A little help on an icon project?


Aggelakis

 

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Okay folks, I was wondering if you could help me out a bit, seeing as how, amongst us, we have played around with every power in the game. Obviously, I have not.

I recently played around with the Traps set, and noticed something rather annoying. There is currently one icon type in this game to represent two very different applications, and it frustrated me a bit. The issue is the two different ways that location based effects are placed. They can be dropped, and they can be summoned to a particular location. I think it would be great if the icon made the functionality apparent on site.

So, on to the project: In the spirit of Vanden's Icon Pack, I want to alleviate this problem (at the least, for me, and at best, I hope they can be included in Vanden's pack... we shall see on this last one) by altering the icon used by all of the powers that "drop" so that it is different from those that "summon." In order to do this, I will need to compile a list of all of the powers that do either of these things, and make sure I have them in the right group... BEFORE I make any changes. That, is where you come in!

What follows is the list I have at present. Are any wrong? Are any missing? Etc.


“Summons” — Powers that, when activated, allow the player to select a location that the power will affect via a “reticle.” (Icons in this category, will remain unchanged.)

[Archery: Rain of Arrows], [Assault Rifle: Ignite], [Cold Domination: Sleet], [Earth Control: Animate Stone], [Earth Control: Earthquake], [Earth Control: Quicksand], [Earth Control: Volcanic Gasses], [Devices: Caltrops], [Ice Blast: Freezing Rain?], [Ice Blast: Blizzard], [Ice Blast: Ice Storm], [Ice Control: Jack Frost], [Ninjitsu: Caltrops], [Plant Control: Spirit Tree], [Sonic Resonance: Liquefy], [Storm Summoning: Tornado], [Thorny Assault: Thorntrops], [Traps: Force Field Generator], [Traps: Caltrops], [Traps: Seeker Drones], [Trick Arrow: Disruption Arrow], [Trick Arrow: Glue Arrow], [Trick Arrow: Oil Slick Arrow], [Dark Miasma: Dark Servant], [Dark Miasma: Tar Patch], [Electrical Blast: Voltaic Sentinel], [Fire Blast: Rain of Fire], [Fire Control: Bonfire], [Fire Control: Fire Imps], [Flame Mastery: Bonfire], [Gravity Control: Singularity], [Ice Mastery: Ice Storm], [Illusion Control: Phantasm], [Illusion Control: Phantom Army], [Illusion Control: Spectral Terror], [Necromancy: Zombie Horde], [Necromancy: Litch], [Necromancy: Grave Knight], [Ninjas: Call Genin], [Ninjas: Call Jounin], [Ninjas: Oni], [Mercenaries: Soldiers], [Mercenaries: Spec Ops], [Mercenaries: Commando], [Plant Control: Carrion Creeper], [Plant Control: Fly Trap], [Robotics: Battle Drones], [Robotics: Assault Bot], [Robotics: Protector Bot], [Thugs: Call Thugs], [Thugs: Call Enforcer], [Thugs: Call Bruiser], [Temporary Power: Raid Deploy Pylon], [Temporary Power: War Wolf Whistle]


“Drops” — Powers that, when activated, affect the area immediately around the player’s current location. No reticle is used for these powers. (Icons in this category will be altered, it is subtle, but I think it will be enough to make them distinguishable. Suggestions are welcome regarding the outer border.)

[Fire Manipulation: Burn], [Fiery Aura: Burn], [Devices: Gun Drone], [Devices: Trip Mine], [Devices: Time Bomb], [Storm Summoning: Lightning Storm], [Traps: Poison Trap], [Traps: Triage Beacon], [Traps: Trip Mine], [Traps: Poison Trap], [Traps: Acid Mortar], [Luminous Blast: Photon Seekers]

(Note: This list was compiled based on a pair of lists I found on the Wiki. Namely, this one, and this one.)



 

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I had a couple powers wrong, and so the OP is now fixed for those.

Unless someone finds some more powers I missed in this initial pass, I believe I have below all the icons that "should" be changed. Now, all I need to know is how to format them so that they will work with the game.

You can go here for the final results!



 

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Gun Drone is summoned next to you on click.



 

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Originally Posted by Darkfaith View Post
Gun Drone is summoned next to you on click.
Coolness, and thanks.

I'm glad I decided to make an icon for it anyway...



 

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Lightning Storm from ill/ controller is a pb-click pet.


 

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Originally Posted by Postagulous View Post
Lightning Storm from ill/ controller is a pb-click pet.
I am going to assume you mean */Storm here?

So, to clarify... you mean it does NOT give you a placement reticle?



 

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Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven View Post
I am going to assume you mean */Storm here?

So, to clarify... you mean it does NOT give you a placement reticle?
Correct, you summon Lightning Storm on click, no reticle.

I would link you to City of Data, but it seems RedTomax's site is having a brain fart. (errors all over the place). If it were working, you can look here:
http://www.redtomax.com/data/powers/
Powers that are automatically placed have different data points than ones that require a reticle click. But since CoD is down, I have no idea what those differences are.


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Originally Posted by Aggelakis View Post
Correct, you summon Lightning Storm on click, no reticle.

I would link you to City of Data, but it seems RedTomax's site is having a brain fart. (errors all over the place). If it were working, you can look here:
http://www.redtomax.com/data/powers/
Powers that are automatically placed have different data points than ones that require a reticle click. But since CoD is down, I have no idea what those differences are.
Well... thanks for the helping spirit, if nothing else, Aggi! Anything that is glaringly obviously wrong on that second list? Or things you recall that I mighta missed? I know you have been playing for quite some time.