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Stat symbols instead of words
« on: 27 February 2011, 00:23:56 »
Would the use of 'stat symbols' help? Basically instead of saying Attack/Damage display a small image of a sword, instead of defence have a small shield icon, etc.
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« Last Edit: 27 February 2011, 00:26:44 by hailstone »
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Re: Stat symbols instead of words
« Reply #1 on: 27 February 2011, 01:56:18 »
Nice, I'll have to make a start on some symbols, can these be faction specific, maybe have a master set that can be overwritten by faction ones like how the mouse cursor works?
Should be for: Damage (maybe an alternate symbol if it restores health), Armour, Health, Speed, Range, MP and the use of resource icons and the mp icon for costs.
« Last Edit: 27 February 2011, 02:03:22 by ChupaReaper »

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Re: Stat symbols instead of words
« Reply #2 on: 27 February 2011, 01:57:33 »
Nice, I'll have to make a start on some symbols, can these be faction specific, maybe have a master set that can be overwritten by faction ones like how the mouse cursor works?

i agree with this

i didnt know you could change the cursor....how?

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« Reply #3 on: 27 February 2011, 02:05:10 »
Nice, I'll have to make a start on some symbols, can these be faction specific, maybe have a master set that can be overwritten by faction ones like how the mouse cursor works?

i agree with this

i didnt know you could change the cursor....how?

Oops modified my post without seeing yours lol. If you provide a mouse.png in the root of a factions directory it replaces the master cursor. This works in the latest GIT Master.

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Re: Stat symbols instead of words
« Reply #4 on: 27 February 2011, 02:14:42 »
Possible shields.
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[URL=http://img17.imageshack.us/i/shieldicon2.png/][IMG]http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2243/shieldicon2.png[/img][/URL]
[URL=http://img269.imageshack.us/i/shieldicon1.png/][IMG]http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/3470/shieldicon1.png[/img][/URL]
« Last Edit: 7 October 2016, 22:51:18 by filux »

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Re: Stat symbols instead of words
« Reply #5 on: 27 February 2011, 02:24:02 »
or maybe just outlines? i think that'd work better.

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Re: Stat symbols instead of words
« Reply #6 on: 27 February 2011, 02:36:18 »
Err... like this?
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[URL=http://img218.imageshack.us/i/shieldicon3.png/][IMG]http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1589/shieldicon3.png[/img][/URL]
« Last Edit: 7 October 2016, 22:51:36 by filux »

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Re: Stat symbols instead of words
« Reply #7 on: 27 February 2011, 02:42:59 »
I really like the first one John posted... Will it look good scale down though? I mean it's probably going to have like be like 10x10 or less..

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Re: Stat symbols instead of words
« Reply #8 on: 27 February 2011, 02:51:18 »
i mean white outlines. white stands out really well.

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Re: Stat symbols instead of words
« Reply #9 on: 27 February 2011, 03:38:30 »
I really like the first one John posted... Will it look good scale down though? I mean it's probably going to have like be like 10x10 or less..
Full-size:
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[URL=http://img835.imageshack.us/i/shieldicon2256.png/](256)[/URL]
128, 64, 32, 16, 8
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[URL=http://img710.imageshack.us/i/shieldicon2128.png/][IMG]http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2241/shieldicon2128.png[/img][/URL][URL=http://img815.imageshack.us/i/shieldicon264.png/][IMG]http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/2533/shieldicon264.png[/img][/URL][URL=http://img96.imageshack.us/i/shieldicon232.png/][IMG]http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6383/shieldicon232.png[/img][/URL][URL=http://img545.imageshack.us/i/shieldicon216.png/][IMG]http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/8864/shieldicon216.png[/img][/URL][URL=http://img7.imageshack.us/i/shieldicon28.png/][IMG]http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6554/shieldicon28.png[/img][/URL]
« Last Edit: 7 October 2016, 22:52:16 by filux »

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Re: Stat symbols instead of words
« Reply #10 on: 12 December 2011, 00:00:04 »

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Re: Stat symbols instead of words
« Reply #11 on: 12 December 2011, 02:28:36 »
Enjoy.
http://opengameart.org/content/simple-stat-icons
Nice work, I'd love to see those ingame. A minimalist UI is useful, as long as its not dumbed down. It also helps in translations, as symbols tend to be universal.
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