Research Assistant

MugsyBaloney

i'm not sure if i'm posting this in the right spot or not, but i have a slight color blind deficiency and would like some information on how i can change the color of the "what i know" dot on the research grid! i can see the "current researching" dot just fine but i'd like to know how to make the "what i know" dot a little brighter... not much interested in changing the color of the "what i don't know" dot. i know a little about programming, and i'm fairly certain i can use notepad++ to change a value on a line in some *.lua file. i just don't know which file or the color value to change it to! thanks in advance for any input!

Olivierko

You should make a feature request by posting a comment here.

For the time being, you can modify the colors yourself.

File:
ResearchAssistantSettings.lua

Property colors:

canResearchColor = RGBAToHex(1, .25, 0, 1),
duplicateUnresearchedColor = RGBAToHex(1, 1, 0, 1),
alreadyResearchedColor = RGBAToHex(.5, .5, .5, 1),
ornateColor = RGBAToHex(1, 1, 0, 1),
intricateColor = RGBAToHex(0, 1, 1, 1),

RGB color tool available here.

EDIT:
I don't use the addon myself however judging by the code there should already be settings available for changing these colors.

ESC -> Addon settings -> Research Assistant

MugsyBaloney

thanks, M8! i found it and changed the "alreadyResearchedColor = RGBAToHex(.5, .5, .5, 1)" to "alreadyResearchedColor = RGBAToHex(244, 250, 88, 1)" but it didn't seem to make any difference... i really don't care if the color changes to something different, i'd just really like to see it as bright as the "currently being researched", perhaps changing an ornate or intricate??? not sure what would do the trick or what to change it to! i tried to find the value i'm looking for on something that is currently being researched, no luck finding it!
edit: i had already posted on the addon download site under BugsyMaloney

Ayantir

Values go from 0 to 1.

consider divide by 255 to get your value

ex 68 / 255 = 0.26

Baertram

btw you could edit it in the addon settings as well instead of changing the addon source files?
Just press ESC ingame, navigate in the menu to settings -> addons -> Research Assistant

Scroll down to the bottom and there you'll find the color pickers for the different states of research. The 3rd from the top should be the "What you already know".

MugsyBaloney

i can't really tell that the color picker made any changes due to my slight color blind deficiency! i did however take the numbers that the picker generated for something that i could see well on the picker chart and used those (#'s / 255) in the lua file. that didn't work either! i don't really need to "change" the color of "already known", i would however like it to stand out as clear and bright as the "current research". is there an app for "poke you in the eye"!!! lol that's the one i need!

Igglez

If it helps - Eso Toolkit phone app has functionality to add what you either have researched, have to be researched, or dont have. I always use it as its easy to check what I can sell/decon.

Baertram

MugsyBaloney wrote: »

i can't really tell that the color picker made any changes due to my slight color blind deficiency! i did however take the numbers that the picker generated for something that i could see well on the picker chart and used those (#'s / 255) in the lua file. that didn't work either! i don't really need to "change" the color of "already known", i would however like it to stand out as clear and bright as the "current research". is there an app for "poke you in the eye"!!! lol that's the one i need!

Did you try to use the color values 1:1 from the color picker of the settings which you were able to see well (e.g. "current research"), click the other color picker for the setting which you aren't seeing that well and enter the same values in the fields for r, g and b?
There are also sliders at the right so increase/decrease the brightness of the selected color, and the visibility (alpha/opacity value).

The color picker is giving you the same results as changing the values in the lua file. If you cannot get a color in there which you are able to see very well (which should be there as you wrot you can see it) I can only advice you to use another addon maybe?

CraftStore is an extra UI that you can show/hide by the help of a keybind or a (movable) UI button.
It will show you all the research information of your current/all of your characters and you are able to mark researchable items in your inventory with a special icon.
In addition it will show you craftable set parts and the wayshrines where you can craft them, information about your daily writ quests, items you have in your inventory at another character, which you can use for a research for the current character, etc.
Maybe this is helping you.

MugsyBaloney

Thanks Baertram, i'll give CraftStore a go! i'm still not seeing any changes in research assistant from editing the lua file or from using the ingame color picker. @Igglez i'm not sure if a phone app will work on a PC platform (perhaps i should have stated that's what i'm playing on earlier) thanks for all the input m8's!

MugsyBaloney

wow! a very special thanks @Baertram for suggesting Craftstore! it really did the trick for me, and thanks as well for your support in whatever capacity you had in the creation of this great addon!!!