Colored Frame

Hazduhr suggested in the comments section using colored frames to differentiate the component slots, sort of like is done in Mechwarrior 4. So I took a look at it. At first I just went with a solid square frame around the component, but it looked, kind of unpolished. So I tried making some frames for them. I like it a little more, but it still needs some work. Here’s what it looks like with the frames:

I think that there is too much blue in the frames. The red components look a bit like candy canes. I’m thinking that if I shrink the blue portions, or maybe make the blue parts the corners, and again make them small that might help. Anyway, I think that once I add some colored frames to the components themselves it’s going to be much simpler for people to figure out where they can put things.

Thanks again for the suggestion Hazduhr.