Guild icons!!!

Oblivion · Post by **Oblivion** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:32 pm

Lets see those guild icons guys

btw i didn't do mine yet

Bakemaster · Post by **Bakemaster** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:02 pm

I'm not sure which one to use. A border is nice, but shrinks the image and darkens it overall. It all depends on whether you have to pay every time you change your guild image. Which I think you probably will have to do.

waldo · Post by **waldo** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:54 pm

No border man. Unless you put the hat over the border.

Bakemaster · Post by **Bakemaster** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:08 am

FYI everyone, transparency will not work, it will come out as white - so don't try it! You'll have to pay another 1m gold and 20K GP to change your emblem! Get it right the first time!

Oblivion · Post by **Oblivion** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:55 pm

Everything i try just s**ks ...., Bake your's nice

now if i make it smaller its just shit

i need help here

Bakemaster · Post by **Bakemaster** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:44 pm

Well, I did some simple pixel graphics images for a browser-based strategy game that a friend was running last year. Through trial and error I got an idea of what works and what doesn't, when you have very few pixels to deal with.

For your blackhand logo, I recommend either the letters or the hand, but not both. At 16x16 there's not really room for all of it. In my own opinion, although the lettering is nice, I like the image better. And it *does* already say 'Blackhand' next to the logo. :wink:

Oblivion · Post by **Oblivion** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:55 pm

Bakemaster wrote:Well, I did some simple pixel graphics images for a browser-based strategy game that a friend was running last year. Through trial and error I got an idea of what works and what doesn't, when you have very few pixels to deal with.

For your blackhand logo, I recommend either the letters or the hand, but not both. At 16x16 there's not really room for all of it. In my own opinion, although the lettering is nice, I like the image better. And it *does* already say 'Blackhand' next to the logo.

been there done that

at 16X16 that hand ain't a hand anymore

same goes for letters

together or individual (spelling)

Rockshmo · Post by **Rockshmo** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:34 pm

Tried it out at 16x16.. kinda blurry but it sorta looks like a hand..

The bg is white.

Bakemaster · Post by **Bakemaster** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:45 pm

I couldn't separate the hand and the lettering so I found a similar one on GIS and fiddled around with it. I saved them in .bmp but imageshack changed them to .png; if you want to use one of them, you might be able to just change the file suffix? Or I can send you the .bmp files.

Oblivion · Post by **Oblivion** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:12 pm

here is the orignial, btw both of yours are good

but i just saw one nice thing on our server, guy had only B for a guild bloodline but it was transparent so only that b no corners and stuff its kinda nice so i'm thinking of making something like that, maybe cutting that hand out or just make BH :d what cha think? btw tnx to both of ya

Post by **dom** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:57 pm

I like the bordered one alot.

Bakemaster · Post by **Bakemaster** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:13 am

Oblivion wrote:i just saw one nice thing on our server, guy had only B for a guild bloodline but it was transparent so only that b no corners and stuff its kinda nice so i'm thinking of making something like that

24-bit bmp does not, as far as I know, support transparency. Everyone on babel who has tried transparency has ended up with solid white.

Snudge · Post by **Snudge** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:49 am

Yep also on Athens you see icons with a solid white background.
Edit; (curse you, my fast fingers) Which actually looks rather stupid IMO.

MapleShilc · Post by **MapleShilc** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:54 am

bake bake, u ever played ro? in there there are guild icons too, but wut u do is u color where u want trans parent like pink-purple ish, and when u load it up, it will show as transparent, dunno if they have that in here tho... lol anyone care to waste a few mil and few gps to try XD?

MrJoey · Post by **MrJoey** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:45 am

Transparancy is possible. Google "Alpha Channel Transparancy" That's all I can say because I don't know how to do it myself.

Bakemaster · Post by **Bakemaster** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:08 am

24-bit bmps do not have an alpha channel. Only 32-bit bmps have an alpha channel, and the site specifically says that your emblem file should be a 24-bit bmp. Now, I'm not saying there's no way to do it, but so far I have yet to see proof of a successful transparant guild emblem.

Oblivion · Post by **Oblivion** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:44 am

Ok i think i was wrong, it ain't transpared, but it damn looks like it is

here is the screeny.

MrJoey · Post by **MrJoey** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:31 pm

Bakemaster wrote:24-bit bmps do not have an alpha channel. Only 32-bit bmps have an alpha channel, and the site specifically says that your emblem file should be a 24-bit bmp. Now, I'm not saying there's no way to do it, but so far I have yet to see proof of a successful transparant guild emblem.

Should be, or have to be?

Bakemaster · Post by **Bakemaster** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:13 am

You are fully aware that I meant what I said. Get off my ass already.

Oblivion · Post by **Oblivion** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:21 am

guys guys stay on topic

i wanna see some good guild icon, and you can make one good for meh

luf ya

Cydra · Post by **Cydra** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:12 pm

If you see a guild with a transparent symbol please do the following :

All symbols you see ingame are stored here :

C:\program files\silkroad\RD

(or where ever you installed your silkroad to)

They are named like this :

Gxxx_yyy.rd (xxx is some server number, yyy some guild number)

If you rename them to BMP you can open them with any program that can edit bitmaps.

So, if you see a guild with a symbol that has something transparent in it..

.. please check all the files in that directory for the one from this guild.

And upload it somewhere and link it here.. so we can all see what color will be transparent ingame.

thanks.

Cydra · Post by **Cydra** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:37 pm

Oblivion was so nice to send me the "B" Logo from his screenshot above.

Sadly it really only looks like it is transparent.. but it is not.

Size increased it looks like this :

(On the screenie it looks kind of transparent.. but that's only cause of the jpg quality decrease :/)

If anybody sees transparent logos.. please let us know.

PsYch008 · Post by **PsYch008** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:09 pm

if anyone would be so kind as to make a guild logo for me i would be very appreciative... my guild isnt even close to hitting lvl 4 yet, but it would be nice to have one for the future...

we were thinkin of a weed leaf, but i would really like it to be a black weed leaf... if anyone can do this i would squeal with joy and award cookies.

thanks.

Rockshmo · Post by **Rockshmo** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:01 pm

Hard to tell what it is.. but I'm afraid that's probably the best you're gonna get at 16x16.

PsYch008 · Post by **PsYch008** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:46 pm

hmmmm, i was wondering if maybe the leaf could be like.... ummm.... accented in white so that it would show up better, its hard to put across what i am trying to say here...

you know how leaves have veins... say the veins are white, and maybe the edges of the leaf are white, so that i can see what it is better....

but thanks a lot for trying, i dont even have PS installed anymore :banghead:

XuChu · Post by **XuChu** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:50 pm

wot te fark ob i thought u said u got hax0r3d

PsYch008 · Post by **PsYch008** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:50 pm

maybe if someone could put this into the right size for me, it may be more visual at that size.

Quack · Post by **Quack** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:43 am

uMMM like this? its the right size...

Oblivion · Post by **Oblivion** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:05 am

XuChu wrote:wot te fark ob i thought u said u got hax0r3d

i did

but my haxor was a haxor with feelings

i was lucky... in some way

Chaud · Post by **Chaud** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:51 am

We were bored, can afford the gold, and get 20k gp in 2 days.