[REL] SupCom's Strat Icons by ozonexo3

Thank You so much! Supcom is really the only RTS I have played majorly so most other stuff just doesn't feel quite right. The Uber icons are so big and bulky anyway (yes i know it's just the first pass) that this will make things much easier, at least until Uber gets the icons fixed.

Am i the only one that completely hated the Supcom icons?
I never know wtf anything is, everything is just a box with indecipherably tiny patterns inside.

Having strategic icons that actually have varied shapes is far better for quickly spotting what something is.

Eh, as usual its the question of if you're used to something or not.

Regular players of SupCom love those icons because they've played with them for so long. People who have never played SupCom (and don't know NATO symbols) mostly won't think those symbols useful as they're not telling you anything intuitively.

Myself I prefer outlines too, got used to them in Sins.

hahaha thats amazing

You sir, are a god amongst men! GOOD WORK!

WTF? :shock:

-I think they are intuitive as it gets. what's an acute triangle most likely to represent?
-why not a jet?
-ok then a flat obtuse one?
-a bomber no?
-put one bar underneath it...
-...it's a rookie right?
-ok then three??
-...closer to a veteran I'd say.
-Not exactly, but fair enough what about a half-circle flat end up?
-Hmmm... why not a ship because that's like the cross-section view of a ship's hull right?
-very goood. now, what if I flip it upside down?
-hmmm now that I don't know... oh wait it's still the same shape so we're staying in the context of a navy unit or at least a naval capable one.... theee.. hull has been flipped over so it sank??? ...a sub!
-yes! what about a humanoid shaped one?
-well the com obviously? why all that detail all of the sudden, I though we were sticking to geometrical shapes?
-well don't you want him to stick out like a sore thumb?
-good point!

Here's my own version :

there are new icons now : the "icon_si" i've extended this mod



for anyone interested head on over to viewtopic.php?f=72&t=48554

i dont have time in this month for anything so, if someone want to do it and have time, than he can do it

me! viewtopic.php?f=72&t=48554

As somebody who was never played supcom, only seeing dozens of casts, the icons are actually very intuitive.

thank you! exactly