Talk:Game icons

I'm working around icons and I've noticed several issues. Some of them are well-known, long-standing questions, others seem to be not so well-known. I guess that will keep me busy for some time.
 * I'll start with the easiest-looking problem (for me). Icon size is specified as 32px, 36px and even 40px in different places, and different templates. Why? Did I miss something? I *seem* to remember an icon larger than 32px, but I've checked and re-checked my archive and back-log and couldn't find it. So...
 * Are there objections if I start cropping them all to 32px and correcting templates accordingly?
 * Aldyron (Contributions • Message) 13:01, August 21, 2014 (EDT)
 * Are there objections if I start cropping them all to 32px and correcting templates accordingly?
 * Aldyron (Contributions • Message) 13:01, August 21, 2014 (EDT)
 * Aldyron (Contributions • Message) 13:01, August 21, 2014 (EDT)


 * Well... Depends on exactly what you mean. Can you list the templates and the icon sizes used that you are talking about?  There are reasons that some are different sizes.  That said, I'm usually for consistency...  ShoeMaker (Contributions • Message) 14:49, August 21, 2014 (EDT)
 * OK...
 * Take the following icons as examples of the variety of icon format and appearance (selecting the following text can be a quick way to visualize extra border):
 * [[File:Icon Feat Generic Martial Arts Passive.png]] Icon Feat Generic Martial Arts Passive.png, is 32px wide; passive octagon; transparent; no border (here "border" = "extra pixels outside the icon's own built-in border)
 * [[File:Icon Amaunators Brilliance.png]] File:Icon Amaunators Brilliance.png is 32px wide; active square; no border
 * [[File:Icon Feat Composite Plating.png]] Icon Feat Composite Plating.png is 34px wide; passive octagon; transparent; no border, but the octagon's border itself is wider than the previous icon's (due to different uploaders, I reckon)
 * [[File:Sorc FireSavant.png]] File:Sorc FireSavant.png is 36px wide; passive octagon; transparent; transparent border
 * [[File:BelovedOfSilverFlame.png]] File:BelovedOfSilverFlame.png is 36px wide; passive octagon; not transparent, black background, black border
 * [[File:BladeswornTransformation.png]] File:BladeswornTransformation.png is 36px wide; active square; black border
 * [[File:Icon Feat Acrobatic.png]] ''File:Icon Feat Acrobatic.png, is 40px wide; passive octagon; not transparent, white background, no border
 * AFAICT, the following templates use 32px icons:
 * Template:ClothingJewelryTOC
 * Template:Collectable2
 * Template:Enhancement table/itemwlvl
 * Template:Instantdelete
 * Template:Named Clothing
 * Template:Named Jewelry
 * Template:Quiver
 * Template:V Desc box
 * The following templates use 36px icons:
 * Template:Feat Brief/Top
 * Template:Feat Brief/nolink1
 * Template:Feat Brief/nolink2
 * Template:Feat Brief
 * Template:Feat
 * Template:OrgClicky
 * Template:SpellBook1
 * Template:SpellBook2
 * Template:SpellBook3
 * Template:SpellBook/sandbox
 * The following templates use 40px icons:
 * Template:HirelingCommand
 * Template:Hireling
 * I may have missed a few icon "styles" and templates (and as a matter of fact, I *feel* I did miss some, but can't find them again).
 * Thoughts?
 * Aldyron (Contributions • Message) 11:18, August 23, 2014 (EDT)
 * Aldyron (Contributions • Message) 11:18, August 23, 2014 (EDT)


 * Yeah, that is what I was afraid of. I know I personally went through hours of getting the size just right for the Hireling template ones (which I never finished).  The reason that those are the size they are is to properly fill the cell in the table. The icon for the Instantdelete style mbox should actually be even bigger and have some padding added to make it more visible in my opinion (the icon and border bleed together with my tired old eyes and unless I really strain it looks like just a blob of red).  However, the feat icons and the ones where there are multiple size icons used in the same table, (or in various tables using the same template), should be made consistent.  I'm actually thinking about this, and I'll have to get back to you on this.  I'm wondering exactly what it is in the client on max resolution, and I'm going to take a screenshot and crop one out.  The only ones that may end up having to be different are the ones like in the HirelingCommand template where if you look real close there are actually icons inside of icons (to represent things like extended haste). At this point, I'm thinking they should all be 36x36px, transparent backgrounds, and no borders except for the ones with icons nested in icons, which should probably be actual size of 64x64px and resized by the template.  That said, let me do some research and get back to you. ShoeMaker (Contributions • Message) 12:31, August 23, 2014 (EDT)
 * [[File:Extended Haste.bmp]] is an example of an icon nested in an icon, which is 81x81px right now. It should be redone as a .png and it should probably be bigger (128x128px?) to add more detail for the nested icon part and I would be happy to discuss which corner the nested part should be in.  I was thinking lower right because it was closer to where the icon would meet any following text but now I'm thinking upper right because us silly Americans read left to right and top to bottom so it would make more sense, and upper right is taken by the spell level (I - IX).  I dunno, let's discuss it and come up with the best course of action. ShoeMaker (Contributions • Message) 12:50, August 23, 2014 (EDT)