@Amarin Reyny- Yeah, that can happen sometimes when the anchor post in a thread gets edited. It got sent to the spam folder. I’ve reinstated it for you.
Is there a way to avoid this problem in the future? My ADD brain has a tendency to make a lot of mistakes that have to be corrected after-the-fact (and I know that both of the posts I've made in my own thread have mistakes in them that I'll have to correct, such as mistakes in the images themselves, and an image I forgot to upload entirely). I don't want to place too much of a burden on the forum mods to individually reinstate every single edited post I make...
Hi Amarin. Never heard of that bug before, weird. Anyway, the text files can be accessed through the "Save Character" menu. At the top of the box with the list of your current saves there will be two options- Your Saves & Text. Click on Text and it will show you the text code for the current character you are working on. You should be able to take out any duplicates from there. The format is a bit confusing to look at, but you want to be looking for stuff that's along the lines of this:
<savedItem>
<item>
<name>EyesStandard63</name>
<myColor1>7</myColor1>
<myColor2>28</myColor2>
<myColor3>32</myColor3>
<rotation>16</rotation>
<scaleX>0.856</scaleX>
<scaleY>-0.856</scaleY>
<pattern></pattern>
<x>186.45</x>
<y>64.25</y>
<oX>188.45</oX>
<oY>59.25</oY>
<slotNumber>7</slotNumber>
<slotName>Eyes</slotName>
<itemSetNumber>0</itemSetNumber>
<itemSetName>Standard</itemSetName>
<previewNumber>63</previewNumber>
<color1Alpha>1</color1Alpha>
<color2Alpha>0</color2Alpha>
<color3Alpha>1</color3Alpha>
<layerOrder>31</layerOrder>
</item>
That's your basic item file (in this case an eye). If it's been wrongfully duplicated you will need to delete the entire item, so everything between the <item> & </item> indicators. Obviously, there is a chance that you might delete something you don't want to, so it's probably best to have a save file of the character already. Also, I don't know if you're doing any masking, but deleting an item that has something masked to it will do weird things (partial items appearing in unusual places and potentially removing all of your masking if you load the file again or try to undo something), so just be aware of that.
Also, you can copy entire text files in text documents (like word or .txt files) and save them to your desk top, especially helpful if you create a pose you think you might want to reuse or think you'll want to go back to a character in future but need more save slots currently. It's just a case of highlighting the entire text file and copying it. The way to reimport the files is pretty simple, there's the same Text option on the Load Character screen as there is on the Save Character, but this time it'll be blank, so you just paste your text there.
Hope this helps.
@Amarin Reyny- Yeah, that can happen sometimes when the anchor post in a thread gets edited. It got sent to the spam folder. I've reinstated it for you.
Apologies for resurrecting a long-inactive thread (please let me know if this isn't okay, and if it isn't, I won't do it again), but whatever bug caused this problem seems to be back. I just tried to edit a post I made in reply to a thread I started, and the post just disappeared. I find it noteworthy that I didn't experience this same problem with the first post in the thread, so it might just be a problem with replies.
For CDC #506......AQUA-MARINE
Mach-10
Went back and redid Mach-10/ Amy "Skye" Avery from 2 pages back. Didn't really like the costume I'd originally given her and came up with a better one. Also changed the tattoos a bit on her civilian design because why not.
Madame Morte
Nothing much is known about this strange, skull faced lady in black. She appears without warning and disappears just as suddenly, as if an apparition. She claims to watch over ghosts, but what connection she has with the spirits of the dead is as much of a mystery as anything else, she certainly doesn't appear to be one as she is most definately tangible. It is at least some reassurance that she seems to be non-hostile, though to say she is not potentially dangerous woould be foolish to say the least.
CDC Prize for Scott Weyers
Aleister
A mysterious human sorcerer, Aleister is especially adept at black magic, the branch of magic focused on curses, demonic summonings and causing pain and suffering. He appears at the sites of most of the largest and deadliest monster outbreaks, apparently being the cause of them, claiming only to be acting as a messenger for an unseen influence. Whomever his benefactor may be, the aim (much like Aleister's speech patterns) is suitably apocalyptic; to rid the world of the plague that is humanity by inciting war between humans and monsters, a war that humanity cannot win.
Illumination
A well funded and well organised group of monster hunters that often cross paths with the SRC. Illumination, contrary to their name, are a shadowy group. The source of their funding is a mystery and, unlike most other monster hunters, they prefer to capture their hunts rather than the usual killing or setting up containment areas in the field away from population centres. Nobody knows why they capture monsters, where they take them or what they do with them once captured and it's sure as hell that none of the team are going to let that information slip. The team consists of Alex Finch; a young warlock from a distinguished line of magic users, Bethany Greenwood; a spellsword user who owns two of the legendary blades (the purple hex sword and a blade with a reddish gem in the hilt that she always keeps sheathed, potentially the flame sword but it could also be the cursed blood blade), Johnathon Archer; an famous and infamous monster hunter and the team leader, Erica Streich; a changeling with a penchante for trickery, and Kalasa; a half-succubus.
