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Gnoerl 8 Jun, 2024 @ 11:29pm
[FIXED] Small Character Portraits - How To Remove Automatic White Borders?
Hey all, i'm currently creating some custom characters for myself and i try to make everything look as much 'in place' as possible with the vanilla content.

However, there is one thing that bugs me and i can't find out the logic behind it: For some reason the small profile pictures will have some ~1px white border here and there. Additionally, this only happens in a active game. Everything is fine in the character selection.

- It is not transparency related. I've completely removed any transparency and i tried to have slightly transparent borders. The latter helped a little bit, but it's still appearing.
- It is not related to straight lines. I've created straight boxes with rounded corners, and they show up for some parts of the straight lines, but also for the corners. Again no matter if transparency is involved.
- It is not color related. Even a a picture with only a singular color (or color range) will have borders here and there.

Did anyone else have this issue and was able to fix it?

I really want to keep the transparent background for the small images as a) it is in line with the vanilla portraits and b) otherwise you wouldn't be able to see the mood indicator...

SOLUTION:
-> Add a 1% transparent background layer to the *.png files
Last edited by Gnoerl; 17 Jun, 2024 @ 5:06am
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Gnoerl 8 Jun, 2024 @ 11:45pm 
Okay... just after posting this i got some little idea: What if i add a 1% visible background layer so technically there would be 'no space' to add any border by the game, as the full picture is already filled, but i still have a transparent background to see the mood indicator...

Aaaaaaand it worked. No white borders anymore. Yay!
Etruzki 2 13 Jun, 2024 @ 4:35am 
I make my small portraits like this, only transparent on the top right corner and a small tansparent bar to show happiness

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2478749175058259297/381C7DA7B94EF32C77F6FF5845F9E237E3B0A2E3/
Gnoerl 13 Jun, 2024 @ 8:48am 
I was also thinking about this as a possibility. However, it's not in line with the original character cards, so that's why i decided against it.

But thanks for the additional idea though! Whoever might have the same issue might like your idea :)
Gnoerl 13 Jun, 2024 @ 8:54am 
I also saw that you disabled the vanilla characters with your mod, so a completely different style doesn't feel out of place. This is also a nice idea! :o

This brings up another possible way: Just overwrite the existing vanilla character cards with new ones fitting the own style...

So many ways to circumvent my issue mentioned above. Cool!
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