[2.23] [Feedback] Minimap icons

In 2.22, the minimap icons are a little too big if buildings are placed close to each other.

 

we need to minimaps (code wise) for a scaled down version of those new icons.

 

And much smaller player arrows. An make your arrow white and all squad mates green, get rid of the boxes.

 

The minimap icon that gives me the most trouble is the armoury one. I simply think it's too large and complicated.

Thinking about it now, couldn't you use an oldschool crossed-swords one? Just a suggestion.

 

Just halve the sizes, or quarter, provide a key somewhere and make the Rax not look like a toilet.

 

The best armory icon I have seen was 3 bullets, like:

Code:

 /\ /\ /\
|  |  |  |
|  |  |  |
|__|__|__|

It says "ammo here".

 

The icons are a bit big for the minimap. They make it seem cluttered and hard to distinguish between nearby buildings.

 

There was a bunch of transparent space around the edges of the square icon, so the new ones are bigger.

 

Recent changes:

If you want to try them out you can download em here:
http://raegquit.com/dizzyone/dump/minimapicons_rev884.rar

Just copy them into your Empires folder.

 

The 3d aspect is nice. other then som generad refining I'd say fill in the gaps in the dollor sign. We don't really need to see the map though these.

 

I would release these icons to the general public, they're so much better and more user friendly.