Updated Hat Icons

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Shugo Takahashi (Creator/Co-creator)
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Creating Icons
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Valve
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Valve
Football Helmet Icon
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Got me to finish it.

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UPDATED! (01/28/10): Added new icons for the Modest Pile of Hat, the Noble Amassment of Hats, and the Towering Pillar of Hats. If you prefer the old icons, then just delete everything in materials\backpack\player\items\demo except the files named "demo_bill".

UPDATED! (01/27/10): Added new icon for Backbiter's Billycock. The old one is black, which is an older design of the Billycock. The actual Billycock we got in-game is team-colored, so I changed the icon to reflect that.

UPDATED! (01/26/10): Added new icon for Bill's Hat. If you prefer the old icon, then just delete the files named "demo_bill" in materials\backpack\player\items\demo.

It's here! After receiving many requests to do this, I finally got off my butt and finished it! I hope I didn't disappoint!

What is It?

This mod will change all the backpack icons for the first set of hats to match the icons of the hats added with the Classless Update. Many of them were large and positioned oddly, thus causing them to stick out like sore thumbs amongst the other hats and items.

Affected Hats:

-Batter's Helmet -Soldier's Stash -Pyro's Beanie -Football Helmet -Mining Light -Prussian Pickelhaube -Trophy Belt -Fancy Fedora -Bill's Hat -Backbiter's Billycock -Modest Pile of Hat -Noble Amassment of Hats -Towering Pillar of Hats

(Demoman's Fro isn't included because I thought its icon looked fine as it is.)

What Went Into This?

I noticed after examining the default icons that all Valve did was pose each hat in Source SDK Model Viewer and edited them onto a transparent background, resizing them as they saw fit. I went about it the exact same way, so each icon should look completely natural amongst the other items in the backpack. I tested each one in-game (the screenshot shows in-game pictures), so I know they look pretty good.

As always, if you have any questions or problems, I read the comments fairly often and I'll be happy to answer POLITE questions and CONSTRUCTIVE criticism.

To Install: Extract the materials folder from the RAR archive, find where you have Steam installed (usually C:\Program Files\Steam), and place it in Steam\steamapps\YOUR USERNAME HERE\team fortress 2\tf. If it asks you to overwrite existing folders, say yes.

Enjoy!

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    Posted by steviestar3 Could you make some icons for the new weapons/hats too? The ones Valve provided look awful. A red Chargin' Targe would be cool too.

    I've actually been using a personal set of repositioned icons for a lot of weapons for a while now. The thing is is that some of them were made by someone else, so either I'll need to go get permission to use them in an upload or just remake them myself.

    As for the new hats, I haven't gotten to making those yet because the motherboard on my regular computer failed and now I'm using a secondary computer that is frankly terrible. It just doesn't have the power to display the models at a high enough quality and all my usual tools and layouts are on the other computer.

    Rest assured, though, I'll get around to it. It's actually kind of neat for me that my computer is out of commission, because now everyone who likes my mods are coming out and asking me to update. I didn't think so many people liked these! :D

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    Could you make some icons for the new weapons/hats too? The ones Valve provided look awful.

    A red Chargin' Targe would be cool too.

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    Posted by Shugo Takahashi
    Posted by radioactivepotatoman Pros: Very well done. They fit in great into the backpack and in the game. Cons: Some look ugly and bulky IMO, like the Mining Light and Soldier's Stash. The Pyro's Beanie too. Improvements: Make the New 3 Hat icons larger... they're so small. Notes: ^Those
    I can't make the Towering Pillar or the Noble Amassment's icons larger because they would go outside the frame and be cut off. I've been considering doing a larger Modest Pile icon, but that'll be after I finish up a bunch of other projects I'm currently working on. The current icon is small to match the other three, since after all it is supposed to be a lesser "pile" compared to the other two, and is thus small. You can always opt to just not install those three icons altogether and instead use the default ones. I only changed their positioning to match the other hats (which is the whole point of the mod). As for the Mining Light, Soldier's Stash, and Pyro's Beanie, mind telling me exactly what's wrong with them? "Ugly and bulky" isn't very descriptive...

    Thanks for that explanation. And The stash looks like there was a head cropped out of it [sounds dumb because it was :P], with the straps hanging in an uncomfortable looking straight position. The Mining light looks like a blue sphere with a strap on it, I really think the original looks better. The Beanie looks like you dropped it in a random position and used that one. Sorry if I seem like a dick, I'm just trying to elaborate.

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    Posted by radioactivepotatoman Pros: Very well done. They fit in great into the backpack and in the game. Cons: Some look ugly and bulky IMO, like the Mining Light and Soldier's Stash. The Pyro's Beanie too. Improvements: Make the New 3 Hat icons larger... they're so small. Notes: ^Those

    I can't make the Towering Pillar or the Noble Amassment's icons larger because they would go outside the frame and be cut off. I've been considering doing a larger Modest Pile icon, but that'll be after I finish up a bunch of other projects I'm currently working on. The current icon is small to match the other three, since after all it is supposed to be a lesser "pile" compared to the other two, and is thus small.

    You can always opt to just not install those three icons altogether and instead use the default ones. I only changed their positioning to match the other hats (which is the whole point of the mod).

    As for the Mining Light, Soldier's Stash, and Pyro's Beanie, mind telling me exactly what's wrong with them? "Ugly and bulky" isn't very descriptive...

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    Pros: Very well done. They fit in great into the backpack and in the game. Cons: Some look ugly and bulky IMO, like the Mining Light and Soldier's Stash. The Pyro's Beanie too. Improvements: Make the New 3 Hat icons larger... they're so small. Notes: ^Those

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    Pros: Better than original IMO Cons: None. Improvements: None. Notes: Nice job partner :)

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    Posted by Reapэr So you just made em face one direction, I see what you did there.

    Pretty much. :) It's simple, I know, but I got several requests to finish and release it, so I figured I might as well.

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    Nice job, Shugo :)

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    So you just made em face one direction, I see what you did there.

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    Posted by Reapэr Some kind of look just like flipped images of default, like Football helmet. I really see no point in downloading this though, sorry. I only have 3 hats that would get affected by this, Bill's Hat, Football Helmet, and Vintage Tyrolean, unless it includes Stainless Pot.

    That's because the Football Helmet IS just flipped from the default. The angle and size were fine, I just pointed it the other way to match the other icons. That's the only one, though; I personally created the other ones in Model Viewer.

    As for your hats, Bill's Hat, Vintage Tyrolean, and Stainless Pot are not affected since they already use the style I was conforming the older hat icons to. Keep in mind this only affects hats in the game added before the Classless Update.

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