Using Image Masks and Mask Files

[xguild]

MODERATOR: Moved to House of Healing

I'm trying to get my head around how this system works. I very often find I have to have my campaign files on a USB as I often move my campaign from my laptop to my main PC. The one effect of that move is that I seem to sometimes loose my connection between my mask file and my map.

Is there some way to reconnect a mask image and an image so that you don't have to re-create the mask if you accidently lose it somehow. I mean the mask file seems to remain in the library, but its not connected to the drawing so Im curious how the connection works so that perhaps I can reconnect them.

[damned]

If you copy your whole campaign folder it should copy the masks as well...?

[Nylanfs]

Yes, I believe the masking info is stored in your campaign database file. Just copy the campaign folder to your USB and then copy it onto the other computer.

[Callum]

It is possible to reconnect a mask image to an image by editing the db.xml of the campaign. In the <images> section, find the image in question, copy in a masked image link line from another image that has a mask attached, and then change the mask file name to match the correct mask for this image. Save the file, and open up your campaign.

Make a copy of your db.xml file as a backup before you do this, just in case!

[xguild]

Got it guys, thanks!