In typical UMS maps, P1-P8 by default is Red, Blue, Teal, Purple, Orange, Brown, White, Yellow, in that order.

If I change any player, say P7, to a Custom RGB color, that's when the craziness begins:

- Any units owned by P9-P12 no longer show on the minimap
- In lobby when I host a game, Red is listed as my color in slot 1. If I move to slot 2, color shows Blue, slot 3, Teal...perfect. But if I switch to Force 2, my color permanently changes to "Random", which then makes it a random color in game too
- Exact behavior occurs even if I assign everyone a Custom RGB color. The game will honor the color and say "Map Selected" as long any player doesn't switch to a different force or switch to an observer slot and then back to a game slot.

Anyone have any insights on why this happens or how to prevent it? Seems overly complicated for simple color selection. Would love for the game to honor the exact color I assigned to each slot.

Side question: Why doesn't the Leaderboard show the right color either? If I change Red to say, Pale Green, it works just fine except for the Leaderboard, where it still shows Red. What gives?

I don't know all the details behind it, but the short answer is that it was sloppily implemented and isn't a good system at all. It's sad because it would have been really nice to have the new colors work well. I personally use PColor in EE2 and select from the old 255 color palette which is limited, but it does have some fun options. This is a helpful resource for previewing the available colors: https://cafe.naver.com/edac/73202

Yeah, I actually stumbled upon your PColor post before I posted this. Like most things, looks like EUD will have to come to the rescue to get what I want. Thanks.