Positional colours are the wrong way round

This was true also in FM08 - I'm stunned it hasn't been fixed - but is more visible in FM09 because of the coloured icons now ascribed on the tactics screen as well as players' positional views. The flaw is that orange and yellow colours are (sometimes) the wrong way round. For example, I began to train Bobbie Friberg da Cruz as a M C. Initially he was 'awkward' in the position, which on the tactics screen was represented as a yellow icon. Now, he is 'unconvincing'. Although this is accurately reflected in his individual Positions screen as a solid yellow circle, in the team tactics screen his small dot is now orange, where before - when he was WORSE at playing M C - it was yellow.

Furthermore, he is BETTER at playing M L and AM L than M C - he is 'competent' in both. But on his Positions screen, these are both represented in solid orange, whereas for his 'unconvincing' M C position it is solid yellow.

There seems to be multiple small glitches in matching colours to textual descriptions of ability in a position - which hopefully could be sorted for the forthcoming patch?

Agreed from here.

I would rate the colours:

Green

Yellow

Orange

Red

As Orange feels a halfway between Yellow and Red in the way I was taught colours. It winds up confusing me that Orange is used for a player being more adept at a position than Yellow.

Can only say I agree completely with this. I am used to it by now, but it doesn't really seem logical.

It's illogical, but the simple fact that were all so used to the current way around of things, I don't think it should be changed.

But it can't have been intended, surely!

I had never noticed that, but of course you are completely correct.

Good spot:thup:.

This is the sort of thing that might have been missed so make sure it goes in the bugs forum.

I'm in the same boat as Jimbo.

Never noticed it, but now you mention it, it does seem wrong.

However, i think i'd be further confused by a change, haha.

It seems natural to me. I've never noticed red as I don't look at the lights, and yellow looks really awkward.

Seems wrong to me also, but hey, maybe they just want funkyness!

It's also inconsistent between screens - orange on the team tactics display often corresponds to yellow on the personal positions display.

Pretty sure this is still not fixed despite Ter saying he was looking into it...

Sorry, I thought I'd replied in there to say this but I guess not. It occurs with *every* player that has a position as Competent, Unconvincing etc.

Competent is a level below green, but is orange (should be yellow);

the abilities just below Competent (I don't have the game open right now but from memory Unconvincing and Awkward) are a level above red, but are yellow (should be orange).

Is there something more complicated happening that I haven't latched onto? Otherwise I can't really see why they want a save game!

My game may be a bad test as I am continuing a save from 9.1.0 using the 9.3.0 patch. Will you be switching yellow and orange for FM10?