Premium Ranks

Yeah, we'd need to keep track of the widths (and if we do that, we could just as well keep track of the positions as well) and then we can put them in a single spritesheet. Not sure if it's worth the trouble though, as that'd require an extra config file possibly.

It will be a pain adding new smileys then.

In a little while (like everything else) I can make a whole new set of smileys that are all the same dimensions and then you could have a single sprite sheet for all the static ones, only then needing to have single images for the animated ones if you think this is worth doing? For the player ranks, I haven't done any more work on them yet, but may get a chance to get back to them this week. I assume by the lack of feedback that there are no objections to the latest rank image suggestion apart from the mentioned premium gold/yellow. There has also not been any clarity on the basic rank and whether it was the name or image that should be changed? I have a suggestion about the rank names here: https://dominating12.com/index.php/forums/6/suggestions-feedback/980/premium-ranks/post/38496#post-38496 I have a better suggestion to the very long previous suggestion of Command Lance Corporal. This could be Bombardier which is the Artillery equivalent of a Corporal and could be used to designate higher than an Infantry Lance Corporal and lower than an Infantry Corporal?

I really like our current smilies (the only thing being the borders being jagged on the live lobby's dark background), so I suggest not making new ones. Also images sprites are not worth it imo. I like the premium ranks. I think the "command lance corporal" is a very long name, but I think the suggested rank names are better than the ones we currently have. Same for the new badges. I think the yellow/orange/gold/brown border around it could maybe be a bit lighter, but I have no idea how and you say it looks ugly that way - and since they are much better then what we have now, I'm all for changing our ranks in a few weeks (I'd like to keep the white ranks as possibility (remade of course to have the correct insignia) - possibly even as default for premium members). [b]Edit:[/b] One thing, I'd like to see a version where we have two 1-star generals, two 2-star generals and a 3-star dominator. Possibly the lower not having any decorations and the other having a dot or a red bar.

I would personally prefer black with gold outline as default ranks, because i think the white ranks are generally less liked by members and the gold outline is more subtle. Changing the rank names should not be too difficult either :)

Duly noted. I will make the General ranks to Matty's new suggestion and see how they feel to everyone. For now I will assume that when Vexer stated his desire to get rid of the "Basic" rank that he meant the wording (name) and I'll use the new suggested rank names for the lower ranks when referring to the ranks and see how they feel to everyone. I will only make the other colour tabs when the rank images have been accepted, so as not to cause any rework. This part will be quick anyway. @Matty, did you see the new "Bombardier" suggestion to replace "Command Lance Corporal"? I agree with Cireon about having a unified Black type badge as the default, but I am biased. ;)

Whoops, sorry for missing that. Yes, I've seen bombardier, but I think lance corporal is better. Also, yes, Vexer didn't want to get rid of the insignia with the big dot, but he wanted to get rid of the name "Basic".

Just to clarify, I wasn't suggesting replacing Lance Corporal, but the very long Command Lance Corporal so it would be like this: 2 Stripes + 2 Bars = [b]Master Corporal[/b] 2 Stripes + 1 Bar = [b]Command Corporal[/b] 2 Stripes = [b]Corporal[/b] 1 Stripe + 1 Bar = [b]Bombardier[/b] 1 Stripe = [b]Lance Corporal[/b] Dot = [b]Private[/b]

Yes. but it looks a bit weird. You have removed the private first class and added another lance corporal (and another corporal that used to be lance), because then suddenly the 1 stripe would mean different things. This way, the 1 stripe means different things again.

1 stripe is [b]Sweeper[/b] for me! It's hard to be so low, it means you really suck at Risk, because you already start much higher than 500 points!

Sheesh don't be so mean, Bishop, that's my standardish rank :D

@Matty, in most of the armies of the world (apart from when inverted), one stripe mainly means Lance Corporal. That is why the other ranks around it had to be renamed accordingly. If we call 1 stripe private "1st class or whatever", then the whole structure of rank images and their names are out of sync.

We can deal with the names later. Sorry I haven't been on the site for 2 days, I was too busy making the new rank tabs. I have gone with Matty's last suggestions, the General Ranks are 2 with bar, 2 without, 1 with bar, 1 without. The gold outline has been made brighter by using the same colour and gradient as the old White Premium Ranks. All rank sizes have been standardised at 39 X 20px I have also made the Olive ranks, but have not had enough time to make the Blue ranks. If there are no problems with the ranks, I will do that next before flattening all the individual tabs to make the sprite. [spoiler=What & Why]I have remade all the images for perfect symmetry throughout and also for better contrast for the background tab colours. The new [b]Regular Ranks[/b] have an added white border for a few reasons. 1. The overall size of the icon in the sprite will be uniform to the others 2. The inner part of all tabs is a set size, but without a border they look smaller. 3. If you make the tab (no outline) bigger, but still smaller than the outside size of the others to compensate, it looks too big. 4. The white outline gives a very slight silver effect, the only ranks not to have the premium gold outline, so may be okay. 5. This has been tested on a variety of background colours and gives the desired effect with all (except pure white, but as far as I know, that is not used anywhere that ranks appear). The new [b]White Premium Ranks[/b] are slightly larger to be allow for perfect symmetry with other rank colours. The images have been remade for a crisper look in some places and for best contrast with the background. [i]This was always a problem with the gold rank images and can't be fully resolved, but improved a little[/i]. The new [b]Black Premium Ranks[/b] now have the same gold and gradient effect outline as the original and new white ranks. The new [b]Olive Premium Ranks[/b] have what I consider to be the optimum shade of olive colour. When tested as darker they resembled Black too much and looked false, when tested lighter they caused a problem with the choice of white or black stripes as well as making the now standard gold outline look garish and too overpowering. The Red Bar doesn't work with Olive at all no matter what shade, it hovers and moves with the naked eye, so I went for a very light grey, the same applies to the Warrant Officer Stars. [/spoiler] [spoiler=new ranks demo][img]http://www.the-inkstore.co.uk/map_resources/ranks/rank-demo-30-1-16.jpg[/img][/spoiler]

Wow nice, good job! I'm not a fan of olive but I should see it in the context before judging. Anyway it is a free choice. Since we are going for colour variety for premiums, should be fine in my opinion to have a couple which are dark and a couple light. So if light olive doesn't work perhaps a try can be done with light blue. Just an idea.

Some more thoughts. MajorGeneral and Brigadier look a bit too empty and the latter is the same of Dominator as it is now, so potentially can make a bit of confusion. So I prefer [url=https://dominating12.com/forums/6/suggestions-feedback/980/premium-ranks/post/38559#post-38559]the version with 2bars/1bar[/url] proposed before, instead of 1bar/none as in this last one. The graphics I think it's okay as it is. "fun" = fan* (Edit by aero): I changed it for you.