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[Digital Hellhound]

I'm a captain, I should have underlings to do that for me.

[Dexexe1234]

in the in character thread, say "I go over to the Cube and take out a Paste and a Juice, then consume both."

There, your character has now replenished itself. Its that simple!

[Caellath]

Seuche is a lazy bum. She's not four-armed Jack Sparrow.

[Evergod41]

I like how Cora has a more "I am not amused" expression than the queen...

[freeformschooler]

Cora's wordplay is brilliant. It works so well that I don't even notice it. I must give Evergod credit for this.

[Evergod41]

Cora's wordplay is brilliant. It works so well that I don't even notice it. I must give Evergod credit for this.

What? What I miss?

[The Stick]

...also, Digital, I would suggest you do something soon otherwise something dreadful might happen...

In other news, I've made an update for the ACoS Message Generator!
Get your copy here!



Changes:

• NEW! Utilize your own backgrounds!  Simply make a newly-named Threepatch (borrowing from the Ninepatch) and create a fancy schmancy background for yourself!  See the Threepatch spoiler below.
• NEW! You're no longer constrained to a 102px-tall image!  Want to make it taller?  Simply make the background Threepatch larger.  Note that the actual content will center itself vertically within the background.  See the Threepatch spoiler below.
• NEW! You can decorate to either side of your content utilizing a background.  See the Threepatch spoiler below.
• UPDATED! Don't know your own color hexcode?  No problem!  Now, utilize the JColorPicker, to change your character's color!  Simply click the "Change Color" button.
• UPDATED! Now your color shows on the borders for both the face on the left and the message box, to see the color you picked.
• UPDATED! Considering how it's now possible to create overflow in the preview pane, I took the liberty of enclosing it in a Scroll Pane.  Now, if there's any overflow, it will automatically create scroll bars to let you see the entire thing.  TAKE NOTE - it will almost always create a horizontal scrollbar should you create content to either side!
• BROKEN FURTHER! Sorry, I've been trying to figure out how to get the Verify window to show everything off the bat, but ended up making it so it's practically miniaturized.  Hopefully you'll be able to deal with this small glitch...

Spoiler: Threepatch (click to show/hide)

So, you wanna make your own background?  You'll have to use a special image to create it called the Threepatch.

The idea comes from the Ninepatch that's available for Android - based upon a special 1px border around the image, you can make an image automatically be sized and stretched to allow for any size of content to fit inside.

I tried to duplicate the functionality of this Ninepatch within the ACoS Message Generator.  Sadly, I couldn't find the sourcecode for these Ninepatches, and it was much too confusing to replicate.  So, instead, I went with a simpler approach: the Threepatch.

The Threepatch functions essentially the same way: it'll resize your background to the exact width it needs to in order to fit your content.  Here's what it looks like:

Note, this is just a simple example.  But notice the black 2px line that's at the very bottom of the image - the lower pixel of that is what makes this a Threepatch.

What that line does is tell the tool where it's allowed to stretch.  It'll keep the left and right sides on a 1:1 pixel ratio, and then stretching the middle to fit the content.

Note that this isn't like a Ninepatch - there's only an extra pixel row along the bottom.  That was a choice made to ease the coding of this tool.  If you've used (or even heard) of the Ninepatch before, take special note of that.

Note that the area you want to indicate as stretchable has to be marked BLACK - #000000.  If you make it any other color, it won't recognize it.

Something else about this tool is that it will only fit the content within the stretched area.  This is what allows you to create customized graphics on either side.  As well, it's the height of this Threepatch that defines the height of the resulting message image... minus the bottom pixel row, of course.

Once you've created your Threepatch, it has to be saved with a special extension: ".3.png".  This is how the tool identifies your Threepatches.  It also has to be stored in the "backs" subfolder, which would be in the same folder as the tool and the "faces" folder.

Need more help with this?  Leave a message!

If you've downloaded the previous version of the tool, simply replace the old JAR with the one provided in the download above!  You'll keep the old faces you've had and get the all new features!

[Tiruin]

Cora's wordplay is brilliant. It works so well that I don't even notice it. I must give Evergod credit for this.

What? What I miss?

Cora is brilliant. Nothing more to be said. 

[Dexexe1234]

Aaaand Digital comes in with a powerslide, just barely staying alive!

[Digital Hellhound]

Story of my life, my friend.

...well, almost.

[The Stick]

Turn 20, Day 1, Flood.

Today's forecast: Balmy 82 degrees Fahrenheit, little to no wind.  100% chance of precipitation, flash flood emergency in effect.

Prepare for the fight for your life.

[Digital Hellhound]

Oh dear oh dear. That's a lot of small 'uns.

We can't see any sort of battlefield, but how should we handle this? I can senselessly throw myself at the enemy again and again if needed.

[Zako]

Starting to think that maybe Queen should have bought healing.

[freeformschooler]

Starting to think that maybe Queen should have bought healing.

We actually have enough tones for this, but even if Seuche ponied up all of his I'd still be one short since Sadie's on the other side of the island.

[Caellath]

We actually have enough tones for this, but even if Seuche ponied up all of his I'd still be one short since Sadie's on the other side of the island.

Yeah, I wanted both of our healers fully operational and we should have gone with Nikolai's plan of making the tones a team asset, instead of an individual holding. Now we are oh so screwed.

@GM: Can the team or at the very least Nikolai see them approaching?