I think the marauders should just be brighter or maybe a bit more team-color zone, but the current change is too much, as it makes them harder to distinguish in a group of other units like marines.

Spawning pool just looks weird. Eggs change is cool, and I like it, although I don't think it helps at all, because you'll almost never get eggs together except infested terran ones, which is extremely rare and usually indicates the game is over.

I like the viking change, it's small but significant and noticeable.

I didn't see roaches, it would be good to see how different they look, as there are problems particularly at low graphic settings, without burrow movement upgrade, and similar colors (dark-blue–purple, dark-gray–brown).

Lastly, to pzea (the OP), you mentioend changing the specular brightness, and the opacity, but what about the HDR? Not everyone can use HDR, but when you have brighter team color in general, it's really damn noticeable! I did that for my custom map.

AKspartan

United States126 Posts

April 26 2011 20:35 GMT

#123

I think it's a fantastic idea and agree wholeheartedly that the game lacks color and the lack of variation makes things boring. Some of your work is quite good, but I think the shading and lighting needs some work. You just want to avoid having the colored areas you added having that matte effect where it looks like it's all the exact same color and there's no light effects at all. Add some gloss, sheen, and shadowing and I think you'll see major improvements (not that you haven't already put together something nice).

Also, please try your hardest to give the spawning pool the neon, glowing effect that I feel has been somewhat lost.

emythrel

United Kingdom2599 Posts

April 26 2011 20:39 GMT

#124

banelings that glow their team colour..... how i wish this was in the game..... ZvZ can get very confusing to watch.

ClysmiC

United States2192 Posts

April 26 2011 20:40 GMT

#125

I really like this. Sometimes, even when playing, I mix up whose units is whose. Only in mirror matches though

Suddenly

United States181 Posts

April 26 2011 20:43 GMT

#126

Love it on the units. Especially the banelings

Not sure about the structures though, but overall this is great!

MattyClutch

United States711 Posts

April 26 2011 21:00 GMT

#127

I think this is a great idea particularly for mirror matchups. It can be really hard to tell who is who sometimes in close battles where both players are the same race.

OhNoItsTheMunch

United States96 Posts

April 26 2011 21:26 GMT

#128

This is awesome! Are there any plans to release this so that others can enjoy this awesomeness?!

Yello

Germany7411 Posts

April 26 2011 21:28 GMT

#129

Blizzard, just listen.
We have such a great community with SC2, we have guys like the OP who even do your job for you. Just listen and watch, see what this community does and learn from it.
And implement an option for players like me, who want to play with those textures.

PS:
to the OP: You don't get banned for changing SC2 textures on yourself? You said you play with those textures now.

3clipse

Canada2555 Posts

April 26 2011 21:30 GMT

#130

Excellent idea. Colors like this should be the new 2v2 standard.

Turgid

United States1623 Posts

April 26 2011 21:34 GMT

#131

Those are easter banelings :3 I want them.

endieg

Germany49 Posts

April 26 2011 21:43 GMT

#132

they will never change that :0
but it looks nice like a football team ^^

Ashera

Canada202 Posts

April 26 2011 21:43 GMT

#133

I love the baneling colors! Those are so sweet.

v3chr0

United States856 Posts

April 26 2011 21:44 GMT

#134

Great idea, I think almost every unit with these new textures looks a lot better, and is more easily distinguishable. However, units that are fully colored should have a little more black/brown, like the Ling and Bane.

intrigue

Washington, D.C9934 Posts

April 26 2011 21:46 GMT

#135

i would love this. i still have trouble seeing things in this game, even after blizzard fixed the colors back in beta. what happened to zealot blades no longer being team-colored? that was fantastic

sOvrn

United States678 Posts

April 26 2011 21:47 GMT

#136

I like the look. Maybe it's because it's just different from the standard, but I think there should at least be an option to have this on for fun.

mstksg

United States8 Posts

April 26 2011 21:48 GMT

#137

I'd like to second the suggestion someone added earlier about lasers being colored and maybe extend it to all projectiles in general.

Marauder shells and Glaive Wurms in particular would be pretty neat. Corrupter shots, Viking missiles, HSMs etc., too. Not sure how visible a Hydralisk needle would be though.

I)etox

1240 Posts

April 26 2011 22:03 GMT

#138

Woah. I just realized those lings look like mini elites from Halo.

Taryssa

United States1628 Posts

April 26 2011 22:07 GMT

#139

I like the marauders, those are pretty hard for me to distinguish even on a 1080p stream. You can only really tell what team they're on by what color the medivacs above them are, haha

neSix

United States1772 Posts

April 26 2011 22:13 GMT

#140

These all look so good. I wish someone important from Blizzard would see these, and agree with the rest of us that they look great.

I think this coupled with the colored stalker laser beams (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=204787) would be awesome!