New layout structure:
1. Top row: Cache Source | Output Location (side by side)
- More vertical space allocated
- Both sections have equal width
2. Middle: Available Icons (full width)
- Takes remaining vertical space
- Expands to fill available area
3. Bottom: Action buttons
- Select All / Select None on left
- Open Output Folder in middle
- Start Extracting Icons (main action) on right
Removed:
- Export Settings box (hardcoded settings)
- EntropiaNexus.com box (already explained in top text)
- Splitter layout (now vertical flow)
Simplified, cleaner UI with all essential elements visible.
Changes:
- Removed "Include ALL version folders" checkbox (redundant with dropdown)
- Adjusted splitter sizes: left panel 420px, right panel 400px
(Available Icons list now takes less space)
- Added Light/Dark theme toggle button in header
- ☀️ Light / 🌙 Dark modes
- Toggle switches between themes
- Dark theme is default
Theme support:
- _toggle_theme() method switches between modes
- _apply_dark_theme() - dark color scheme
- _apply_light_theme() - light color scheme
Code cleanup:
- Removed _on_all_subfolders_changed() method
- Simplified _refresh_file_list() logic
Restored all the nice icons throughout the UI:
- 📂 Cache Source, 💾 Output Location, ⚙️ Export Settings
- 🌐 EntropiaNexus.com, 📄 Available Icons, ⚠️ Important Information
- 📁 Version, 🔄 Refresh, ☑️ Include ALL, ▶️ Start Extracting
- ☑️ Select All, ⬜ Select None, 📂 Open Output Folder
- 🖼️ Format, 📐 Canvas, 📏 Size, 📤 Submit, 💡 hint, ✅ Ready
Layout improvements:
- Smaller font (10px) for paths in Cache Source and Output Location
- Reduced padding for better fit
- All emojis restored as requested
UI Cleanup:
- Removed gamepad from header
- Removed emojis from footer
- Cleaned up group box titles (no emojis in section headers)
- Tighter spacing in all boxes for better fit
- Shorter path displays with tooltips for full paths
- Reduced padding and margins throughout
Layout Improvements:
- Cache Source: Shows shortened path with tooltip for full path
- Output Location: Cleaner display with consistent styling
- All boxes now fit content without overflow
- Reduced minimum window size slightly
Icon Support:
- Added header icon placeholder (48x48)
- _load_icon() method loads icon.ico or icon.png
- Icon appears in window title bar and header
- Falls back gracefully if no icon file present
To add your icon:
Place icon.ico or icon.png in same folder as the script, or in assets/ folder
- Removed EntropiaNexus.com from footer
- Description now on two lines with clickable link to EntropiaNexus.com
- Shortened Important Information text:
"REQUIREMENT: Items must be seen in-game before they appear in the cache!
If an icon is missing, view the item in your inventory or the auction first.
Output: Documents/Entropia Universe/Icons/"
- Increased minimum heights for path labels to show full content
- Fixed box sizing for Cache Source, Output Location, and Nexus sections
Major improvements:
1. Disclaimer updated:
- "Entropia Universe Icon Extractor is a fan-made resource..."
2. Important Information moved to bottom:
- Orange header, amber text on dark background
- Larger, easier to read font (13px)
- Better line spacing
3. Improved text readability throughout:
- Larger font sizes (12-13px)
- Better contrast (lighter text on dark bg)
- Bold headers in group boxes
- Consistent spacing and padding
4. Fixed box layouts:
- All content fits properly in Cache Source and Output Location
- Better margins (12, 18, 12, 12)
- Path labels wrap properly with minimum heights
5. Added TGA Preview feature:
- Double-click any icon in the list to preview
- Shows original size and scaled preview
- Modal dialog with close button
- Tooltip on items indicates preview is available
6. Updated styling:
- Better hover effects on list items
- Improved color scheme
- Larger window default size (1150x900)
- Increased minimum window size (1000x800)
- Removed maximumHeight from notice text box (auto-sizes)
- Better spacing and margins in group boxes
- Shorter, wrapped text for paths and labels
- Fixed footer to have proper height and multi-line layout
- Better button sizing and constraints
- Files list now expands to fill available space
Footer now reads:
"Entropia Nexus is a fan-made resource and is not affiliated with MindArk PE AB. Entropia Universe is a trademark of MindArk PE AB."
Also updated header comment with same disclaimer.
Major updates to standalone_icon_extractor.py:
Settings:
- Hardcoded to 320x320 canvas size (removed upscale options)
- Output folder uses Path.home() for any Windows username
- Added explanation about output location (Documents/Entropia Universe/Icons)
UI Changes:
- Removed game controller emoji from title
- Button changed to "Start Extracting Icons" (no rocket emoji)
- Removed all emojis from UI for professional look
Attribution & Legal:
- Footer: "Developed by ImpulsiveFPS"
- Discord contact: impulsivefps
- Disclaimer: Not affiliated with Entropia Universe or Mindark PE AB
- Trademark notice for Entropia Universe
Features:
- Added EntropiaNexus.com link and button
- Added explanation that items must be seen in-game to be cached
- Added "Important Information" box explaining cache requirements
- Icon support (looks for assets/icon.ico or icon.ico)
Technical:
- Uses QSettings under ImpulsiveFPS organization
- Added set_app_icon() function for custom icon support
- Hardcoded base path: C:/ProgramData/Entropia Universe/public_users_data/cache/icon
- Added version subfolder selector dropdown
- Shows icon count per subfolder
- "All Folders" option to merge from all subfolders
- Checkbox to include ALL subfolders at once
- Files list shows folder prefix (e.g., "19.3.2.201024/icon001.tga")
- Refresh button to re-scan for subfolders
- Auto-scan now properly detects and lists version folders
New standalone tool: standalone_icon_extractor.py
A focused, single-purpose GUI tool for extracting Entropia Universe icons:
- Auto-detects cache folder including version subfolders
- Converts TGA to PNG with transparent backgrounds
- Canvas sizing options (64x64 to 512x512)
- Upscale options: None, NEAREST, HQ4x, LANCZOS
- Selective conversion (select specific files or all)
- Saves settings between sessions
- Dark theme UI
Usage:
python standalone_icon_extractor.py
Does not require Lemontropia Suite to be installed/running.
LemonNexus