Chocobo dyeing R&D Thread - Post your results here!

[Ravenguard]

Issue here is, you don't know the current values of the chocobo. The shadows could only be rounded off to give Shadow Blue right now so it would all have to be a rough guesstimate right now. Still trying to figure mine out :/

You're right, I don't know the current values, which is why it gets harder to do minor changes in color variance when people are so close to their desired color.
I mainly go off the assumption that to reach certain colors you need to fall in a "color range" (I.e. 30-40R, 30-40G, 25-35B for Soot Black), and then (as you read above) I reduce what I believe are some RNG by offering a flat integer as an "average".

I try to preface every post saying that I am not 100% and this is only my assumptions based on correlating everyone's past data, as well as trials of my own.

[GavarKhai]

You're right, I don't know the current values, which is why it gets harder to do minor changes in color variance when people are so close to their desired color.
I mainly go off the assumption that to reach certain colors you need to fall in a "color range" (I.e. 30-40R, 30-40R, 25-35B), and then (as you read above) I reduce what I believe are some RNG by offering a flat integer as an "average".

I try to preface every post saying that I am not 100% and this is only my assumptions based on correlating everyone's past data, as well as trials of my own.

my choco is currently storm blue at the moment and before that was void blue. i'm trying to get soot black. got a guess on something i should try?

[Gilgameshkun]

my choco is currently storm blue at the moment and before that was void blue. i'm trying to get soot black. got a guess on something i should try?

what did you do to go from void to storm?

[GavarKhai]

what did you do to go from void to storm?

pretty sure i fed five berries, and three of both the plums and valfruit. each of them gave me the feather change message.

[xrid]

I was looking for a nice green and really liked the outcome (: Posting my results here for the research.

Original Color: Desert Yellow

Percival devours the valfruit.
Percival's plumage will change in 6 hours.
Percival devours the valfruit.
Percival devours the valfruit.
Percival devours the valfruit.
Percival devours the valfruit.
Percival is beginning to grow new feathers!
Percival's plumage will change in 5 hours and 58 minutes.
Percival devours the valfruit.
Percival is beginning to grow new feathers!
Percival's plumage will change in 5 hours and 58 minutes.
Percival devours the Mamook pear.
Percival is beginning to grow new feathers!
Percival's plumage will change in 5 hours and 57 minutes.
Percival devours the Mamook pear.
Percival devours the Mamook pear.
Percival devours the Mamook pear.
Percival devours the Mamook pear.
Percival devours the Mamook pear.

Result: Desert Yellow (no change)

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Original Color: Desert Yellow

Percival devours the Doman plum.
Percival's plumage will change in 6 hours.
Percival devours the Doman plum.
Percival devours the Doman plum.
Percival is beginning to grow new feathers!
Percival's plumage will change in 5 hours and 58 minutes.
Percival devours the Doman plum.
Percival is beginning to grow new feathers!
Percival's plumage will change in 5 hours and 58 minutes.
Percival devours the Doman plum.
Percival is beginning to grow new feathers!
Percival's plumage will change in 5 hours and 57 minutes.
Percival devours the Doman plum.
Percival is beginning to grow new feathers!
Percival's plumage will change in 5 hours and 57 minutes.

Result: SYLPH GREEN

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Original Color: Sylph Green

Percival devours the Mamook pear.
Percival's plumage will change in 6 hours.
Percival is beginning to grow new feathers!
Percival devours the Mamook pear.
Percival is beginning to grow new feathers!
Percival's plumage will change in 5 hours and 59 minutes.
Percival devours the Mamook pear.
Percival is beginning to grow new feathers!
Percival's plumage will change in 5 hours and 59 minutes.

Result: APPLE GREEN

[Ravenguard]

my choco is currently storm blue at the moment and before that was void blue. i'm trying to get soot black. got a guess on something i should try?

I should create an official preface I can copy and paste stating, please don't hate me if this doesn't get you to your exact preferred color. Though, let me see if I can offer some guidance at the very least.

Storm Blue
30R 58G 107B

Soot Black
37R 35G 30B

Now there may be a more "efficient" way to get down to these values, but this is kind of a "off the top of my head" here. Try something like this:

x1 O'ghomoro Berry
x6 Mamook Pear
x9 Xelphatol Apple

What I'm banking on, is this will get you into the ballpark of Soot Black. Then, when you're closer, we can make small mofifications from what color you land on to the eventually preferred color.

[GavarKhai]

I should create an official preface I can copy and paste stating, please don't hate me if this doesn't get you to your exact preferred color. Though, let me see if I can offer some guidance at the very least.

Storm Blue
30R 58G 107B

Soot Black
37R 35G 30B

Now there may be a more "efficient" way to get down to these values, but this is kind of a "off the top of my head" here. Try something like this:

x1 O'ghomoro Berry
x6 Mamook Pear
x9 Xelphatol Apple

i understand that you are just guessing at best right now but any little information will help. do the numbers you are giving mean the amount of times that you see the growing new feathers message or is that the total amount of the fruit itself?

[Ravenguard]

i understand that you are just guessing at best right now but any little information will help. do the numbers you are giving mean the amount of times that you see the growing new feathers message or is that the total amount of the fruit itself?

Ahh, sorry for the misunderstanding. The "times X" indicates the total amount of fruit of each type you should feed him in one go (all at once).
Each fruit you feed may or may not trigger its own "color has changed" message as it adjusts the values behind the scenes.
If you feed all the fruits I listed above, you should see at least one "changed colors" message, but even more than that is likely.

FOR SCIENCE!

[GavarKhai]

Storm Blue
30R 58G 107B

Soot Black
37R 35G 30B

Now there may be a more "efficient" way to get down to these values, but this is kind of a "off the top of my head" here. Try something like this:

x1 O'ghomoro Berry
x6 Mamook Pear
x9 Xelphatol Apple

What I'm banking on, is this will get you into the ballpark of Soot Black. Then, when you're closer, we can make small mofifications from what color you land on to the eventually preferred color.

following that amount of fruit landed my bird on royal blue which is only two steps down from storm blue. maybe that will be some help for the calculations you are working on.

[Ravenguard]

following that amount of fruit landed my bird on royal blue which is only two steps down from storm blue. maybe that will be some help for the calculations you are working on.

Alright! Let's take look at the current colors:

Original: Storm Blue
30R 58G 107B

Current: Royal Blue
34R 42G 96B

Desired: Soot Black
37R 35G 30B

You're on the right path, and now need to continue reducing BLUEs. You want the RED to change as little as possible in the process. Try this for your next feed:

x5 Mamook Pear
x5 Xelphatol Apple

Whileyour REDs and GREENs should stay relatively even, it will again drastically reduce your BLUEs (which is the goal as you move toward Soot Black).