NameTag color Team Based matches

Good idea (i can program it if you want)

Then what is that code you posted?

This is what I've got, and it works from what I can tell (starts from about line 684 of gc_render_obj.cpp).

if (is_teamplay)
{
    if (client_datas[info.cid].team == 0)
    {
        gfx_text_color(1,0,0,a); // Red
    }
    else if (client_datas[info.cid].team == 1)
    {
        gfx_text_color(0,0,1,a); // Blue
    }
}
else
{
    gfx_text_color(1,1,1,a); // FFA DM therefore white
}
gfx_text(0, position.x-tw/2.0f, position.y-60, 28.0f, name, -1);

It doesn't really matter what colour the text is though. I suppose if somebody likes it being the team colour is up to individual opinions.

Don't you mean Unreal Tournament sounds, not Quake?

Good idea cant wait to use it ;3

What for?

Thanks for the advice i took it does look better.Still have to look into the border.

gfx_text_color(0.8,0.34,0.34,a);//red
gfx_text_color(0.34,0.45,0.8,a);//blue

If you dont know how to make it a float just take the color value and divide by 255

float = color/ 255

What is the advantage? It's not as if you can't read it at all. Anyways, nameplates give you a negligible advantage in the first place.

There is no need to have "gfx_text(0, position.x-tw/2.0f, position.y-60, 28.0f, name, -1);" twice. Just put it outside (under or below) the if code block. Like:

if (is_teamplay)
{
    if (team == 0)
    {
        gfx_text_color(0.8,0.34,0.34,a);
    }
    else if (team == 1)
    {
         gfx_text_color(0.34,0.45,0.8,a);
    }
}
else
{
    gfx_text_color(render_info.color_body[0],render_info.color_body[1],render_info.color_body[2],a);
}
gfx_text(0, position.x-tw/2.0f, position.y-60, 28.0f, name, -1);

The advantage I'm talking about is that you'll always notice a red name a fraction of a second earlier then a blue name if the background is blue. The human eye will find it slightly more difficult to differentiate between the colors.

You can read it fine in most existing maps but it's only a matter of time before there exist maps which accidentally have the same background color as the names have. Also is it not about reading, but the valuable positioning data a name provides about a tee.

I agree that it would be minor advantage but I do know many players that hit other tees because they take the name as the focus point. This means the fraction of a second might mean the difference between life and dead (or lots of damage).

Two solutions to our problem:
- Make it optional so players can also play with current, neutral name colors.
- Make the color of the names adjustable, or even modable like skins and game.png. This way we'll not only have this problem fixed, but also a entire new movement of creativity.