Drawcardlib revisited

[gmzombie]

IC well this is good to know.

[Sonic]

Made a discovery today - it seems using a card image larger than the current 228x325 throws all the vertical alignment of the small card effects overlays out of whack.

Using a 308x472 image realigns the damage dagger up under the cards text and if the text is wide enough it pushes the damage number down and clips the bottom off.

It would seem all the overlays need to be resized with a similar ratio as the increase in size of the main card image.

[Korath]

Both the damage dagger and number are drawn by the exe, and shouldn't be affected by drawcardlib.dll at all.

This sounds like this bug again. What's the provenance of your ManalinkEx.dll file? Still the first one I sent you for ability icons, the one I posted in reply, or the one from Odyssey-then-Invasion?

[Sonic]

Both the damage dagger and number are drawn by the exe, and shouldn't be affected by drawcardlib.dll at all.

This sounds like this bug again. What's the provenance of your ManalinkEx.dll file? Still the first one I sent you for ability icons, the one I posted in reply, or the one from Odyssey-then-Invasion?

Scrub the above... I'm going gaga. It's too damn hot here in the UK at the moment and I've spent hours poring over these new card templates.
Being something of a perfectionist, I've been screwing about getting the text banners in the small cards aligned just right. Subsequently it's shifted the artwork downwards in the frame - and that's what given the appearance the overlays are out alignment.

You're right, it's the damage number again. It was OK with the updated ManalinkEx.dll you posted but it seems to be back with the patch update.
I suppose I need to reinstall the updated file?

Sorry about the false alarm - I need a cold beer.

[Korath]

If that fixes it, let me know - it means the most recent one wasn't included in the Odyssey patch. (Or I could download it myself and see, of course, but I really want my source tree to be more stable before trying to merge in the new version.)

[Gargaroz]

Well, the one I inserted comes from the first fix in this thread, there were other fixes I missed ?

[Sonic]

Well, the one I inserted comes from the first fix in this thread, there were other fixes I missed ?

Can't confirm this fixes the problem as yet. But the ManalinkEx.dll in the patch archive is dated 24th June, and the updated file in the manalinkex-38ed2e7.zip (download/file.php?id=11638) is dated 26th June.

[Sonic]

If that fixes it, let me know - it means the most recent one wasn't included in the Odyssey patch. (Or I could download it myself and see, of course, but I really want my source tree to be more stable before trying to merge in the new version.)

Yep! That fixed it.

[Korath]

The ManalinkEx.dll in the Odyssey patch's 07132013 directory is the bad one. There's a good one in the Odyssey patch's src dir. This is entirely my fault, since that's exactly where the zip in my attachment in the Ability Icons thread puts it.

Back on topic here, work in progress:

[gmzombie]

Holy fricken hell that's awesome. I haven't been able to up that file yet but I will try in a bit. Its I think 50mbs or so I believe

[Sonic]

Back on topic here, work in progress:

Blimey, I can't keep up.

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=11173

[stassy]

Err, just a question, how are you going to manage reprint? Redo the whole icon every block change?

[Korath]

The icon choice just uses the data in rarity.dat, which is produced from the columns in Manalink.csv. Someone (Sonic? Gargaroz?) already maintains these, even though nothing actually looks at them except for Draft, so far as I can find.

There's options in duel.dat to choose which icon to use for cards with multiple printings. The screenshot above uses

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[Expansions]
;If set to 1, then if a card has been printed in multiple expansions of the same priority (according to the Priority* options below), then the latest of those expansion/rarity symbols is used, instead of the earliest.  The ordering used is the same as in the column headings in the first line of Manalink.csv.
;Defaults LatestPrinting=0.
LatestPrinting = 1
;Priority given to core sets (Alpha, Beta, Unlimited, Revised, Fourth through Tenth Edition, Magic 2010 through 2014) when choosing which expansion/rarity to use for cards with multiple printings.  The expansion/rarity with the highest priority number is used.
;Defaults PriorityCore=10.
PriorityCore = 10
;Priority given to expert-level sets (Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, The Dark, Fallen Empires, Homelands, and the three-set blocks).
;Defaults PriorityExpert=10.
PriorityExpert = 10
;Priority given to portal/starter sets (Portal, Portal Second Age, Portal Three Kingdoms, Starter 1999, Start 2000).
;Defaults PriorityPortal=7.
PriorityPortal = 7
;Priority given to reprint sets (Chronicles, Masters Edition I-IV, Modern Masters).
;Defaults PriorityReprint=6.
PriorityReprint = 6
;Priority given to casual-format sets (Planechase, Archenemy, Commander, Planechase 2012, Commander's Arsenal).
;Defaults PriorityCasual=4.
PriorityCasual = 4
;Priority given to the astral cards and the promotional pseudo-set (used, e.g., for book inserts like Mana Crypt).
;Defaults PriorityPromo=3.
PriorityPromo = 3
;Priority given to box sets (Battle Royale, Beatdown, and the From the Vault series).
;Defaults PriorityBox=2.
PriorityBox = 2
;Priority given to prebuilt decks (the Duel Decks: X vs. Y series and Premium Decks series).
;Defaults PriorityDecks=1.
PriorityDecks = 1

[gmzombie]

you are awesome man i cant wait

[Gargaroz]

Korath, this is so cool I could scream ! In the meantime, I'll exchange the bad file with the good one.