A mod for The Unofficial Homestuck Collection that adjusts certain characters' text colors for easier reading against the default themes.
Please let me know if I've missed something. I made this mod in a few hours and it relies on fairly crude find & replace of hex color codes, and I haven't tested it thoroughly, so I may have missed some important changes or unintended side effects. Please open an issue or contact me on Discord (ssm24) if you have any feedback.
Download the mod file (if this link doesn't begin a download, simply press Ctrl+S, or right click -> Save As) and place it in your mods directory. Then simply enable it within the program.
Generally, this mod:
- darkens some of the lighter-colored text to make it less straining to read against the default light background
- lightens some of the dark colors in sections with a dark background for the same purpose
- brightens some of the particularly dark colors to make them more distinct from one another
Note that this mod:
- only changes text data, and makes no attempt to change colors contained in images or Flashes
- assumes you're using the default theme without overrides. The changes may not look as good if you're using themes that significantly change the background color.
⚠️ The rest of this readme contains minor Homestuck spoilers, so stop here if you're a new reader and don't want spoilers.
For a full list of changes, the mod's code has all the replacements listed at the top of the file.
Other notes:
- Doc Scratch's text color is unchanged since his text being near-invisible has story significance. (And also I don't think blanket replacing every instance of
#ffffffin the text would be a good idea.) - This mod disables itself during Trickster Mode, since that section uses a mix of normal text and images so any changes would result in inconsistency. (And also I feel like trying to make things more legible during that section loses part of the experience :p)
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