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Cedur wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:53 am

Ok but why had the size to be decreased as well? The earlier small ranks (Goomba, Shyguy etc.) had a good size. This is so small that it's barely noticeable. (except for Fryguy, Wart, Reznor ... the other sprites should have their size as well)

What i find weird is that the Egg ranks have been left untouched, and are still at their usual size.

Yeah, the egg ranks should have the same size (I'm assuming they'll stay)

I feel like the rank images should be a bit bigger.

feels a bit primitive right now and im not a fan of the smaller icons, but i guess itll do

I'm gonna miss good ol' Mega Mole, but I like Spike too.

thegameseum wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 17, 2021 1:09 am

I'm gonna miss good ol' Mega Mole, but I like Spike too.

Monty Mole was pushed back to 125-150

Cedur wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:53 am

Ok but why had the size to be decreased as well? The earlier small ranks (Goomba, Shyguy etc.) had a good size. This is so small that it's barely noticeable. (except for Fryguy, Wart, Reznor ... the other sprites should have their size as well)

Yeah, it's kinda hard to see the new ranks, gotta strain my eyes a bit. Making them a little bigger shouldn't be too much of a problem, unless you don't want to go through the trouble of spending all day resizing them

Ranks are decorations. They're not important. No need to strain your eyes.

With that attitude you might as well drop them altogether. Several people are not 100% happy with the current change so you shouldn't dismiss their concern like that ...

We tried to reach a compromise between removing them entirely and having large images that bloat up the screen size. They're neat to have but shouldn't take up large portions of the screen.

Though, I don't mean to dismiss the straining eye argument, but I can't help but find it odd, considering the icons are now roughly the size of the text size on the forums (at least for me, may differ for other people) so if the icons are too small to make out, shouldn't that be the same case for the text?

would it be possible to make big/small icons togglable? if it was thatd be the best way to go because if you're compromising youd want to cater to both sides. either way im happy, just a suggestion.

Aristo wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 19, 2021 4:24 am

We tried to reach a compromise between removing them entirely and having large images that bloat up the screen size. They're neat to have but shouldn't take up large portions of the screen.

Though I don't mean to dismiss the straining eye argument, I can't help but find it odd, considering the icons are now roughly the size of the text size on the forums (at least for me, may differ for other people) so if the icons are too small to make out, shouldn't that be the same case for the text?

It's just that I personally find that the images should be at ~1.5 times their current size.
The staff and egg ranks have the perfect size in my opinion.

DerEric wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:26 am

It's just that I personally find that the images should be at ~1.5 times their current size.
The staff and egg ranks have the perfect size in my opinion.

Those are 2x2p though.

chuckster's suggestion sounds perfect if it's implementable.

I got a PM detailing how a toggle for ranks would work similar to how the existing toggles for avatars and signatures. That could be implemented in a way to change rank sets, but I can't guarantee its implementation yet.

Aero beat me to it again, but yeah, it's not particularly hard to make a toggle button. It does involve editing the theme templates though, which only the site owner or people with ftp access can do.

Are you guys talking about keeping the old animated ranks or just making the new static ones bigger? Because I might have thought of another way to do the latter after I sent the PM.

The Great Yoshi wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 19, 2021 4:39 pm

Aero beat me to it again, but yeah, it's not particularly hard to make a toggle button. It does involve editing the theme templates though, which only the site owner or people with ftp access can do.

Are you guys talking about keeping the old animated ranks or just making the new static ones bigger? Because I might have thought of another way to do the latter after I sent the PM.

I'm mostly talking about making the static ranks bigger (including the head only Bowser)

If you add a size toggle, can you also add a visibility toggle? Given the option I would use that over whatever the default ends up becoming.

I also liked the size of the icon ranking before the relaunch.

Of course, the SMBX team decides about the size of these icons.

Enjl wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 5:55 am

If you add a size toggle, can you also add a visibility toggle? Given the option I would use that over whatever the default ends up becoming.

yeah we should do that as well so the discussion of "are ranks pointless" finally ends in a good way