Upcoming Color Customization Fix (Planned For Hotfix 14.0.9)

[[DE]Steve 16,653]

UPDATE ON LEGACY CONFIG OPTION: https://forums.warframe.com/index.php?/topic/273383-upcoming-color-customization-fix-planned-for-hotfix-1409/page-26?p=3219480#entry3219480

 

 

My Colorful Tenno,

 

Today we’ll be releasing a small fix to a long-standing bug with our color customization code. If you’re a fan of color customization (like me) you’ll definitely notice richer colors, deeper blacks and a wider gamut. Before this change, rarely would the picker swatch match up with the item as you customized, this fix corrects that. Seeing how washed out the Kubrow colors with the broken color conversion was depressing the artists as well. Overall this is a nice quality and contrast improvement.

 

Of course there is a downside. It’s different. You may have gotten used to being washed out. Please accept my apologies! When we agonized over the before and after of Warframes and Kubrows, we felt this change was justified and that most palettes still offered saturation choices if people wanted to use them. What you see in the picker is what you get on your item now and that correctness seems best for the future.

 

Thank you for your understanding and patience. After the hotfix we will be inboxing a new “Gamma” color pack of de-saturated colors as a gift for transitioning to this corrected color code.

 

Now back to getting the Hotfix out – lots of issues addressed with matching, Dark Sectors, UI... (insert coffee here).

 

-Steve

 

PS: If you’re interested in the technical side: Colors you see are in a format called “sRGB” which increases precision of dark colors, important when working in 8 bit (your monitor). Our shaders operate internally at a higher precision using "Linear” color. We (ok, it was me) missed the required conversion of the picker's SRGB value to the “Linear” value the material shaders require.

 

BROKEN:

FIXED:

 

UPDATE: Wanted to show Kubrows fur contrast is radically improved with this fix which is a great relief to our artists. Here is a comparison from "all variants are washed out" to fix code on the right.

 

LEFT: BROKEN/WASHED OUT    RIGHT: FIXED/ARTIST INTENT

[RexSol 7,605]

Awesome :)

[PsychedelicSnake 55,761]

I wonder how many of my Warframes will look like they melted a box of crayons and rolled around in it after this.

 

Anyway, this should definitely fix the "washing-out" problem I've had with quite a few of my Warframes (I'm looking at you, Hydroid).

[Arkhew 648]

Oh sweet salted pretzels, this is good. Thanks pink shorts prime.

[Vaskadar 4,865]

Wee! Pumpkin Excalibro.

 

Oh, and thanks for the color fix.

[Vargras 17,265]

Fixed colors look a lot more vibrant. I like it.

[Nijuroku 701]

Sugoi!

 

 

 

 

(No metallic colors yet?) *sobs

Edited July 25, 2014 by Nijuroku

[Anubias 1,018]

so i guess that orange fur will be more visible on kubrows aswell. good XD

[noveltyhero 8,133]

Awesome work guys! :D

[-FrostByte- 2,695]

ty steve!

[Casardis 9,441]

Thank you!

 

Just wondering though: does that affect certain weapons which have an "overlay" on them? Prime weapons come to mind in terms of "lighter" overlay, but even the regular Braton has a darker overlay on it. Will all of these be fixed along?

[aleco247 1,078]

[(PS4)TheCrimsonTuckr 679]

Why am I on PS4 ._.

[(PS4)Crackle2012 1,705]

This looks awesome!!!-- Thank you for the update Steve!!! :-) 

[[DE]Steve 16,653]

Why am I on PS4 ._.

Going to sneak it into your U14!

[A-p-o-l-l-y-o-n 10,719]

So I guess I'll be using the Gamma pack because I'm fairly certain my colors will look way too saturated after this. But this is great. Any chance a reset of the melee channeling effect will come with this hotfix, you know, removing that milky appearance?

Edited July 25, 2014 by AntoineFlemming

[(PS4)TheCrimsonTuckr 679]

This looks awesome!!!-- Thank you for the update Steve!!! :-) 

Uhm uh you're PS4 we're peasants. For now...

Edited July 25, 2014 by (PS4)TheCrimsonTuckr

[The_Doc 5,903]

Nice! I hope my classy brown-beige-bordeaux frames stay classy :P

[(PS4)TheCrimsonTuckr 679]

Going to sneak it into your U14!

\(^-^)/

[Hybridon 5,143]

Prepare for PINK frames :P

[(PS4)Folkeye 968]

Will this come to PS4 as well?

 

Edit: nevermind, the answered appeared as I was typing. :)

 

Now I'm awesomely scared to see what my mild cotton-candy-pink color scheme will look like! (paaaaaaaaaank!!!)

Edited July 25, 2014 by (PS4)Folkeye

[(PS4)TheCrimsonTuckr 679]

Fabulous frames inbound.

[Redstoneman 812]

Prepare for PINK frames :P

shorts*

[Drake_Gunn 189]

Thanks Steve, guess I'll be playing with colors again.

[at35z 1,154]

Awesome!!!

 

Just an offtopic question: When will Trinity's new ability icons be released in-game? The official website uses the new ones since U10, because that's when you said she got her new icons, but they couldn't reach the game yet.

Edited July 25, 2014 by at35z