Black text, for those using modern-frame mods

[Korath]

I still intend at some point to do a proper rewrite of Drawcardlib.dll in my copious free time (rarity symbols! more frames! and a pony!), but since someone asked nicely, here is a horribly crude hack to make the title, type line, and power/toughness black.

Both versions prevent the white text for these three lines from showing on large cards, displaying only the drop shadow (which aligns better with the mana symbols and image/text boxes, at least with the font I'm using), and darkens the drop shadow slightly.

The second also removes the drop shadow of the title text on small cards and makes the default text color black. I'm unimpressed with how this looks when the title's highlit yellow or orange, hence the version that doesn't touch it. (The yellow and orange text colors can be changed, too, without especial effort.)

It's late here, so I'll let someone else deal with screenshots and such. Thankye.

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With Showdown's Modern Frames mod:

Large-only

All-black

(I now see that his mod doesn't include the little box for power and toughness, so it's essentially invisible on the black cards. Probably best to make a version where the p/t numbers are left untouched in white w/black shadow.)
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Not recommended for old-style frames; nor for modern frames without the text bars (as with Sonic's Manalink3 Makeover, displayed below):

Current:


Large cards only


All black

[stassy]

Nice, although what font do you use so I can check the screenshots accordingly.

[ozks]

have you tried black text with the black cards? how it looks? can you make a screenshot please?
thank you...

[stassy]

It depend on your own background color, I know mine is a custom from I-don't-remember-who-did-nice-graphic-update so it might not reflect Ciroth default config:

Original


Big black only


All black


And as you have guessed, black on black make it...completely black

[gmzombie]

dude it looks so much better with showdowns modern borders. here is a pic of my current setup

[ozks]

look much better with that mod!
also one advice: you can take a screenshot of you desktop with the key "impr" its right next to "F12" then just paste to mspaint and save
look

[gmzombie]

hmm i dont have that button on my keyboard but anyways. i tried to edit in the bottom border in but as you can see the text is down to far is there a way to move that up or should i just not be so picky and drop it down?

[Korath]

Not easily. It could be moved about 2 or 3 pixels up and left, by drawing the text in white that was in white in black instead and removing the drop shadow, instead of removing that text and leaving the drop shadow. I don't think it'll be enough to matter, though. It also won't work with the leave-the-small-card-titles-white version, if anyone cares.

And I assumed the reason that there was no power/toughness background bar was because it'll show up on the non-creature cards, too. That's definitely not something that's fixable before a real rewrite, as opposed to no-opping a couple bytes in the executable.

[gmzombie]

heh yea i noticed that too. maybe then just white text for P/T will have to do.

[gmzombie]

any chance there is a way to add in those split half one color half another color cardbacks into what i can only assume is the place for cardbacks in the this drawcardlib.dll.

[Korath]

Yes, frames are handled by drawcardlib.dll, and adding the Ravnica hybrid frames will be one of my primary goals when I get around to rewriting it.

[Sonic]

I know mine is a custom from I-don't-remember-who-did-nice-graphic-update so it might not reflect Ciroth default config:

Memory's are seemingly short around here.

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Just wait till V2.0

[Sonic]

Whilst we’re all waiting with baited breath for Korath’s Drawcardlib.dll update… Well I know I am.
I thought I’d post some interim card templates to take advantage of his minor hack to the large card text. These new templates include P/T boxes, so now the black P/T text should be easier to see.

Anyway, give them a try – and don’t forget to install the included fonts and the Duel.dat for the best effect.

Have fun… Sonic



http://www.mediafire.com/download/nu3cc ... atesV3.zip

[gmzombie]

Sweet! Yes I can't wait for that updated dll also.