Ability To change the color of the engine trails/engine types

[Incandescence]

this one is pretty self explanatory
We have paintjobs which bring some life and color to everyday flying (especially with the debug camera now)
So why not add the option to change engine trails ( we know different gasses can create different colors) now to not ruin the "immersion" if there is any reason all but some egines glow orange or otherwise blue you can simply add in the discription (added slight X gas to create a *enter color here * glow.

this would also satisfy us more nerdy carebears out there XD
this should be purely cosmetic of course and add alot more life , and variety to the game.

Now Either purely cosmetical, or a whole new engine type kind of thing.
say Performance type, Cruise type Combat type etc.

as for the cosmetic part , i wouldnt even mind if it was a buyable thing on the ED market

 

[Magic Man]

how about thruster box mods for that beefier sound and stick on spoilers...?
Lowered height landing gear?
Tints on the lights?

..please, we don't really need to chav up our ships in Elite do we?

 

[Ism]

Well I for one would like an option to change the sound of the pulse lasers. I cant stand the high pitched chirp.

 

[Psycho Romeo]

I'm not against cosmetics, but there's a huge potential for making the color of thrusters meaningful, and being able to change it would destroy that.

When the universe begins crafting modules, I hope to see different types of thrusters, lasers, etc. The thruster colors should reflect the properties of the module.

 

[Incandescence]

Well its a suggetion.
theres still no explanation why ships engines are blue.
and some are red, orange tinted

so to have different types of thrusters is a good idea.
and the ability to customize them, cosmetically at least , don't see anything bad in that.

 

[Psycho Romeo]

and the ability to customize them, cosmetically at least , don't see anything bad in that.

If there are such a thing as blue thrusters that are faster but more vulnerable to heat and malfunction, a player should be able to identify that and exploit it.
If one could then change their blue thrusters to orange to hide the fact that they have this thruster type, the ability to identify it via color would be destroyed.

 

[Magic Man]

Agree. I'd be for different colours to denote types of engines but not simply for personal preference.
Same could apply to beam/pulse weapon traces etc.

 

[DragoCubX]

The day FDev let me customise my ships with spoilers, thruster colors and additional/different lights, I will most probably spend all my money on it