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    Default A minor issue for colorblind people

    Im colorblind.

    Yes I see colors, but can not tell certain colors apart. ex : blues and purples confound me as do greens and reds

    Some of the quests puzzles have color coded keys and wheels.

    The colored wheels have their color on their name ex : Green wheel / Blue wheel / Purple wheel

    But their corresponding keys do not have the colors name on them

    This makes some quests impossible for me to solo

    Is there any way to add the name of the color to the puzzle keys as well as their corresponding wheel

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    I have colourblind friends who say this as well.
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    Wait until you do a reaver...

    This really should be fixed. Fortunately, you'll often be with people who can do it. It sucks to be dependent on others for something like that, but at the very least it won't entirely wreck your game.
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    They have made steps to improve this, but you are right they could do a lot more.

    I personally can't tell which barrels have X's on them, which can lead to some embarrassment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nite_Prowler View Post
    Im colorblind.

    Yes I see colors, but can not tell certain colors apart. ex : blues and purples confound me as do greens and reds...

    Is there any way to add the name of the color to the puzzle keys as well as their corresponding wheel

    So you aren't just red-green colorblind I take it, since you have problems with blues and purples?

    Anyway, I believe I remember a comment about labeling colors from one of the staff somewhere, so I think this will be added eventually. If I'm wrong, then this still does need to be added.

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    I'm red-green partially colorblind, and this basically means I can't play some puzzle games (such as bejeweled) because I can't tell two different objects apart.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zachski View Post
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    I'm red-green partially colorblind, and this basically means I can't play some puzzle games (such as bejeweled) because I can't tell two different objects apart.
    Bejewelled jewels have different shapes. I doubt you haven't noticed THAT yet.
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    Very recently a dev mentioned that they are working towards fixing this. No timelines though.

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    An improvement here would also help those of us running on the lowest graphic settings which makes it impossible to read the runes on wheel puzzles, the pipes on floor puzzles, and the X on explosive barrels.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AyumiAmakusa View Post
    Bejewelled jewels have different shapes. I doubt you haven't noticed THAT yet.
    I should have said games LIKE bejeweled where the different shapes are less obvious or non-existent.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zachski View Post
    I should have said games LIKE bejeweled where the different shapes are less obvious or non-existent.
    Right. I see what you mean.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ystradmynach View Post
    So you aren't just red-green colorblind I take it, since you have problems with blues and purples?
    Purple has red in it.

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    I like this idea. I'd never really thought about it before because I can see everything just fine, but I'm glad that there is talk of fixing it for those with issues differentiating the colors.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nite_Prowler View Post
    Purple has red in it.
    This. Most people get confused when I say that the two biggest difficulties I have are distinguishing purple and blue and to a lesser extent, really bright green and yellow. Purple is blue+red, if you have trouble with the red, then it just looks blue.

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    /signed important nuff said

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    To facilitate this, I'd recommend bug reporting color-blind-unfriendly situations as you come across them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nite_Prowler View Post
    Im colorblind.

    Yes I see colors, but can not tell certain colors apart. ex : blues and purples confound me as do greens and reds

    Some of the quests puzzles have color coded keys and wheels.
    Thanks for bringing this up. The team is currently discussing possible fixes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keeper View Post
    Thanks for bringing this up. The team is currently discussing possible fixes.
    Thank you Keeper and team

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    I have trouble with colors as well, so most quests that had wheels, I had to ask the person doing them and try to memorize how many turns on each wheel
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keeper View Post
    Thanks for bringing this up. The team is currently discussing possible fixes.
    perhaps adding symbols like other color/symbol puzzles.

    As long as the puzzles dont' actually have the words (ie. purple, orange, ect...)
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