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Community => Feedback/Suggestions/Problems => Topic started by: Leviathan on November 22, 2005, 05:42:48 PM

Title: User Icon's
Post by: Leviathan on November 22, 2005, 05:42:48 PM
Were thinking of adding a icon feature on the forum where we give people permanent icons and maybe people can buy icons in the store. They would be by your name. Anyway im posting to ask for someone to help create icons and also think up icon ideas.

I was thinking a person whould have a mapper icon if they were a map maker. That would prolly just be the op2mapper icon.

So list of icons:I think 32x32 would be good please, but there be resized to 16x16 im sure later. Plz save top quality format.
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Harky on November 22, 2005, 05:56:00 PM
WHat if u cna do two things...
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Leviathan on November 22, 2005, 05:58:55 PM
Erm... you get a badge/icon for every one of them you can do!
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Stormy on November 22, 2005, 06:01:46 PM
I had this idea in another forum, but heh, Nice idea levi <.< :D :P :D

You should be able to view people by what they can do also :)
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Hooman on November 22, 2005, 06:04:07 PM
I don't see what kind of icon you'd really buy. All the suggestions seem to be more like badges for things you've done.

Not that I see anything really seriously wrong with the idea. (ZZJ you pessimist  :P ). If someone (else  :whistle: ) wants to put in the work, then sure. But this is no doubt going to eat into Hacker's time if this is going to be incorporated into the forums. What's his view on this?

But ZZJ does have a point. How would be keep track of it all? And how many icons can be displayed.
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Leviathan on November 22, 2005, 06:07:05 PM
Well keeping track of it i dont think will be that hard, if someone becomes a mission programer we just add the icon to their list.

On the persons profile it would show all there icons.


And for the buying, if someone suggests icons that can be bought then were add em, yea thos ones u wouldnt buy. ^

And this is mine and hackers idea.
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Hooman on November 22, 2005, 06:11:47 PM
Well works me.

I guess you can buy icons relating to how much you've posted or how much ore you've collected. Such as "Spammer", "Super Spammer", "Scrooge", or "Philanthropist".

Hmm, what about negative badges bestowed on people who misbehave.  ;) You could be known as "Flamer", or various spinoffs. ("Napalm boy" anyone?) I guess "Spammer" also fits here.
 
Title: User Icon's
Post by: BlackBox on November 22, 2005, 06:14:34 PM
Well, as for managing it, it would be integrated into the forum. Possibly a permanent part of the user's profile.

It really wouldn't be that hard to design and use.

As far as letting people "buy" icons, I don't know, but I think it's a good way to recognize people for achievement in our community (well, the part where we assign people icons)
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Leviathan on November 22, 2005, 06:16:40 PM
buying icons is kinda a seprate thing, just a item store suggestion realy, if ppl can think up icons then great. and post em in store suggestion thread plz.

on this topic.. any titles i missed from the list? anything to add or change?
Title: User Icon's
Post by: spirit1flyer on November 22, 2005, 07:23:18 PM
I would get quite a few of those  :P  
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Stormy on November 22, 2005, 07:35:40 PM
Same here :P


.....6 by my count :P
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Hooman on November 22, 2005, 08:09:27 PM
Yeah, I'm sorta wondering if some people will have so many titles it'll make them essentially meaningless.
 
Title: User Icon's
Post by: CK9 on November 22, 2005, 08:17:35 PM
Quote
  • Uber Forum Poster
That would be me :P
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Sirbomber on November 22, 2005, 08:56:03 PM
Where's the "useless space wastrel" icon for me?
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Hooman on November 22, 2005, 09:02:45 PM
Btw, is this really any different than the sigs people have on their posts? Just a thought.
 
Title: User Icon's
Post by: spirit1flyer on November 22, 2005, 09:23:56 PM
well our sigs we make ourselfs but the icons might be a given?, rewarded? or voted on
Title: User Icon's
Post by: CK9 on November 22, 2005, 09:58:59 PM
there could be a contest were we make the icons, and the winners get some ore
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Hooman on November 23, 2005, 01:27:29 AM
Why do I sense competitions for ore becoming a common theme around here.

Ahh well, I guess if it makes people more active, I don't see why not?  
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Leviathan on November 23, 2005, 02:16:50 AM
Well when people are awarded a badge they would get some ore also. Also i hope to give out ore more in the future.
Title: User Icon's
Post by: dm-horus on November 23, 2005, 05:29:09 AM
I am working on several different types. ill have some results to display later tomorrow. I am much too tired to keep my eyes open atm :P
Title: User Icon's
Post by: CK9 on November 23, 2005, 10:55:18 AM
I'll go ahead and make a few when I have a chance, I have little else to do lately
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Stormy on November 23, 2005, 11:20:58 AM
Heh, if i could have a bigger logo size I could make a cool 3D model one..... Oh well... Ill see :P
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Leviathan on November 23, 2005, 02:20:03 PM
What ideas have people got as to what the icons should look like? More ideas and submissions the better :)

I was thinking op2 icon with pic or text on top, and opu globe with pic or text on top.
Title: User Icon's
Post by: leeor_net on November 23, 2005, 03:00:05 PM
I like the idea... especially considering I would get around 15 of the ones that were listed... well... if they were handed out for engaging in those various activities.

But I really do like the idea. It's another thing for people to look forward to.

There could also be special icons for certain people as well. I don't have any suggestions as of this time but I'm sure I could think of some (such as OP2 Champ, WD Red, WD Blue and things of that nature)
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Hooman on November 23, 2005, 04:14:38 PM
How about a badge for making badges?  :lol:

Then people would be awarded ore for making badges if people were awarded ore for getting badges. Hmm, I think that works a little too well.
 
Title: User Icon's
Post by: dm-horus on November 24, 2005, 02:32:14 AM
Update: Ive formulated a standard format and am producing icons. Ive already got a preliminary set.

Notes: I made the icons 200x200 pixels to allow me to give them maximum detail but all are designed to scale down to 50% and 25% and still retain the ability to recognise what they represent. Ive tested them all and they scale best when I do it before saving to file, so taking the full resolution samples and scaling them down will cause you to lose data and degrade the image more than is needed. Ill upload .rar's of the icons at whatever size is desired but anything less thant 25% and the icons make no sense.

Hopefully these are turning out good.
Title: User Icon's
Post by: lordly_dragon on November 24, 2005, 06:39:22 PM
can you put something about : sound designer and sfx designer :D
Title: User Icon's
Post by: zhukant on November 24, 2005, 07:30:46 PM
I've made several icons myself, but if you are making them professionally in photoshop or something, they are probably worthless anyways. They're on ZZJ's upload thingy if anyone wants to look.
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Leviathan on January 20, 2006, 09:55:45 AM
Thx to Horus for taking up this task :D

Do we realy want lots of badges under our names on every post?

Or maybe just a few and a 'click here to view all' link?

Or maybe just a link like the Member Inventory:: View. A 'Users Badges: View'?

Maybe a option in each users profile to set them to be shown or not? Eg ppl with less bandwidth woudlnt want them to be seen.

Should we have all or some of the badges under your name as 16x16 pics then on the persons profile it can show all their badges as 32x32 pics.

Input thx!
Title: User Icon's
Post by: TH300 on January 20, 2006, 12:46:09 PM
How many people read other peoples profiles how often?
I think that the answer to this question is exactly why the icons should be shown on the left side of posts.

All badges at this place would be possible, wouldn't it? if they are 16x16 and one person has 6 of them (what might be the exception already), its gonna be 96 pixels in width - less than the width of most peoples avatars. of course - for people like Leviathan, who have like 20 badges - there can still be a link "view all" that would link to the profile, where all badges should be shown.

An option in everybodys settings whether or not to show them is definitely a good idea.
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Leviathan on January 20, 2006, 01:13:56 PM
Yea and it would have a limit on how many it would show per row.
Title: User Icon's
Post by: TH300 on January 20, 2006, 01:23:44 PM
the "Site Administrator" pic under your avatar is 158 pixels, even. that would allow 10 badges per row (=10x16=160 pixels)
Title: User Icon's
Post by: BlackBox on January 22, 2006, 02:29:43 PM
It'd be nice to have a lot of stuff on the left but you don't want clutter.

I didn't think about having a link to popup a list of icons they have.. I think that would defeat the purpose though. If we give icons to people for their achievements we want the icons to be seen.

I guess it could be something like, show the first 5 / most important ones, and then a link to "View all Achievements" or something.

I think 16x16 would need to be used on the left side. 32x32 isn't too big, but I think it's distracting.
Title: User Icon's
Post by: Vexhare on February 27, 2006, 11:35:15 AM
perhapes another icon for story creator?