Subsidy Colors

Version 1.1

Makes subsidy notifications readable at a glance. Each subsidy state gets its own traffic-light color, and the big time-left circle that covers the icon becomes a slim halo around it.

What it changes

• Available subsidies (offered, not accepted yet): blue
• In progress: orange
• Effect active (completed, reward running): green
• Failed: red
• Time-left ring: drawn as a halo around the icon on a thin dark track, so the picture stays visible. This applies to all notifications with a timer, including warnings.
• Hover popups show running subsidies in neutral grey; the popup title tells you whether it is in progress or active.

Settings

Settings are stored in each save game. For a new game, set them in the mod selection. For an existing save, open Load Game, select the save and change them on its Mods tab. The mod page in the main menu only shows the defaults for new games.

• Available subsidy, Subsidy in progress, Subsidy effect active, Failed subsidy: pick a color for each state: Game default, Blue, Green, Orange, Red, Purple, Pink, Teal, Grey, Dark blue or Dark red.
• Time-left ring: Halo with edges on both sides (default), Halo on a thin track, Halo without track, Corner badge, Game circle (unchanged) or Hidden.
• Ring track: how dark the track or badge behind the ring is: Off, Light (default), Medium or Dark.

Good to know

• Cosmetic only: safe to add to or remove from an existing save.
• The game draws "in progress" and "effect active" the same way everywhere except the top notification bar, so the notification log and building windows show both in the in-progress color.
• The small icons above towns and industries keep the game's own circle.
• No game files are replaced; the mod only adds a stylesheet and a small script. Settings now follow each save: change them when loading a save and they apply.

Changelog

1.1

• Fixed: changed colours did not apply when loading a save. The mod kept the colours of the first game loaded in a session; now it always uses the settings of the loaded save.
• Description: how to change settings for an existing save.
• German and Russian translations.

1.0

• First release.