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Before you do so, we should think about the location those images will be placed. I would favor a seperate directory, for instance ART_DIR/techs. If we do so, we should autoprefix tech-graphic entries by this tech root dir. This way we don't have to prefix every single entry.

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Obiwan: see my last post on the previous page if you missed it...


Presumably they'd go in

FreeOrion\default\data\art\tech_icons

or somesuch. Is it really that much better to autoprefix though? It's a bit clearer to leave the directory in, and a bit more flexible...

And while we're sort of on the subject, why do we have a

FreeOrion\default\art

directory? There's nothing in it execpt two subdirectories, and neither contain anything except more empty dirs...

All the art is under \data\...

Anyhoo, here's a screencap of the icon image box with a filler image:

It's ok with me, i just wanted to put it on the desk.


I really don't know. I guess it was introduce when removing all art files from cvs. I also guess music is another dir at the level of data. To fill the whole data dir you have to download the data.zip file. (At the moment i don't know where you can find it)

EDIT: @artists: The image above also shows the missing trade.png resource file.

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http://209.197.90.23/index.php/Compile# ... ng_Artwork

There should probably be a more conspicuous link to that somehwere... though really where it is now is appropriate...

Ill try and get as many if the icons converted to png today after work.
Ill email what I get done.

The missing trade icon - The other icons are really nice, who did them?

i guess those are some of burndaddys creations, not sure though.

It wasn't burndaddy...I think it was Miu, but I'm not 100% certain.

The default art directory was named so because we would have at a later date mods with different names. Whatever images they didn't supply would then default to the art in the default folder.

So then why is everything in \default\data\art and not just \default\art ?

And why is there a \default\art directory if there's nothing in it?

Good question. The default/art directory *was* used originally I think, but Zach moved it into data for reasons I'm not aware of.

the techs.xml on the wiki has been updated:

http://209.197.90.23/index.php/Techs.xml_in_progress

And the corresponding file tested in-game:



The graphics files were put into this directory:

FreeOrion\default\data\art\tech_icons

which does not currently exist on CVS (though neither do the graphics files...)

Also, I note that the icons either aren't stored, or aren't displayed, with transparent backgrounds. I'm not sure if this is intentional or not (by artists or noelte / programmer) so I thought I'd mention it...

Nice, i removed one entry i made for coding purpose only. The pngs should have their own alpha channel. I guess obiwan forgot about that point.

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Nice work, good when you see things coming together.

Yep I forgot Singularity of Transcendence, not done yet, but I have an idea in my head. Ill do it tonight.

Transparent background will be no problem.

i'm not sure why we need a transparent background. black should be just fine. btw, there should also be a square border line around the icons, as in my mockup.

i doubt that it's 'no problem' to add tranparency after the event - especially with icons like orbital farming, algorithmic elegance or psionics which feature very thin lines and/or heavy details...

There is one... it's just really faint...

algorithmic elegance will be fine, trust me.
the fine lines are on a transparent layer already.
All my icons are produced at 512x512 in psd format with transparency and individual layers (usually)

You'll have to sort orbital farming