If they don't dodge, a miss most likely would happen...not sure if there's a "Miss" floating word when it happens but I'm sure there's a wind-like sound when an attack missed.

Well if they don't dodge it makes my job easier. It's a good point actually :)

I look forward to it if you do! The yellow/red shield looks really good as a block indicator. Maybe a blue hooded mask would fit in well as a dodge indicator, not sure if enemies even dodge attacks.

Yes I think we did talk about it at one point. If I get some time, I see if i can take a look at it :)

You're welcome. It's probably better with this version, I don't need to worry about the Warbound too much, the enemies and my character are priority so it makes sense! Have you thought about making one for dodge? :D

Thanks man :) I'm glad you like it. If having block indicators for Warbound is important for you though I've heard it does work for my original mod:
http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=366894044
Only thing here is that all the blocks (monsters and friendlies) have the same indicator.

This is brilliant, looks cool in-game, now I can see how much my craze for vitality pays off!
I have noticed that it does not show for pets/allies, like the ones added in the BiA and Warbound mods, that's no big deal.

Well done on a great mod based on a simple idea! This should be for everybody, at first I wasn't sure, had to see how it looked and now I'm keeping it :)

Very true my friend

Ha well I guess it shows how collaboration can lead to new ideas and improvments that everyone can benefit from :)

Wow, you really did it, Aherin! With the shattered shield and everything! And yeah, I merely copied the modification you did with the original block indicator, so it's sort of your idea still ;D

@Lone Wolf McQuade: Hey man I went and added a broken shield particle to this, based on how doudley did it in his new mod :) (which funnily enough seems to be the same method for how I made my original mod! I really should have thought of it myself! :D)

Nice idea :) I'll see if I can find a trigger for it.

I think it'd be really cool if when you break an enemy shield (Shattered!) it shows the red shield icon break apart or with a crack down the middle. This at all a possibility?

Thanks to Potion of Insight and its almost endless tweaks. :P

That's where I learned that skills and effects can spam the rendering/particle cache of the game.

I haven't seen the issue crop up in a few play sessions so I'm gonna say it's fixed. Thanks doudley ;)

Hey guys doudley has helped me try out a little fix for the icons sometimes turning off (not sure if anyone else has noticed this).

If you could test this out and let me know if it comes up. If it does btw, for now you can go to town and back and it will reset. As far as I can tell so far, it's stopped though. Thanks!

Cheers man :) As usual I had some help from doudley in preparing the images.

@Aherin: Congrats! ^_^

Using adjustment tools inside art apps like Paint.net is usually the most efficient way to edit art without manually painting them with a brush!

I rely on them when I don't want to "damage" the structure of the icon yet need to change it's final appearance within the game.

Paint brushes tend to be used when there's no image yet.

Adjustment tools tend to be used when there is an image already.

I noticed that Steam have updated its workshop submission's preview (mod icon), no more stretched/squeezed icons but now it leaves a black portion if icon is not square. Although Workshop Home still uses squeezed icons.

Cool...I have not yet to look at the icons closely but by the looks of it in-game, on my screen, no details have been lost.

Well I started trying to go in and manually colour over them..too hard :) So in the end I just adjusted the brightness and contrast of the whole image slightly. It also reduced the hardness of the outside too. I then made the whole layer more transparent.. to like 185 alpha or something.

How did you manage to soften the lines? I'm glad the black outlines are gone, its just not meant for this type of particles.

Cool man yeah that's good. I still might make them a bit more transparent. Thanks for taking a look!

I like the new icons, definitely better than before! Although I haven't tested it on the desert areas (daylight).

Just gunna leave off the mod pictures till it's finalised.

I've softened the lines on the icons and they look much better now I think.

*Mod Updated*
Ok so with the help of doudley the shield icons have been updated. They should show up better in all environments now. Feedback about the change is most wanted. I'm happy to tweak it more if people think it needs more work.

@Aherin I've sent you a private message

Argh not having much luck making these icons stand out and still look good. It looks like the original image was made to be rendered as additive and is already on a black background. So an added softened black border or shadow just doesn't show obviously. I tried removing the black from the original image but then it leaves a jagged rough edge around the outside. I think it might have to see if I can find a different image to use

I'll also try your idea too steffire3. Heh that's what I did for the text my mod title images, I didn't think of u using it in this context!

Thanks for the tips guys. I started working on it last night, but it's​ going to be a bit more fiddly than I thought. The way the particle is rendered (additive) seems to make it transparent in game. I'm thinking of I use alpha instead and get rid of the black background from the original image it'll look more solid?

@ (authors): It would be a good idea to follow PJ (TM)'s advice but I would suggest duplicating the image for both the gold and red shields with a black version and just simply slide it over two pixels to the side and two pixels down behind the original shields images.

That will give it a nice angled shadow that can be seen against a light backdrop.

But no issues with the player's block particle (yellow) on light background? It would be great to make the red block particle more distinct on strong light backgrounds just like in Act 2 desert areas like you said.

Cool thanks PJ, I'll give it a try!

Hey Aherin. One technique is to give it a black backgorund (with soft edges)

Was just playing through act 2 with this mod and I noticed that the red enemy block particle is quite hard to see in the desert areas during the day. I'm going to see if I can tweak it so it shows up better.

Ok "learning with" it is then 😀

A compilation of these would be a GREAT idea guys ;)

To be honest with you I've been adding these to my own personal-use combo mod, to stay within the 10 mod limit...

It should say "learning WITH doudley" instead, the fun is mutual Aherin!

Cheers man :) It's been great fun learning from doudley.

Thanks Phanjam! I'm hoping we could make these neat add-ons into a compilation one day. :)

a-HA! you guys been busy busy BUSY!
how did i miss this GREAT add-on?! Subscribed! I love what you guys are doing with lots of neat improvements *!thumbsup!*

Yeah I can't see "Absorbed" in there. Camera shake could be a nice way to make it nice and viceral.

About crit, lets just make it a bit flashy perhaps add a little camera shake into it (if it is not already implemented)

I think, "Absorbed" is the only indicator we cannot touch...or I'm wrong about that?

About dodge, there's a trigger for it in GUTS so we could do it :)

I'm already on it, regards BBE mod. Got me curious why it can disable the Blood Effects toggle in settings...

Yeah thats right steffire3, it was definitely the original intention to give ppl another option besides the over-the-top wall of text that the verbose option gives :)

Can "Dodge" be indicated or is that completely seperate?

The utility of this mod can be seen as a welcome visual overhaul of the "Verbose" option setting inside TL2 which displays "in game events" like "health and mana steal" among a few other things.

A fix towards "Better Blood Effects Mod" may also be of interest here for all those packs like TL2 Essentials out there on the Workshop.

That crit trigger you were talking about sounds cool. You were thinking of a cool flashy particle effect right? Whenever you crit?

That's a big definite go for me! :)

I would love to see a compilation of added/improved indicators next!