Topic: [GUI] Build helper icons v2
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fraang Topic Opener
Joined: 2010-02-15, 13:13
Posts: 239  Widelands-Forum-Junkie |
Posted at: 2013-03-24, 19:26
Hi everyone, I have tried to put more details into the icons. Added an icon for marine buildings and tried out an actual building icon for mines. The road flag is a bit rotated to get a better shading. How do you like them?
Edited: 2013-03-28, 21:39
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Tino
Joined: 2009-02-20, 17:05
Posts: 251  Tribe Member Location: Somewhere in Germany... |
Posted at: 2013-03-24, 20:48
I like them very much! Perhaps the mine symbol could be a bit more orange?
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wl-zocker
Joined: 2011-12-30, 17:37
Posts: 492 Tribe Member Location: Germany |
Posted at: 2013-03-24, 21:12
I like them too. Just a note: The blue icon looks like the medium one, but (if it is used for port spaces) big buildings can be built there. This might confuse some players. Would it be possible to use the green building instead? "Only few people know how much one has to know in order to know how little one knows." - Werner Heisenberg
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fraang Topic Opener
Joined: 2010-02-15, 13:13
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Posted at: 2013-03-28, 21:44
Ok I have made the mine icon more orange and tried to make the port building icon recognizable as a "large" building. I am not really convinced that a tower made of stone based on a wooden construction would be a good idea. What do think of the new icon wl-zocker? Screenshot in the first post.
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Kiscsirke
Joined: 2009-12-16, 13:40
Posts: 42  Pry about Widelands Location: Budapest, Hungary |
Posted at: 2013-03-28, 22:02
I also like them a lot! Could you post them as separate images, so we can drop them in the game and try them there? I'm a bit worried they're a bit large (especially the port one), so they would clutter the map. But that could be solved by the proposal mentioned somewhere with which we could swich between the images and colored dots for the buildhelp.
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fraang Topic Opener
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Posted at: 2013-03-28, 22:19
Here they come:
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ixprefect
Joined: 2009-02-27, 14:28
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Posted at: 2013-03-29, 11:42
That proposal exists, but I feel that adding more options is often used as a lame excuse for having great defaults. I agree that the larger icons tend to be a bit overwhelming. They should definitely be made smaller before inclusion in the game. More comments:
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SirVer
Joined: 2009-02-19, 15:18
Posts: 1440  One Elder of Players Location: Germany - Munich |
Posted at: 2013-03-29, 17:03
I am no fan of the new big building's wrinkles - I prefer the smooth look of the other buildings. I like it on the mine though - it makes the mountain more understandable. I also want to second ixprefect's opinion that we will most likely not get a second set of buildhelp icons that are only points - we should make the one we have all they can be and not bandaid out by providing two sets. I am not worried about the size of the port: there are very few ports on the maps, so I do not really feel that a big icon will make much clutter. I suggest reducing the size of the others a bit though. Edited: 2013-03-29, 17:04
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chuckw
Joined: 2010-03-15, 16:23
Posts: 945 One Elder of Players Location: New York - USA |
Posted at: 2013-03-29, 21:16
fraang, I, too, like the fresh look of this set of icons. However, I concur with SirVer's points.
Nice work as always. I see little people.
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fraang Topic Opener
Joined: 2010-02-15, 13:13
Posts: 239 Widelands-Forum-Junkie |
Posted at: 2013-04-02, 00:15
A little update:
Screenshot:
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