Odd problem with gameelements.xml

[jonsharland]

When I copy gameelements.xml to rulesets\myruleset\data\gameelements.xml
and in base.xml I point gameelements to this file I don't see my chat box.


Why do I want to do this - well I want to change the portrait icon to be a custom one instead of the brown one and this is where the location is.

If I make the change above I see the new Icon I have made but don't see the chat box. If I change it back I see the chat box but have the horrible brown icon. I cannot see any refrence in gameelements to the chatbox.png

Any ideas guys
Jon

[Ged]

The actual chatbox bitmaps are defined in graphics.xml whose referene version is located in the data-folder. The game_elements.xml defines the chatwindow, which uses the definition from the graphics.xml. I.e.: in game_elements.xml you have

<chatwindow>
<frame name="chatbox" hilight="chatboxhilight" /> ...
and in the graphics.xml you have

<framedef name="chatbox">
<bitmap file="data\frames\chatbox.png" /> ...
and other related definitions. Don't know where you have lost the chatwindow in the process, but hope this still clarifies how the chatbox.png is implicitly referenced in the game_elements.xml.

[jonsharland]

Hi yes thats how I thought it works.

My gameelements.xml in my rulesets\custom\data
folder is identical as the one in
the base data folder except I change this link:
rulesets\Custom\icons\BS_portrait.png

My Graphics.xml contains the link to the chatbox.png -

if I include the default gameelements.xml from the \data folder in my base.xml the portrait changes back to default and my chat box re-apears - its very odd.

Jon

[kalmarjan]

One thing that could help:

When making custom changes to the graphics, make sure to put the full path from the FG directory in the definitions. thus,


<framedef name="chatbox">
<bitmap file="data\frames\chatbox.png" /> ...

should become:


<framedef name="chatbox">
<bitmap file="rulesets\YOUR_RULESET_NAME_HERE\data\frames\chatbo x.png" /> ...

It is a small thing, but I have found that this fixes the problem that I have had with modification to graphics. Sometimes the program needs an actual placement of the files, sometimes it doesn't. So I err on the side of caution.


[EDIT] Also, double check your capitalization of "custom" in your gameelements.xml. In the example that you provided, you have:

My gameelements.xml in my rulesets\custom\data
folder is identical as the one in
the base data folder except I change this link:
rulesets\Custom\data\icons\BS_portrait.png

Thing about xml is, it is case sensitive, so that may be your problem as well. Also, maybe your path is not entirely correct.

Hope that helps.

Sandeman

[jonsharland]

No I check the path its correct..

Odd problem