As you can read the tile I have color blindness, and I need some help. I have tried the color blind mode league offers but it doesnt help out much if anyone knows any way of getting a reskin or some file I can download to help change overlay that would be helpful
rujitra2 votesWhat specific issues are you having with not being able to distinguish? Riot has in the past made changes to both colorblind more and the game as a whole to better support players with issues - but we will need to know exactly what you can’t distinguish to be able to offer advice.
VonCesaw1 votesWhat specific issues are you having with not being able to distinguish? Riot has in the past made changes to both colorblind more and the game as a whole to better support players with issues - but we will need to know exactly what you can’t distinguish to be able to offer advice.
The changes were specifically for Red-Green, the most common type As far as blue-yellow goes, they would actually need to change skins as well as particle effects, and they aren't going to go that far Also why most competitive games stick to a red/blue, green/purple, etc to make a stark enough difference that most colorblind people would be able to tell the difference
Which is weird because the guy who did a lot for Valve's art team, Moby Francke, knows how much visuals can affect gameplay
If you're wondering what he has to do with it he is a SENIOR ART DIRECTOR AT RIOT GAMES
rujitra2 votesKeep in mind that they don't change things to make them "look better" - but they will change things when they have an impact on the visibility of game mechanics. As an example, health bars are changed with colorblind mode as they are potentially detrimental to the visibility of the game - in that they impact whether someone can distinguish between enemy and ally quickly using the health bar.
I encourage you to make a list of the most problematic of these particle effects that are detrimental to you the most and include it in this post. It would also help discussion if you could include an example of how each would look to you - using a colorblind filter such as one online - and explain what you think you should be seeing but are unable to due to the color-blindness.
Keep in mind also that as another poster said, the estimates of the number of affected people with this are around 0.01-0.02% of the population. While I'm all for accessibility to those who are abled differently, be it colorblindness, or physical or mental disability, there comes a point at which it is not feasible to implement sweeping changes for such a small proportion of the population - especially in something so completely unnecessary as one singular video game. Riot does their best - which is why I'm saying if you can provide logical, clear, and most importantly not too broad/sweeping changes that will assist the most, then Riot will likely consider them. They aren't going to disable/remove/completely recreate entire skin lines simply for this reason, however.
VonCesaw1 votesKeep in mind that they don't change things to make them "look better" - but they will change things when they have an impact on the visibility of game mechanics. As an example, health bars are changed with colorblind mode as they are potentially detrimental to the visibility of the game - in that they impact whether someone can distinguish between enemy and ally quickly using the health bar.
I encourage you to make a list of the most problematic of these particle effects that are detrimental to you the most and include it in this post. It would also help discussion if you could include an example of how each would look to you - using a colorblind filter such as one online - and explain what you think you should be seeing but are unable to due to the color-blindness.
Keep in mind also that as another poster said, the estimates of the number of affected people with this are around 0.01-0.02% of the population. While I'm all for accessibility to those who are abled differently, be it colorblindness, or physical or mental disability, there comes a point at which it is not feasible to implement sweeping changes for such a small proportion of the population - especially in something so completely unnecessary as one singular video game. Riot does their best - which is why I'm saying if you can provide logical, clear, and most importantly not too broad/sweeping changes that will assist the most, then Riot will likely consider them. They aren't going to disable/remove/completely recreate entire skin lines simply for this reason, however.
As someone without colorblindness, (I have SPD, blue/cyan effects are effectively invisible on HA and SR due to green and blue respectively) skins like most Ice/Freljord/Frozen skins, some Tech/Pulsefire/Program, and a few pool party skins for example have blue/blue-green particle effects for both teams, breaking from the trend of having a yellow/purple/red indicator about enemy abilities
That's not to say "make everything champions do a bleeding bright red", as much as it is "things such as AOE abilities, abilities that stun, etc. should be universally visible to all players"
Luigi17171 votesThe color blind mode league gives helps a bit but most of the time it does not help me out whatso ever, for example when friendlies supposedaly make the blue trail in color blind mode like singue it appears to me pink and I think it is a enemy singue walking around when it was a ally. This is why I wanted to know if there is some other options for colorblind mode out there like addons or something simular
KFCeytron1 votesFrom www.color-blindness.com:
Tritanopia (blue-yellow color blindness) is rare. Some sources estimate that 0.008% are affected by this type of color vision deficiency.
By comparison, red-green affects 8% of men (and 0.5% of women).
Luigi17171 votesThat is only people who have actually tested it, people like me I didnt know I was colorblind until a friend of mine told me I was crazy for thinking the color was pink when it was blue. Most of us color blind dont know it until people point it out