Interface Improvements in upcoming v11.0: Product Icons for Firms

[David]

Interface Improvements in the upcoming v11.0:

The Firm List in the Information Center now shows the images of the products that each firm handles, for the majority of firm types, providing a visual representation of each firm's specialty and giving you a better understanding of their focus.

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Improved the visual quality of small product icons on the city map (when the display mode is toggled to display product icons from factories and other types of firms on the city map.)

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[Stylesjl]

That's quite interesting (I assume that it is disabled for competitor firms if trade secrets = off).

I did notice that it looks a bit visually jarring in the case of the icon on the map. I'm not really sure though how it can be avoided without altering all of the product images.

[David]

I did notice that it looks a bit visually jarring in the case of the icon on the map. I'm not really sure though how it can be avoided without altering all of the product images.

This issue that the product icons on the map appear visually jarring will be resolved in the new version, which uses pre-made small versions of product images that were scaled using a graphic tool, resulting in a better appearance.

The current version's icons were scaled down in-game using a simple algorithm, which caused the visual jarring. To improve this, we will include a batch file called make_small_images.BAT in the MOD kit for version 11.0, located in the \MOD_kit\Images\Products folder. This file allows you to batch produce small images based on the standard images.

Here's what the make_small_images.BAT file looks like:

rem make smaller versions of the product images and save them in \small
rem smaller versions of the product images are displayed in various places in the game. For example, factories in the Firm Summary report showing the products they produce

rem you can download the magick app that this batch file runs from https://www.imagemagick.org/

del small\*.png

magick mogrify -format png -define png:color-type=2 -resize 40x40! -path small *.png

[cantdownloadit]

you can also use https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/ the powertoys if your on windows, you can just paste the images to the new folder, select, right click resize, choose 40x40 and tick replace.