HeroScribe Icon Packs

[Derfel Link]

Hey guys, I've just updated the All-In-One Icon Pack so that HeroScribe will feature some new hotkeys: ALT+A to Add object, ALT+S to Select/Remove object, CTRL+Click to remove an object (when inside the Select/Remove object menu), ALT+D to Dark/Bridge.
Cheers

[Derfel Link]

Hey guys, I don't know if you're into Mage Knight 3D Dungeons, but I've just released the Trap Icon Pack.
Cheers

[Nerrad72]

I've started to building my own dungeon from hirst art molds. The idea is for the dungeon to be randomly generated, simular to AHQ, but I do want to have some pre-planned dungeons.

Hero scribe has been once again a truly awesome piece of software. It has allowed me to pre plan dungeons before I've given started molding and help me calculate how many wall and floor tiles I need to make.

I also plan to us Heroscribe for the 'dungeon mapper role' in AHQ, perhaps on a netbook at the table. No more confusing, poorly draw dungeon maps when those dungeon tiles need to be recycled to make massive dungeons.

Cheers once again Derfel Link

[Nerrad72]

just one more thing I have the all-in-one pack, but I was wondering is there a tab with all the rooms from the original HQ board?

I have looked but haven't found them, ta

[drathe]

There is not. But you can use the various tile sizes from the Semi Modular set to create rooms with the same sizes as the board.

[Patroclus]

Derfel Link, is it possible to write some text when we placed the Letter icons? And when we move the cursor on the letters would show that text, so to make the mission design more easily.

Usually I have a word document opened, to write the texts, and I save it with the same xml filename, but it’s kind of annoying.

If the export function could print those texts in pdf too, then it will be far beyond perfect.

by the way, I know I am asking too much… Anyway, thanks again for your awesome project!

[Derfel Link]

Hero scribe has been once again a truly awesome piece of software. It has allowed me to pre plan dungeons before I've given started molding and help me calculate how many wall and floor tiles I need to make.

just one more thing I have the all-in-one pack, but I was wondering is there a tab with all the rooms from the original HQ board?

Hi Nerrad, I'm glad you're enjoying HeroScribe! Please remember that if you like you'd send us all the dungeons you've worked on, you know, as a thank you
As for the category tab for the original HeroQuest rooms, that's a nice idea and I'll be adding it in the next All-In-One update (icons are already there in the SemiModular Icon Pack, we'll just need to link them in a new category); thanks for sharing it!

Derfel Link, is it possible to write some text when we placed the Letter icons? And when we move the cursor on the letters would show that text, so to make the mission design more easily.

Usually I have a word document opened, to write the texts, and I save it with the same xml filename, but it’s kind of annoying.

If the export function could print those texts in pdf too, then it will be far beyond perfect.

Woah, I'd like that! Unfortunately, I don't think my java knowledge will let me work on that (HeroScribe's been developed by Yota, I just play around with graphics and minor fixes) but I'll keep it in mind just in case one day I'll be able to work on it.
Sorry!

[drathe]

Woah, I'd like that! Unfortunately, I don't think my java knowledge will let me work on that (HeroScribe's been developed by Yota, I just play around with graphics and minor fixes) but I'll keep it in mind just in case one day I'll be able to work on it.

If you're ever able to do this, might I suggest a HeroScribe game card edition? We could scan really hi-res card images and vector them. People could follow the icon making tutorial and then create and vector their own card images. Pop them into HeroScribe game card edition, insert the text and export! But that's also a dream for the future.

[Nerrad72]

cheers drathe and derfel link, there's nothing stopping me now. I'll send some of dungeon designs once I have some I'm proud of.

I also like Patroclus idea. I always get into a muddle when I have to have a word doc open also. But it's only a slight annoyance.

[Derfel Link]

Hey guys, I've just had an idea about an addon for my Icon Pack: adding some sort of "Weapons" , "Armours" and "Ranks"/"Classes" categories in HeroScribe featuring small icons to put at the bottom left corner of the tile (for "Armours") / bottom (for "Weapons") / bottom right corner (for "Ranks"/"Classes"), so to distinguish two or more similar minis on the map.

Let's say you want two opposing orc bands, you'll just need to draw 10 classic HeroQuest orc icons then head to the "Weapons" category and put a flail icon on 5 of them and a notched sword on the other ones; the "Weapons" category would come handful in distinguishing dark warriors from the Dark Company, too. Something like:

If you've got any suggestion about these mini-icons' clearness, size, position, slope or anything else, please share them, thank you very much!

As for the "Ranks"/"Classes" category, I'd like to put various symbols to create a bunch of monster/ability classes; here some examples:

- small Xs for commanders
- hearts for body points
- a stone to indicate a statue
- Jon Usiak's bolt icon (reduced in its size of course) to show that monster's special ability to cast lightning strucks
- a leaf, to indicate a wizard carrying earth spells or a sort of ent growing bigger over time
- a book, meaning that heroes have found the man-at-arms who among the others is carrying the documents stolen from the empire

If I'm not making me clear, I'd like to put as many little icons as possible to widen the HeroScribe user's experience at the most: the examples I've made are just the ones on the tip of my tongue, but I know someone else would go with better interpretations.

If you like the idea, would you please help me out finding the icons you think would be needed?
Here's what I've got so far:

WEAPONS
- broadsword
- hand axe
- short sword
- magic staff
- curved sword
- flail
- cleaver
- notched sword
- labrys
- war scythe
- battle axe
- morning star
- crossbow
- halberd
- knife
- spear
- bow
- longsword (drathe's suggestion)
- whip (drathe's)
- club (drathe's)
- war hammer (drathe's)
- magic wand (drathe's)

ARMOURS
- bracers (drathe's)
- shield (drathe's)
- chain mail (drathe's)
- plate mail (drathe's)
- helmet (drathe's)
- magical cloak (drathe's)

RANKS / CLASSES
- fire
- stone
- earth
- air
- water
- poison
- eye
- moon
- sun
- leaf
- book
- x
- heart
- bolt
- blood
- fist
- some of the suffixes from the diablo saga (speed, ethereal)
- etc.

Thank you guys!