Suggestion: Add Navball markers to the smiley list.

[Alshain]

Alshain, how did you do it in the post you linked?

I copied the URL's to the SVG files on the wiki and inserted them as images, a rather painstaking method. Also if for some reason the Wiki URL should change, the post will break. Also it's not really a good practice, I mean I doubt Squad cares since both the forum and the wiki are theirs but some people don't like you eating their bandwidth on other sources.

Edited August 11, 2015 by Alshain

[klesh]

The forum is fully managed by a hosting company

If they fully manage it, can't you email them a set of new smilies and say "add these please"?

[Alshain]

If they fully manage it, can't you email them a set of new smilies and say "add these please"?

You would think a hosting company would have a way for their customers to access the customization options. The ones I've dealt with always do but, I can't pretend to know the specific scenario Squad is in so if Kasper says it isn't possible there is no reason to doubt him.

[Whirligig Girl]

What if there was some kind of workaround? A text on the post submission box that has a link to a very small page with embeds of extra smileys? Just a quick way of doing things like getting the Fund image and pasting it into the post without looking for a few minutes/seconds/days trying to find it.

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

What if there was some kind of workaround? A text on the post submission box that has a link to a very small page with embeds of extra smileys? Just a quick way of doing things like getting the Fund image and pasting it into the post without looking for a few minutes/seconds/days trying to find it.

That would require a new text editor button logo.

[DuoDex]

Calm yourselves. The forums are currently experiencing the same issue the wiki is - files cannot be uploaded properly. KasperVld (and the rest of the Squad staff) are not necessarily against the inclusion of these as smilies, it's just not technically feasible right now. No, I don't know when the upload issue will be fixed. No, it is not because someone at Squad is being lazy - I think it MIGHT be because Alex's position hasn't been refilled yet.

Side note : The next version of the forum will probably not be vBulletin. No guarantees.

Edited August 12, 2015 by DuoDex

[Alshain]

Side note : The next version of the forum will probably not be vBulletin. No guarantees.

Aww really? Why would downgrade from the best? rofl.

[Alshain]

I would like to renew this request now that we have downgraded the forums.  Is this still not possible?

[DuoDex]

8 hours ago, Alshain said:

I would like to renew this request now that we have downgraded the forums.  Is this still not possible?

Clearly a downgrade indicates a removal of possibilities, not an addition.

[Alshain]

9 minutes ago, DuoDex said:

Clearly a downgrade indicates a removal of possibilities, not an addition.

Not in all specific cases, just an overall loss or more loss than gain as is the case with this mostly inferior software.

[Superfluous J]

I too would like all these features. If I call it a "sidegrade" will that help?

[Red Iron Crown]

Turns out this is easier to do in IPS than it was on vB. The following have been implemented:

:prograde:
:retrograde:
:normal:
:antinormal:
:radial:
:antiradial:
:targetpro:
:targetretro:
:maneuver:

 

Apologies for the dark background on the prograde/retrograde ones, they were barely visible without it.  Fixed, credit to @Tex_NL for the better versions.

Edited September 24, 2016 by Red Iron Crown

[Tex_NL]

13 minutes ago, Red Iron Crown said:

Turns out this is easier to do in IPS than it was on vB. The following have been implemented:

:prograde:
:retrograde:
:normal:
:antinormal:
:radial:
:antiradial:
:targetpro:
:targetretro:
:maneuver:

 

Apologies for the dark background on the prograde/retrograde ones, they were barely visible without it. 

What's wrong with giving the prograde and retrograde a narrow black outline? It's a bit more work but will look a whole lot better.

Still, glad to see those finally added. It's a small step into making things bearable.

[Red Iron Crown]

1 minute ago, Tex_NL said:

What's wrong with giving the prograde and retrograde a narrow black outline? It's a bit more work but will look a whole lot better.

I tried that and it looked worse to my eye, but I'm not a great image editor by any stretch. If someone would like to make 20x20 pixel pngs for them that look better I'd be happy to replace them.

[Tex_NL]

1 minute ago, Red Iron Crown said:

I tried that and it looked worse to my eye, but I'm not a great image editor by any stretch. If someone would like to make 20x20 pixel pngs for them that look better I'd be happy to replace them.

I'll see what I can do.
I probably have to star from scratch but that would only make things easier.

[Red Iron Crown]

1 minute ago, Tex_NL said:

I'll see what I can do.
I probably have to star from scratch but that would only make things easier.

I used these ones from the wiki as a starting point before resizing, if that helps:  

[Tex_NL]

40 minutes ago, Red Iron Crown said:

I used these ones from the wiki as a starting point before resizing, if that helps:  

First draft for prograde:
I like the thin outline round the horizontal and vertical bars. Round the circle it is a bit too thick.

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Second draft:
Almost there, just needs a little bit more contrast on the central dot.

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Third version:

On to the retrograde:
Not bad for a first attempt.

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I think we're done here:

Edited September 24, 2016 by Tex_NL

[Red Iron Crown]

@Tex_NLThose do look better, a moment while I update them.

Edit:

 

Looks like we're all good, thanks for the quick work.  

Edited September 24, 2016 by Red Iron Crown

[Tex_NL]

5 minutes ago, Red Iron Crown said:

@Tex_NLThose do look better, a moment while I update them.

I told they would look better.

Edited September 24, 2016 by Tex_NL

[ZooNamedGames]

Now if I make my own new Kerbal faces (like these ), would it be possible to add them?

[Red Iron Crown]

11 minutes ago, ZooNamedGames said:

Now if I make my own new Kerbal faces (like these ), would it be possible to add them?

Possible. I'd prefer not to replace any existing ones as that will break old posts, but if there is something useful to add it will be considered.

[monstah]

  OMG this is awesome. Best thing is how @Red Iron Crown got it implemented within hours of (re)suggestion <3

(I once thought of a Kerbal expression I thought was missing, but can't remember now...)

[ZooNamedGames]

11 minutes ago, Red Iron Crown said:

Possible. I'd prefer not to replace any existing ones as that will break old posts, but if there is something useful to add it will be considered.

Yeah no, my idea would be to add new ones. I love the existing ones too much and besides mine won't be better than them anyway  .

[Tex_NL]

Another image that has been suggested/asked to be added to the smilie list:

[max_creative]

I just noticed that today!  they look really nice! I still can never remember the difference between the two radial markers...