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[Fixed] 208.png - Printable Version

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[Fixed] 208.png by Frackounet on 08-07-2009 at 09:15 PM

Hello, i would know what are specificities of the 208.png for wlm 2009

Because it's bugging, like you see on the attached picture.

I tried, one used on my wlm 8.5 skin, but it doesn't work, when i use the png extracted by msgpluslive from wlm 2009, it doesn't work.

Thanks


Edit:

It's the same problem with 4500.png & 4502.png

I don't understand what changed since wlm 8.5...





RE: 208.png bug by Willz on 08-07-2009 at 11:52 PM

It's not a bug, those resources work differently then how they did in 8.5.

All animation resources use metadata and/or rle layers to tell messenger how to display them. In Messenger 8.5 these images were predefined and so when you replace them it didn't break anything. But now since it is seperate, when you replace the image itself you break this metadata instantly and messenger detects it as being one whole image rather than one broken up into frames.

There is a way to restore it but it does not work on all images.

<Metadata>
    <FrameCount>Number of Frames in animation</FrameCount>
</Metadata>

You just use that metadata and specify the number of frames the animation will use.

For 4500 and 4502, you can use a single image. You don't have to create one with multiple frames (unless you want it to animate).

NOTE:

You must lay out the images in a vertical strip rather than horizontal on some images. The same restrictions apply as previous versions of messenger where animation must be the same length and dimension.

Animation will only occur on predefined images that Messenger allows to animate. Using this code on any other image will just cause the first layer (frame) to appear.


RE: RE: 208.png bug by Frackounet on 08-08-2009 at 04:10 AM

(y)Thank you so much, the code + vertical picture for 208, 4500, 4502 fixed my problem :)


But why in some skins it works without the code + vertical picture for the 208 :o