mirroredwang wrote:I tried the mod and would like it much, much more if it changed only the icons of special units and buildings, not normal stuff (engineers, spam units, normal buildings, i think we all have enough common sense for this)
Can you provide us with a "mixed" version between ASI and vanilla FAF?
Otherwise brilliant work i would not have thought possible, but then again, who am I.
You are the most important person - the player.
It's already pretty much as you describe how you want it to be with the exception of the engineer symbol. ASI is a mix of old and new symbols. The icons themselves are visually more prominent (with symbol highlighting and markings) and might be bigger if you choose them to be, but the regular "spam units" and normal buildings retain their original vanilla symbols.
Only special units and buildings have new symbols like the radar, the tactical launcher, the stealth field generator and the nuke launcher.
Maybe you doubt in the efficiency of the new symbols or colored markings, but like many well-known players and developers that used it and wrote about it in the past, I can assure you that the markings as well as the new symbols are only an improvement that gives you the ability to grasp a base at a glance.
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Sheeo is the main developer of FAF and also an old fan of the mod, look at what he wrote about the icons:
Sheeo wrote:I've played quite a few games with the new version today, and so far I'm digging the new look and feel. They're less intrusive with the colours, and I think this is good for getting people to try it out
Nice work Shadows.
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viewtopic.php?f=41&t=2740&start=300Sir Prize is one of FAF's main tournament directors and balance testers. Look at what he had to say about the icons and their colors in the latest version of the mod:
Sir Prize wrote:It is glorious
. I can now play on medium with
better functionality than i had on 3.0.2 on large. On large I can tell when the
Dark Blue Colour of Death and Bad Intel has upgraded a mex without re-scouting it, which is pretty awesome. On medium I can just switch to the auto-colours to see if a mex is upgraded for that colour and the rest are crystal clear, so not even slightly an issue.
The better functionality I referred to that comes from playing medium is that I can now more easily tell fake PDs from real ones, what upgrade a mex is that is surrounded by storage, whether an ACU is getting an upgrade and what direction my bomber is flying so I can micro it better. Great update.
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viewtopic.php?f=41&t=2740&start=300Eoinbastian wrote:really great mod, makes seeing important units 100x easier. I dont need to search threw a huge t3 base to find smd or sml or anything anymore.
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viewtopic.php?f=41&t=2740&start=180Blackster wrote:Hi Shadows,
I have used your mod only once so far but I like it very much already
Especially making aa visible with the upper orange highlight is something that is very useful (esp. for an Seton's air player ^^).
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viewtopic.php?f=41&t=2740&start=190Aarhun wrote:A big thanks for your work.
I am new at FAF (1 month) and was a bit confused by the original one, this mod is just awesome !
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viewtopic.php?f=41&t=2740&start=200Daiz wrote:I'd just like to drop by to say that this mod is awesome. I've been using it for a while now and it improves the icon readability drastically. I wouldn't think about going back to the default icons at this point.
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viewtopic.php?f=41&t=2740&start=40Eukanuba wrote:Just to say thank you again for this mod, I've gone up about 150 points since I started using it and I never lose important buildings any more. Great work!
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The markings' colors represent 7 simple roles:
Red = Assassination
Pink = Countermeasure
Purple = Stealth
Blue = Defence
Green = Intel
Yellow = Bombardment
Orange = Direct fire
I implore you to give it a little time as there's a solid likelihood that you'll appreciate it as well.
