-04-16 20:02unknownnaNew Issue
2024-04-16 20:03unknownnaRelationship addedrelated to 0001850
2024-04-16 20:05unknownnaRelationship addedrelated to 0004229
2024-05-02 13:49unknownnaNote Added: 0023656
2024-05-02 13:50unknownnaSummaryIf sv_forcegldefaults is 0, allow users to toggle bright ally/enemy icons => If sv_forcegldefaults is 0, allow users to toggle bright ally icons
2024-05-02 13:50unknownnaDescription Updatedbug_revision_view_page.php?rev_id=14183#r14183
2025-03-04 14:36unknownnaNote Added: 0024232
2025-03-04 14:36unknownnaStatusnew => closed
2025-03-04 14:36unknownnaResolutionopen => no change required

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(0023656)
unknownna   
2024-05-02 13:49   
Thinking about this a bit more, if hypothetically added, it'd probably best to only have it affect the ally icon, as you wouldn't want players with icons having an advantage against enemies over those who don't use icons. As such, I'm changing the ticket to reflect that.
(0024232)
unknownna   
2025-03-04 14:36   
I'll close this for now. While it might sound good on paper for regular gameplay like CTF, some server hosts don't necessarily turn off ally icons for certain PvP mods like Zombie Horde, where enemies and allies happen to use the same ally icon.
A feature like this would naturally give players using bright icons a massive advantage over those who don't.