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Alternative 2d-content
H-Hour:
Nothing complicated about the transparency. Just a PNG file without the background should work. If you have any troubles, feel free to ask. We're familiar with GIMP and Photoshop but can help you figure it out if you use other software.
Here's a public domain map of the world that should be useful for you in recreating the ranks at higher resolution.
Licensing can be a pain. We have to be strict about it here but we can help you find resource material when you need it if you haven't ever worked in the open source community.
Kahvipannu84:
Ok, I made it bigger, used the map you provided, transparency backround, made the continents more clear, and only pd was used making this (do you need sources btw?). If it's ok, I will make new icons from this with same principle, bronze, silver, and gold levels, and I can post psd file with all layers intact if it's any use for elsewhere.
ShipIt:
To me this looks great.
Kahvipannu84:
Happy to hear that. :) Here's pic of the small rank icons, I'll upload the files in a moment.
H-Hour:
Cool. I really like the style. I have just a couple concerns:
1. The leaves have some pixelation, which probably came from scaling it up (pixelation.png). I've attached a PNG (leaves.png) with leaves I drew real quick that you could use (flat, contoured and contoured with noise). You'll need to tweak it as you have the other elements to make it blend in with your style better.
2. There are a couple black smudges around the stars which you can see better against a light background (black_smudges.png).
3. This is a personal taste thing, but I wonder if you have maybe gone overboard with the etchings on the globe -- particularly on the ocean.
4. If you could submit the final images in a power of 2 size, in this case 512x512. Any images not at a power of 2 size will be automatically resized in-game and this can produce artifacts, so it's best to always work in 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, etc.
Also, please submit the source file for whatever program you use (the one with everything on its own layer) so that we can easily make adjustments in the future if we need to add ranks or change anything.
Thanks!
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