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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
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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.
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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...
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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
China5094 Posts
November 09 2006 22:55 GMT
#11
i didnt know this... =(
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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... =(
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KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States42364 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
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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)
intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9933 Posts
November 10 2006 02:01 GMT
#21
yes me too teal buildings units are just awful, is there any way to change it? i'd like to have white or red terran, looks sexy. oh and black is nice too
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lololol
Profile Joined February 2006
5198 Posts
November 11 2006 15:12 GMT
#22
Starcraft runs even on a fucking 386 lol... if it lags you have a very bad problem ^^
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evanthebouncy!
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States12796 Posts
November 11 2006 15:21 GMT
#23
Ahhh! So that's why the water looks so messed up after you alt-tab, it's all part of the color cycling ^_^
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skyglow1
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
New Zealand3962 Posts
November 11 2006 15:39 GMT
#24
I like the teal vs red every game, I get used to it so every game is "standardized" (for 1v1) in a way. And I can't stand being 1 colour in the game and being another colour in the minimap.
Alborz
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Canada1551 Posts
November 11 2006 16:12 GMT
#25
hah, I wondered why the water sometimes went funky
Texas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Germany2388 Posts
November 11 2006 17:10 GMT
#26
Another questions: when hosting a public game, there is an option called "Make game public". What does this mean exactly. I know the literal translation, but what are the effects? Does it remove the bans or smthg. Thanks in advance.
merz
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Sweden2760 Posts
November 11 2006 18:49 GMT
#27
I think it refreshes the game so it jumps up in the game list, but not sure. Like say you need 2-3 more players but no one is joining, you press "make game public" and it jumps a bit further up and someone new might notice it and join it.
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besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
November 11 2006 19:15 GMT
#28
On November 10 2006 09:16 GrandInquisitor wrote:
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


hehe i got the same card, it sure is crap
but i have 900 MHz, does that mean im not oldskool?
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d4d
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Switzerland1066 Posts
November 11 2006 19:44 GMT
#29
Starcraft run laggy when there is more than 20 units on screen on a P75, it is smooth on a P150 (with music off).
There is NO laggy starcraft nowadays.
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Vin{MBL}
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
5185 Posts
November 11 2006 19:50 GMT
#30
Yes, thanks alot guys. I knew about this in warcraft ( and used it ) but i had no idea that it was available in StarCraft.
Was this added in a patch or was it there from the start?
nite2
Profile Joined June 2006
182 Posts
November 11 2006 20:44 GMT
#31
when u press make game public, it removes the password, coz when u have password, the game is private. Removing password makes it public
Im not sure, but it may be true that it also bumps the game to top of list (like close/open).

From what i've seen if VODs, all progamers use Teal color for themselves and red for enemy. (u can see it when they switch to FP view).
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fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
November 11 2006 22:55 GMT
#32
Also, hitting tab will make the minimap terrain dissapear. It might be useful, but I hate it.
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Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
November 11 2006 23:23 GMT
#33
On November 10 2006 09:16 GrandInquisitor wrote:
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


mine the same except for celeron IV i think 700 MHz
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mmp
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2130 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-03 09:07:30
August 03 2010 09:02 GMT
#34
bump for retro art (due to the nature of the images I cannot embed them here). It's running in Javascript, fwiw (IE users may not be able to view HTML5 Canvas).

enjoy
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SoMuchBetter
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia10606 Posts
August 03 2010 09:18 GMT
#35
what?
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