Profile of Rosbone

Relic broke the normal mode that CELO uses to get player data.

For now MakoCELO works but requires some extra steps to get full use of its all of its new features. MakoCELO 4.40 will be released later today with a few bug fixes.

https://www.coh2.org/topic/103744/mako-celo

I have been told that SEPIs Celo is also working. Its code has recent dates so it looks like it is being updated. Definately worth a look!

https://github.com/sepi4/myCeloJs/releases

But for the fonts I have to correct myself. It does'nt save at least some of them.

I am seeing this bug now also. Researching.

The bug is that the NAME font gets set to the same font as a NOTE object if the NOTE font is set to BOLD or ITALIC. So make sure ALL of the NOTE fonts are set to NORMAL.

This will be addressed in version 4.40 coming out any day now....

Also, what could be the reason, I can't add an image as background? It's jpeg, like the others, but celo does'nt show it.

I have been playing around and I think I may have not read what you typed correctly.

MakoCELO can display JPG, PNG, and GIF images.

The image dialog box is only setup to let you select file extensions:
- *.jpg
- *.png
- *.gif

If your file has an extension of *.jpeg, it will not show up in the dialog box. You can rename it in Windows and change the extension to JPG.

The next version of MakoCELO will try to make this work better.

But can you tell me, how to do the fonts you got as examples on page 1? Like with the shadows and so on?

There are two SHADOW properties:
- SIMPLE shadows.
- FX (SOFT) shadows

The simple shadows simply prints a copy of the text under the actual text.

The FX shadows print a copy of the shadow under the text. But then it blurs the shadow to give it a softer more realistic look. You can adjust how much to blur and and how dark (BIAS) the shadow is.

SIMPLE SHADOW


For SIMPLE shadows:
- open the RANK or NAME setup dialog.
- click on the [1] next to SIMPLE SHADOW options to select a color.
- select where to place the shadow in degrees (0 = --> (east)).
- select how far away to draw the shadow under depth.


FX (SOFT) SHADOW


For FX shadows:
- select SHADOW from the dropdown list.
- set the MODE to ACTIVE.
- click on the [1] next to Color/Ang options to select a color.
- select where to place the shadow in degrees (0 = --> (east)).
- set the amount of BLUR.
- set the amount of BIAS.

The FX shadows eat up some CPU cycles rendering the graphics.

You can also select EMBOSS from the dropdown and adjust the blur and bias to make the letters appear a little 3D.

After you select an FX from the dropdown, you can press HELP to get some basic ideas of what that FX does and some starting settings.

Hey, hero of coh! I probably found a bug. Since I got the new versions, it seems to not save the fonts anymore. Everytime I restart Celo, it's set back to default. Only with the player's font.

Also, what could be the reason, I can't add an image as background? It's jpeg, like the others, but celo does'nt show it.

SHORT STORY
Put MakoCELO in a different directory than the default.

LONG STORY
When you install, the installer puts the program in C:\PROGRAM FILES directory. This is standard for Windows. Then so each person who uses the PC can have their own settings, it places the MakoCELO settings file hidden deep in the bowels of C:\User that is very hard to find. After Win10 updates, Win10 screws up the directory name where the profile is stored and you can never access it again unless you fix it manually.

So the best option is DONT PUT MAKOCELO in PROGRAM FILES directory. Put it in a place like C:\MakoCELO or MyDouments\MakoCELO. Anywhere except PROGRAM FILES. Because Microsoft sucks. And I am worse.

JPEG FILES
The code to display images is all handled by Microsoft Visual Basic. The language the program is written in. I am not aware of any limitations on JPEG files.

The only thing I can think of is if the image was very large. On the RANK or NAME setup you pick the image you want from the PANEL IMAGE button. Then select a SCALING option. I would try 2-FIT first to make sure the image is there.


For best results you should resize the image to the size of the panel before using it in MakoCELO. If you do not have a good image editor, just letting MakoCELO resize may look better.

The COPY STATS and SAVE STATS are there so you can get the exact size image you want to use and edit it to look how you want it to.

COPY STATS IMAGE


EDITED VERSION OF COPY


FINAL RENDERING IN MAKOCELO


NOTE: MakoCELO(Visual Basic) can handle JPG, PNG, and GIF (not animated) images.