Thread: Portraits
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June 14th, 2020, 23:03 #1
Portraits
I put in a bunch of jpg 100x100 portraits in a module containing pregens. The tokens directory worked fine with db.xml pointing to the tokens there.
I know I cannot preset the portrait but how do I make it available to folks? I read about making a portrait pack, ppl, but I would like it to be in the module itself if there is a proper way to do that. If not, then I will do with ppk.
What sort of extensions can support a "portrait" directory that is automagically seen when you click in the portrait area? ppk, ext, ruleset .dat, mod?
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June 15th, 2020, 10:06 #2
Portraits are always in a .ppk file and they are separate from modules. You can't include portraits in a module.
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June 15th, 2020, 10:10 #3
And, in case you didn’t know, portraits are only accessible locally, separate images or .ppk files. You can’t share them or make them available to the players without them physically installing the files on their local computer.
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June 15th, 2020, 15:56 #4
Awesome, didn’t know. I knew of ppk, assumed (hmmm we know what THAT means) if we’re presenting a Ruleset it could have a portraits directory - but be that as it may, I now know and will package it up separately, thanks
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June 16th, 2020, 00:19 #5
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June 16th, 2020, 06:07 #7
Makes total sense, never gave it thought as I am less than "arty" - about to redo them yet again.
So, is there an accepted best thing? jpg or png for portraits? I created png for the tokens, think I've seen both in open so, should I just stick to creating 100x100 PNG Portraits as well?
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June 16th, 2020, 17:02 #8
PNG usually, since they allow transparency. But as you noted I think jpg works for square tokens (not for round since they require transparent corners).
edit: For TOKENS. Not portraitsLast edited by LordEntrails; June 16th, 2020 at 17:15.
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June 16th, 2020, 17:08 #9
Because FG masks the portrait file, the end result is that any transparency isn't preserved. Keep that in mind if you want to avoid black, or other colours, being substituted for the transparency.
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June 16th, 2020, 19:44 #10
I’m sorry Trekkie, I am really that ignorant of graphic stuff. “Masks the portrait file” - is “masking a Jpg” a search I can use to learn what this means/does?
I’m curious because an extension I was using seems to have misplaced its portrait mask and I wanted to see how I could tell if my “fix” worked so this dovetails nicely maybe.
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