Color coding for prefabs

[dcsobral]

On my own preview images I use color coding for prefabs that makes the map much more pleasant to the eye and provides some underlying information. I suggest using a color code based on the prefab tags on the Xs for the prefabs on the map.

Alpha 20 stable mixer uses the following tags to control zoning:

• gateway: POIs on the city connection to the intercity roads
• oldwest: "feature" town
• rural: outlying POIs in cities and towns
• countryresidential: residential POIs in country towns (the smaller towns aside oldwest)
• countrytown: non-residential POIs in country towns
• industrial: industrial POIs in cities and towns
• downtown: downtown POIs in cities
• commercial: business POIs in cities and towns
• wilderness: wilderness POIs

There's one other tag that is not used by the mixer, but relevant: trader.

I use a rather long list of colors but I suggest using the "Simcity" scheme with two additions:

• Residential: green
• Commercial: blue
• Industrial: yellow
• Downtown: gray
• Gateway/Trader: pink

The full list of colors I use, including some tag combos is here: https://imgur.com/OBwdgRw

[kui]

Thank you for your suggestion. I will refer to it as I do not have much knowledge about better display methods.