Half height icon sets for lo-res Workbench?

[Ral-Clan]

Hi,

I was looking at the ClassicWB website and it seems that they use a version of MagicWB that is half-height - so that the icons don't look stretched out vertically if you are using a lo-res Workbench Screen (i.e. 640 x 240).

I am going to be setting up a 68000 Amiga 500 soon and will not be using an interlace Workbench, but rather a non-interlace screen, so I am keen to know about icon sets that an ECS 68000 Amiga can handle that also look good at lo-res.

Does anyone know where to get this lo-res MagicWB icon set, or any other ones that look good on a lo-res Workbench screen?

I already have the MagicWB installation archive somewhere - although I haven't used MagicWB for many years.  Is the half-height icon set included in that archive, or was it a custom job?

[fishy_fiz]

Sorry, I cant really answer you question, but Ive always wanted to see how nice a Workbench setup specifically designed around a high res non interlaced was possible if a person put some time and effort in. If a person looks at some of the hand pixelled icon/gadget/etc. graphics in old (320x200/256x16colors) amiga games then surely something pretty nice could be created in 720x283 (pal high res+overscan).

Ive seen plenty of nice looking ecs/aga setups before, but very few if any attempts at lower resolutons.

My semi-random thought for the day

[mfilos]

The icons used in ClassicWB is the iconset SmallMagic which you can get on Aminet here:
http://aminet.net/package/pix/mwb/SmallMagic1-4

Dunno where you can find the whole iconset, but ripping these icons from ClassicWB isn't that difficult task

IIRC the smallest I done was Hi-Res (640x256) and looked kinda okeish for my test on an A600 Furia S628 setup.
(using these icons that ClassicWB has)

[Ral-Clan]

Thanks mfilos,

That's what I was looking for.  Now, I wonder.  Do you actually have to install MagicWB via the installation package in order to use these icons?

How do you make these icons the default ones for Workbench (i.e. so when you create a new drawer, it used the Small MagicWB icons instead of the default Workbench one)?

I'm thinking that if I don't have to install the actual MagicWB installation package (with MUI and all that), only the icons, then it would save a little RAM and maybe avoid any slowdown on a 68000.

[paul1981]

Thanks mfilos,

That's what I was looking for.  Now, I wonder.  Do you actually have to install MagicWB via the installation package in order to use these icons?

How do you make these icons the default ones for Workbench (i.e. so when you create a new drawer, it used the Small MagicWB icons instead of the default Workbench one)?

I'm thinking that if I don't have to install the actual MagicWB installation package (with MUI and all that), only the icons, then it would save a little RAM and maybe avoid any slowdown on a 68000.

SYS:Prefs/Env-Archive/Sys

In there you can put your new drawer icon and rename it to "def_drawer". So every new drawer you create will use that icon (after a reboot, due to ENVARC being copied to ENV).

Same goes for def_project, def_tool, def_disk.
Of course, they're icons though, so the actual file name is "def_drawer.info", for example.

MUI and MagicWB are two totally separate entities. MagicWB is just an icon set with a colour palette, running the installer will just copy over the icons, replacing the ones inside Workbench, and it will copy over some new fonts and a system palette, and some wallpaper images for your Workbench. You don't need MUI to have MagicWB. MagicWB is just a look, a theme if you like to "pretty up" your Workbench.

Having an 8 colour screen and 8 colour icons will slow it down a little. With a 68000 there's not a lot you can do about that.