Curse of Strahd Theme

[damned]

My group has just started the Curse of Strahd so I thought I would bump up the ambiance for the default 5e Theme.

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https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=51587
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Now available in the Forge for Fantasy Grounds Unity

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[Szabtom]

Pure awesomeness!

[JohnD]

Nice. Much better than the glaring white.

[Calisto]

This is perfect! I've been running CoS for my party for the last year or so and they are soon to enter Castle Ravenloft.

If running CoS I would recommend reviewing the amazing resources on Power Score to help you navigate the campaign. A ton of great information for DMs here.

https://thecampaign20xx.blogspot.com/2016/03/dungeons-dragons-guide-to-curse-of.html

[Martin153]

Very nice damned. Thank you for sharing.

[Logan-05]

That's a thing of beauty!

[Nickademus]

That looks good, but I thought we couldn't share themes that used WotC artwork?

[ll00ll00ll00ll]

That's great! Nice work. I love the small sidebar buttons, you can bet I'm going to dig in to see how you achieved that (as well as the fullscreen desktop image)

I think my group will like this one a lot. Thanks for sharing.

[Redemption77]

I just installed this and gave it a try and it looks amazing. Its also free of clumsiness with everything being very well laid out. Truly phenomenal job on this

[Zhakathoom]

Can you use this layout and drop the background? I quite like the leathery original surface, but the buttons and windows on this looks amazing. :)

regards
- Z

[damned]

Can you use this layout and drop the background? I quite like the leathery original surface, but the buttons and windows on this looks amazing. :)

regards
- Z

Jump into the xml and remove the whole <framedef name="desktop"> through to </framedef>

[Zhakathoom]

Thanks Damned. However I keep getting an error when opening telling me the file is corrupted. Tried downloading again to no avail. You should be able to open this with any simple texteditor right?

Edit: Tried XML notepad too, but still get an error.

regards
- Z

[damned]

Unzip it first.... :)

[Zhakathoom]

:O

/facepalm

Now I'm embarrassed...
I didn't know... :P Thanks.

Regards
- Z

[damned]

So there is nought to be embarrassed by. You can just unpack it into your /extensions folder (in its own folder) and edit it and leave it unpacked. It should still get picked up.

[Zhakathoom]

Thanks again.
Can I also edit it, zip it back up as a zip file and then just change the filetype to xml? Or is there some other wonky magic to this? I do like the niftyness of having it as one file. :)

Regardless if I can get this working or not I must say this is fantastic work. Awesome edit. :)

Regards
- Z

[damned]

Zip up the contents - not the parent folder. Change the extension to .ext and move into the /extensions folder
remove the original file and the extracted files/folders
close FG and relaunch

[Zhakathoom]

Thanks!

[Nalfien]

Simply beautiful. Excellent work.

[kp9911]

I am around 70% done with my own conversions of CoS and this is going to make the cake all the more sweeter for both my players and me, thanks a ton damned!

[Notsag]

Niiice, this is perfect for my CoS campaign, thanks!

[Patou]

Wow! Nice stuff!

[SirGraystone]

When they went to the castle for first time, the players can hear organ music, so had this playing for them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY

[Nickademus]

That one's a bit cliche, so I used this instead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UnhAJTNfM8

[KingFitz]

Very nice damned! I did some playing around to get it working ( I too didn't want the CoS Desktop Decal), but I think I learned something (after looking at your helpful hints)! This has reignited a yearn to learn how to manipulate XML. This will definitely help make my life easier as a lowly Desktop Support person in my company. Thanks again for all that you do for the community!

[bearskull]

Edit: ignore this post..i apolgozie for being stupid and not realizing i was not viewing full site

[ChazRambone]

Thank you! Can't wait to see what my players think next week!

[Praesi]

That's beautiful! But if I activate it, I still have the SmiteWorks-Dragon on my Desktop, too. How can I get rid of that? Looks like Strahd von Zarovich forgot to take ot his dental braces... ;-)

[LordEntrails]

That's beautiful! But if I activate it, I still have the SmiteWorks-Dragon on my Desktop, too. How can I get rid of that? Looks like Strahd von Zarovich forgot to take ot his dental braces... ;-)
Turn off the decal using the GM options.

At least I think that should do it. I have not used this theme.

[LordEntrails]

Oh, and welcome to the forums!

[Zacchaeus]

That's beautiful! But if I activate it, I still have the SmiteWorks-Dragon on my Desktop, too. How can I get rid of that? Looks like Strahd von Zarovich forgot to take ot his dental braces... ;-)

To use this theme make sure that it is the only one loaded, otherwise other themes will overwrite it.

[Nickademus]

That's beautiful! But if I activate it, I still have the SmiteWorks-Dragon on my Desktop, too. How can I get rid of that? Looks like Strahd von Zarovich forgot to take ot his dental braces... ;-)


Turn off the decal using the GM options.

At least I think that should do it. I have not used this theme.

Yes, the Smiteworks decal is available regardless of theme and you will need to cycle through the decals to change it.

[Praesi]

Thank you all! For your answers (which solved the problem) and also for your welcomes :)

[JimSocks]

This is AWESOME! CoS will be my next campaign to run after OOTA. I wanna adapt this sucker for OOTA now... Time to crack my knuckles and dig into the XML to figure that out!!!

Thanks so much for this- it's an inspiration!

[legitomega]

I really love how the sidebar is clean, compact word boxes.
I give it a 10 out of 10, using the theme for my CoS game.

thanks for sharing

[Volker]

why cant i download this? where is the link?

[damned]

why cant i download this? where is the link?

Bottom left hand corner - set the theme to FGResponsive.

[Volker]

Bottom left hand corner - set the theme to FGResponsive.

OMG thank you damned !!! you are a life saver !

[SaintDeadp00l]

how do you add it to your campaign details?

[SaintDeadp00l]

still cant download this

[Zacchaeus]

still cant download this

Check down the very bottom left of the forum page and find the little drop down menu and select fgresposive. It is possible that you have the mobile view which won’t include the link in the first post.

If that isn’t the issue then give us more information.

[Komodo]

This is great but any idea how I can get rid the my Dragon watermark in the middle of the screen?
It is right on top of Strahd!
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[Moon Wizard]

Go into the options and turn off the Decal option.

Regards,
JPG

[Mindstalker]

Hey guys,

awesome theme - really fits the mood.
BUT is there a way to make it fit my screen when I´m using 2560*1440p as desktop resolution? It´s kind of cut of / doubled for me and that doesn´t look "moody" at all ;)

[damned]

FG does not support background images larger than 2000px so it will always have to tile in some way. You can always edit the theme and replace the background with something else. It should tile horizontally pretty well though.

[Nohal]

Downloaded & installed, Many Thanks!

[nlg2]

WOW thx

[Sasmira]

Hello,

A little update for FG Unity with a personal custom ;)



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S.

[Steampunk Gamer]

Hi, I'm new to FG! I was wondering will this work with Fantasy Grounds Unity?

[Sasmira]

Hi, I'm new to FG! I was wondering will this work with Fantasy Grounds Unity?

welcome :)
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?36678-Curse-of-Strahd-Theme&p=476622&viewfull=1#post476622

[Steampunk Gamer]

welcome :)
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?36678-Curse-of-Strahd-Theme&p=476622&viewfull=1#post476622

Thanks! It looks awesome!:)

[Xaigor]

Hi, this is my first time on the forum, I would like to thank you for the theme, this is very beautiful but I would like to change the background image, I tried to take a same size image and just change it in the frame folder but it didn't work, which could i do to just change the background image?

[Martin153]

I don't know if this helps, but I use it all the time. It allows you to create your own image as background within Fantasy Grounds.

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?47787-Utility-Background-Theme-Maker-for-FG-(All-Rulesets)

[benvredenburg]

Sorry to revive such a long dead thread but I just found this theme and want to do what Zhak described. Problem is, I have no idea how to "jump into the xml" as stated here. When I downloaded the theme it downloaded as an EXT file and is not in plain text when you open it.

[Zacchaeus]

You’ll need to change the .ext to .zip and then unzip the file to see the contents.

[benvredenburg]

oh, well that's easy enough, thank you for the information

[benvredenburg]

OK, that didn't work. after zipping and unzipping the file it still shows as an EXT file and is unreadable

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Edit: figured it out

[superteddy57]

After changing the file format from .ext to .zip, it should treat it as a zip file which can be unzipped into folder form. Then you can see all the files that make up the extension.

[damned]

Some applications like 7zip will recognise the ext (and other FG extensions) as a zip and let you unzip it directly.

[Heinz Conti Zacherl]

how can i download the file?

[damned]

how can i download the file?

Welcome Heinz

Scroll to the bottom left of teh page and set the theme to FG Responsive and you should be able to see downloads.

[MShadowlight]

I had a bug. I begin to make PC-s and every story menu disappeared. No story, maps or tables, only heroes, background, calsses, etc. How can I fix it? Thanks in advance!

MShadowlight

[Zacchaeus]

I had a bug. I begin to make PC-s and every story menu disappeared. No story, maps or tables, only heroes, background, calsses, etc. How can I fix it? Thanks in advance!

MShadowlight

Welcome to FG.

If you are using Unity I'm not sure this theme will work in it.

[MShadowlight]

Hi! Thanks you! Meanwhile the problems was solved. The menu system reloaded its options, when I discovered that was the only problem I recovered it. Sorry for the fright!

[Olmac1]

If you are using Unity I'm not sure this theme will work in it.
We've been using it with Unity since June 2020 without a hitch.

[The Naif]

Hello,

A little update for FG Unity with a personal custom ;)



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S.

This looks amazing; however, the Unity version seems to be the only theme does doesn't work with Fantasy Grounds Syrinscape Sound Links. The old theme works in Unity and works with Sound Links, though.
Edit: Fixed by unpacking the .ext into its own folder and removing <includefile source="desktop/desktop_classes.xml" /> from extension.xml.

[mclimbin]

Hi everyone,
This theme is gorgeous and I really want to use it, but I don't like the way it tiles on my wider monitor. I would like to use a textured "velvet" background, similar to the background in the boxes. I "jumped into the xml" and swapped out the image file, but somehow FG doesn't recognized it as an extension. It doesn't show up in my Extensions list when I start up the game. I'm sure it's because I did something wrong out of my noobiness.

So, here is what I did. Maybe you can tell me what I should do differently?

I changed the file type from .ext to .zip
I unzipped the file with windows
I found the image file in graphics/frames.
I swapped out the image with another that I had made in PS. I saved it under the same name as the original ("Strahd.jpg")
I zipped it
I changed the file type back to .ext
I copy/pasted the new .ext file into the extensions folder in FGU

Am I doing something wrong? Like I said, FGU doesn't seem to recognize it as an extension, as it does not show up in my extension list.
Any help would be appreciated!

[damned]

Dont zip the folder. Zip the contents of the folder.

[mclimbin]

Thank you!
It is tiling now, but only on the top. The bottom part of the background is bright blue. Any suggestions for this. I'm going to try making the image bigger...

[damned]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLM0qMsNybg

[mclimbin]

Thank you so much!
If I have questions about the XML, should I post those here? Or is there a better place to post those?
Thank you again for helping out a beginner.

[damned]

here is fine.

[mclimbin]

Thank you! I got it to work. I just used the cover image from the assets folder as a decal, so that it is centered.
The velvet background is a little grid-ish, if you know what I mean. But I can work on that in Photoshop. Here is how it turned out!

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[Tatershal]

Hello,

A little update for FG Unity with a personal custom ;)



https://www.resizup.com/images/2020/02/18/7af753f34a.md.png (https://www.resizup.com/image/Oaow8)



S.

Hello, how is everything? I'm using your extension, but after an update it started reporting this error.47609

[mclimbin]

I'm getting that error too. I assumed it was some mistake I made while I was tinkering with it, so I'm interested to know that it is happening with someone else!

[Tatershal]

My group has just started the Curse of Strahd so I thought I would bump up the ambiance for the default 5e Theme.

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https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=17890


Can you help me with the error I showed above?

[damned]

I dont think it actually affects the functionality.
When I wrote this the text sidebar buttons were not part of FG - they are now the default and the code has changed over time.
Im pretty sure the extension still works.

[Tatershal]

I dont think it actually affects the functionality.
When I wrote this the text sidebar buttons were not part of FG - they are now the default and the code has changed over time.
Im pretty sure the extension still works.

please look at this log

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CXrmmAvoaxAlN3xIpYjs-IqsoS2_WcSD/view?usp=sharing

[damned]

What am I looking for in particular?
I dont see anything in the Console log that is screaming - I wont work because of this error.
I am overwriting a menu option that no longer exists so my menu isnt being called.

[mclimbin]

Yes, you are right Senor Damned. It doesn't seem to affect functionality at all.
One thing I have noticed in my fork is that the Assets folder is the traditional wood grain instead of the CoS themed red velvet. It doesn't bother me at all, but I was wondering if it is related to the error message. It could also just be my fork, too, so...

[damned]

I havent used it in some time. Its possible I never replaced the Assets frame...

[amanwing]

I also get this error message in unity [ERROR] Script execution error: [string "scripts/data_library_com.lua"]:3: attempt to call field 'showDockTitleText' (a nil value)
I think this Theme is awesome and I would like to use it. It should be possible to disable this line in the theme or?

[LordEntrails]

I get an error message in unity [ERROR] Script execution error: [string "scripts/data_library_com.lua"]:3: attempt to call field 'showDockTitleText' (a nil value)
I think this Theme is awesome and I would like to use it. Can somone help?
Make sure you try with no other extensions loaded. If you still get the error, then you will want to open up the extension and look at the file data_library_com.lua and see why the showDockTitleText does not have a value. I'm not very good at code so would struggle to figure this out for you.

[amanwing]

Make sure you try with no other extensions loaded. If you still get the error, then you will want to open up the extension and look at the file data_library_com.lua and see why the showDockTitleText does not have a value. I'm not very good at code so would struggle to figure this out for you.

DesktopManager.showDockTitleText(true); I will test it and delete it. :D
Edit: did not work. This is the data_library_com.lua:
function onInit()

DesktopManager.showDockTitleText(true);
DesktopManager.setDockTitleFont("sidebar");
DesktopManager.setDockTitleFrame("", 25, 2, 25, 5);
DesktopManager.setDockTitlePosition("top", 2, 14);
DesktopManager.setStackIconSizeAndSpacing(47, 27, 3, 3, 4, 0);
DesktopManager.setDockIconSizeAndSpacing(100, 24, 0, 6);
DesktopManager.setLowerDockOffset(2, 0, 2, 3);

end
Edit again: I just deleted the whole data_library_com.lua and now it looks fine and the error message is gone.

[wframe]

DesktopManager.showDockTitleText(true); I will test it and delete it. :D
Edit: did not work. This is the data_library_com.lua:
function onInit()

DesktopManager.showDockTitleText(true);
DesktopManager.setDockTitleFont("sidebar");
DesktopManager.setDockTitleFrame("", 25, 2, 25, 5);
DesktopManager.setDockTitlePosition("top", 2, 14);
DesktopManager.setStackIconSizeAndSpacing(47, 27, 3, 3, 4, 0);
DesktopManager.setDockIconSizeAndSpacing(100, 24, 0, 6);
DesktopManager.setLowerDockOffset(2, 0, 2, 3);

end
Edit again: I just deleted the whole data_library_com.lua and now it looks fine and the error message is gone.

What exactly did you delete to get this working without the error?

[damned]

Ill build a new version and load to the Forge over the weekend.

[damned]

Didnt quite get there this weekend but it will happen very soon.

[damned]

Now available in the Forge for Fantasy Grounds Unity

https://forge.fantasygrounds.com/shop/items/515/view

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=51587

[Bonkon]

Good Day Damned :)
Thanks for this. CoS is on my list of campaigns and I have always loved the way you worked this theme. :)

[Weepdrag]

Awesome theme!! Sorry to resurrect the dead, but did this extension get renamed for the forge? I have it installed through the forge, but I can't find it anywhere in the EXTENSIONS folder under the name on the OP.

[LordEntrails]

Awesome theme!! Sorry to resurrect the dead, but did this extension get renamed for the forge? I have it installed through the forge, but I can't find it anywhere in the EXTENSIONS folder under the name on the OP.
Many Forge items are encrypted in the Vault folder and not the Extensions folder. Items in the Vault are named with the UUID. You can find the UUID on the Forge page near the bottom.

[Weepdrag]

Thanks

[ppostel]

I have this theme and the Forge tells me I own it. Update is enabled but it isn't updating. Is there a way to manually update it?

Thanks!

[ppostel]

Never mind. I deleted the old extension and it works fine now.

[Jeffdj]

Any chance of another update? Something stopped working in the last month or so and I'm not knowledgeable enough to edit it myself and fix it (I've tried). I get a scripts/data_library_com.lua error for 'showDockTitleText' and when I load the extension the colors are off and so is the text spacing in some windows.

[The Naif]

Any chance of another update? Something stopped working in the last month or so and I'm not knowledgeable enough to edit it myself and fix it (I've tried). I get a scripts/data_library_com.lua error for 'showDockTitleText' and when I load the extension the colors are off and so is the text spacing in some windows.

Seconded! Beginning CoS again first of the year, and this was the best. :)