Solider status icons

[luke83]

Been thinking about some Solider status icons for some time after discussions with Daiky and others, the intent for these was for FOXC but i would also like them in OXC.
Bee playing around with some idea, obviously i need them relatively small and i think it would be best if they fade away after a few seconds to avoid getting in peoples way but still wanted to show some basic ideas.

Initially , this leads to more player feedback if solider is suffering Burn or Exhausted. Also i cant be the only person to waste TU's telling a unit to duck when they already where, there a Icon for that    Eventually i am alsothinking Spell effects on units

Easiest solution would be to borrow the ones done from Baulders Gate but i am trying to resist that temptation Here is 3 of my first concepts, feedback on this is requested as i know its not as pretty as we would like .

[luke83]

just some other randoms

also a alternative placement of these, you could have these displayed in the top status bar. ( i think this is the best option)

14x14 version added , i think i like the Top box idea the best

I invite anyone to draw some of there own, they dont need to be anything in particular, thats how i ended up with a man waving from behind a wall

[MKSheppard]

These are actually a good idea!

Ones that could be used in XCOM vanilla:

Psi Control -- appears when the unit has been successfully psi attacked by the aliens during the mission, it doesn't go away, making it easy to remember who is a liability.

Panicking -- shows up when the unit has panicked and goes away a turn or two later.

EDIT:

Wounded -- shows up when the unit has a fatal untreated wound.

[luke83]

Well i do think its a good idea , even if my ART is not the best, tonight i did a few more whilst watching a movie.

[luke83]

Quick mockup of a OXC status bar with status Icons displayed

[luke83]

Just wanted to post a possible OXC version

[Solarius Scorch]

I think it would be more streamlined if the icons were shown somewhere on the bottom interface bar, preferably on the rank picture.
Having said that, I would absolutely love to see which of my soldiers are critically wounded without entering their stats screen. Sometime you can even miss the fact that someone's bleeding to death.

[SupSuper]

Something like the X-Com Apocalypse status icons maybe, floating above heads.

[Hollow_Fang]

Hmm i was thinking maybe a cliche heart beat on fatal wounds on selection of that soldier.

[Dioxine]

Nah, no icons-over-heads, it obscures the battlefield and looks VERY last decade. Upper bar or left-sided bar seems a good solution. Just make them graphically similar to the "aliens seen" icons.

[moriarty]

I liked the idea (that came up somewhere to use the recoloring-routine to red-flash the body part with the fatal wound.

but yeah, left-side-of-screen icons for "own units that need attention" make very much sense.

[Falko]

but yeah, left-side-of-screen icons for "own units that need attention" make very much sense.

like this? https://imgur.com/zQ3mwwN,vYy1Jvw shows 1 wounded one controlled one stunned and two dead soldier

[moriarty]

yeah, although I'd rather not see as many colors it's a bit too much angry fruit salad

[Falko]

since warboy introduced the moddable interface i made the colors of the boxes moddable
but my codechange only exists on my harddisk

[Dioxine]

Yeah it's too much of disco there Status icons should be visible but not obtrusive (except maybe for fatal wound icon, I wouldn't mind if it was flashing all the time, it informs of a mortal danger after all - as long as it was only shown when clicked on the wounded soldier).