Wow! I just realized...

[Slick]

That you can tell if a battle is a win , loss or a stalemate by the graphic in the event log.

Your side is represented by the blue ship, always.
The other side(s) are represented by the red ship, always.

win: the blue ship is blasting the red ship.
loss: the red ship is blasting the blue ship.
stalemate: both ships are blasting each other.


After 5 years of playing, you'd think I would know this already.


Come on, be honest, did everyone know this?

[douglas]

I did. I think I noticed it all the way back in SEIII, even before I registered it.

[Fyron]

I think I liked the win/loss/stalemate icons in SE3 more than the SE4 counterparts.

[ZeroAdunn]

Agree with you 100% fyron. Can't wait to see the SEV graphics!

[TurinTurambar]

Being completely honest, and I'm with you Slick... had no idea.

T:)

[TurinTurambar]

Self-indulgent 500th post... just cuz I noticed the previous was 499.

[Alneyan]

I noticed that very soon after I started playing... unlike that "Combat Replay" button that I only noticed a few months later, and only because someone else pointed it out for me. The mantlepiece really is the best place to hide that letter.

[Combat Wombat]

hehe I didn't realize that either

[Kamog]

I didn't notice either. Wow, all these years of playing and I completely missed it, too.

[wilhil]

If I am honest, I seen the diffrent colors, ive seen the red and the blue one, I knew if there were 2 diffrent colors, it was a stalemate, but I thought just red or just blue changed from time to time, didnt know it was one for winning and one for losing

[Intimidator]

Nope, didn't know it.
But a good reason to keep playing SEIV, because even after 4 years you can still be surprissed !! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Inti,

[inigma]

hehe, someone should add this to the FAQ.

[Hunpecked]

Hadn't a clue, probably because *cough* I never lose *cough* *cough*. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

I had just finished a turn when I read this, went back and checked, found all three cases. Thanks for sharing!

[Renegade 13]

Yep, I knew this from my days of playing SE3. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I think I knew the difference between 'One side won' and 'Stalemate', but I don't know if I knew about the red/blue thing.

[Parasite]

I didn't even know there were ship icons, and in color, Wow! Now to find them...

[PvK]

Knew it. It was more obvious in SEIII I think.

[Emperor's Child]

I've been playing about 4 years now, and I've never realized this. Cool!

[Arkcon]

I never noticed it either, until I was browsing the directories of images and saw the names: CombatWin, CombatLose, CombatStalemate. Even then, it was hard to realize in the game -- which one am I, the blue one? But my shipset's purple, howzit I'm blue now? And what are they doing at the back there, they were 'sposed to be in the front.

The ImageMod adds new pictures, using the same theme. I'd like to see totally dissimilar ones, like CombatWin would be a view through a ship's front window (main viewscreen?) of an exploding ship, while CombatLose would be a view of a burning, wrecked bridge, with an intact enemy ship looming through a cracked window. Stalemate could be both, I guess. Then there'd be no doubt at first glance what happened.

[EDIT]

Was it more like I described in SEIII? I don't remember. Then again, the only screen I ever would have seen would have been CombatLose.

[DeKaye]

Nope, never paid attention to the graphic. This is very interesting. Thanks for sharing your new found insight.