Issue Changing Watermarked Art in Template

mikebravo

Hi All,

I'm certainly not an expert in GS, but I have managed to download a free template and change the art in it with no issues.
Now I have purchased one with watermarked art (actors) in and I cannot seem to get most of the images to change. Sometimes they show in the Scenes but never in the Preview.

What's the solution please?

scottharrrules43

Can u send me a pic?

bjandthekatz

Make sure that the actors are not manually changing their images. An easy way to replace images would be to set the names of the new images to the exact name of the old images and replace the files as you import.

tenrdrmer

@bjandthekatz said:
Make sure that the actors are not manually changing their images. An easy way to replace images would be to set the names of the new images to the exact name of the old images and replace the files as you import.

This is most likely your problem. the issue comes in where you may be dropping images onto the actors and replacing the initial image but the code itself could be changing the images calling for other stuff you have not replaced. its tedious work but your best bet jus going to be identically naming all the new art exactly how the old stuff was named. don't mess up and capitalize a lowercased letter either. it has to be exact or the devices won't find the right files. image.png, Image.png, image.PNG are all seen as different file names by the device.

tatiang

Also keep in mind that if you drag a new image onto the prototype of the actor (in the Actors' pane), it will change there but not on the scene. To have it change on the scene, you have to drag it on top of the actor in the scene. Or else, drag it onto the prototype actor and then in the instance within the scene, click on Image and then on Revert to Prototype.

Confusing, I know!

Socks

@tatiang said:
Also keep in mind that if you drag a new image onto the prototype of the actor (in the Actors' pane), it will change there but not on the scene. To have it change on the scene, you have to drag it on top of the actor in the scene. Or else, drag it onto the prototype actor and then in the instance within the scene, click on Image and then on Revert to Prototype.

Confusing, I know!

This bug is now fixed in the latest RC.

mikebravo

Thank you for the tips.
I also have the free version of Gamesalad so perhaps the Pro version will be better to use.

beefy_clyro

Pro or free won't make a difference. It will be the code, either a change attribute to change the picture, a change image behaviour added or it could be animations that will override the images you drag to the actors themselves. Go into some of the actors and you should be able to tell what is changing the image(s)