Call to Action - Weapon Icons

[JoeWilcox]

using blue or red from the TL is problematic as it's used in a team game.

[lebowski]

If I may add I have always linked:
Hammer = orange
Translocator = dark blue
Mini = silver
Redeemer = white/greyish

[piemo]

oh god, that was one of my biggest issues! ty for opening this issue!

[RattleSN4K3]

You can get perspective higher resolutions icons here:
https://forums.epicgames.com/threads...ew-site-update

There is also this collection of perspective icons (without a white glow)

[JoeWilcox]

but I think Joe might be saying that quake style icons could be fair game? That would certainly fit the requirements. Joe, could you please clarify?

I wouldn't stop someone from designing them because there is the marketplace, out but no, we are not interested in non-related icons like Quake. By iconic I mean simple representations of the current weapon. A silhouette would be fine, a simplified paint over, etc.

Quick note: Avril is not mentioned but shown.

Yep forgot about it as we are not concentrating on vehicle gametypes at the moment.

which would be difficult at this stage since we don't have most of the models

You do.. the models in the game ARE the models we will be using.. until we don't. At that point we will make new art for it. But those are the models we are using.

[JoeWilcox]

Isn't this far too early to start requesting? We still don't know what most of the weapons will look like, as far as I know the only officially chosen designs are the Enforcer and the Flak Canon. Don't we need to have the rest decided before we start making icons? Even as a more stylized approaches, it's kind of necessary to know what the gun's they're supposed to represent look like. I would think anyways.

No, it's not too early. It's safe to assume that the current selection of weapons will be with us for a while. So it's time to start building icons for them. Will we have to build new icons when new weapon art comes online... yes.

[JoeWilcox]

Hey Joe, could we have an higher resolution version of these weapons?
Thank you

Actually, I don't. Those are pulled right from UT3's hud art

[Danielito]

Right now, the best thing to do, would be to iconize the projectiles of the weapons.

Actually I think this will end up with the best possible readability and shortest learning curve. Making stylized icons of the UT3 weapons seems like a waste of time.

[Wail]

My preference would be for silhouettes of the actual models, which would be difficult at this stage since we don't have most of the models. I'd rather not go for pure iconization (though I don't oppose it existing as an option). Perhaps the point here is to use the UT3 weapons as temporary until we know the general outline of the UT4 weaponry.

[TheWhiteDragon]

Isn't this far too early to start requesting? We still don't know what most of the weapons will look like, as far as I know the only officially chosen designs are the Enforcer and the Flak Canon. Don't we need to have the rest decided before we start making icons? Even as a more stylized approaches, it's kind of necessary to know what the gun's they're supposed to represent look like. I would think anyways.

That was my first thought, but I think Joe might be saying that quake style icons could be fair game? That would certainly fit the requirements. Joe, could you please clarify?

[RattleSN4K3]

Quick note: Avril is not mentioned but shown.

[FirebornForm]

Isn't this far too early to start requesting? We still don't know what most of the weapons will look like, as far as I know the only officially chosen designs are the Enforcer and the Flak Canon. Don't we need to have the rest decided before we start making icons? Even as a more stylized approaches, it's kind of necessary to know what the gun's they're supposed to represent look like. I would think anyways.

[DarkAp89]

Hey Joe, could we have an higher resolution version of these weapons?
Thank you

[JoeWilcox]

Hi everyone, with the success of our HUD thread we want to start moving forward in designing the various icons that will represent the weapons in the game. It's no secret that UT3's weapon icons were less than ideal.




Detailed renderings look great at full resolution but once they are scaled (for example on the weapon bar) all of the detail becomes muddy and lost. So moving forward, we would like to explore a more iconized look. Something that is immediately recognizable as the weapon but something that can scale and rotate well. While working on these icons, please keep in mind that most weapons have a color associated with them so we want the icon to reflect that. Using the color will help associate the big red weapon on the screen with the proper red weapon icon on the weapon bar.

Red = Rocket Launcher
Yellow = Flak
Purple = Shock
Neon Green = Bio
Ice Blue = Link
Dark Green / Gray = Enforcer
Brown = Sniper
Neon Blue = Stinger
Gold = Lightning Gun (only included so we have the complete set)

The following weapons haven't been assigned a color: Impact Hammer, Redeemer, Translocator, Mini-Gun.