Awesome!
The last thread has been saged for so long. I'm happy to see Desktop Ponies back on the front page!

For me,it always tells me to change the path to screensaver,when I don't have the screensaver because of that.It tells me that I can't run default profile,when it is not included.This is the cause of the "change path" error. Please help!

>>43179
And I was hoping that there wouldn't be any silly errors. :/

Possible workaround: Type %TEMP% into Windows explorer. Then find and delete the 'DesktopPonies_ScreenSaver_Settings.ini' file.

If that doesn't fix it, please post a screenshot of the exact errors you're getting (also, make sure you're running the .exe file, not the .scr file).

What is the settings file doing in %TEMP% anyway?

It should be in FOLDERID_RoamingAppData.

>>43181
That's just how it was originally set up.

It's not suitable as roaming data though, so being in the temp folder isn't all that bad, really.

>>43186
How is the screensaver settings not something that should roam?

>>43180
Thanks.

Here's part one of the problem.

*intermission*

Here's part two of the problem.

I can't get the screensaver to load anything other than the default profile, which always loads 1 of every pony. The release notes say that I can create a profile called screensaver, but this does not work, it still loads the default one.

Add "agent766" on Skype. I'm willing to help with coding and hosting, seeing as the forums are down (which are linked to from EqD).

Mac osx 10.8.2
Mono 3.0.2

Below is the console error:

+ exec mono 'Desktop Ponies.exe'

Unhandled Exception:
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.Dispose (Boolean disposing) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at VbDesktopPonies.Main.Dispose (Boolean disposing) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.ComponentModel.Component.Finalize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
logout

Strangely, running with mono 2.10.9 (stable) kinda works, but with overlaping gui.

Neither Mono nor Wine are able to run either of the executables.

Running "mono 'Desktop Ponies.exe'" gives the following error:
"The entry point method could not be loaded"

In wine, I get the error:
"Install Mono 2.8 or greater for Windows to run .NET 4.0 applications."

But I'm already running mono 2.10.8.1

I love you guys.
Since the beginning.

>>43172

is there any plans to make an android version i want to have this on my phone and tablet :(

>>43172

I looked in the read-me and in all the folders, how do I set up the screensaver for this release? I used the old one from 1.41 but that just loaded everything in that folder. Am I just missing something simple?

Oh yes! The project isn't dead!
I haven't used the program for so long now, let's check out this update!

>>43203
Somepony made an app to use Desktop Ponies as a Live Wallpaper. It's in Google Play, search "MLP wallpaper" and you might find it, it's the one with a DP Dashie icon.
I'm not sure if the ponies used are updated though

I was startled by the amount of people using names in this thread, and had to see if it was even possible to post without one.

>>43203
Hey there are a few unsupported apps for phones out there.
And there are no plains at the moment to expand the program officially in that direction.

>>43203
Hey there are a few unsupported apps for phones out there.
And there are no plains at the moment to expand the program officially in that direction.

>>43206
Sadly it is not in Play Store anymore because Hasbro took it down. You can still get it from http://8bit.ov3rk1ll.com/

Source code, source code, source code!

>>43172
What are the tech requirements for Mac OS X? My laptop is having trouble running the main menu, asI am unable to scroll between ponies, and ponies load over the button interface

>>43211
is this who I think it is?

>>43213

Maybe

So, I don't mean to sound demanding, but could someone upload a second alternate download plz?
Since my network is blocking mediafire and datafilehost...

I'm trying to run it on mac and it bugs out, with the pony section part overlapping with the options at the bottom, and scrolling just messes it up,
and yes I did install mono version 3.0.2 right before I ran it

Im on a mac and i downloaded Mono. Both the stable one and the newer updated beta version and it wont run. Hit the runonmac.command and it runs some code and nothing happens.

>>43172
Is this mac compatible?

>>43205
Ditto. The older releases had a screensaver to install, but i don't see that file in this release. any help would be nice.

Hey, I'm back. I'm still working on that Pinkie Pie animation, but I'm sorta stuck right now because I'm also making a new program much like Desktop Ponies. If nobody minds. (I always give credit to the owners of things that aren't mine, so in the README file, I credited RandomAnonymousBrony for the original program. BTW, should I also credit RoosterDragon?)
Another reason for a long absence is SCHOOL. My online teachers are trying to finish the semester 1 lessons, and I had to attend four different online tutoring sessions this week. Whew!
Which reminds me... better get to my FIFTH session. I'll be back later. :)

>>43220
Just make a copy of "Desktop Ponies.exe" and rename it to "Desktop Ponies.scr". That should work.

Good lord, whatever you do, be careful what you click when you download desktop ponies. datafilehost is a shit site for hosting files and you WILL get a shit-ton of useless crap that is a pain in the ass to uninstall.

>>43217
This fellow's right. all I get when I try to run .command is is a code. specifically this one:
/Users/username/Downloads/Desktop Ponies v1-2/RunOnMac.command ; exit;
computername:~ name2$ /Users/username/Downloads/Desktop Ponies v1-2/RunOnMac.command ; exit;
++ dirname '/Users/username/Downloads/Desktop Ponies v1-2/RunOnMac.command'
+ cd '/Users/username/Downloads/Desktop Ponies v1-2'
+ export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib:/lib:/usr/lib
+ DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib:/lib:/usr/lib
+ exec mono 'Desktop Ponies.exe'
dyld: unknown required load command 0x80000022
Trace/BPT trap
logout

[Process completed]

>>43201
Using Linux it didn't run with mono. The error message was
"The entry point method could not be loaded" and my mono version is 2.10.8.1, just like yours.

However, it DID work with mono 'C# Desktop Ponies.exe' instead of mono 'Desktop Ponies.exe'

Hope that helps the rest of you, too.

>>43210
Arrrgh, I got the APK and installed it from your website
onto my phone, but it won't let me download any of the ponies themselves. I am connected to the internet and I get no errors. I just don't see anything on the list to download. I used this app in the past, and then upgraded my phone, by the time that happened, the play store had canned it. Am I missing something here?

Oh, found a small bug again. When ponies follow another pony and then stop, sometimes they won't go into their idle animation. Happens at times with Twilight's and AJ's truck interaction or in the beginning of the conga.

Also, I made some small changes to some of the ponies: just a few little fixes, nothing new. Also reduced the probabilities of some of Rarity's behaviors that use (audible) speeches.
http://filer.net/get/ej8ltg45je7bcgyb

I'm a beginner at scripting, which is hard to do except on my version RPG Maker XP, where I have a bunch of scripts in a zipped folder. When I get Microsoft Visual Basic I will try my hand at "real" scripting.
Also, I would join the DP forum but the Parental Controls which my parents set up keeps blocking it. :( Wish I were there. D:
One more thing before I get back to the characters for my DP-Based program. When I get to it I will pick up that Pinkie Pie animation and finish it.

Having a weird issue with mine. I managed to download the file and open it in Winzip. However when I click the .exe file to run it. Nothing happens. No error message or anything, just nothing. Any idea as to why this happens?

>>43241
Try actionscript instead. Then you wont be laughed at. It also has a lot of neat features suited for games.

>>43223
I did that. When I launch the renamed .scr it loads the screensaver profile like it is supposed too. However it doesn't actually run as a screensaver. So it still stays when I move my mouse and doesn't appear in the screensaver selection screen on Windows.

>>43216
I have the same problem as this. And it bugs out when I scroll down, or try to add ponies.

question are we counting the MLP Comics as "cannon"?

>>43252
That's actually a good question... The comics are basically a second show. Many series have a comic book and right now, this comic is pretty much identical to the show but with its own stories.

I honestly think comic characters should by included if they are canon or not but with restrictions. We can't just make every background character like in the show since the comic's backgrounds are more crowded then Tokyo... Limit it to (at least) semi-important characters.

>>43216
same here. You aren't the only one with the same problem.

>>43252
According to the people working in the comic, the events shown in the comic are cannon as long they don't contradict the events from the cartoon.
The cartoon's continuity always will take over the comic's continuity regarding cannonicy so I suppose only the characters created for the comic will not be considered cannon.

>>43252
No, they are not cannon. Not pistol or rifle, either.
As for them being canon... not really. I'd rather call them "expanded universe".

>>43256
>>43259
I think the main question is if comic exclusives will be allowed in the program. I read the next story arc has a unique villain.

Like I said, I think it might be alright but limited to the story related characters, no backgrounds.

>>43260
Well, the "canon characters only" rule has been broken before, what with the inclusion of Surprise, an alternate version of Doctor Whooves and filly versions of the princesses.
That said, it can happen if the character turns out to be interesting and/or important enough, but I guess it would still be the exception rather than the rule.

This release is intended to:
- Fix screensaver related problems. There are some changes, new files and also some extra information in the readme which I hope should address any issues.
- The program will no longer bug you about screensaver stuff if you are just trying to run it normally.
- Test a change which might improve scrolling issues on Macs.

Your choice of two download links, each identical:
http://dropcanvas.com/vrt2v/1
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-a6ba7876.html

Simply copy files into the same location, and overwrite any previous ones.

PS: If anybody knows a good free file hosting site that would work well for these downloads, please point me at it and I'll use it in future.

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My apologies to Mac users with the scrolling problem. Mono attempts to recreate how the menu works on Windows, but it seems to be failing at it somewhat.

I've simplified the design a bit, and I hope that might fix the problem, but it might also have literally no effect. Let me know what changes.

>>43201
>>43237
I think I know this one! The standard mono install doesn't seem to have a key file. Install the package named "libmono-microsoft-visualbasic10.0-cil". On Ubuntu, that's "sudo apt-get install libmono-microsoft-visualbasic10.0-cil" from the command line. That should account for the "main entry point cannot be loaded" error.

>>43226
This is interesting. What version of MacOSX do you have? Best I can turn up from Google suggests this happens on older versions of the system.

>>43242
Gonna sound silly, but did you extract it after you opened it in WinZip? It won't run if it's still zipped up.

>>43268
10.5.8

>>43268
On OS X 10.8.2,
Trying to run with mono 3.0.2 I get:
"The entry point method could not be loaded".

With mono 2.10.X I get the following:
Unhandled Exception:
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.Dispose (Boolean disposing) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at VbDesktopPonies.Main.Dispose (Boolean disposing) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.ComponentModel.Component.Finalize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
logout

>>43270
Sorry, its actually the other way around,

With mono 2.10.X I get:
"The entry point method could not be loaded".

With mono 3.0.2 I get that "Boolean disposing" stuff.

>>43268
Well I extracted the files, actually made sure to do it this time, and its doing the same thing. There is only one file that I think is supposed to launch the thing properly, but its a config.exe file. When I try and use it, window's doesn't know how and asks for me to find a specific program to launch it. I wouldn't be surprised if I missed something somewhere and have to figure out how to uninstall everything and start from the beginning.

Though either way any additional help will be much appreciated, mainly because I have next to no idea what I am doing.

I'm glad to see this is back...I had thought after all the drama over time everyone just bailed.

>>43268

Screensaver works with preview now, however I get errors when it actually tries to run as a screensaver automatically. It tells me the path is incorrext despite it being correct in the ini file, and then gives me errors about there benig no house.ini file in the various houses despite them being there. Then it gives me an error about Twilight.ico not being in the right place in the Windows folder. I'll attach a pic of the last error.

>>43268
now I just get more errors
first I get a 'failed to load profile "default"' alert box
then I get a black alert box which doesn't respond, then the program crashes
I'm running OSX 10.7.5

Another bug someone on DA found. Going to the editor and clicking on "Create NEW Pony" without selecting a pony first gives an error message and closes the editor.

>>43243
I wasn't looking to program any games. I have the hang of that already. What I really need is permission to use and edit the "Desktop Ponies" Visual Basic script. Am I allowed to do that?
One of the characters is to the left--her name is Kitty and she's a cat anthro with wings. She is a daughter of Bastet, thus explaining her cat parts.

>>43286
You can use the program to add your own characters (several people already did that in the past) but remember to give full credit and tell everyone where did you got it, so nobody could assume you created it.

Also, here is Babs Seed 2.0.
Stupid screenshoots and their weird colors...

I'm good at the crediting part. But one of the people I'm sending it to isn't an MLP fan and really isn't interested in finding out about it. What I'm looking for is a free version of Microsoft Visual Basic to edit the script. I'll update it from an older version of Desktop Ponies because of all the glitches in the newer version.
I know these aren't ponies in the program, but here's another female. Her name is Sephiria.
Now, back to the ponies and their awesomeness. XD

Patch time!

In this version:
- Fixes for screensavers when actually started by Windows.
- Fixed "Create NEW Pony" button in editor.
- Possibly fixed some profile loading issues on Mac (I hope, but no promises).

Two download links, again both the same:
http://dropcanvas.com/30y9p/1
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-ea2cdb38.html

Again copy files over your previous install location, and overwrite when prompted.

--------

>>43269
http://asqueella.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/dyld-unknown-required-load-command.html
Yeah, according to that blog post trying to run certain applications on anything less than 10.6 might cause the problem you had.

It includes a workaround, but I don't know enough to help you with it. If you can figure it out let me know, otherwise I guess you'll have to hope somebody Mac-savvy can figure it out.

>>43271
Stick with 3.0.2 then. At least that indicates the program got started and then died. The other error indicates it didn't even start.

I'm still unsure what might be going on, so I can only give generic advice like uninstalling and reinstalling mono in case the two versions messed with each other.

I've included some extra console output in this version which might give me some clues. Try posting that when it crashes.

>>43274
You're 99% there! Just double click the 'Desktop Ponies.exe' file and it'll run. Don't worry about the 'Desktop Ponies.exe.config' file, it's just a text file (but don't delete it, it is important!).

>>43276
Doh! Fixed.

>>43280
I *think* I've fixed the problem with loading the profile. Hopefully that prevents the black alert box too.

>>43285
Fixed.

>>43286
>>43289
The code is available under a Creative Commons license, so yes.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

I'm not sure if the old source is available anywhere (most of the links are dead). I might have a copy somewhere of my HDD, dunno.

I do need to get around to uploading the new source somewhere.

If you need an editor, Microsoft do a free version of Visual Studio. Try searching for Visual Basic Express.

>>43290
Thanks for the reply!

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling mono but unfortunately the problem persists and the console error doesn't appear to be any different from the previous one:

Unhandled Exception:
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.Dispose (Boolean disposing) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at VbDesktopPonies.Main.Dispose (Boolean disposing) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.ComponentModel.Component.Finalize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
logout

Thanks again.

>>43289

Not to be rude, but please don't hijack our thread with your own project.

*Edit*
Huh. I got caught on someone else's ban. :P

Is there a tutorial that i missed that will help me download this? If so, could someone link it to me or tell me how to finish the download?

Is there a tutorial that i missed that will help me download this? If so, could someone link it to me or tell me how to finish the download?

>>43293
Look at the original post. Directly under the words "Version 1.42" is the download link. It's not hard.

I'm finished then. I'm going back to editing the Pinkie Pie balloon animation. I finally got time. :)

>>43240
Are there plans to fix the glitch mentioned here?

Do you want me to go full rage on you?Either that or my win7 ultimate doesn't like you.

>>43291
Thanks very much for testing it. I'm sorry to say I'm really stumped with that one, it's just such a bizarre error.

It's almost definitely a mono issue, so it might fix itself once version 3 is out of beta, but I don't know.

>>43299
Yes, but it's lower on my list than the error & crash reports.

>>43300
I'm sorry that fixing bugs a day before your report them isn't quick enough for you. >>43290

>>43300
Nobody is forcing thou to use this FREE software, thou ungrateful welp.

>>43300
You are a version behind according to that title bar, look back a few posts. Also, this is free software, no-one has to fix anything if they don't want to.

I freaking love this program but the ponies tend to get in the way sometimes and I'm trying to set an Everfree Forest Zone but have no idea how. Could somepony help me out here?

I just want to say thanks to the folks responsible for this. There are a lot of threads with bugs and sundry other mishaps, and very few threads just saying thanks. So a heartfelt thank you for all the time you spend squashing bugs, crunching code, getting those pixel ponies perfect, and then still having time to deal with the people who use your software.

>>43290
Whoops, another editor bug: When you add soundfiles to speeches, the program will create a new folder with the pony's name in the main program folder (probably something left over from the time before ponies had their own folder)

Just like to say a big thank-you to the Flankcaster team for having me on their a few weeks back about my involvement in Desktop Ponies.
I personally had a great time talking to them about the program and my involvement in it.

If you don't know who they are, they are a Australian based podcast aimed at showcasing the artist of Australia and New Zealand go check them out http://flankcaster.com/

Just in case you need some megalomania to even out the cuteness of the other ponies.
http://filer.net/get/dfdnylyxnu2ytywq

v1.42.0.3 is a full release, all files included.
- Added King Sombra by Bot-chan (>>43317), bringing us to 150 ponies!
- Added pony configuration revisions from >>43240
- Fixed editor creating new sound & image files in the wrong directory. (>>43312)
- Fixed exclusion zone preview in options menu.
- Pony editor now shows changed paths immediately.
- Includes all previous fixes.

Your choice of download link, both are the same:
http://dropcanvas.com/24hjv/1
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-145676c5.html

If you want to keep any pre-existing profiles or other ponies, you should be able to copy the files over into this release.

Merry Christmas all.

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>>43306
Download the new release above, it contains a fix for the exclusion zone preview which is very handy.

The options menu has a section to set the exclusion zone. The location and size values range from 0 to 100, these are percentages relative to your screen size.

I suggest setting size to 50, 50 to get started. You should see a green block representing the exclusion zone appear. Then you can tweak the values and the preview will update. It should be reasonably easy for there, since you'll be able to visualize what the numbers mean.

Mac is still having issues with overlapping gui's and stuff.
Using desktop ponies v1.42.0.3 and Mac OS X 10.8

>>43320
Here is a semi-fix for the issue you are having with overlapping GUI's. It will still overlap when you scroll down, but the damage wont be as bad.
open the "RunOnMac.command" with text edit or some text editor
Change the last line to:
exec mono "C# Desktop Ponies.exe" "$@"

very early WIP for fiddelsticks.

OK, after getting the Main-1.42 to run,
here's how to set up the Screensaver(under Win7, might also work like this under other Windows-Versions):

1st:

I've downloaded the actual patch, found at the official Release:
http://desktopponies.bugs3.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3

and unpacked it into the Directory of the 1.42

2nd:
right-click on the .scr and select install
Now you have to enter the Config of the screensaver(Windows-Screensaver-settings), pointing to the main-Directory of Desktop-Ponies(where the .exe remains)
By default, the screensaver now loads only a random single Character

3rd:
Start the "normal", non-screensaver-Version, setting up a Profile called "screensaver" and just add all the Ponies, that you'd like to see on the Screensaver.
>Enjoy, as the screensaver-Profile is now used by the Screensaver, showing all wanted Ponies



Note: the Mane6 seems to interact with eachother

>>43326
Are you naming the profile you want to use for the screensaver correctly? Mine is called "screensaver" , no caps, and works perfectly.

>>43319
Uhm, do you edit the gifs by any chance before including new ponies to the program, or is there another reason why some of them turn out weird?

In this release:
- Added pagination to the main menu. This is primarily to provide a workaround on Mac due to the scrolling issues with the UI (see screenshot). This will kick in automatically on Macs once loading is finished. Other platforms can just click the checkbox if they want to use it.
- Fixed long standing bug where toggling a tag in the filter on the main menu would not refresh the display straight away.
- Fixed a problem with copying images/sounds for new behaviours/effects under mono.
- Fixed an issue with deleting rows from the editor not having an effect when the file was saved.

Downloads (both the same):
http://dropcanvas.com/8rx27/1
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-85c2ed55.html

Copy these files over your existing install and overwrite when prompted.

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>>43320
Still don't have a fix for this, but this patch adds some pagination which should at least get around the problem (I hope).

>>43329
I run an optimizer on them, but it's not supposed to change how they look, only reduce the filesizes.

Which ones did it break? It's been such a long time since I noticed any problems with it I've just been trusting it to do the right thing. Guess I was too trusting :/

>>43333
No no, it didn't actually break anything. I just noticed it because Sombra's crystals would linger on the last frame of its "shattering" longer than intended, and when I checked, the last frame (which was supposed to be blank) was missing. Some other effects that are not meant to loop might suffer from this, too.

Other animations, while they at times look quite mangled when I open the file in my animation program, actually work within the desktop ponies program, so I guess it's not so terribly bad...

...

So yeah. Call it nit-picky, but I just wanted to mention that.

Are you using Animation Shop 3 when optimizing the sprites? That program has a nasty habit of doing strange things when saving files with those features.

Running on mac os x 10.8.2 with mono 3.0.2 using Desktop Ponies 1.42.0.4 produces errors.

While Running mono 2.10.9 works.

>>43335
Nah I use a program called gifsicle. It's extremely good at compressing gifs.
http://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/

It does however have that annoying problem you have found with blank final frames. It thinks the blank means "no change made since the last frame". So it just sums the time with the previous frame (because it thinks they look the same, and so it won't hurt to combine them).

To combat this, insert a frame before the blank frame. Give it zero duration and fill it with a solid colour (say white). This will stop the frames getting combined and keep your original blank frame intact. The zero duration means Desktop Ponies won't ever show that frame (though some image viewers might). I did this with RD's rainboomtest.gif, so you check that image for reference.

Not ideal I know, but it does work. If you know other images with this problem point them out and I can apply this workaround to them too.

>>43339
This is good news and yet somewhat annoying, but thanks for testing it out. I hope it's actually usable with the new pagination system.

So for Mac users out there, trying to get it to run with mono:
- If the stable version isn't working, try the beta.
- If the beta version isn't working, try the stable.
- If both don't work - errr, panic (or maybe hope the stable release of version 3 will work for you when that comes out).

It is weird that some systems specifically need the beta for it to work, but others specifically need the stable. So weird.

>>43345
Sounds like a bug. Just great, now I'm finding bugs in programs I didn't even know about before. :p

Hmm... off the top of my head, Pinkie's teleport does have this problem, too (the two files starting with "teleportstart"). I'm not sure if there are any more at the moment.

Also, a little design-suggestion about the new pagination thing: Wouldn't it be better to put the option for this either in the option-screen or in the space below the option button? Also, have the navigation buttons only appear if you're actually using paged view.

--

In other news, I just noticed that I made a tiny mistake with one of the frames of my trot animation for Sombra. It's barely noticeable even when you know it's there, but I fixed it anyway because I'm nit-picky like that. Download the fixed gifs here: http://filer.net/get/k9glgluraie0pojw

V1.42.0.4 has Transparent-color-Issues(crashes due to that) [using Win7 HomePremium 64Bit]

V1.42.0.3 Works

Could someone be kind enough to direct me to where I can download the source code for this? I'd like to poke around under the hood a bit.

>>43347
I've added your fixed Sombra and I've fixed my copies of the crystal and Pinkies teleport for the next full release.

I can certainly move the pagination stuff down below, I'll have to make some room for all those buttons first though...

>>43349
Huh. I don't remember changing anything related to transparency...

Can you post the error message, or let me know which ponies/images seem to be causing it? Anything that might give me a place to start looking for problems.

>>43351
I still need to find somewhere to host it proper, but until then have a download:
http://dropcanvas.com/j31a8/1
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-6011a2ad.html

It's a C#/Visual Basic solution targeting the 2010 version of those languages and .Net framework v4. You'll need mono to resolve some of the references in the C# project.

Have fun.

>>43353
Ah. Aah! Noticed something. The Desktop Ponies program doesn't even like those optimized gifs (at least those bigger ones).

When summoning Derpy, I noticed that the animation when she jumps on that cloud (the gifs starting with "derpy_cloud_") skips pretty much the whole jumping part. I replaced those files with the old, "unoptimized" ones, and lo and behold, the animation runs as smoothly as it used to be.

Honestly, I don't know the benefits of this "optimization" aside from saving a few measly kb, but I'm beginning to think that the drawbacks are outweighing them.

There is a bug with running desktop ponies on secondary monitor in extended desktop mode:
if secondary display is placed right to primary everything works fine
but if it's placed left or above primary, it has negative coordinates:
primary: {X=0,Y=0,Width=1920,Height=1080}
secondary: {X=-1440,Y=0,Width=1440,Height=900}
This causes lots of bugs: some ponies are invisible, some still move to primary screen, context menus are drawn always on primary screen, dragging with mouse is broken etc...

How do you set a control scheme for a min-game?

>>43361
Control schemes are cursor keys and right Shift for Player 1 and w,a,s,d and left Shift for Player 2 and can't be changed, if I'm not mistaken. Anyway, minigames are pretty much broken at the moment, as are the pony controls, so there's not much point in trying them. Maybe in a later version.

>>43353

Thank you kindly.

>>43333
now I get this error message
and the main window pops up with no actual ponies
I'm running OSX 10.7.5

>>43358
Are you sure on this one? The images are visually identical as far as I can tell and the animation plays just fine for me. I honestly can't see where there's a difference.

>>43360
Oooo nice catch, I'll look into that.

>>43366
It's just a patch, so it doesn't have all the files. You need to copy the new files over an older version that has everything, and overwrite when prompted.

Then it should work.

>>43367
Well, pretty sure, at least. I mean, I could rule out the sound sample causing a lag, the code looks alright, having more or less ponies on screen made no difference and the graphics are at least visually the same (and animate just fine in any other program). Still, the optimized versions simply refuse to animate correctly in Desktop Ponies (on my computer, at least) while the original files work just as they should. What other possibilities are there?

>>43367
okay, that worked for my first error
but now the main screen is messed up (see the pic)
I can still sort of run the program, but only using the ponies on that page, and it crashes if I try to remove a pony using the little control panel-ly thing

>>43368
Ah! I think I've remembered why.

You summoned Derpy from the right-click menu, right? If so all her images will not have been loaded yet, and they get loaded only once they are actually used. (Can't load them all when you add her, or there'll be an annoying pause for a few seconds whilst it does all that loading).

For small images, this works ok because they load quickly and you probably won't notice. For larger images it takes a moment, so they'll be a pause and it'll skip ahead afterwards to catch up on lost time.

You'll only notice this the first time a behaviour or effect plays for a new type of summoned pony. After that the image is loaded. Alternatively if you choose them from the menu all their images are loaded before you start.

I think that's probably the reason.

I can't get sound on windows 8 and I am updated and everything so i dunno. I miss the ponies talking...

>>43370
... *slaps forehead*
Ugh, you're right. Great, now I feel stupid.

Of course, now I have to ask if it would be possible to load the graphics in the background when summoning ponies via right click menu.

Anyone planning on making the painstaking, time-wasting, Crystal Ponies? They are transparent,to the very last pixel. Every single one of them. Don't forget the Mane 6 plus Cadence. *sarcasm mode* At least they aren't making many new background ponies.

>>43380

You are welcome to try making them by yourself so you could help the team instead of increasing their load with more requests.

>>43353
I use ass[i][/i]embla.com, they provide free source control repositories.

>>43382
Silly,I was just teasing!

>>43382
Silly,I was just teasing!

>>43382
I was just kidding .I'm not that cruel. Nobody wants to animate semi-transparent PONIES. Not just the mane. Who wants do to that?And that's just a reply,don't think anything of it.

Why did it double post?

>>43382
A bigger problem is that the engine (from my outdated knowledge) doesn't support animations in any format that supports non binary transparency.

>>43380
Actually, we can try Crystal Ponies, just do them differently... Leave out the transparency and just make the ponies. Crystal Ponies have a weird gradient effect to their color. They also sparkle... Is it possible to create a separate .gif with the sparkle effect and just overlay on top a pony?

>>43394
Hmm, I didn't actually try it, but it should be easy enough using effects.
Also, don't worry about transparency when spriting the ponies. That can be added later within the program.

>>43369
I'll see if I can do anything else to reduce that glitchiness on the main menu.

Can you post a screenshot of the error you get when trying to remove ponies?

>>43376
Technically possible but complicated. Plus it's still possible to get the annoying pause if it hadn't got through the whole queue before a big effect activated. Basically not enough benefit to be worth doing at the moment.

>>43393
No support for any image formats with native alpha channels. However the program does support a custom file that lets you map RGB colours to RGBA colours, which works well enough when the transparency is simple. Already used on a few ponies like Luna and Chrysalis.

>>43395
Yeah, that would probably work best.

First draft of Crystallized Rainbow.

The crystal versions are actually quite difficult to do because the tiny jewelry never looks good in pixels but I'll do what I can do. I still need to add the gradient shading and I'm going to see if I can get the crystal effect to look good. Is there a guide on getting the Alpha channel to work? I honestly haven't been paying a lot of attention lately and I haven't made a pony since Twilight's mom...

Actually, I just found a great way to get that glass-like crystal effect. It might take a bit of time to add for animations but it looks great.

>>43396
Ah, okay then.

>>43398
Hmm, that's pretty neat. :) Should look great once she's all sparkly and animated and everything.

Okay, and here's a very quick guide to creating alpha channels (it's actually pretty simple):
- Start "C# Desktop Ponies.exe"
- Once everything is loaded, a button labeled "Gif Alpha" should appear at the top. Click that.
- Here, you can choose the files you want to edit. Afterwards, just pick a color by clicking on the pony or directly from the palette and edit its values to your liking. Don't forget to save and you're done. Well, with this file at least. :p

>>43399
Actually, that might not even be needed. I can just make it like her Gala action. Since this is just a minor costume change, I can just make it 2 standing pngs and play the sparkles are over her like with Trixie's fireworks. I already have some horn sparkle effects from my game I can use.

Its a bit crude but it isn't needed to do a huge amount of actions for the crystallized forms unless someone wants to put a lot of time into it.

I finished the Crystallized Dash action. Just throw the images and replace the configuration file. It uses the most recent update.
http://www.mediafire.com/?c9x79uf1xu8h5j4

Also, I kept getting this error from the interaction file. Rainbow's name was put in as "rainbow dash". I kept getting this error because the person forgot to capitalize her name in the file like it is in her file.

>>43401
Nice work!Hope to see more.I apologize for all comments before this.
>>43301
I check the thread every day!That bug wasn't fixed!

Now that I have a base, I can easily make the rest of the crystallized forms. I already have Twilight done but something is wrong.

For some reason, whenever I put the in crystal pony action, it messes up the character's interactions. Rainbow went back to the lowercase error and Twilight's interactions got duplicated. This happened MANY TIMES during Rainbow Dash. Any time I do something to a character it keeps duplicating their interactions for no reason. Rainbow had about 10 copies of her 2 interactions and I had to go in and remove them manually. I go in and change one thing, they are back... WTF is going on!?

Also, when I add the sparkle effect to Twilight, it goes under her, but for Rainbow, it appears over her. Why is it doing this?

>>43396
I tried recreating the error, but all I was able to get was a blank alert box titled 'unhandled error' for 15-30 seconds before the program crashed

also when you try to add ponies through the little control box, it simply adds the first pony in that list (for example, when ever I try to add a pony from the 'main ponies' list it always adds Applejack, because she's at the top of the list)

I'm running OSX 10.7.5

>>43403
About the sparkling: Perhaps it's because the "canvas" of your Twilight is so much bigger then that of your Rainbow. If I remember correctly, the sprite layers are set depending on where the graphics' lower edges are, and since Twilight's is lower, she's drawn in front of the sparkles.
I might be wrong, but I think cropping the image might do the trick. It's worth a try, at least.

>>43407
When in doubt about layering, check if there is even a layer order specified.

>>43408
...uhm, what?

Full release v1.42.0.5, in this version:
- Fixed images for several ponies which had zero duration frames (and thus those frames would not be shown).
- Fixed a couple of images with transparent final frames that had been optimized away by accident.
- More (speculative) fixes for scrolling problems on the Mac.
- Fixed wonky scrollbar when restoring the main menu from the taskbar.
- Fixed a problem where saving interactions would use the lowercase name of the pony, thus causing errors later.
- If the program encounters an error it wasn't expecting, it will attempt to log this to "error.txt" for later reference.

Download (choose either link):
http://dropcanvas.com/xdnzg/1
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-f19da2a6.html

If you have any custom ponies or profiles, you should be able to copy them back into this version.

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>>43402
Oh, in that case can you get a screenshot of the error from this version? The other one isn't useful any more.

>>43403
Fixed the lowercase issue. If you can provide me with some steps to produce duplicated interactions I'll look into that as well.

>>43406
Bah I need the information on that blank alert box. The program will now try and create a file called "error.txt" if it dies. Hopefully if the alert box is still blank you can get the information I need from that.

Fixed the bug with always getting the top pony from the list.

>>43407
Dead on. The large blank area around Twilight will be throwing off the ordering. If you crop them that should fix it (be sure to adjust the image centres if you do, though!).

>>43410
I am saying that it is pointless to try and fix layering issues if you don't even have real layers.
The engine must be designed to layer certain objects over others or else it becomes impossible to do so.

>>43411
just downloaded the lastest patch
you solved the ponies overlapping with the options area bug, but when you scroll pervious ponies still show up bug is still there (see pic)

I got the error text for the 'crash on pony removal' bug, no blank alert box however:

Unhandled error in Desktop Ponies v1.42.0.5 occurred 12/30/2012 21:31:22 UTC

System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at VbDesktopPonies.DesktopControlForm.PonyComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged (System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.OnSelectedIndexChanged (System.EventArgs e) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.SetSelectedIndex (Int32 value, Boolean supressAutoScroll) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.set_SelectedIndex (Int32 value) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox+ObjectCollection.RemoveAt (Int32 index) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox+ObjectCollection.Remove (System.Object value) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at VbDesktopPonies.DesktopPonyAnimator+_Closure$__4._Lambda$__10 () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoMethod:InternalInvoke (System.Reflection.MonoMethod,object,object[],System.Exception&)
at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Reflection.MethodBase.Invoke (System.Object obj, System.Object[] parameters) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

hope that helps

I'm running OSX 10.7.5

>>43401
So, i just put the files in the Rainbow Dash folder?

>>43413
Don't worry! It will be fixed.

>>43414
Yes, just put the images in and replace the ini file. Its exactly the same as the one included with v1.42.0.3 but with the action and effect added in.

>>43411
And it doesn't work. Ponies disappear upon being clicked, files are reported missing, houses don't apparently work, the program still runs in the background as a process despite appearing to be closed, and for all I know, I'm just scratching the surface.

Changes in this patch:
- Fixed an issue on Windows using multiple monitors.
- Speculative fixes for Mac UI issues, and removing ponies.

Download links (choose either):
http://dropcanvas.com/ul25x/1
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-6001aa5f.html

Copy these files over your existing install and overwrite when prompted.

Sorry for the delay, by the way, was busy being ill.

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>>43360
*Should* be fixed now.

>>43413
I've put in some checks to try and mitigate both those problems, let me know if they help.

>>43453
What OS are you on? Can I get a screenshot of some of the error messages you're getting? I need some more information in order to help.

>>43466
Continue your work,I love Desktop Ponies! I love how you are always quick to fix things.

I've been coming up with this error since v1.42.0.5:

System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary.
at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)
at VbDesktopPonies.Main.PonySelectionPanel_Resize(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:UsersTomDocumentsActualProgrammingC#Desktop PoniesVB Desktop PoniesMain.vb:line 1538
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnResize(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Panel.OnResize(EventArgs eventargs)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnSizeChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.UpdateBounds(Int32 x, Int32 y, Int32 width, Int32 height, Int32 clientWidth, Int32 clientHeight)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.UpdateBounds()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmWindowPosChanged(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

I'm running Windows 7 64 bit OS.

Aww yusss, feels good to come pack to ponychan after over a year and to find that one of my favorite things back then (which I almost forgot about) still exists.

Thanks for making this awesome thing!

>>43466
just downloaded the lastest patch
you solved the 'crash on pony removal' bug, but the 'overlap on page change' bug hasn't changed (see pic)
also new/probably been there all along bug: when you increase the number of ponies per page they will spill over into the options area
also, I miss not being able to drag-and-drop ponies, what happened to that feature anyway? it was awesome...

>>43466
I had all the same problems on Windows Home Premium 32-bit. I just had to calm down before I sad something.

>>43470
Fixed in the next version.

>>43480
I'm just trying to work around specific bugs in Mono on the Mac platform.

So yeah if you have too many ponies it is still broken. I'm afraid my advice at this point is simply "don't do that" (or at least, make the window bigger first or something).

It also doesn't recognize mouse clicks when ponies are active. So dragging won't work. I made that extra window that allows you to get the context menus that usually require right-clicking because of this issue.

I'm annoyed it still has leftover graphics. If you do something that forces the window to refresh itself, like maybe resizing or minimizing and restoring it, does that clear up the leftovers? Is there anything you can do that clears it up or are they stuck there?

>>43486
Are you referring to the screensaver still, or something else? If you get an error message then post that because those help me a lot.

>>43487 resizing the window doesn't clear the overlapping graphics, haven't tried refreshing the window, don't know how to (F5 didn't seem to work)
too bad to hear that you can't drag-and-drop ponies in mono

>>43453
I'm having the same problem. Running Win7. Ponies don't show up, when they do they disappear upon being clicked, have to close program in task manager, etc. No error messages at all. It just doesn't work.

>>43497
Hey I'm running windows 7 and i'v yet to have the problum your talking about.

Can you explain the problum in more detail if possible?
ie: are you running a OC or Cannon, any mods to the OS etc

>>43497
Are either of you running multiple monitor setups? If so get v1.42.0.6 (>>43466) first because I fixed a bug in that which sounds similar.

Could you also try mousing over a pony (without clicking on them) and see if they get into their mouseover animation or speak to you? Try it on one of the mane 6, they have obvious mouseover animations. That would at least indicate if the mouse position is being worked out correctly.

Love the program so far. Waiting ever so patiently for version two within five years!

Last edited at Mon, Jan 7th, 2013 14:59

In this version:
- Fix for a KeyNotFoundException error that could occur on startup.
- Another speculative fix for Mac UI issues.

Choice of download link:
http://dropcanvas.com/hyl30/1
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-32c8054f.html

Copy files over your existing install and overwrite when prompted.

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>>43470
Mostly just releasing this patch to fix this issue, until some more detailed reports about the other bugs show up, anyway.

>>43493
I've got one last idea which I've tried, but I'm still just guessing so don't get your hopes up. Try this version and see if anything improves.

If this doesn't work around the issue, I'll probably have to cook up something custom for Mac to get around the Mono issues with that main menu, but that'll require time and not being lazy on my part.

Found new error on startup:

Unhandled error in Desktop Ponies v1.42.0.7 occurred 01/13/2013 17:23:18 UTC

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.DirectX.AudioVideoPlayback, Version=1.0.2902.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'Microsoft.DirectX.AudioVideoPlayback, Version=1.0.2902.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'
at VbDesktopPonies.OptionsForm.Volume_ValueChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.TrackBar.OnValueChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.TrackBar.set_Value(Int32 value)
at VbDesktopPonies.OptionsForm.InitializeComponent() in ____________________________________________Desktop PoniesVB Desktop PoniesOptionsForm.Designer.vb:line 780
at VbDesktopPonies.OptionsForm..ctor() in ____________________________________________Desktop PoniesVB Desktop PoniesOptionsForm.vb:line 15
at VbDesktopPonies.Main.Main_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in ____________________________________________Desktop PoniesVB Desktop PoniesMain.vb:line 277
at System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftFusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftFusion!EnableLog].

>>43568
You do have a soundcard right? Also, the latest version of DirectX.

>>43569
I have a sound card Not sure about DirectX

>>43573
Go to Window's start menu, click "Run" , and then type "dxdiag" (Minus the " signs of course.)

That should open a menu from where you can see which version of DirectX are you currently using.

This is the first time I'm attempting to make a custom pony sprite. I watch the tutorial, but I realized, there's only a mare base. I figured "No problem, maybe I can find a way to put together a Stallion base" Though after Looking at all the different layers plus reference layers, I don't know where to even begin. Is there a possibility of there being a Stallion base that has layers divided up just like the "mare Base" Photoshop file?

>>43580
FFFUuuuuuuu-

No worries I think I figured out how to get myself a base to work with, Just wish it didn't take all day to figure out >_<

>>43582
Well you can find an official stallion base here: http://anonycat.deviantart.com/gallery/32593694#/d4csjyi

Be careful with using stolen bases as some people "creates" their own by tearing apart Desktop Ponies animations and then release them without permission or openly try to pass them as their original work to collect money, points or donations.

>>43586
Thanks for the warning and the link :D In the end I actually used a Dr. Whooves model I found in the template files which had all of the layers and layers groups. I saved a copy to use for a base :3

updated to 1.42.0.7, appears to work fine normally, but when i let it go to screensaver, i get the pictured error.

I'm working on trying to make my OC into a desktop pony sprite using the templates and bases provided.... buuut I only have Photoshop CS (pretty much 10 year old version of photoshop) Pretty much I have to edit the whole thing in Image Ready CS But now I've run into some trouble exporting it. Everyone probably has a fancy new version now, but if by chance someone is still using CS like me, can they offer some help on how to export this and export the gif as a whole and not just every frame as a sepparate gif?

>>43603
I am using cs2 so I also have to do a ton of switching between photoshop and imageready to make a pony. Under file go to save optimized as and that will save it as a gif file. Make sure in the animation window that you have all the frames set to restore to background since that can cause problems. Hopefully cs2 and cs are similar enough that thats all you need to do.

>>43517
Now when I try to run it this error message comes up, when I click okay nothing else pops up and I have to manually quit mono

Quick patch to fix errors about DirectX. Totally me derping on that one so you don't need to worry about updating DirectX or anything.

Download (choose either):
http://dropcanvas.com/ndpgm/1
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-8c118ba8.html

Standard drill, copy over and overwrite your existing files.

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>>43594
Should be fixed in this version.

If not could you:
- Right-click and reinstall the Desktop Ponies.scr file.
- Try out the screensaver in preview mode to see if it works.

If it still gives you an error, let me know (and if it's a different error, I'll need a screenshot of that one too please)

>>43604
Adobe has released the whole CS2 suite for free, so you could upgrade to that.
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html

Pretty simple, really, but anyway. Have a Raven. :)

http://filer.net/get/ygy4z4yctcyjvrpf

I still don't quite get this fan-name. Does she have a pet raven named Pony?

>>43614
Quite possibly.

>>43610
Thanks. My computer always lag when I install anything. I don't care how long it takes to get ponies,though.

Updated to newest version. It didn't fix it. But I can wait over two months at a time, so...

Here's Firecracker Burst. I would think she would get more love, what with the fire and all.
http://www.deviantart.com/#/d5rn6lh
I didn't want to go to a file hosting site

>>43621
Hey, this thread is for in show/comic characters only.

For toy ponies psot them on our OC thread hear: http://www.ponychan.net/chan/collab/res/43607.html

>>43621

... It's just a recolored Twilight Sparkle animation.

Another quick patch because I apparently suck at patches:
- Really fixed the DirectX problem this time.
- Fixed a minor issue under Windows with multiple monitors creating a drawing area that was sometimes too big (harmless but slowed things down a little).

Choice of download link:
http://dropcanvas.com/mplrk/1
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-b92fde25.html

Again, copy these files over your existing install and overwrite where prompted.

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>>43619
I'm being super-derp apparently. Really fixed this time. Promise.

>>43628
Let me have time to test to be sure..

>>43626
It's the blind bag Firecrakcer, witch is jsut that.

>>43639
Doesn't mean that the sprite has to be a simple recolor, too.
Fortunately though, it comes with a (somewhat) custom animation, so that's a plus.

Here's Ace. Simple, but fluffy.

http://filer.net/get/1oikghkhw0vvc2he

Also, here's my take on Zecora. Not to talk the original down, but compared to most other ponies the sprites looked a bit rough to me.

http://filer.net/get/zr5ur9qbl48nlqvp

Last edited at Fri, Jan 18th, 2013 19:15

>>43666
I can't lie, son,
Yours is better done.

I believe I messed up some option on ImageReady CS. Now everything I export has no colors and looks like this. Does anyone know what I screwed up and possibly how to fix it? XD Sometimes when working with something, by moving too fast I hit the wrong hotkey or Key shortcut so I dunno O_o All I know is when I hit the 2-up or 4-up view on the window of what I'm working on, the optimized layer seems to be highlighted.

Last edited at Sun, Jan 20th, 2013 12:00

>>43678
You've probably changed some of the optimization settings. Check the Optimize tab (usually in one of the windows near the top-right).

The window might not look exactly like the screenshot, but try to match the settings where you can. Use 256 colours, turn dithering off. Check the colour table reduction is not set to black & white. That should fix it.

>>43683
Thanks so much for the help, that fixed it ^w^ Crazy what missclicks can do XD

Current FIlly Luna looks weird...

Also, doing Lightning Dust.

Okay, another small bug: when I edit a pony with the editor, then go back to the main menu and try to jump to a pony by pressing a letter, I'll get this error message and the program crashes.

In other news, here are updates for Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon with a new interaction:

http://filer.net/get/i9o8ucjt73o3s0kz

>>43686
Very cute :)

>>43686
Not in the mood to make fancy animations.

>>43672
Was that intentional Zecora speak,or was that just a good comment?

Do you have a GitHub repository? Because I wanted to look at the source to find out what the (new) values of TargetActivation really mean (I'm who writes Browser Ponies). You should have a GitHub (or Bitbucket) repository anyway. It makes it much clearer where one can get the source from and who is maintaining it, you get a bugtracker and wiki for free and you can use GitHub-Pages to host the binary download (like I host the Browser Ponies page) instead of this obscure file hoster you use now. And you write "we", so I suspect there are more developers than one. This means you need some kind of SCM anyway. Use git (or mercurial)!

(Note: Maybe don't commit large binary files (all the gifs and mp3s) to the repository. You could commit them and tell all developers in the readme to use shallow clones. I recommend to use a shallow submodule. If you use mercurial use the bigfile extension for that.)

>>43688
Ugh, I just realized that I forgot Silver Spoon's necklace in some frames.

Here are the fixed gifs. Just put them into Diamond Tiara, replacing the old ones.

http://filer.net/get/kzcm6yft3auwxl4h

Hey guys, Anonycat here with some kinda funny news.

Deviantart's admins suspended my account for "harrasement" because according to them, sending too many theft reports at once counts as that.
Several people told me the same happened to them, because Deviantart enables art theft since more users = more traffic and ad views.

WTF, guys.

Anyways, I will upload here my next animations and hopefully james539 would upload them to our DA group. (I'm currently finishing Babs Seed and starting on Jesus Pezuña/the mailman pony from The Last Roundup.)

Seriously, Deviantart lol.(Be careful the same doesn't happen to you)

Here you have.

>>43746
Wow, nice DA jsut fething brilliant.

Don't worry Anony, well upload your stuff as you release it.

Uh, I'll just leave this here, becausee anon is not a very clever pony >_>
I just got Ubuntu today, and it's my first time trying a Linux distro, so forgive me if I did something stupid.

jon@Derpy:~/Ponies$ mono 'Desktop Ponies.exe'
Missing method .ctor in assembly /home/jon/Ponies/C# Desktop Ponies.exe, type System.Runtime.CompilerServices.ExtensionAttribute
Can't find custom attr constructor image: /home/jon/Ponies/C# Desktop Ponies.exe mtoken: 0x0a000028

Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: WinForms_SeeInnerException ---> System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for System.Collections.Generic.List`1 ---> System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'VbDesktopPonies.PonyBase[]' from assembly 'Desktop Ponies, Version=1.42.4733.20647, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
at System.Collections.Generic.List`1[VbDesktopPonies.PonyBase]..cctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at VbDesktopPonies.Main..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoCMethod:InternalInvoke (System.Reflection.MonoCMethod,object,object[],System.Exception&)
at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at VbDesktopPonies.My.MyProject+MyForms.Create__Instance__[Main] (VbDesktopPonies.Main Instance) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at VbDesktopPonies.My.MyProject+MyForms.get_Main () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at VbDesktopPonies.My.MyApplication.OnCreateMainForm () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.OnRun () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.Run (System.String[] commandLine) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at VbDesktopPonies.My.MyApplication.Main (System.String[] Args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.InvalidOperationException: WinForms_SeeInnerException ---> System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for System.Collections.Generic.List`1 ---> System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'VbDesktopPonies.PonyBase[]' from assembly 'Desktop Ponies, Version=1.42.4733.20647, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
at System.Collections.Generic.List`1[VbDesktopPonies.PonyBase]..cctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at VbDesktopPonies.Main..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoCMethod:InternalInvoke (System.Reflection.MonoCMethod,object,object[],System.Exception&)
at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at VbDesktopPonies.My.MyProject+MyForms.Create__Instance__[Main] (VbDesktopPonies.Main Instance) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at VbDesktopPonies.My.MyProject+MyForms.get_Main () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at VbDesktopPonies.My.MyApplication.OnCreateMainForm () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.OnRun () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.Run (System.String[] commandLine) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at VbDesktopPonies.My.MyApplication.Main (System.String[] Args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

Edit: This is when using Mono version 2.10.8.1 - the libmono-microsoft-visualbasic10.0-cil package, not just the mono-runtime.

Last edited at Thu, Jan 24th, 2013 17:10

>>43750
I think the person responsible was he same chick who claimed to have legal power to steal everything from us because according to her, our copyright claim was fake.
She was threatening me with an harrasement report after I caught her defamating the group and asked her for an explanation, so be wary of her.

Also, this is my first WIP of Pezuña. He was difficult because there are no full body shots of him and the only official art had him leaning forward to boot.

Finally got my first desktop pony done,
Pound Cake

http://www.mediafire.com/?t5k9opu0kbzp5o5

Ill be editing him into Pumpkin Cake soon

>>43754
I *think* this might be from an incomplete mono installation.

I'm not sure how that might happen, as mono comes ready to go with Ubuntu, so that's pretty bizarre.

Try grabbing the "mono-complete" package, that will install absolutely everything you might be missing and then some.

If that doesn't fix it, I might recommend redownloading the v1.42.0.9 patch (>>43628) and overwriting the files again just in case it got weirdly corrupted or something.

>>43698
Yes you're not the first to ask. I think I'll try and figure out setting up a GitHub repo over the weekend.

Good to know Browser Ponies is still being maintained.

>>43758

Very good! o_0
Are you the same person who posted them on derpibooru?
The other animations were fantabulastic as well.

>>43766
That did it! Thank you! <3

http://filer.net/get/iqdpo3v4mj1vablh

>>43698
Alright so I finally created a repo for the source code at https://github.com/RoosterDragon/Desktop-Ponies for those who want to poke around.

Still new to it all so you'll have to bear with me if any of it is set up oddly. Hell if you want to e-mail me an idiots guide to getting some download links and other stuff set up I'd be mighty grateful.

>>43767
No I wasnt, someone posted them after finding them in my DA gallery, I really dont mind though/.

>>43784
Be wary of thieves ready to sell your gifs then.

I have this error and it really bugs me,

++ dirname '/Users/SuperAliBaba/Desktop/Desktop Ponies v1.42.0.5/RunOnMac.command'
+ cd '/Users/SuperAliBaba/Desktop/Desktop Ponies v1.42.0.5'
+ export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib:/lib:/usr/lib
+ DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib:/lib:/usr/lib
+ exec mono 'Desktop Ponies.exe'

Unhandled Exception:
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.Dispose (Boolean disposing) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at VbDesktopPonies.Main.Dispose (Boolean disposing) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.ComponentModel.Component.Finalize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
logout


[Process completed]

I have
Mac OS X 10.8.2
mono 3.0.3
I've tried the stable one and that doesn't work either

>>43788
Try updating to the v1.42.0.9 patch (>>43628, just copy the files over the existing install) and see if that fixes it.

Unfortunately last time this issue came up I couldn't do anything. Mono does something weird and gives up before I can do a thing.

Do you get the same error with mono 2.x and with 3.x?

Sorry to say I don't have any fixes for this problem at the moment.

First version of this guy's trotting animation.
Pezuña's body was weird.

>>43816
Hmm, it looks a bit jittery.

>>43816
One of the frames is too far to the right.

>>43820
>>43821

Serves me well for rushing things derp.

OK, it's fixed and thanks, guys.

>>43824
Much better.
Uhm, but now I notice that his tail is not covered by his front hind leg, which looks a bit odd.

>>43825
Derp.

And the blinking animation too.

>>43826
>>43827
Nice :)

>>43827
I see the slightest change in color but I don't care.

Last edited at Wed, Jan 30th, 2013 19:07

>>43831

Change in color? Where, so I could fix that too?

Also, I think this guy was called Half Baked Apple. His mane and tail were annoying to make so if you spot mistakes, fire at will. :)

Clippity clop clop in the good sense of the word.

>>43833
>>43834
Looks good, too.

Eh sure why not.
His eyes are being difficult but as for now, here is the first WIP of this creep.

>>43846
Thank you! I wondered why this guy wasn't included yet, but as a non-contributor I didn't think it was my place to request him.

>>43833
Just from the trotting sprite.

Who.

http://filer.net/get/ky1klxspvfomcj77

This was very annoying to make. -_-U (The jelly droplets will arrive later.)

Edit: Argh now the frames have been corrected. (Guys, never try making pixel art when you have a headache.)

And now for something completely different... (This loveable redneck deserves more love, by the way)

Desktop ponies are the best thing ever made :)

Ugh.

I'm stumped so I could use a little help with making the tail less bad looking.

>>43875
Umm,maybe not make the tail move so abruptly.

>>43879

Still not fully satisfied, but it's something.

>>43883
With his tail curving like that,there's not much you can do.

>>43883
With his tail curving like that,there's not much you can do.

>>43883
That looks alright. Still a little stiff though. Maybe have the tip of the tail bounce a little.

I hope you don't mind, but I fiddled a bit with the tail on my own. Maybe you like it.

>>43893
Ah yes much better.
Thanks!

Has anyone done a gif of Nightmare Moon in her battle stance? Or maybe a gif of NMM turning into her mist form and reappear at a random spot? Even better, NMM turning into her mist form, moving to a random spot, and when she reforms she's standing in a battle stance.

>>43896
That would take very long to animate.VERY.Her mane flows.

>>43898
Yeah I know, but a man can dream, right?

>>43894
No problem.
Oh, and I just noticed that his back foreleg turns brighter in one frame. I didn't notice this before or would have fixed it myself.

>>43899
Fine,but you could always try before asking.

>>43900

Hahaha, what the hay is wrong with my head this week.
Ok, fixed as well. ;)

>>43896

Way too much complicated and time consuming, especially since there's just like 4 or 5 people still making animations for the program.

>>43904
I do have an animation of her transforming,though.Just can't find it on my computer.

>>43896
Inspiration time!We already have a blank animation!So then we could just desktop ponify my transform animation(once I find it).Then you could just make the battle stance. But this just my fantasy world.

Full release v1.42.1:
- Added Owlowiscious by Bot-chan
- Ponies should be a bit better at entering their idle animation at the right time when interacting.
- Changing the sound volume when a sound is playing will no longer crash the program.

Choose a download location:
http://dropcanvas.com/viyrx/1
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-f98a6def.html

>>43788
For anybody having this error on Mac, I have changed the error handling in this version so that there's a better chance Desktop Ponies will get a message about something going wrong. Hopefully this error message will tell me something new, enough to deal with the problem.

If anybody with this problem is willing to help me out, try running this version. It should create a file called error.txt when something goes wrong and if you could post the contents of that, it'd be a help. Thanks.

-----

>>43240
I've fixed this up a bit, Twi/AJ and the conga seem ok as long as you don't mess with the ponies involved too much. Still gets messy if you drag them out of place though.

>>43907
I'm intrigued to see how this might turn out. Would be interesting to see this animation, pixelfied or not.

-----

I think I've quashed the most gratuitous bugs, so I probably won't be releasing new versions at such a silly pace for a while. That said, I'll be sure to collate any new ponies into a release every now and then.

>>43909
Okay, the bug I mentioned in this post
>>43687
is gone now, if only because pony selection by letter keys seems to be deactivated after saving something in the editor...

Also, some new ponies/animations where not included in the newest version, so here they are again just in case you missed them. If you had other reasons for not including them, just ignore this. ;)

Crystallized Rainbow Dash by supersayanmikito
http://www.mediafire.com/?c9x79uf1xu8h5j4
(Also maybe crystallized Twilight even though it was never coded.)

Ace by me :)
http://filer.net/get/1oikghkhw0vvc2he

The Big Lebowski ponies by me :)
http://filer.net/get/iqdpo3v4mj1vablh

Last edited at Sun, Feb 3rd, 2013 03:45

>>43912
Well now I just look silly for not paying enough attention. :P

Fixed that bug and added those ponies. I've left out Twilight since I know we need to crop her images to fix the issue with layering.

Links:
http://dropcanvas.com/j95i9/2
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-5aafcddf.html

Last edited at Sun, Feb 3rd, 2013 07:23

>>43914
Ah yes, the bug is fixed. Thanks. :)
But, when you added the sprites for crystal Rainbow Dash, you forgot to update her pony.ini. :p

Also, about Twilight, how about this:
http://filer.net/get/iqwdd4pkxrsbfuwd
I never worked with transparent pngs before, but I think (hope) it will work (at least, it does on my computer).

Last edited at Sun, Feb 3rd, 2013 08:13

Here is a suggestion, team: How about creating a TV tropes article for Desktop Ponies?

Several fanprojects using our animations already are listed there and only one of them bothered to credit us (and it was just a footnote, to boot)

That way we could get an updated list of artists and credits, among other things.

>>43915
I'm clearly not on the ball today.

Twi works nicely, so I'll be sure to include her and a fixed Dash next time around.

I hate to ask so late in development, but I'm not sure exactly how to create a profile to use aside from the default, the readme isn't explicit enough to describe the proper way to go about making one for those of us who are not as tech savvy

>>43923
No problem. It's actually pretty easy. Just type the name of your new profile into the box next to "Selected Profile" and click the save button. You have now created a new profile. You can now simply select your ponies and options and save them as usual. :)

>>43909
The problem of a pony not going into its idle position when it's supposed to still isn't fixed. It happens to other ponies besides TS and AJ. Don't feel rushed to fix it; I just thought I'd mention it so you're aware. In the meantime I've been patching it with a previous release of the program so it won't bug me.

>>43833
Good job...but
This is Half Baked Apple
Diferent Coat and diferent Cutie Mark and you see...

sorry

So here is our favorite barking pony. Have fun. :)

http://filer.net/get/nvwiicf8pipl0vdt

With Hasbro shooting down Fighing is Magic, I think this project will need some more defined copyright limits and harsher politics regarding the use of it's resources to avoid suffering a similar fate.

Hunting down and getting rid of all of those stolen bases circulating on deviantart AND offering officialy approved (and copyright defined) bases at your DA page would be a good idea, so nobody could misuse your resources or feign ignorance whenever they are caught selling your property for a profit.

Better to be safe than sorry, guys.

>>43992
>harsher politics

Um, we already get enough flak from the community as is from what we do crack down on and you want us to go harsher? I'm sorry but I don't think creating more bad blood is a good thing. Plus fighting is magic just got a little too big that Hasbro couldn't ignore it anymore. Our project is still hopefully under that radar and I doubt a base or two up on deviant art is going to change that.

>>43993

You people could create a fixed set of "official" templates, fully and clearly labaled as non allowed to be used for commercial purposes (thus, destroying the "I had no idea!" excuse used by people selling Desktop Ponies AND getting DA to get rid of all of those unnoficial ones used to sell things by people who genuinely believed the thieves were the real creators)
Also, you could make an open statement that editing your current animations is not allowed anymore (thus, cutting out for good the flow of people selling recolors)

People would understand your stance if instead of simply stopping scammers you provided people with the tools needed to create their own things rather than depending of commision stores to get their OCs.

People continues giving you flak because you guys are too nice and anyone can abuse you guys as much as they want by simply being stubborn, as you guys always end up giving up at the end.

Not an exaggeration as I've seen people abusing your work since 2011 and absolutely nothing happened to them.

>>43996
Most of this is already done by us, other ideas are no good for one reason or the other.

>Also, you could make an open statement that editing your current animations is not allowed anymore
This essentially defeats the purpose of this being an open group project. How is anyone supposed to add new animations if they are not allowed to edit them? Why even offer a base in the first place?

>People would understand your stance if instead of simply stopping scammers you provided people with the tools needed to create their own things rather than depending of commision stores to get their OCs.
We already provide people with templates and tutorials. What else are we supposed to do? Supply everyone with their own copy of Photoshop?
Sadly enough, there are quite some people who are just lazy and will gladly fork over cash to anyone offering some cheap recolors.
Also, there are enough people who claim that, by providing bases, we are implicitly allowing them to use them for anything - including making money. Yes, it's insane parasprite logic. We know it and so do they.

>People continues giving you flak because you guys are too nice and anyone can abuse you guys as much as they want by simply being stubborn, as you guys always end up giving up at the end.
Sadly, hunting down those thieves can only go so far. We simply can't track them all down to their homes and threaten them at gunpoint into stopping their dastardly deeds. Because we are nice, after all. (Also, traveling around the globe can be quite costly)

Last edited at Sat, Feb 9th, 2013 13:02

I think a different theory about wath happend

Mayve or the EVO event, they want money and they put the FightinhIsMagic there, hasbro see it and the C&D send becaus they think that 'They are making money indirectly' indifferent if are or not acepted by they...

My seccond theory is based on the fact that the law say that Hasbro (the company) owner of the right if was notify about a potential projectthat can compromise they ownership (in the sense that you can lost ownership over a franshine if you not manage it correctly) of the franshine, and for fallow the law they notify about it to mane6dev team


this is translated in: if all of the Desktop ponies (and derivates like Browser ponies et al) not promote, reseive afiliate or any other silly think about money is was made, and anypony not notify hasbro (or a big groupnotify) you are 'safe'

I don't care if people use the animations I made for anything.

Also, why is Photoshop the main program of choice? It doesn't seem like perfect Pixel art material to me.

>>43998

But the thing is, a lot of people is selling them and being extremely noisy about it, as I've seen people selling Desktop Ponies in message boards and personal blogs.

Like it or not, Desktop Ponies is attracting lots of attention and personally I wouldn't like to see all of your hard work going to waste.

>>44000
That's your personal opinion and while it's genuinely nice, you can't speak for the entire group.

>>44000
I don't know. I don't use Photoshop.
Why is that important?

>>43996
>People continues giving you flak because you guys are too nice

Since when? We get so much hate about how we are unfairly "forcing" people to stop. We pretty much have our own hate groups built to bring us down.

Also, I have to mention, I don't think they can really do anything against art. There are way more people in the fandom who take commissions to get much more money. All profit from DP can't legally be pinned on us because its all unauthorized.

>>44001
I know, But I have loved this project since the day I discovered ponies in april 2011, so I hold it very dearly to me!

Lalala

>>44055
Don't wanna animate flying and walking right now. May later, may forget.

>>44056

>>44055
Holy moly, that's so organized compared to my messy work-station images!

>>44058
Its a small part of my giant 2 year+ work station.

>>44059
Stolen since then: http://creshosk.deviantart.com/art/Filly-Luna-TPP-261641972

>>44060
nope, i didn't make filly luna til this year,

Hiya,I found this great desktop ponies and I always wanted to make my own too^^I got all the templates to make them but there is one thing missing inside..a base filly in psd format..well,some of them have but they are in png/jpg and gif and and it doesn't have any stand base filly so I decided to make my own base filly myself by using all the base details and make them like BASE_PONY does^^

Hiya,I found this great desktop ponies and I always wanted to make my own too^^I got all the templates to make them but there is one thing missing inside..a base filly in psd format..well,some of them have but they are in png/jpg and gif and and it doesn't have any stand base filly so I decided to make my own base filly myself by using all the base details and make them like BASE_PONY does^^

After that,I post it in my DeviantArt's stash:)
Here is the link:
http://sta.sh/05fr13bs83z

Hope this helps to the others to use it^-^
Note:I do not own the templates.

Last edited at Thu, Feb 14th, 2013 21:48

>>44095

If you didn't made the template, then you are stealing that base from the original creator and shouldn't be neither posting or offering it at all.

>>44096
Actually, you have several stolen/illegal bases stored in your DA account, as medi96 made them without permission and has been constantly reported for refusing to give credit or taking them down.

>>44096
Yes,I'm using it but I do not owned the templates.I just downloaded it but not steal it.I've never steal other's artworks unless I give credits for them back.

>>44097
I really really sometimes didn't realize the base to credit it so I didn't said anything though.I totally forgot but not stealing it on purpose because I do not own the artworks.

Last edited at Thu, Feb 14th, 2013 23:41

>>44099
>>44100


You are reposting templates made without Desktop Ponies' team permission, which is already bad. People uses them to sell DP animations, which is double bad and you want to keep doing it no matter what others say so you could get attention or e-fame: Triple fail combo.

Stealing is stealing no matter how many excuses you try to make to defend yourself.

I don't think you should be here.

Will this project ever be free of thievery and abuse?

>>44111
So fluttershylover is not the only one.
well maybe we could have a secret way of spriting, like a hidden dp in one frame so that we know it was an edit of the original ones? i dunno it it could be a big proof for deviant art. but maybe. Well unless they're plan on repaint that part as well...ugh nvm

Last edited at Sat, Feb 16th, 2013 10:04

New thread smell! XD

I have a question for the team working in Desktop Ponies.

Is Yamino still a part of the team?

Because he has been trying to use Deviantart and Tumblr to cause another slam jam over Derpy's return and if he is still one of you, then all of that hate is eventually going to find it's way to this project.

>>44129
...But I just got here...
>>44133
that was new to me. Always knew she was naughty thought.B)
Haven't seen her since trixie, which was around when monkeyjay made the template. I don't see how the hate will be toward us, we love Derpy. Well for me she contributed, so it enough for me. I don't know how the others thinks how ever.

Last edited at Sat, Feb 16th, 2013 16:49

I have Windows XP, and It has NET 3.5 installed, but I'm not sure (I never downloaded it) if it's up to date. A browse through the main folder shows a service pack 1 folder. Am I good to go on installing the program?

I downloaded it quite awhile ago so it's version 1.39. Should I get the latest instead?

>>44142
Yeah 1.39 should run just fine with that setup. If you're worried about things not being up to date - just run Windows Update. That should cover most of it.

1.42 has a bunch of extra ponies and things, although it also requires .NET 4. There's a link in the readme if you don't have it installed.

You'll be fine with either version though, they've both got ponies roaming desktops at the end of the day.

>>44142
You need to download net 4.0.

>>44142
You need to download net 4.0.

>>43172
Well, I try to run the .exe but it opens my visual studio, therefore and all I can see its code, could anyone help me?

>>43172
Well, I try to run the .exe but it opens my visual studio, therefore and all I can see its code, could anyone help me?

>>44153

Looks like your version of Visual Studio was associated with the kind of .exe used by Desktop Ponies.
Try checking Visual's settings to see what is associated by default with it and then try again.

So I noticed that Trixie and Spitfire don’t have behaviors that let them switch between groups so I thought I’d share a fix I made.

Trixie:
Behavior,"take_off_cape",0.01,10.24,10.24,0,"stand_right.gif","stand_left.gif",None,"stand-naked","","",False,0,0,"",False,,,"79,65","79,65",False,1
Behavior,"put_on_cape",0.01,10.24,10.24,0,"trixie_naked_stand_rights.gif","trixie_naked_stand_lefts.gif",None,"stand","","",False,0,0,"",False,,,"79,6
5","79,65",False,2

Spitfire:
Behavior,"remove-suit",0.01,10.24,10.24,0,"spitfire_stand_right.gif","spitfire_stand_left.gif",None,"stand-nosuit","","",False,0,0,"",False,,,"53,51",
"53,51",False,1
Behavior,"get-dressed",0.01,10.24,10.24,0,"suitless_spitfire_stand_right.gif","suitless_spitfire_stand_left.gif",None,"stand","","",False,0,0,"",False
,,,"53,51","53,51",False,2

Also, I’ve noticed that if a speech is set to group 0 (Any) on a pony that does have groups it will never be used randomly. (Trixie for example)

- Added crystallized Twilight Sparkle by supersaiyanmikito
- Add Screw Loose by Bot-chan
- Much more solid fix for ponies not using the idle animations during interactions when they stop moving.
- Initial startup should be a couple of seconds faster.

Download link (patch-only):
http://dropcanvas.com/3wzxn/1
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-4d0db200.html

Full download (with the new ponies) can be found in the opening post.

----
>>44208
Nice catch I'll add those fixes in.

Random speeches must be in the same group as the group of the current behaviour before that can be used. So it's "working as intended" - although I suppose I could make an exception for group 0 speeches and let them play whenever. What do you guys think?

>>44209
Actually, as far as I know, speeches and behaviors set to group 0 were always supposed to be able to play whenever, as group 0 is the wildcard. If that doesn't happen currently, it's definitely not working as intended.

>>44209
Okay, so I like how the initial loading time is much shorter than before. However:

- Ponies still occasionally refuse to go into their idle animations when they stop moving during interactions.
- Soundfiles are not played during speeches anymore.