[REL] Bigger Gems

[Archonyx]

One of the biggest interface related gripes I have with the game, is that the different levels of the gems are virtually indistinguishable without looking at the tooltip.
This mod doesn't fix this problem completely, only tries to improve the usability somewhat, at least until someone makes new icons for the gems.

The mod simply makes the icons of all gems appear 1.5x bigger.
No default texture was altered, the changes were applied through a new texture, ensuring full compatibility with other mods.


Original / Bigger Gems



Installation
Extract to the %APPDATA%\runic games\torchlight\mods folder.

Uninstallation
Delete the %APPDATA%\runic games\torchlight\mods\BiggerGems folder.


Download

I wasn't yet able to test whether the mod works with the new patch, but there should be no problems. Once someone can verify that it indeed works, I'll upload it to the modding sites.

[Neversober]

Awesome stuff, will use this for sure.

Great work

[Dusho]

THANK YOU !!!
Still it's hard to tell apart qualities.. maybe some kind of 'aura' (shining effect) for better quality gems would be nice..

[AttackGorilla]

THANK YOU !!!
Still it's hard to tell apart qualities.. maybe some kind of 'aura' (shining effect) for better quality gems would be nice..

Might be easiest to see if someone put a little number in the corner or dots under it to represent quality. Something obvious at first glance...

[Marsh]

WOW that is just better! Great job!

[Dusho]

THANK YOU !!!
Still it's hard to tell apart qualities.. maybe some kind of 'aura' (shining effect) for better quality gems would be nice..

Might be easiest to see if someone put a little number in the corner or dots under it to represent quality. Something obvious at first glance...

hm.. or maybe those 'rays of light' coming from center of gem.. and number of rays would reflect its quality - more rays -> better gem

[xdanx]

Oh, that's a nice mod downloading. Thanks :3

[mass09]

Thanks!

[Archonyx]

Thanks everyone for the nice words!

Unfortunately I'm not very artistic, resizing is about as far as I'm comfortable to go regarding image editing, but if someone would make new icons or edit the original ones to better reflect the level, I would gladly help implementing them in-game.

[TormakSaber]

Aamzing. Thanks a ton.

[Zengrath]

Cool!, If you want to add more polish to your mod. maybe try making the socket icons on weapons larger to fit these new gems. as right now when you look at weapons with gems in them, you no longer see the little socket border around it...

Thanks

[jameskond]

Mhh maybe it would be an idea to make them bigger how better they get?

[Archonyx]

Cool!, If you want to add more polish to your mod. maybe try making the socket icons on weapons larger to fit these new gems. as right now when you look at weapons with gems in them, you no longer see the little socket border around it...

Yes, I also noticed this. The socket icon is actually included in the mod, but it doesn't scale for some reason.

Ideally I didn't want to scale the socketed or picked up gems at all, but they use the same texture as the regular icons scaled with some (hardcoded?) ratios. I wasn't yet able to find these ratios in the game files. Maybe the editor will help. Once I find these, the mod could be made much simpler and the bug you mentioned could also be solved.

Mhh maybe it would be an idea to make them bigger how better they get?

I actually first made the mod with a slightly bigger ratio, but the above mentioned issues were much more noticeable with that size. If you'd like to try it anyway, PM me and I'll give you the link.

[Warrax]

Good stuff! thanks.

[Retorrent]

Oh thank you this mod is a God send! I hated how small the gems where.

[drake]

thanks a lot, now they are much better