Dynamic icon creation

[SeelenJaegerTee]

I am dynamically creating items in my mod.
As far as I know I need to default for generic icons (e.g. those already in base).
Is there any way to dynamically create icons on launch up - for example by overlaying two icons over another?

[aubergine18]

I'm not aware of any image editing features in the API (eg. merging two images) but there are ways to change icon colours (Omni Barrels example) if that would suffice? Also, look at Creative Mode as that somehow puts "eyes" (or whatever they are) over the existing icons.

[Ranakastrasz]

You missed the Dynamic Part, I think. That is, he wants the altered Icons to be generated automatically for mod added Icons.

[Nexela]

Is there any way to dynamically create icons on launch up - for example by overlaying two icons over another?

Question

I'm not aware of any image editing features in the API (eg. merging two images) but there are ways to change icon colours (Omni Barrels example) if that would suffice? Also, look at Creative Mode as that somehow puts "eyes" (or whatever they are) over the existing icons.

Answer You can overlay 2 icons.

But to go deeper what does he mean by dynamic

if he means I am creating Super Coal then in data-updates or data-final-fixes it would be something like this Total off the top of my memory less head
baseicon = data.raw.item[coal].icon

data:extend({
blah
blah
icons = {{icon=baseicon},{icon=myoverlay}}
})

[Adil]

There's no icon editing functionality in the game.
You can use layers and masks to comprise entity graphics, but same functionality for icons was not implemented.

[Supercheese]

Also, look at Creative Mode as that somehow puts "eyes" (or whatever they are) over the existing icons.

That would be an infinity symbol, not eyes, and it is added by the base game any time that a recipe does not require anything to create (i.e. infinitely available) -- although I do admit, when I look at them they do bear a certain resemblance to a pair of googley eyes.

[SeelenJaegerTee]

There's no icon editing functionality in the game.
You can use layers and masks to comprise entity graphics, but same functionality for icons was not implemented.

Actually this works in the latest version. No clue when this was added but you can now use an icons property instead of icon and this can hold multiple layers and also be tinted.

This works now:

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icons= {
			{
				icon = "__MOD__/some path/image1.png"
				tint = {r=1, b=0.5, g=1}
			},
			{
				icon = "__MOD__/some path/image2.png"
				tint = {r=1, b=0.5, g=1}
			}
}

[aubergine18]

Excellent news! Thanks for sharing SeelenJaegerTee!!