Bug: UI Color Customization is carrying over between characters.


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This began with the NCsoft launcher "upgrade". If you customize the color of a character's UI then log out (not quit to desktop), the customization carries over to the next character you log in. Previously, each character kept its own customization, so you could have the default Hero blue for one toon, Villain red for another, purple for yet another, green on another, etc. Now, unless you quit to desktop, the color setting carries over.


 

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I am not experiencing this. My Hero ATs are still Blue. My Villain ATs are still red, and my Praetorian's are still gray... even after switching back and forth between them.

I also just tried changing the color of one of them and changing characters, but the other character still had it's own color from before.

The only slightly-related issue I ever had like this was immediately after GR was released. When my Hero moved over to become a Villain, the interface changed from Blue to Red. I thought it was designed that way and thought it was kinda cool, but.. it has not happened since, and I've been too lazy to change it again until now (that's the character I just tested your issue with).

On a side note, I am not sure how the NCSoft Launcher could be responsible for it. That sounds like it would be an issue for the client itself, which hasn't changed (other than a couple of it's own patches over the last couple weeks)... unless it didn't apply one of your patches properly for some reason.


 

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I was contacted privately by a 3rd-party with some concerns about my test. It seems that all my characters have their default colors, so the issue might not necessarily apply to them. At first, I assumed that changing my Scrapper's window from Red back to it's original blue would count as customizing, but just in case it's still counted as a "standard" color and not affected by the issue... I took my testing a bit further:

I logged onto a Stalker. The Windows were the default Villain red.
I changed it green.
I relogged onto a Tanker. The windows were the default Hero blue.
The green from the Stalker did not carry over.
I figured maybe it ony breaks if BOTH characters have customized colors, so...
I changed the Tanker's windows purple and relogged onto the Stalker again.
The windows were green like they were supposed to be.

Edit to clarify/add:
Each of my relogs were done without ever closing the client. I have since relogged back and forth between my Stalker and Tanker a few times, trying both the "Quit to Login Screen" and "Quit to Character Select" options, and neither has made the color incorrectly carry over to the other character.

I'm sorry. I tried my best, but I can't duplicate this issue or find any solution for you. I can only suggest trying a "verify files" and see if it clears up. "Verify Files" on the NCSoft Launcher can now be done by right-clicking City of Heroes and selecting "Repair (Consistency Check)". It might be worth a shot anyway.


 

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Originally Posted by Paragon View Post
This began with the NCsoft launcher "upgrade". If you customize the color of a character's UI then log out (not quit to desktop), the customization carries over to the next character you log in. Previously, each character kept its own customization, so you could have the default Hero blue for one toon, Villain red for another, purple for yet another, green on another, etc. Now, unless you quit to desktop, the color setting carries over.
Set the color scheme you want on the character.

Save to default Options file.

Do not zone. Log out the long way with a count down to the login screen. Exit the game.

Do this for each character with roaming color schemes.


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Consistancy check passed without any downloads.

Further testing has shown that this bug doesn't seem to be affecting all my characters. My older toons do not seem to change, but newer ones adopt.

For instance, a Blaster I created on 12/18/2010 adopts every time I log out one toon and log into it. Same with a Stalker I created in the last few months.

Example of Stalker. Logged in today at RGBO settings of 25/0/25/53 (which was adopted yesterday from my Dominator), then logged out. Logged in another toon (unaffected by carry-over) with settings at 50/50/50/53, then logged out. Logged Stalker back in, settings are now 50/50/50/53.

I would check all of my characters on Freedom, but my account got locked the last time I did mass login/logout type stuff. I've probably thrown up a flag or two just doing the logins/logouts I have already done, lol.

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Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
Set the color scheme you want on the character.

Save to default Options file.

Do not zone. Log out the long way with a count down to the login screen. Exit the game.

Do this for each character with roaming color schemes.
Will look into this solution later this afternoon.