Can't install new token overlays?

Styles2304 · Post by **Styles2304** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:20 pm

I do the drag and drop thing and whatever token overlay I drag in there, the center turns black? It was doing this when I used dorpond's frames.

Post by **trevor** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:32 pm

The center inside the frame, or just all over, and on top of the frame ?

What does the frame look like when you close the overlay manager and click on the overlay selection dropdown ? The the fame appear, and what does it look like ? If you can select it, what happens when you try to use it ?

Styles2304 · Post by **Styles2304** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:57 pm

Just the center inside of the frame. When trying to select the token via the dropdown menu, the inside is black. The same thing when I try to actually use the token. THe inside is black and the pictures I drag in just move around behind the token blocked by it's center.

Post by **trevor** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:04 pm

Could you point me to the specific frame you are using from dorpond's collection ?

Post by **dorpond** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:32 pm

This happens if a user drags the frames from their browser directly to the token manager. It is an IE thing.

Save the file back right cliking on it and saying Save As. Then when the file is actually saved somewhere the transparency will work properly.

Again, this is a IE thing.

Styles2304 · Post by **Styles2304** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:07 pm

Ok, I'll give it a try and tell you how it goes . . . kinda weird though because I use Firefox.

Styles2304 · Post by **Styles2304** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:09 pm

Ok, you were right. However, it's definitely not just an IE thing. Kinda weird don't ya think?

Post by **trevor** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:56 pm

Very weird. I'll put a tracker in to review the drag-from-browser code

Steel Rat · Post by **Steel Rat** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:28 pm

It's probably because many applications which display graphics display them as BMPs, which has no alpha channel as far as I know.

Post by **dorpond** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:35 pm

But I have heard that it only affects "Dorpond's Tokens".

*Shrug*

I remember doing a search on Google though and they mentioned something about the IE drag. Not sure why it is doing it in Firefox.

*Another Shrug*

Steel Rat · Post by **Steel Rat** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:56 pm

Dunno. I downloaded them all and dragged them from windows explorer and they work fine. Although I had to drag one at a time

Tracker for that, Trevor?

Post by **trevor** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:35 pm

Dragging from windows explorer and the browser go down two different code paths. It's possible the browser code path obtains the image data through a conduit that is not conducive to alpha channel.

Post by **trevor** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:36 pm

Drag one at a time ? Man, that stinks. I've added a tracker

Post by **dorpond** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:09 pm

Keep in mind Steel, we are talking about dragging the image directly from the internet page in Internet Explorer, not from Window Explorer.

In other words, dragging the image from this site directly into your tokentool manager.

http://gallery.rptools.net/v/contrib/Do ... T.png.html

(not sure if this is the token in question or not - just giving an example of how it breaks)

Steel Rat · Post by **Steel Rat** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:30 pm

trevor wrote:Drag one at a time ? Man, that stinks. I've added a tracker

Yeah. When I tried to add a bunch it only added one.