How to keep information on screen and how to identify enemy ships

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Just playing another game and two things seem to stand out.

When ships are jumping and performing other actions it is hard to read the stats while holding the mouse over

Also is their a function for identifying enemy players/ships in game. Or is it just by memory of the diplomacy panel?
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
I dont know what you mean.... exactly.
But if you cant remember whos your friend or foe, try to use some ingame content :p
Options -> User Interface -> Show Team colors.
And there you are, your empire color will be green, your friends yellow und your enemys red.
On the left side of your screen there is the Empire Window where you can see your full empire. And if an other ship is in one of your Systems, you can see it there as a little square point with a different color.
You can select the ships there and you dont have to chase them in the 3d view.

:CONGRAT:
Ironclad did a great job with that feature,
but i still think blue would be better for friends... yellow feels like they arent friendly at all.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Besides that you can also hover over them in the empire tree, select them and hover over their portrait at the bottom center, switch camera modes so it follow them (thereby holding the same screen position), or hold down control to temporary switch the camera into locked mode. I think there maybe a couple other ways to make your request easier but I can't think of them off the top of my head.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
ok cool, will try ctrl, seems easiest.
I will just remember the enemies as i should

One other thing, played a game tonight and it seems that my friend thought he was one colour and he turned up another on my screen?
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Options -> User Interface -> Show Team colors
If he thought his color was green but his real color was an other one, he put this option on TRUE.
Or he ist just color blind ;)
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
i think then he is colour blind
He swears he was green, and all i could see was purple. Don't even think many
colour blind peeps could think that though.
Team colours could fix it, but then its hard to find ones own ships and gear?

i will take your word for it that if he chooses green I see green
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
The colors everyone sees in a multiplayer match are the same, so team colors would be the easiest explanation. If he turns it off, he should see himself as purple too.
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
i will try it..... thanks
he did see me as a different colour though, and we were allies
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
nope lol