Default Energy Color

[Thelonious]

A lot of frames and weapons have a specific out-of-the-box default energy color, affecting abilities or projectiles.

Example: Ignis flame color, Ash's transparent smoke screen, various projectile weapons, Saryn's greenish Miasma, etc...

 

The problem is, some of them disappear for good the moment you enter the color customization screen.

And get replaced, for the most part, by that deep blue default color. 

Without even changing any color in the scheme. Just entering the screen is enough.

 

Well, you're gonna say, you just have to find the matching color through the multitude of palettes available for sale.

Except you don't know which one, there are so many nuances around the same color tone, not to mention they don't always match the in-game color

For example, Saryn's default color for Miasma is a yellow tone, not so green. It took me an hour to find a close match, and it's still not the exact same color. I would need to buy yet another palette for that same color, and it's a little steep for just one color.

And there are colors you can't reproduce, like Ash's Smoke Screen transparency. Even the darkest black is tainted in comparaison.

 

This issue has been around since you implemented Energy color customization, and has been fixed on some pieces of equipment.

But I just lost the default energy color on my newly aquired Detron (shame on me for wanting to customize any other color!!), which makes me wanna raise the issue again.

 

So I'm asking a simple question:

 

Can the Default Energy Color match the out-of-the-box default color once and for all?

The same thing you did with Ignis default flame color?

 

[NoggDog117]

You can always press the reset colors button in the customization screen. It works for me every time. That, or you can also use the different appearance presets.

[Thelonious]

Nope, it doesn't restore the out-of-the-box energy color. And as soon as you chose another preset, the default color is changed to blue.

 

Note that it only affects very specific weapons/frames abilities, for which the default energy color is not blue.

Try this with a Saryn or an Ash: everything you cast will be blue. Whereas Saryn abilities were originally yellow/green, and Ash's were "smoky" (transparent).

Edited March 30, 2014 by Thelonious

[Alchie]

i just like to confirm that i got this bug on my Saryn as well.

and it is not only a apparence issue but also a gameplay, since none of colors that are unlocked by default is actualy bright. that makes Saryn's spores much harder to see.

[Catemonster]

Having this problem with Saryn too, it just happened and I'm really frustrated. I got the frame today and was really disappointed to see the energy color changed.

[Rhundis]

I have this with my channeling on my melee. Although when I'm host its the proper color.

[Janktrio]

Ya, this bug is rather annoying for me too. I hope DE fixes this soon.

[Janktrio]

Anyone here think DE will ever actually fix this bug, or will they just ignore it since it's so minor? I hope they actually fix it soon.

[Anvillior]

I've gotten the same problem on both my embolist and my ignis. I wanna spray GREEN toxins, not red ones. And I want my RED/ORANGE flames, not yellow ones. Seriously DE, please fix this!

[Janktrio]

I found another glitch relating to this. So, I just got my Dual Heat Swords from the foundry, and i took them for a spin. They were pretty cool looking, and I took note of their colour (specifically the glowing red marks on them), their swing colour (the after-image/swooshy effect from swinging them was white), and their channeling colour which made them glow white. Then, after my mission, I went to the appearance tab and clicked restore default colours for the dual heat swords. At first, I saw no change. Then when I got into game the swing colour and channeling colour of the dual heat swords was changed to the deep red of the glowing markers on the swords. It seems, fresh from the foundry, weapons and warframes can have several different colours for their glowing bits and their different special effects. But when you change the energy colour or decide to reset it to default all special effects and glowy bits on the weapons and waframes changes to 1 shared colour.