Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Engels tileset and flags

[David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> David Pfitzner (dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:

> > Or how about if we moved the hitpoint bar to lower left, and moved 
> > the letters which go in lower left so they sit just above the new
> > hitpoint bar?  (Just for the Engels tiles; notice this can be done 
> > just by modifying tiles.xpm, and not touching the code.)
> 
> I like that idea.  But I don't cherish the thought of making all those
> modifications to the tiles....

As Trent said, this is pretty easy with something like the Gimp.
(Or even in emacs, with hscroll-mode and rectangular cut & paste ;-)

This patch to data/default/tiles.xpm moves the hitpoint
bar from the top left of the tile to the bottom center.
(That is, so as to not obscure the flags.)   

I also reduced the black border of the hp bar (to just 
one pixel), and made the 'A', '+' and 'X' symbols slightly 
narrower, so that the hp bar fits better.  (The X still 
overlaps the hp bar slightly, and it would probably look 
better if the X were drawn over the top of the hp bar, 
rather than the other way round.)

I think it works quite well.

Regards,
-- David

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