Path tracking on map and mini map unusable on console when playing in a group (Xbox Series X & PS5)

Console Bug Report
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  • Issue/Status Quo

With Season 5, we are now able to not only see the path to our marked location but to a location marked by someone on our team as well.

However, this comes with a major disadvantage: The paths changed from a high contrast red on beige to almost no contrast light blue/light yellow (for a group of two), making it impossible to see the path when playing on console and TV.

While this might be okay on PC, due to the fact that the player is closer to the screen, it makes the path tracking on the map and mini map unusable on console (at least for me on Xbox Series X), where you sit further away from the (TV) screen.

On consoles, it means that we constantly have to bring up the full-screen map, which is not ideal, especially in high density areas such as Helltide events.

  • Solution

Please change the colors for the paths to a high contrast color. Additionally, you may want to make the lines slightly thicker.

Oddly, the dots that mark the last steps a player’s character has taken are better visible than the path forward. You may want to consider swapping the colors for the path walked and the forward looking path.

  • Suggestion

If possible, allow us to adjust the colors for player icons and player paths through our in-game menu. I understand that the player-initiated color selection is a “nice to have”, but maybe something to consider for a future update. However, the current colors should be adjusted asap. Thank you!

FWIW - There’s also a discussion thread open on this topic: Pinned path is very hard to see in Coop

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I agree with this. Me and my wife are finding it frustrating to play with the pin colours changed as they are.

I get the idea was sound but we would love for the colours to be clear enough to see on the mini map

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I agree. The change is very frustrating. Very hard to see the path and if there is a second pin they become even harder to see.

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We are having the same issue. Especially on console, the pathing is so hard to see in coop that they may as well not be there.

I agree with the recommendations proposed by OP, but would like to introduce one addendum. Next to the new configuration for turning off group pathing, provide the ability to adjust path lines. Ideally, this would be presented as two sets of sliders. The first set would adjust the player’s path line, and the second set would adjust group member path lines. For each set, one slider would control the opacity and the other the thickness.

Another, less preferable, option would be to only use the new look for pathing on group members, while keeping the player’s path as the distinct deep-red (like when not in a group). Again, not preferable, but far more playable.

As to configurable player colors, I agree that it would be nice to have. I don’t really care about what color I am, so long as I can find myself on the map. My group does care, so I usually end up as yellow, which is not the easiest color to locate on a beige map.

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Same issue! I play on xbox series x. Playing co op with my brother on pc, my pathing line is light yellow which is very hard to see. Thought for sure there would be a customizable option to change it but couldnt find it, hence me googling the issue and now typing this.

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Came here to report this same problem for PS5, also on co-op shared screen. It’s definitely causing no small amount of stress for us.

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+1

My wife and I play co-op on xbox one and use the minimap path all the time. This season it is unusable as neither of us can see the lines. They went from a strong blue or yellow to very thin and pale light blue/yellow and can’t be seen well at all.

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My wife and I are also very frustrated with the inability to use the pinned pathing. Even tried changing the highlight color (didn’t work). Highly, highly annoyed.

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We have the same issue. First thing we did was look for an option to change the colours. With a lot of effort, the blue line is barely discernible, but a yellow line on a beige-yellow-ish map background, and even worse, in Helltides? That should have been called out as a bad idea at concept stage.

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Agree and please help!

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Yeah I agree with this. Please add ability to change our colors of the paths. Right now it makes it super frustrating to follow.

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I completely agree, i have low vision complicated by low contrast. The new map pin lins are not visible to me at all.

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Same - very straining on eyes! Please update soon! It’d be great for the option to choose your path color.

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Agreed. Having the same issue on PS5 Co-op. Please make the lines darker/thicker. They are currently indistinguishable from the terrain on the minimap.

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Same problem in PS5. Map pin is unusable right now in coop. The pin color is extremely difficult to see, for blue or yellow player color. The difficulty increases when both pin lines merge and turns into white. Blizzard please fix.

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I think having thicker lines will not help much. I do believe a darker color would make the map pin usable again.

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We have the same problem. It’s one of the basic things in ui/ux design to have good contrast, I wonder why they even changed it to this.

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This. Contrast is super important!

I believe they did it because we are now able to see a teammate’s pinned path, which we couldn’t before. To ensure that we know which is which they need different colors. However, they used the previously existing player colors when grouped up (yellow, blue, etc.) , which led to neither path being actually valuable. :weary:

I agree. Just making them ticker most likely won’t solve the problem. I meant it as an additional effect (contrast-rich color and thicker line).

Edit: I replied using my phone and meant to reply to girinamon’s second post.

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I stopped playing Diablo 4 due to issues like this and Blizzard ignoring them.

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It wasn’t too bad last season but this season it’s almost impossible to see the path on the mini map. A tiny thin yellow or blue line that is very faint. And if you both have overlapping paths it turns to a tiny thin white line that’s even harder to see.

Please allow us to make it bolder / brighter / a different colour

The ability to change character colours would be great also. Being invited to a party changes the colours sometimes but then they default back to the blue and yellow

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