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SgtFusion
11 May 2011, 05:07
I have made a new icon for Worms Armageddon. It is a shaded orange one kind of like the nuke symbol in the W:A logo (although not exactly the same). It includes all icon sizes (from 256x256 to 16x16) and all colour depths (from 32-bit colour to to 16-colour). Feel free to use it for whatever you want, but please give me credit for it.
The main difficulty in making it was getting the nuke symbol to look right. After that was done, the shading was easy. And since I used vector graphics, resizing was even easier.
UPDATE: The latest, best version is attached to this post.
UPDATE2: A slightly improved version is now attached to this post.
UPDATE3: A more improved version is attached to this post.
UPDATE4: A slightly improved version of UPDATE3 is now attached to this post.
UPDATE5: This is the final update. An icon pack of improved and compressed versions of all of the icons I've released in this thread has now been linked to in this post.
UPDATE6: A pack of icons for the various file formats W:A uses has been linked to in this post.
UPDATE7: A newer pack of icons containing all but one of the icons made so far has been linked to in this post.
Newer Icon Pack (http://www.2shared.com/file/cx1PooxJ/NewWAiconpack.html)

GreeN
11 May 2011, 12:01
I've seen quite a few attempts at a "new" W:A icon, and I have always been critical of how bold and/or flashy they are. But this set it very simple and quaint!
I'm going to use them from now on. Good job!

SgtFusion
11 May 2011, 12:03
Thank you.

StepS
11 May 2011, 12:13
This must appear in the future 4.0 package.

Pac-Man
11 May 2011, 12:26
want svg file :P
Beyond the fact that I prefer the biohazardish WormKit icon XD

The Tor
11 May 2011, 13:10
^This should be your next project SgtFusion. You know what i mean. ;)
Great work. IMO even better than the one used on WR.

SgtFusion
11 May 2011, 14:27
That's done. I've made two new icons for Wormkit. One is orange, and the other is green.
This is what they look like:
http://i52.tinypic.com/2hi2ck3.pnghttp://i54.tinypic.com/2djvrd4.png
Download here:
New icon pack
Newer Icon Pack (http://www.2shared.com/file/cx1PooxJ/NewWAiconpack.html)

KMZ
11 May 2011, 16:36
Good job. But i think it will better with conventional symbol proportions
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CIS_WSH_part476_54539_7.pdf
Pages 2,4 :)
And i think if WA icon will be without black border, wormkit must be too... .dll version of wormkit (wormkitds) not need icon at all.

Lex
11 May 2011, 17:30
His WA icon has a border. It's not the same as his avatar.
As GreeN knows from our discussion in #worms yesterday, I agree with KMZ's proportions point.

SgtFusion
12 May 2011, 01:04
Thanks for directing me to that document, KMZ. I think you're right; it would look better if it had conventional proportions.
EDIT: I made a new W:A icon that has a nuke symbol with more conventional proportions. It's attached to this post.
Newer version
Even newer version.
Final version
New icon pack
Newer Icon Pack (http://www.2shared.com/file/cx1PooxJ/NewWAiconpack.html)

Lex
12 May 2011, 03:01
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Radiation_warning_symbol.svg

SgtFusion
12 May 2011, 03:51
Thanks for that, but it's not supposed to be completely based on the conventional radiation symbol. It's supposed to be at least partially based on the W:A symbol. I just thought it would look better with something nearer to conventional proportions (even without conventional positioning).

Lex
12 May 2011, 04:55
I linked that for correct (real AND Worms Armageddon, which both use the same) proportions. The correct proportions look the best in my humble opinion.

SgtFusion
12 May 2011, 07:18
Okay, then. Here's one that has almost exactly the same proportions as (Beta Updated) W:A's icon.
Attachment
Newer version
Even newer version
Final version
New icon pack
Newer Icon Pack (http://www.2shared.com/file/cx1PooxJ/NewWAiconpack.html)

Lex
12 May 2011, 08:35
The bigger versions of that one look really great! However, for some reason the border on the 16×16 version (the version I see the most) looks too thin.

SgtFusion
12 May 2011, 09:00
I kind of thought so too, but since I was using resized copies of the same vector image for every icon size, I couldn't make the outline bigger without making the larger sizes look weird. I should have realised that I could just edit the 16x16 one, which I have now done.
Attachment
Newer version
Final version
New icon pack
Newer Icon Pack (http://www.2shared.com/file/cx1PooxJ/NewWAiconpack.html)

Lex
12 May 2011, 09:29
Oh, it's now an octagon. The .ico format supports semi-transparent pixels and Windows XP and above renders it properly. CyberShadow's icon makes use of that for smooth edges.
I realize I'm seeming picky, but I'm just giving you my humble opinion. I don't expect you to agree or adhere to what I like. I told myself I wouldn't get involved with this thread at first since I didn't want to mess with something you've clearly worked hard on. If you agree with me, that's fine, but please don't feel like my disagreements are forcing you to do something my way. I haven't contributed anything useful to the community for a while. I don't want to discourage others so much that they become so scared of doing things "wrong" that they stop doing them altogether like I have.

SgtFusion
12 May 2011, 09:51
Which colour depth are you viewing it at? It looks fine on my computer.

Pac-Man
12 May 2011, 12:25
To make a circle look fine in 16x16 icons, just make sure the circle uses up the whole 16x16 area. There shouldn't be any problems without semi-transparency then.

Lex
12 May 2011, 12:41
Which colour depth are you viewing it at? It looks fine on my computer.Oh! Never mind. I was looking at page 12 instead of page 19; my mistake. Yeah, it looks very good. :)

GreeN
12 May 2011, 14:43
I didn't think it'd make much difference, but you were right, Lex. The new version looks much better!

SgtFusion
15 May 2011, 02:10
This is the newest and final version of my icon. There's not a whole lot of noticeable difference between this one and the last one I uploaded, but it is definitely improved. I used two concentric circles as a guide to make the "radiation rays" look more like they should.
Attachment
Final version
New icon pack
Newer Icon Pack (http://www.2shared.com/file/cx1PooxJ/NewWAiconpack.html)

Lex
15 May 2011, 04:41
I totally agree. This final version is excellent. :) Would you mind posting the SVG?
Also, a clarification of your license would be useful. I personally would pick CC0 (http://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/) for an icon like this, but that waives all your rights to the content so anyone can use it for absolutely anything, including stealing credit. However, if you want to maintain credit (attribution) for your work, the Attribution-ShareAlike (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) license would be better. For a full selection of free distribution licenses explained very simply, see the Creative Commons licenses page (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/).

SgtFusion
15 May 2011, 04:50
Unless you have some version of Paint Shop Pro, it wouldn't be much use to you. I used Paint Shop Pro's own image format (.pspimage) to create the icon graphics, because Paint Shop Pro is the only complex graphics editor that I really know how to use, and its own image format is the only one that lets me save images and keep vector graphics and separate layers. I can't save as .svg, unfortunately.

Lex
15 May 2011, 05:07
Oops. Apparently I finished my edit in my previous post after your last post and didn't see your post before saving.
Edit: I know I'm being really picky here, but although I love the colors and proportions in your icon, the 16×16 circular edge shape is slightly worse than the official icon's 16×16 circular shape. You can see a comparison attached. I wouldn't know how to fix this, but I'm pointing it out in case you care to.

SgtFusion
15 May 2011, 05:20
I don't know how I feel about copyrighting it, seeing as it's almost the same as the W:A icon, but with slightly different colours and shading.

Lex
15 May 2011, 05:22
Oops. I did it again.
Also, the licenses I recommended aren't default copyright. If you don't assign a license to your work, you will receive each region's default handling of copyright. In probably all regions, unlicensed works aren't in the public domain by default.

SgtFusion
15 May 2011, 06:04
I've made the border on the 16x16 icon slightly thinner. It now has a width of 1.50 pixels instead of 2.00 pixels. The first version (the one that had a border that was too thin) had a border with a width of 1 pixel. This one even looks okay in 256 colours (it's a circle rather than an octagon).
Final version
New icon pack
Newer Icon Pack (http://www.2shared.com/file/cx1PooxJ/NewWAiconpack.html)

bonz
15 May 2011, 10:59
I've been using this icon for 7 years now.
(Thought I'd attach it to another icon related thread, since the previous one got lost in the purge.)
Acid Burn (128*128px)
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/5170/acidburn.png
I have no idea who made it or any further copyright infos.
I found it either here on the T17 forum, BlameThePixel or some other Worms related website.

Lex
15 May 2011, 13:26
http://five-g.deviantart.com/art/ACID-BURN-14802261
It was posted on the Team17 forums in 2005. The image itself isn't even 7 years old. :P

bonz
15 May 2011, 19:20
The image itself isn't even 7 years old. :P
Well, then I already estimated that wrongly in the previous thread this guess was based on. :p

SgtFusion
18 May 2011, 13:15
This is the last update, I promise. I figured out how to compress my icon so that it would be only 115KB in size rather than the huge 727KB it was before. I also made improved versions of my WormKit icons, as well as a new one (a yellow WormKit icon). I've put all four of those icons in this icon pack:
New icon pack
Newer Icon Pack (http://www.2shared.com/file/cx1PooxJ/NewWAiconpack.html)
If SupSuper is reading this: Do you still have the original graphics you used to make the icon pack you released back in 2008? If so, could I use them to make new versions based on my icon? I'll give you credit and everything.

Explorer
23 May 2011, 01:13
Unless you have some version of Paint Shop Pro, it wouldn't be much use to you. I used Paint Shop Pro's own image format (.pspimage) to create the icon graphics, ...... I can't save as .svg, unfortunately.
Well, would you mind giving us the source .PSP file? I don't have Paint Shop Pro, but perhaps someone else could help convert the formats.

SgtFusion
23 May 2011, 11:09
I found a way to convert it to SVG :D. It was a frustrating process, but it got done in the end. Here it is for anybody to use as they will. As with the icons, you must give me credit for it if you use it.

raffie
23 May 2011, 13:51
Your icon looks very simular to this one: http://www.veryicon.com/icons/folder/leopaqua-r3---final-mac/toolbar-burn-4.html
which is the one I've been using for WA for years :cool:

GreeN
23 May 2011, 15:59
Your icon looks very simular
Your opinion is very debatable

Pac-Man
23 May 2011, 17:43
Your icon looks very simular to this one: http://www.veryicon.com/icons/folder/leopaqua-r3---final-mac/toolbar-burn-4.html
which is the one I've been using for WA for years :cool:
That one is awesome :D ty

KMZ
23 May 2011, 21:35
Your icon looks very simular to this one: http://www.veryicon.com/icons/folder/leopaqua-r3---final-mac/toolbar-burn-4.html
which is the one I've been using for WA for years :cool:
This one is good, but too crooked....
PS: how about use original (not inversed) nuke symbol? With two petals at the top?

raffie
24 May 2011, 11:08
Crooked? Whats crooked about this?
http://www.veryicon.com/icon/48/Folder/LeopAqua%20R3%20-%20Final%20Mac/toolbar%20burn.png

Pac-Man
24 May 2011, 18:59
I also don't get it

SgtFusion
25 May 2011, 00:38
Crooked? Whats crooked about this?
http://www.veryicon.com/icon/48/Folder/LeopAqua%20R3%20-%20Final%20Mac/toolbar%20burn.png
I also don't get it
If you look closely, the inner edges of the "rays" don't outline a circle; more like a rounded-edged triangle, and the circularity of the outer edges of the "rays" doesn't correspond exactly to the circularity of the outer circle. It's more noticeable with the full-size version (512x512?).

Pac-Man
25 May 2011, 11:59
That's right, looks like the vectorial path is bumpy compared to a circle.

SgtFusion
27 May 2011, 15:03
I made a shiny version of my icon. Here it is, attached to this post.
http://i55.tinypic.com/2uhp92u.png
P.S.: If anyone thinks I should alter the copyright for this one since it's more similar to the one raffie linked to than my first one, please tell me. It's based on the one I originally made, but I did kind of get the idea from the one raffie linked to.

Thurbo
27 May 2011, 16:50
The highlight makes it look like the icon was a knob, while the shade runs straight. That looks a bit weird. I mean, if that's supposed to be a shade... might be a reflexion of some sort :p
Meh, you should make it round anyway :)

Pac-Man
27 May 2011, 19:38
Use radial instead of linear gradients

KMZ
27 May 2011, 20:06
How about this? http://kmz17.ho.ua/2uyu.png

Lex
27 May 2011, 22:53
Ignore these guys! Glare isn't a good thing. Your glare-free icon is great.

Thurbo
27 May 2011, 23:39
Actually that was his own decision, wasn't it? :p

Pac-Man
28 May 2011, 08:23
Glare comes from the top left not bottom right.
And I got enough of those simplepimple nothing-worth icons without any "effects".

SgtFusion
28 May 2011, 13:02
I made icons for the various file formats W:A uses (.BIT, .WAgame, .WGT, .WSC).
Here they are!
http://i51.tinypic.com/jj8zev.pnghttp://i53.tinypic.com/35d0vhw.pnghttp://i56.tinypic.com/30c9lzd.pnghttp://i52.tinypic.com/3486e76.png
New W:A file format icons
Newer Icon Pack (http://www.2shared.com/file/cx1PooxJ/NewWAiconpack.html)
EDIT: By the way, does anybody know how to change the default icon for something on Windows 7? I don't seem to be able to do it.

raffie
29 May 2011, 09:57
In Windows 7, you need 3rd party software to change file type icons, like this: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html

Pac-Man
29 May 2011, 10:01
Regedit is third party? ;D

SgtFusion
29 May 2011, 11:06
In Windows 7, you need 3rd party software to change file type icons, like this: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html
Thanks a lot! That works perfectly for me.

Lex
29 May 2011, 17:40
Here's another tool which does the same things and seems more modern. (http://defaultprogramseditor.com/)

raffie
29 May 2011, 18:05
Here's another tool which does the same things and seems more modern. (http://defaultprogramseditor.com/)
oO that's awesome, much better integrated into Win7

SgtFusion
1 Jun 2011, 14:10
I've made a modified version of my W:A icon (this one was made in Inkscape). I want to know whether any of you think I should replace my other one with it. Here it is, previewed:
http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/4557/newwaicon64.png

Pac-Man
1 Jun 2011, 14:19
Well... it looks like an atomic sign :D

SgtFusion
1 Jun 2011, 14:37
Oops. I finished editing after you posted.

Explorer
1 Jun 2011, 15:16
I made icons for the various file formats W:A uses (.BIT, .WAgame, .WGT, .WSC).
Here they are!
New W:A file format icons (http://www.2shared.com/file/NGg4f3kX/NewWAFileFormatIcons.html)
My suggestion after I first looked at these:
Make the center graphics larger, please? (I mean the terrain/worms/bomb/film with the WA icon.)
The current ratio (130/256) looks so small when the icon is viewed in 32×32 or below.
33226
I have no comments about the 16×16 version, though.

SgtFusion
2 Jun 2011, 05:11
Okay. I've made changes to the W:A file format icons, replaced my other W:A icon with my new one, and put all of my icons made so far in a new icon pack.
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/2443/newwaiconspreview.png
Newer Icon Pack (http://www.2shared.com/file/cx1PooxJ/NewWAiconpack.html)

franpa
2 Jun 2011, 06:16
Can you place them all in the one ico file?

Pac-Man
2 Jun 2011, 10:51
How should that be possible? In a DLL it would be possible.

SgtFusion
2 Jun 2011, 11:29
I've put them in an icon library. Thanks for the idea, franpa! The download link above now refers to it instead of the one with separate icons. Also, thank you all for your constructive criticism. It helped to make the icons a lot better.

Drury
2 Jun 2011, 13:09
Doesn't that mess with checksums?

Pac-Man
2 Jun 2011, 13:51
What checksums?

franpa
2 Jun 2011, 15:15
How should that be possible? In a DLL it would be possible.
Windows is one of the few programs that use DLL files instead of ICO files. Most programs I know of feature an ICO file with multiple icons or it is somehow integrated into the programs EXE file.

Pac-Man
2 Jun 2011, 16:47
No, an ICO file only features different sizes and color depths for a single icon, but not different icons at once (it is not possible to have a size / color depth combination more than once).
A DLL or EXE can contain several icons, embedded as resources.
E.g. an ICO file is a container for one single "icon" in different sizes or bit depths
and a DLL or EXE can be used as a container for several ICO files.

franpa
2 Jun 2011, 17:34
Mhm okay, must be just bad memory on my part then.

SgtFusion
15 Oct 2012, 11:17
In case anybody still cares, I've created some better-looking versions of my original icons, which can be downloaded here.
http://imageshack.us/a/img651/7171/newwaiconspreviewfinal.png (http://www.myvdrive.com/files/ezSYFqMSr3/NewWAiconpackFinal.7z)
EDIT: Uploaded to a less annoying file hosting website.

StepS
15 Oct 2012, 14:11
very nice!

The Tor
15 Oct 2012, 14:44
Thank you!

Jakebob
15 Oct 2012, 18:10
Is there a way to download it without using 2shared? It keeps trying to make me install a program that now mirrors my current feelings of that website; iLivid.

SgtFusion
16 Oct 2012, 03:53
Is there a way to download it without using 2shared? It keeps trying to make me install a program that now mirrors my current feelings of that website; iLivid.
You might be clicking on the wrong button.
very nice!
Thanks!

bonz
16 Oct 2012, 09:28
Is there a way to download it without using 2shared? It keeps trying to make me install a program that now mirrors my current feelings of that website; iLivid.
Didn't the big, blue button bearing the inscription "Download" inspire you to click it?

CyberShadow
16 Oct 2012, 09:42
Didn't the big, blue button bearing the inscription "Download" inspire you to click it?
Disable your ad blocker, and you'll see what Jakebob is talking about.

Jakebob
16 Oct 2012, 12:29
Didn't the big, blue button bearing the inscription "Download" inspire you to click it?
I was very inspired to click it; I've actually started work on a music video called "The Downloads Spurn Me So", I was so inspired.
However, it keeps doing nothing apart for adding "?cau2=403tNull" to the end of the URL. I even tried it on Chrome and IE, and nothing, so I'm rather confused. It's a javascript link, so maybe that's the issue I'm having. I only realised that the OTHER download links were ads once it was re-directing me to other sites.

bonz
17 Oct 2012, 10:04
Disable your ad blocker, and you'll see what Jakebob is talking about.
Works for me on Chrome 22.0.1229.94m, Firefox 16.0.1 and Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702, both with or without AdBlock on the first two.

bonz
17 Oct 2012, 10:06
Here's a mirror:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yqkdxh3tkupqgj3/NewWAiconpackFinal.7z

CyberShadow
17 Oct 2012, 10:19
Works for me on Chrome 22.0.1229.94m, Firefox 16.0.1 and Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702, both with or without AdBlock on the first two.
Is the ad server serving you different ads than me?
http://dump.thecybershadow.net/69183a45ac4237231e4ea1e76ac4c7ce/000008A1.png

StepS
17 Oct 2012, 13:22
I see it just like in the pic posted above

Muzer
17 Oct 2012, 16:07
Haha, I have an even more evil advert on mine.
It has rapidshare-style premium download and a countdown timer for a free download. Of course, these are both just leading to the same place, that is the target of the advert ;)

franpa
17 Oct 2012, 21:39
Is the ad server serving you different ads than me?
http://dump.thecybershadow.net/69183a45ac4237231e4ea1e76ac4c7ce/000008A1.png
Oh god you use IE? Seriously?

StepS
17 Oct 2012, 22:05
Oh god you use IE? Seriously?
1: this is unrelated, probably a quick run to display the site without any additional plug-ins
2: I don't use IE, although IEs since 9 and 10 are fine.

CyberShadow
18 Oct 2012, 05:55
Opera is my browser of choice, but it has no easy way of disabling content blocking.

bonz
18 Oct 2012, 11:19
Right now I'm seeing this advert for Bearshare:
http://i.imgur.com/9SwiM.jpg
Last time it was something different.

StepS
18 Oct 2012, 14:04
Opera
yeah :D a minutely auto-refresh :D :D

SgtFusion
16 Feb 2013, 06:30
Okay, I've just uploaded my icon pack to a less annoying file hosting website. Check the post linked in my signature for the new download link.

Dora
16 Feb 2013, 10:17
Great! Going to download it!

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