I'm currently in the process of cleaning up the default EQ item files to make them more acceptable looking. You might not realize it, but all old EQ icons look horrible in the current state they're in.
Here's an example screenshot, showing a before and after shot of an item icon (the left necklace is the before, the right is the after):
As you can see, the left necklace is terrible looking, and although my rendition on the right isn't the best looking icon, it's much closer to what the icon was intended to look like.
What I'm doing:
- Touching up the alpha layer to bring old icons in-line with the quality of those from the newest couple expansions.
- Cleaning up icons that overlap, some of which have been ''wrong'' since EQ's original UI and the icons were pulled from 640x480 BMP files.
- Uniformly centering item icons.
- Removing stray purple pixels, erroneously left over from the conversion from BMP to TGA.
What I'm not doing:
- Significantly changing the colored pixel make-up of any original EQ icon.
- Making new icons.
I've gone through about a third of the dragitem files so far, and the results I've seen in-game have been great (in my opinion). I intend to go through all of the files and clean up any overlapping and incorrect alpha layer alignment (the Bard Epic 1.5/2.0 is WAY off for example).
Mostly looking for some feedback on this. I'm worried the final product will be too big for a single upload spot here at EQInterface, but we'll see.
Edit: I've finished all the icons and attached the files to this post. Give 'em a whirl and let me know what you think. Look for any flaws and report them here, and tell me what you think about the outer-edge glow I've added to the following three items, to increase visibility:
Rat Whiskers
Chitin Shell Shield
Black Pearl
Enok