[G]Health Bar Color

Orek

1665 Posts

July 10 2012 23:42 GMT

[G]Health Bar Color

Summary of the topic in images

I'm not sure if knowing this helps you play SC2 any better, but I had been wondering about the relationship between unit health and health bar color for a long time. So, I did a little research on it. After trying with several different units, I found that color transitions happened around 86%,57%, and 29%. Those numbers looked very random at first. Then, I realized that those were 6/7, 4/7, and 2/7 respectively. WIth this hypothesis in mind, I tried with more units from each race. Results were in agreement. Therefore, I concluded that multiples of 1/7 are used for color transition points. Images above basically explain everything.

Once I found the rule, I could simply calculate all color transition points for all units. So I did. Health for protoss units are without shield.
Unit Color Transition Point(Exact health)
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Unit Color Transition Point(Rounded to the first integer health you actually see on screen)
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Also, buildings seem to follow the same rule.
Building Color Transition Point(Rounded to the first integer health you actually see on screen)
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Terran buildings catch fire at a point where color bar is in orange, NOT red. When health gets lower than 1/3 of maximum health, buildings start to lose health.
Terran Buildings Fire Catching Point
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Well, not the most exciting topic, but I hope this helps for something.

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sc2pal

Poland577 Posts

July 10 2012 23:44 GMT

as weird as it sounds i found it useful thank you

Blazinghand

United States25370 Posts

July 10 2012 23:52 GMT

This is a thoughful and comprehensive guide. Well-written and useful. I learned something new!

snively

United States1158 Posts

July 11 2012 00:08 GMT

cool cool. not something that will change anybodys game but something good to know

zhurai

United States5645 Posts

July 11 2012 00:22 GMT

Terran buildings catch fire at a point where color bar is in orange, NOT red. When health gets lower than 1/3 of maximum health, buildings start to lose health.

man that's strange why they decided to make it like that ~~

Fencar

United States1663 Posts

July 11 2012 00:41 GMT

Very cool! Thanks for making this.

It should make it easier to see how much HP our units have, or at least guess.

thurst0n

United States609 Posts

July 11 2012 03:12 GMT

Thank you for finding this. I didnt even notice the slight difference in the red/yellow/orange colors. I thought there were only 4 colors total haha!

WolfBro

United States59 Posts

July 11 2012 04:21 GMT

I found it useful. And bonus, pretty colors!

Thanks.

steelcurtain09

United States83 Posts

July 11 2012 04:37 GMT

This is actually kinda helpful. I originally thought it was at 25%, 50%, and 75%. But there are a few errors there. Drones are 40 HP, not 50. And zerglings are 35 HP, not 25

Orek

1665 Posts

July 11 2012 05:54 GMT

#10

On July 11 2012 13:37 steelcurtain09 wrote:
This is actually kinda helpful. I originally thought it was at 25%, 50%, and 75%. But there are a few errors there. Drones are 40 HP, not 50. And zerglings are 35 HP, not 25

Thank you for pointing out. Drone & Zergling health fixed.

Chrono000

Korea (South)357 Posts

August 24 2012 14:28 GMT

#11

damn you are a nerd. its a good thing.

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