0004230: If sv_forcegldefaults is 0, allow users to toggle bright ally icons

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0004230

Zandronum

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2024-04-16 20:02

2025-03-04 14:36

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unknownna

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minor

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3.1

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0004230: If sv_forcegldefaults is 0, allow users to toggle bright ally icons

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Inspired 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	0001850	acknowledged	Dusk	Software renderer users must be allowed to change r_visibility when sv_forcegldefaults is 0
related to	0004229	resolved	Kaminsky	Ally icon to not be affected by the BlurSphere RenderStyle effect

Notes
(0023656) unknownna (updater) 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 (updater) 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.

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Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2024-04-16 20:02	unknownna	New Issue
2024-04-16 20:03	unknownna	Relationship added	related to 0001850
2024-04-16 20:05	unknownna	Relationship added	related to 0004229
2024-05-02 13:49	unknownna	Note Added: 0023656
2024-05-02 13:50	unknownna	Summary	If 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 13:50	unknownna	Description Updated	View Revisions
2025-03-04 14:36	unknownna	Note Added: 0024232
2025-03-04 14:36	unknownna	Status	new => closed
2025-03-04 14:36	unknownna	Resolution	open => no change required

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