2025-11-16 (Su) BonfireLaserTag Updated remote and team recognition

I printed the updated remote sticker after removing the black area that I cut away. Interestingly, this change made the nearby white lines appear hazy. I reprinted with unnecessary dark swathes, and everything was legible. The new sticker meant that some necessary program changes were required, and tracking them necessitated some mental exercise. I used my drafting program to create a layout that displayed the array position of each button, as well as a second layout with the new position. I abandoned this approach and rearranged my functions within the numerous if() statements. I uploaded the changes, and everything tested perfectly. The new layout allowed me to adjust the LED ring's brightness up and down. I kept a minimum luminosity, but I will change this to let me play with the lights off. The last change displayed attacker names with their team colors. In the example below, Aethrion was the red team, so their name appears red. If they were on the blue team, the name would be in blue. This feature will be more critical when there are more than two teams, but in a free-for-all situation, recognizing colors will be quicker than reading names.

Hit by red team

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