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What does Color Cycling do?

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ocoini
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
648 Posts
November 09 2006 18:29 GMT
#1
So.. hmm.. never really learnt this.. what exactly does color cycling do in sc/bw?
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Wonders
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Australia753 Posts
November 09 2006 16:12 GMT
#2
It really helps recognition of things on the minimap because red is so much easier to see on the minimap than other colours. When you're completely immersed in what you're doing it becomes really easy to miss an enemy passing into your field of view for an instant, which might be crucial in the game, for example if it's a dropship in TvZ. With the red spots on the minimap it's easy to spot that dropship in the corner of your eye even amid all of your multitasking, and even if you don't have time to check what it is on the big map, you'll be prepared for it when it comes.
diverse
Profile Joined August 2006
Australia72 Posts
November 09 2006 16:40 GMT
#3
Uh, I think you mean changing minimap colors, not the color cycling option in F10 -> O -> V
Continuity
Profile Joined June 2006
United Kingdom34 Posts
November 09 2006 20:28 GMT
#4
I'm guessing the graphics option is this, if it is then it's just a particular way that SC draws stuff on the screen. I have it enabled so I think it's on by default, the reason it's an option is probably that it won't work for some people due to weirdness with their graphics card/drivers, so if they get display problems they can try turning it off to see if it fixes them. I assume you don't want to know exactly what it does unless you're interested in techincal details of computer graphics
what the hell do you mean gg, I'm being murdered here
nortydog
Profile Joined December 2003
Australia3067 Posts
November 09 2006 20:37 GMT
#5
it animates the water
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nortydog
Profile Joined December 2003
Australia3067 Posts
November 09 2006 20:38 GMT
#6
thats all
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born-to-porn
Profile Joined January 2004
Denmark400 Posts
November 09 2006 21:13 GMT
#7
I always turn it off because otherwise my starcraft becomes completely laggy and I can hardly play. Not something I'm willing to give up in order to have pretty animated water, if that really is what it does.
Nobody beats the Beater
TopGear
Profile Joined November 2005
United Kingdom796 Posts
November 09 2006 21:15 GMT
#8
What?! Stacraft, LAGGY?!

Your computer must really suck.
born-to-porn
Profile Joined January 2004
Denmark400 Posts
November 09 2006 22:26 GMT
#9
It does suck, but it's more that it acts weird than it actually lacks in power or whatever. It's an old machine you know...
Nobody beats the Beater
neSix
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States1772 Posts
November 09 2006 22:51 GMT
#10
On November 10 2006 07:26 born-to-porn wrote:
It does suck, but it's more that it acts weird than it actually lacks in power or whatever. It's an old machine you know...

oO

There is no excuse for having laggy starcraft.
pyrogenetix
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
China5093 Posts
November 09 2006 22:55 GMT
#11
i didnt know this... =(
Yea that looks just like Kang Min... amazing game sense... and uses mind games well, but has the micro of a washed up progamer.
Zea!
Profile Joined November 2006
9589 Posts
November 09 2006 23:13 GMT
#12
On November 10 2006 07:51 neSix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2006 07:26 born-to-porn wrote:
It does suck, but it's more that it acts weird than it actually lacks in power or whatever. It's an old machine you know...

oO

There is no excuse for having laggy starcraft.


ahahah :D
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skindzer
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
Chile5114 Posts
November 09 2006 23:17 GMT
#13
On November 10 2006 07:55 pyrogenetix wrote:
i didnt know this... =(
Its not only the rain that brings the thunder
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States42336 Posts
November 09 2006 23:46 GMT
#14
On November 10 2006 01:12 Wonders wrote:
It really helps recognition of things on the minimap because red is so much easier to see on the minimap than other colours. When you're completely immersed in what you're doing it becomes really easy to miss an enemy passing into your field of view for an instant, which might be crucial in the game, for example if it's a dropship in TvZ. With the red spots on the minimap it's easy to spot that dropship in the corner of your eye even amid all of your multitasking, and even if you don't have time to check what it is on the big map, you'll be prepared for it when it comes.


Heard about this before. How'd you do it?
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SoMuchBetter
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia10606 Posts
November 09 2006 23:56 GMT
#15
shift+tab once changes the minimap colors to allies: yellow, yourself: green, opponents: red
shift+tab twice changes the minimap colors AND in game colors to the above
shift+tab thrice resets it back to normal
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FriEndLy86
Profile Joined February 2004
Poland104 Posts
November 10 2006 00:05 GMT
#16
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Color-cycling&redirect=no

used to animate static enviroment like water
GrandInquisitor *
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
New York City13113 Posts
November 10 2006 00:16 GMT
#17
All you guys bashing on old comps...I"m on a Pentium III 500MHz with a NVidia RIVA TNT2 graphics card. Real oldskool right here
What fun is it being cool if you can’t wear a sombrero?
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
November 10 2006 00:34 GMT
#18
ha! Even I didnt know this >_< very helpful, ty!
Dash
Profile Joined October 2006
United States49 Posts
November 10 2006 01:46 GMT
#19
On November 10 2006 08:17 skindzer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2006 07:55 pyrogenetix wrote:
i didnt know this... =(

CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
November 10 2006 01:50 GMT
#20
On November 10 2006 08:56 SoMuchBetter wrote:
shift+tab once changes the minimap colors to allies: yellow, yourself: green, opponents: red
shift+tab twice changes the minimap colors AND in game colors to the above
shift+tab thrice resets it back to normal


In game colors change to You=Teal Ally=Yellow Enemy=Red

The enemy is slightly darker red than regular red in both minimap and gamescreen.

I Hate being teal i always just use shift tabx1 unless in 3 or more player game.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
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