Scaling Resource Icons: End the Ugly

[Foxhawk]

I enjoy the option that allows me to play with each tile's resources displayed; the icons, however, don't scale!! That is, if you zoom in all the way, you're looking at a blown up, pixelated square of bread that oftentimes obscures one's vision of the square. Allowing these icons to simply scale down- forced or via an option- would solve the problem rather easily.

Please, Firaxis

[Foxhawk]

would modding this change in be very hard? I only have rather limited programming experience.

[Willem]

Originally posted by Foxhawk
Allowing these icons to simply scale down- forced or via an option- would solve the problem rather easily.

That would kind of be defeating the purpose of the icons don't you think? We have that option so we can clearly see the resources on the map. If they were made smaller, you may as well have them turned off since you wouldn't be able to see what they were anymore. If you don't like the clutter they cause when zoomed out, just turn them off.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Originally posted by Willem


That would kind of be defeating the purpose of the icons don't you think? We have that option so we can clearly see the resources on the map. If they were made smaller, you may as well have them turned off since you wouldn't be able to see what they were anymore. If you don't like the clutter they cause when zoomed out, just turn them off.

Well to be fair the poster is not worried about zooming out more than zooming in. Although blocking the square is something you should just resolve by turning them off, zooming in to an image that is of too low a resolution to still look good at that zoom is a small flaw, IMO.

Resource icons scale in size somewhat when you zoom out, so why not when you zoom in, too?

[clarkcd]

I think the OP is actually talking about the food, hammers and gold icons for each square and not the strategic resources like gold, iron, etc.

I could be wrong though.

IIRC those don't scale at all.

[Willem]

Originally posted by clarkcd
I think the OP is actually talking about the food, hammers and gold icons for each square and not the strategic resources like gold, iron, etc.

Ah yes. After rereading his post, I believe you're right. It didn't occur to me since I always have those turned off and only see them when a Settler is active. Which leads to another solution, or actually the same one. Turn them off.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Willem
That would kind of be defeating the purpose of the icons don't you think? We have that option so we can clearly see the resources on the map. If they were made smaller, you may as well have them turned off since you wouldn't be able to see what they were anymore. If you don't like the clutter they cause when zoomed out, just turn them off.

No, they'd be the same screen size when you zoom in, but smaller relative to the (now huge) tiles. So they'd remain equally visible.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Willem
Ah yes. After rereading his post, I believe you're right. It didn't occur to me since I always have those turned off and only see them when a Settler is active. Which leads to another solution, or actually the same one. Turn them off.

He likes them. He just likes them the size they are at normal zoom.

[Foxhawk]

Sorry to have been imprecise... I'm indeed talking about the bread/gold/hammer icons.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Originally posted by Foxhawk
Sorry to have been imprecise... I'm indeed talking about the bread/gold/hammer icons.

Yeesh, make me look like an idiot whydon'tcha. I went home after my post, booted up my game and promptly found that the resource icons actually scale nicely with zooming in.