Ports colored chat names

[ike709]

About the PR

Ports space-syndicate/space-station-14#844

I think this makes it much easier to follow what people are saying, and when we have the technology for runechat that looks good we can color it there like in SS13.

I'm pretty indifferent about what the actual color options are so bikeshed as much as you please.

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Changelog

🆑 Morty, ike709

• add: Names are now colored in chat.

[Kadeo64]

do we get to choose our chat color or nah

[mirrorcult]

how does it work with identity rn

[mirrorcult]

do we get to choose our chat color or nah

dont think its necessary imo

[mirrorcult]

at least not for initial pr

[metalgearsloth]

ValidatePrototypeId attribute exists if you want to hardcode a prototype.

[ike709]

how does it work with identity rn

Here's how it works now with a voice changer:

[deathride58]

Does this color the speech bubble name as well?

[Emisse]

im going senile i cant read chat its all white i have to merge this now

[Errant-4]

Nice!
But is it intentional that department channel color overwrites the name color? Names in emotes are also not colored, is that because this is supposed to represent voice only?

[SlamBamActionman]

This was merged before proper testing, and the screenshot in the PR does not accurately reflect how it looks ingame. There is a thread on Discord with multiple examples of how the current color selection is detrimental to the readability of chat. https://discord.com/channels/310555209753690112/1200030805095895050

Revert this PR or get a hotfix out to fix the colors/make it optional.

[SlamBamActionman]

One of the examples. Ite Dino's first message is the worst blended, but even still the others require effort to discern at a glance.

[GreyMario]

very accessible thanks i'm so glad i'm not colorblind

[SlamBamActionman]

For those that need visuals for the comment above, here are examples of various color blindness using the edited bg from #24555:

Original:

Deutan:

Protan:

Tritan:

I also recommend to try reading the text while squinting; it can help determine if certain color contrasts blend in too much in the background.

[juliangiebel]

As Ike mentioned here:

I'm pretty indifferent about what the actual color options are so bikeshed as much as you please.

The colors aren't specifically chosen so feel free to open a PR that sets the colors to an accessible color pallet. Posting additional comments on this PR won't help and eventually just get lost.