Eclipse avatar

[Ed Kolis]

Why is it that so many newbies have that eclipse icon as their avatar? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif is it really that attractive?

[ckotchey]

It was the first one I saw that didn't look totally ridiculous, or didn't look like cheap clip-art from Freelance Graphics.

That is, except for the one YOU chose, of course, and I didn't want to be a copy-cat. ;-)

[Ed Kolis]

Well, actually, after I chose my avatar I found that someone called "Nebraskan" already had it... but I didn't want to change 'cause I liked the picture and there weren't very many good ones available anyway!

[geoschmo]

You can make your own. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Kimball]

How do you make/post a diffent one?

[Lord_Shleepy]

* tossing and turning on his royal futon Lord_Shleepy eyes his Union Jack pattern quilt, slippers, nightcap, pillows, pj's, nosewarmer, and teddy bear

Yawn...I quite fancy these colorful red and blue stripes...

*rumbles, rolls, and goes back to sleep

[Singollo]

Hmph!

It is not an eclipse. It is The (black) Eye of Sauron. So there.

[Taz-in-Space]

Kimball, the easiest way to add your own avatar is to upload your graphic to Shrapnel's server.

1)goto New Scenario/Mod forum
2)enter to a topic thread
3)hit post reply
4)click on Upload File Form ( to left of type in area)
5)Browse or enter address of picture file you want(Gif or jpg)
6) click on upload button

once you have uploaded your file, you will get a message with a file path and number that represents your file.
Use this path and number in the avatar URL area of your profile.
Viola! You have a custom Avatar! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

P.S. Mine is an animated Gif. Ain't I a handsome devil! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ August 09, 2002, 07:06: Message edited by: Taz-in-Space ]

[Kimball]

Well, that seems to have worked. Thank you.

[Kimball]

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[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Kimball:
Well, that seems to have worked.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It worked? Hmmm... I don't see your new one. Just thought I'd point that out...

[ August 10, 2002, 01:33: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

[Kimball]

Yeah, I am finding that out. I have been working on it for that Last 10 minutes or so using the process Taz suggested. I go through the steps to upload, copy the link, go to my profile, pasted the link and there it is. I update my profile and it disappears, as you can see. Any other suggestions. I have a pretty cool one that the folks here can relate to.

[DirectorTsaarx]

Originally posted by Kimball:
Yeah, I am finding that out. I have been working on it for that Last 10 minutes or so using the process Taz suggested. I go through the steps to upload, copy the link, go to my profile, pasted the link and there it is. I update my profile and it disappears, as you can see. Any other suggestions. I have a pretty cool one that the folks here can relate to.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">ISTR that others have had issues with copying & pasting the link; I think the avatar setup assumes part of the URL, so when you paste in the whole thing it gets confused... or something like that...

[Atrocities]

Some times the new custom avatars do not stick.

[Kimball]

Is there any other way to upload an Avatar image besides what Taz suggested?

[Taz-in-Space]

You can have the image somewhere else on the internet and then set the URL to that image location. Somebody has said that they would host such images.

BTW, what DIMENSIONS is the image? An avatar is 48 by 48 pixels. Also check file SIZE. I don't know what limits the system is set to allow for a valid avatar. Perhaps this is what is keeping some pictures from being used. Also I heard that BMP's will not work.

[tbontob]

Originally posted by Taz-in-Space:

P.S. Mine is an animated Gif. Ain't I a handsome devil! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You are a handsome devil, indeed! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

How do you do it?

[ September 22, 2002, 22:55: Message edited by: tbontob ]