The symbol colors for books got very messy lately. I want to make clean up that a bit and give the colors meaning. There is a PR for this:
Here’s the proposed coloring system:
Martial arts books:
Light red: Books that teach a martial arts skill.
Crafting books:
Light green. Used when book teaches notable crafting recipes or is focused on fabrication.
What is “notable” is subjective, but is has to contain at least one crafting recipe to fit into this category.
Skill books:
Are primarily there to teach a certain skill. They may also contain some crafting recipes.
magenta: book teaches a skill up to level 1
brown: up to level 2
green: up to level 3-5
cyan: up to level 6-7
blue: up to level 8 or higher
Enjoyment books:
Books which are “just for fun”. They don’t teach anything, but have a morale boost.
pink: +1 morale
light blue: +2
light cyan: +3
white: +4 or higher
Special books:
Dark gray: If the book behaves differently than all other books or have an uncommon use.
Waste books:
Light gray: Books that have no intrinsic use in them. They don’t teach anything, have no morale boost or even a morale penalty and also have no special use case. They still may be sold, thrown, harvested for paper, burned etc.
Unused colors:
Yellow and dark red. These colors are not used intentionally. Yellow question marks are used for sounds. Dark red question marks is used for IR. The fact that there had been some yellow books added motivated me to do all this. I thought it is annoying and irritating to have the same symbol for an item and a sound.
If this proposal gets accepted, I this color code should be written into the wiki or, even better, into the in-game help.
