Resource specific line chart colors
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 1:07 pm
Hi,
since this is my first post, I want to mention that Factorio is great game. However I also have some suggestions for improvement - the first one I would like to address in this thread.
The production charts are an interesting feature to get an idea about the overall production, however the corresponding line charts are a little bit confusing. More precisely, the line colors of the production and consumption overview are determined by the sorted production/consumption rate at the time one opens the window (by pressing p). To me it makes more sense to use the same color for the same resource in both charts. In this way it is easy to compare the production und consumption rates graphically.
As an example I've marked two exemplary resources which imho should have the same line colors.
You even can spin this idea further by using similar colors for similar resources. E.g. Iron ore and iron plates may be colored in different shades of blue. Of course the notion of similarity is not always this obvious.
since this is my first post, I want to mention that Factorio is great game. However I also have some suggestions for improvement - the first one I would like to address in this thread.
The production charts are an interesting feature to get an idea about the overall production, however the corresponding line charts are a little bit confusing. More precisely, the line colors of the production and consumption overview are determined by the sorted production/consumption rate at the time one opens the window (by pressing p). To me it makes more sense to use the same color for the same resource in both charts. In this way it is easy to compare the production und consumption rates graphically.
As an example I've marked two exemplary resources which imho should have the same line colors.
You even can spin this idea further by using similar colors for similar resources. E.g. Iron ore and iron plates may be colored in different shades of blue. Of course the notion of similarity is not always this obvious.