SKYRIMLE XunAmarox Colored Map Markers by XunAmarox

[Kuldebar]

XunAmarox Colored Map Markers by XunAmarox:

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/49128/?

Who says a Map marker mod can't be sexy? This is a newish mod that gives you colored map markers with a really well thought out coloring system:

 

Design:
I started out with the idea that not everything needed unique colors because it becomes overwhelming and confusing and similar places should share colors to reduce clutter and make things easier to find on the map. So to do that I went through and reorganized the whole thing to make sure it all made sense. I tried to use mostly desaturated warm colors to that end. As for the coloring itself... I went with a yellow/orange (same spectrum) combination for the Major Cities & Palaces because I wanted them to be visible but not obnoxiously colorful, but still look related (e.g. same spectrum). They could have been about any color, but I thought a warm color would go best with the rest of the colors I chose which were also in the warm color spectrum.

I went with a very desaturated light brown color to indicate settlements because they're things that shouldn't really stand out that much and aren't a threat, so they should have a very mild color. For dungeons (e.g. very dangerous places) I gave them red as per the natural color response stimuli of red meaning danger so it indicates that the places is probably going to be hostile and dangerous, but I kept it very light and desaturated since these places are numerous as to not overwhelm the map with colors and become overly obnoxious... For the other world locations I went with a darker brown since they're more important than settlements though generally not as hostile as the more dangerous locations. The dark brown is a bit more vibrant, but brown tends to not be a color people associate with colorful and vibrant, so I figured it wouldn't draw too much attention other than making them noticeable.

As for the couple of special things, I wanted them to be very identifiable. Daedric Shrines are very rare in the world and attributed to Daedric Princes, so I wanted that to really stand out on its own. Dragon Lairs, a very dangerous and very unique set of places on the map and there aren't that many of them. With the Doomstones, I wanted these to have their own color and stand out more than other things because being able to find and change one's sign is pretty important. Giant Camps I made a lighter slightly more saturated red than the dungeons because they aren't really dungeons, but they're still extremely dangerous places. As for Stormcloak/Imperial camps, I wanted to give them their side's respective colors: red and blue.

Now, the player markers... Those are things the player is going to be seeing all the time and they tend to be vitally important. That's why I chose to go with green for the markers indicating places the player needs to go, since I made sure not to use the green spectrum anywhere else on the map so they would be noticeable. I left the generic markers a desaturated green, but made the player's custom marker a very bright green to be still in the same spectrum of normal markers, but to really pop out. I made the locked door thing an orange-ish color to indicate you can't go that way or it needs a key or whatever so it would be obvious but not stand out too much. And the player marker itself... I was actually really iffy on that. At first I had it a really bright red to make it stand out, but after I went with red for dungeons and Imperial camps I decided it might get too washed out and be hard to find... so I gave it a unique color. I went with the blue spectrum since very few things used that, but went much brighter so it'd be immediately noticeable and really pop out.

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What I like about this mod is that the colors are a little less jarring and a little better thought out.

[PioneerRaptor]

I'm a fan. The colors aren't overly bright which is awesome and I agree that every different type of icon does not need it's own color. His choices make sense and I also like how they pop on the compass.

[statmonster]

Does this play nice with SKSE 1.7 alpha, immersive HUD, etc?

Edited March 26, 2014 by statmonster

[Octopuss]

This is interesting, but I still like the icons from EzEs mod better. I think I am using the realistic set or something.

[Kuldebar]

Does this play nice with SKSE 1.7 alpha, immersive HUD, etc?

Well, the mod edits:

hudmenu.gfx

map.swf

I use the release version of SKSE and SkyUI.