Including thumbnails with my export modules from PAR5E.

[jajen2003]

Hello everyone,

I'm running FG and PAR5E on a Mac. I'm making a spell module for the Princes of Apocalypse adventure.

I'm getting the spells parsed out ok and the modules loads just fine. But for the life of me, I can't get the thumbnail to load in FG.

Steps I've taken so far:

1. I export the image I want to use as the thumbnail from Photoshop as thumbnail.png and place it in the [output] folder of the module
2. In PAR5E I set my [Module Path] to a desktop folder I made for all my PAR5E files.
3. In PAR5E I set my [FG Modules Path] to Application Data/Fantasy Grounds/modules.
4. I parse the file.

So when I parse, the module exports well. I can bring it up in FG and see all the items/spells I've created. But the thumbnail.png is nowhere to be found.

I'm anticipating user error to be the culprit. Can anyone out there help me out?

Many thanks,

Jake(DM)

[jajen2003]

Ooooh... I figured it out.

In the [input] folder for the .properties files you're parsing, aka the module you're making, you have to create a new folder called [images]. Drop the thumbnail.png into the [input/images] folder. From the Configuration screen in PAR5E, make sure that the input/images REF box is checked (that's the middle column of boxes). Then save the .properties file and then parse. Restart FG so it can reload from the /modules folder and the thumbnail will show up when you are selecting which modules to load.

:D

[GunnarGreybeard]

Yeah, I think the hardcoding of the thumbnail path was removed from Par5e a while back so you have to add the image there now for it to pick up and parse it.

[Nexum]

Hey so i just tried doing what you said and it is still not picking up the thumbnail. Any idea's why?

Okay, got it. It was changed to look for a file named thumbnail.png in the main module file. In the same location as the .properties file is saved, not in the input/images folder. Don't have to select the reference for images anymore either.