ICONS für bottom main menu

Started by runsnbunsn, October 08, 2018, 04:37:07 AM

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runsnbunsn

October 08, 2018, 04:37:07 AM
Hi!

Just saw a video of the 1.0 release.
The whole time I was hoping some icons would be added to the menu on the bottom to make the menu buttons easier to find for the eye. I always thought this would be added last because it's not gameplay specific and more of a cosmetic thing.

I Love this game but dont understand why this wasnt added, maybe for technical reasons?

I mean if the menu text supports two different fonts it would be possible to add "Font Awesome" to get the icons and even let mods reference to the thousands of icons from there...

Sorry if this was discussed already, I didnt find it with the search..

runsnbunsn

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October 14, 2018, 10:20:00 AM
nobody?

to give you more info, I got about 200 hours in Rimworld, with pauses of a few months between the play sessions, and anytime I restart a session I'm slow at finding the right menu button, because I need to read what it says. With Icons you even find the right menu button if it's in your peripheral vision. I'm pretty sure a lot of the less-regular players and newbies have the same troubles...

vzoxz0

#2
October 14, 2018, 01:06:41 PM
I don't understand the problem here. Take a screenshot of whatever you're talking about?

runsnbunsn

#3
October 14, 2018, 03:07:01 PM
ok, quick and dirty, something like this...

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5thHorseman

#4
October 14, 2018, 08:41:46 PM
I'd find more utility in their keyboard shortcuts being listed as well as the text.
Toolboxifier - Soil Clarifier
I never got how pawns in the game could have such insanely bad reactions to such mundane things.
Then I came to the forums.

AileTheAlien

#5
October 16, 2018, 09:57:24 PM
I think icons would be useful for all the menus, especially the things which are massive lists. For example, if all of the plants in the plant menu just showed the plant sprite for a 100% grown plant, that would help a lot. They're not in alphabetical order or in order of skill requirements, and scanning through the list every time I make a new growing zone or change an existing one, is annoying. :)

runsnbunsn

#6
October 17, 2018, 08:53:15 AM
yes...

the eye is just faster at scanning icons/images than reading text, and it puts less stress on the eyes too.
There is a mod that adds icons to the build submenu, so at least the submenus should be tweakable, not sure about the main menu.
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