Changes to Boards - please read as we go along

Gandalf Parker · #1 August 12th, 2004, 06:18 PM

I dont THINK the graemlin and post icon choices can be setup specific to a particular forum. But I would be thrilled if I was wrong. Richard would definetly be the one to ask. Or if you want to be mean then get Mindi excited about the idea (Im half kidding on that Last part, it was the married devil in me)

Fyron · #2 August 12th, 2004, 06:24 PM

Why would they need to be set up for a specific forum? So what if there are a couple of extra emoticons for a different forum? Not going to kill anyone.

Gandalf Parker · #3 August 12th, 2004, 06:38 PM

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Why would they need to be set up for a specific forum? So what if there are a couple of extra emoticons for a different forum? Not going to kill anyone.

No it wouldnt but I pictured it as being able to go from a few or having many SEIV specific ones. A few can easily be added to the general selection, in fact I believe David has already done a few. But then of course we will end up with some dragons and wizards, some tanks and ocean ships, some horse cavalry and ... well you get the idea.

Fyron · #4 August 12th, 2004, 06:56 PM

There could be an extra page set up with the images for the non-standard emoticons. That way, you only see them listed if you click that link. phpBB does this if there are more than X emoticons available. The forum software automatically creates a pop up window that is accessed by clicking the "view more" link. That way, the list for the generic post page doesn't become overly cluttered, but the emoticons are still readily accessible and useable.

David E. Gervais · #5 August 12th, 2004, 07:13 PM

fyi, I didn't make a shovel 'yet' but I did create the following.. all rank insignias, Ank, Happy/Sad mask, Beer, Mushrooms, Bread, Heart, Brain, Skull, Trophy, Eyeball, se4 population icon, Planet, Computer, Home.

Voila!..

I'll do more as time permits. It should be fun to have these unique icons in this forum.

Cheers!

Baron Munchausen · #6 August 12th, 2004, 10:15 PM

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fyi, I didn't make a shovel 'yet' but I did create the following.. all rank insignias, Ank, Happy/Sad mask, Beer, Mushrooms, Bread, Heart, Brain, Skull, Trophy, Eyeball, se4 population icon, Planet, Computer, Home.

Voila!..

I'll do more as time permits. It should be fun to have these unique icons in this forum.

Cheers!

Very nice. Some suggestions besides SE IV races as smilies:

A little 'nuke' (mushroom cloud) -- perfect for the kinds of discussions we have around here.

Take the skull and add the little crossbones under it for the classic 'pirate' (and poison) symbol. Ok, you might have to shrink the skull a bit to fit the crossbones in.

We might even have a use for a 'biohazard' symbol. The green thing?

An imitation of the red 'star' image from the SE III logo. It's a classic image and we'll surely find uses for it.

Some other stars and planets in the simplified SE III manner wouldn't hurt either.

And some of the images from the SE IV menu buttons would be cool to have, also. The 'science' flask, the 'imperial' crown (obviously it has to be distinct from the administration 'crown' you've already got), the colony dome, and the spaceyard wrench would all be nice to have for conversations here. We could use them to mark discussion topics as well as in our Messages.

Suicide Junkie · #7 August 12th, 2004, 11:46 PM

I've tried to upload the imagemod packs, but I'm getting "We cannot proceed.
All of the required fields are not filled in. "

It worked fine with a single image, but the packs are failing.

Is it a timeout?
Is the limit smaller than the stated 30,000,000 bytes?
Any ideas?

David E. Gervais · #8 August 13th, 2004, 07:57 PM

I have made a few more tiny icons for the forums..

Cheers!

Mindi · #9 August 12th, 2004, 08:33 PM

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Or if you want to be mean then get Mindi excited about the idea (Im half kidding on that Last part, it was the married devil in me)

Then the married devil in you should know that you only get away with saying this because my arm isn't long enough to reach to california!

Raging Deadstar · #10 August 12th, 2004, 08:37 PM

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Or if you want to be mean then get Mindi excited about the idea (Im half kidding on that Last part, it was the married devil in me)

Then the married devil in you should know that you only get away with saying this because my arm isn't long enough to reach to california!

Ok, I almost fell out the chair laughing there

That was just too funny.

And Nice Images David, Definitely look forward to using them soon