Another recent thread and the Aracnonoi pdf from a while back had me thinking on system disabling weapons again.
I have been thinking of using the font for a Damage Grid 6 x 6, actually as an alternative to the system in AE but also good for Nova.
You know the type, for each disabled special item hit roll 2 die and consult chart for what takes the hit, Battery, Crew or System. One icon on the grid for each battery originally but in Nova four for shields, weapons and engines and one for each special item like hyperdrive. Large ships could have a grid 6 x 10 if 6 x 6 is not big enough for everything. Throw an empty grid square = Tough luck you just knocked out the drinks dispenser.
Found that I could use a few more icons after all. These will be added to the next update.
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ECM, Weapons (General) and Crew.
Edit: Thrust icon added.
Thoughts anyone? It is soooo quiet, did I just hear a cricket chirping?
Paul

Still no ideas coming in . Instead, how about ideas to merge Starmada and other games like Quantum Legions?
Here is a prod - new icons being added.
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Mechanised Infantry (Light, Medium, Heavy & Assault), Mechanised Armour, Lander, Atmospheric and a Drop Ship/Pod.

Paul

Sorry that nobody has chimed in to give you any ideas, myself included! Sorrier to say that I really don't have any ideas to give you. I can appreciate what you're doing with the font icons, but personally, just for me, I find them a little distracting or "cluttery" when there are a bunch on the ship sheet. I think a lot of these icons would actually be great as counters for other things.

As to leaving for other games, I'm still addicted to Starmada. Just enough complexity of play options to have fun and avoid a trigonometry-level popsicle headache. I like the gameplay of Nova now that I have gotten enough games under my belt, but I must admit, I do miss some of the design flexibility of earlier editions.

If it makes you feel better I'm actually working on a good sized ship project related to my Terran Republic setting. I've been toying with a bit of a steampunk setting (just a whole lotta notes at this point), and I believe you had something in the works from the Iron Stars setting that I am interested in.

Have no fear, there are a few of us around that probably aren't going anywhere, even if we do get awfully quiet out there.
Keep doing stuff and there are at least two or three of us here in the interwebs that will see it and appreciate it even if the rest are gone! 
Besides, it's summer, and some of them could be playing outside. They'll be back when the weather turns! 

Cheers,
E

Continuing on the same theme, Aero Unit, Infantry Unit, Infantry Support and Construction Unit (or See Yous Jimmy!).

Paul
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And those of us left are thankful .
The Drake notation is handy for keeping files small but I still find myself keeping data cards in .png format. I was going to use the Drake Notation in vassal but I am getting used to filling in the ship class stats when adding a new ship (just have to remember to save the module between entering ships so that the stats are kept).
I am just happy if what I turn out is not a disaster   To me some of my ships seem crude and I am envious of everyone that can use 3D software. Never had the money to buy the software in order to learn but I have noticed a prog called Blender. In my head I can visualise the shapes but the problem is transferring them to a computer. :roll:
Who cares if your drawing skills are not "top-notch" it is the trying that counts, I have had to accept that I am no Da Vinci and never will be but practice helps.
Never mind about icon ideas, since I asked a few have come to mind. You see though, just when I think I have enough people will start posting that I have forgotten something or other.

Paul

That's good to know. I have been tempted in sounding out some others for a collaborative project as it's getting harder to come up with more original material that isn't just a space opera setting...

That's one of the reasons, but also because that's always the way I've done my supplements, and it's easier to tinker around with WRT fonts, sizes etc--I can switch between Calibri and Courier. TBH, I'm not happy with the Courier font for the latest supplement, but too late now, I guess...

I can visualise a shape as well, and drawing on graph paper helps, but trying to transfer that to a computer screen is just too difficult. I can do simple plan views, but the degree of detail you do in your icons blows anything I can hope to do out of the water...

Can the planetary artillery fire several shots to make sure that any enemy ships will be out of our flight path? 
Erik

:idea:

How about icons for Flotillas of the Super-Heavy Fighter, Shuttle, Gunboat and Corvette, and the Marine versions of each of those as well?

Is this sort of what you had in mind? (Actual Icon output example.)

Paul
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Something like?
I have added these for anyone that can use them (as I already said, the 2 or 3 ship icon can be handy to show that a small Nova ship stats actually represent more than one ship) just have not posted it yet. Perhaps I should start a thread for the font in files and only update the version with shipyard nova when that gets updated.

The only real difficulty is getting the glyphs to actually look like something at point sizes below 25 or so which depends upon the programme the font is being used with and the user's monitor. I do not mind trying to add more to the font but please, few words can have a huge range of meanings. 

Paul

Latest version posted 20130810 with these additions and a slight change.
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Hq Mobile and emplaced. ESG change, centre changed to "E" as the old icon is now Sensors Active and lastly Sensors Passive. These last two are not unlike the counters for sensors

Paul

What the hell, might as well add Sensors.

Paul
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Experienced Sensors.