Call for an Icon artist
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Yeah, if you do it at 200%, it is much easier to downsize with little to no correction. Can we get a list of icons that are already being worked on so peeps can claim some to punch out?
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I scaled everything in the git repo to 200%, manually adjusted the pixels, and checked that it still aligns properly. This however requires a small change to the gimp plug-in. (doubling the offsets)
https://mega.nz/file/cUVUiZRL#2k_NvVPpz4kH77IGlnF8__dXb9YME_UgUWwg41uW4SM -
Only just came across this, probably a bit late to the party. Might be useful to convert them into vector using programme like illustrator? You don't get pixel issue then, can just re-size them however big/small in the future.
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You get the issue with pixels, cause the original icons are +- 16x16 pixels. So you have to play with pixels to get the look right.
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is this on the right tracks? If not hit me up. I am decent at this pixel stuff but I only have a 1080p screen.
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Why not just use this mod? The icons are easier to read too
https://wiki.faforever.com/index.php?title=Advanced_Strategic_Icons
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@Wainan i wouldn't say easier to read, they have too much detail. There might be some better icon, like the nuke one, that help spot nukes easily, but it would break with the consistency of icons
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@Wainan said in Call for an Icon artist:
Why not just use this mod? The icons are easier to read too
https://wiki.faforever.com/index.php?title=Advanced_Strategic_Icons
I hhhate that mod.
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I have a lot of experience with photoshop, design, and limited experience with game design. If you haven't found a solution yet, I would be interested in seeing if I could help.
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I can recreate icons in Illustrator.
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When will we get 4k in-game textures for units and trees and such? https://www.moddb.com/mods/better-graphics
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@THEALPHA the mod you linked looks identical to what we have. perhaps this mod is already integrated into FAF?
you wouldn't want 4K textures for units and trees though. FA would probably not run well.
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@UHU said in Call for an Icon artist:
I can recreate icons in Illustrator.
So you can enlarge icons any % in Photoshop.you mean SVG? that's exactly what we want.
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Yes, I can create SVG, AI or EPS
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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p1gdp4hngw_QJF6yhzc8mZJBiz6xehTF?usp=sharing
i used icons 200% as a template
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How is this going?
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@nine2 150% 175% sizes is useless if you look closely at them. Someone need to spend some hours on redraw the icons
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Back in June 2020, I redrew the icons using @BlackYps template and some mild inspiration from the old Advanced Strategic Icons mod. I made versions essentially identical to the symbols in vanilla and optional layers in GIMP for things like a wrench or missile shape for engineers and whatnot. Since I have a 4k monitor and bad eyesight, I started with ExtraBigHugeLarge size (4x vanilla, I think?). When I stuffed them into the game, the UI scaling code magnified them so they would cover the build icons (the full color ones that show what you're queuing up to build) and since I can't code my way out of a paper bag, I just sort of gave up.
I'd be happy to contribute what I have so far, and even do the in between scaling if someone is willing to do the surrounding code so I can have big icons on the map, but not covering the build icons.
