Support for Custom Icon Atlases

IMPORTANT

Status: Supported
Minimum Version: IX-Ray Platform 1.3

Overview

Added the ability to use custom icon atlases for items and upgrades. This simplifies the creation of independent addons and increases the modularity of the display system. Previously, all item icons had to be located in a common atlas ui_icon_equipment.dds, which made it difficult to ensure compatibility between multiple modifications. Now each item or upgrade can reference its own atlas file, placed in any convenient location within the addon

This allows you to:

• use separate textures without conflicts with other mods;
• simplify the development and testing of individual modules;
• optimize the structure of large modifications (decomposition of icons by category).

Usage

For items, the following parameter has been added to the item section:

icons_texture = ui\custom_atlas.dds

For upgrades, the following parameter has been added to the item section:

upgr_icons_texture = ui\custom_atlas.dds

The path is specified relative to the textures directory

Recommendations

• ✔ Group icons by topic in separate atlases;
• ✔ Use unique atlas file names for each addon;
• ⚠ Make sure the icon size matches the grid used in the UI;
• ✖ Don't override system atlases unless necessary.