I'm partially colorblind, care to listen?

Games Other Halo
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First off, I love this game as much as the next guy. I don’t have any hate for this game (except staying zoomed in under fire, but that’s not as big of a deal to me)

I have a colorblindness-- I can see the top left (easy) & top/bottom right (barely).
My biggest problem is the cross-hair color. It mixes in with so much of the environment or what I’m looking at that I lose track of the screen’s true-center.

This is such a problem that I cannot use a turret of any-kind, be it stationary or vehicular. From my perspective, the cross-hair becomes invisible and I soon feel as if I’m aiming in GoW.
Apart from turret problems, it’s an issue whenever I’m trying to kill enemies. If I am a blue spartan aiming at a red opponent, the cross-hair fades away slightly. If I’m blue spartan, it’s not as big as an issue as the blue is distinguishable from the red.

I know not to expect immediate changes, but possibly something for consideration?

CoD was nice enough to give a colorblind option, and BF3 soon followed and offered one as well. These did NOT modify the environment’s colors at all. When this option was enabled, it merely altered the color scheme of the HUD.

TL;DR: Can we consider implementing a colorblind mode similar to CoD and BF3 that alters HUD color?

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If I were you I would just get one of those cross hair stickers you can glue to your TV.

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I have the same colorblindness, and noticed I couldn’t see the turrets. I thought it was weird, since I’ve never had a problem with other Halo games.

(CoD, on the other hand, I’ve always had to activate the colorblind option. I hated MW2 because they didn’t have the option.) You’re not alone.

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Good point well made :slight_smile:

I imagine it would be something quite easy to implement so maybe email 343 directly to make sure they know this could be an issue for some people.

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> If I were you I would just get one of those cross hair stickers you can glue to your TV.

This. I fully endorse a color blind mode, but in the mean time I would get an expo (NOT A SHARPY) marker and draw a small crosshair on your screen to aid you

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DICE implemented colorblind mode into BF3 post-launch, so you should be able to get 343 to do it as well.

Good luck with that, bro.

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Doesn’t sound like an unreasonable wish.

I’m sure an email will help them get it rolling. :slight_smile:

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> Good point well made :slight_smile:
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> I imagine it would be something quite easy to implement so maybe email 343 directly to make sure they know this could be an issue for some people.

Unfortunately they don’t have an email to contact them with, as they use twitter for that.

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> > Good point well made :slight_smile:
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> > I imagine it would be something quite easy to implement so maybe email 343 directly to make sure they know this could be an issue for some people.
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> Unfortunately they don’t have an email to contact them with, as they use twitter for that.

Ah of course. Tweet them then OP. It’s the most effective way to contact organizations and companies nowadays anyway :slight_smile:

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Agreed, iam also partially colorblind and struggle a lot seeing the reticule and i have trouble tracking it while im trying to aim because my eyes lose sight of it…very annoying, had the same problem in reach aswell i hope this can be changed