0004395: Neutralize small print color in CTF flag messages

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0004395

Zandronum

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2024-08-26 13:49

2025-03-04 14:30

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unknownna

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0004395: Neutralize small print color in CTF flag messages

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Since 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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I don't necessarily expect these changes, but I'm just throwing it out there for consideration.

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Screenshot_Doom_20240826_152317.png [^] (66,343 bytes) 2024-08-26 13:49

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0004368

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Kaminsky

CTF "flag taken/returned" etc. messages do not appear in console offline, in addition to using wrong msgcolors online

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(0024231) unknownna (updater) 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.

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Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2024-08-26 13:49	unknownna	New Issue
2024-08-26 13:49	unknownna	File Added: Screenshot_Doom_20240826_152317.png
2024-08-26 15:32	unknownna	Description Updated	View Revisions
2024-08-27 10:17	unknownna	Relationship added	related to 0004368
2025-03-04 14:30	unknownna	Note Added: 0024231
2025-03-04 14:30	unknownna	Status	new => closed
2025-03-04 14:30	unknownna	Resolution	open => no change required

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