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0004395Zandronum[All Projects] Suggestionpublic2024-08-26 13:492025-03-04 14:30
Reporterunknownna 
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PrioritynormalSeveritytweakReproducibilityN/A
StatusclosedResolutionno change required 
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Summary0004395: Neutralize small print color in CTF flag messages
DescriptionSince the message color under large frag messages was neutralized from red to a more normal white/gray color, maybe flag messages in CTF should have the same treatment.
Upon closer inspection, it might be slightly confusing when a player takes a flag, but the smaller print is in the opposite team color. As long as the player name is printed in the team color, a neutral color before it should look clean and emphasize the player name more.

See the attached screenshot. The "Held by:" string is in red. If the "Held by:" and "Scored by:", and perhaps "Returned by:" messages were neutral, maybe it would look less confusing in a high-intensity game where flags are taken and dropped often.
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Additional InformationI don't necessarily expect these changes, but I'm just throwing it out there for consideration.
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related to 0004368resolved Kaminsky CTF "flag taken/returned" etc. messages do not appear in console offline, in addition to using wrong msgcolors online 
Attached Filespng Screenshot_Doom_20240826_152317.png (66,343) 2024-08-26 13:49
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2024-08-26 13:49unknownnaNew Issue
2024-08-26 13:49unknownnaFile Added: Screenshot_Doom_20240826_152317.png
2024-08-26 15:32unknownnaDescription Updatedbug_revision_view_page.php?rev_id=14370#r14370
2024-08-27 10:17unknownnaRelationship addedrelated to 0004368
2025-03-04 14:30unknownnaNote Added: 0024231
2025-03-04 14:30unknownnaStatusnew => closed
2025-03-04 14:30unknownnaResolutionopen => no change required

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unknownna   
2025-03-04 14:30   
I think I'll close this one for now.

I thought about this a bit more recently, and it's probably good that the "held by:" part of the message is colored.
It can actually help with seeing which team is taking which flag if hypothetically playing 3- or 4-way CTF, especially as many player names use custom colors in them and whose team can't be identified quickly by name alone.