Forte problem

lerb · 07-22-10, 04:11 AM

Hey guys!

Have a problem which I can't seem to solve on my own, so figured I'd ask here.

In my latest compilation I'm using Forte for cooldown/debuff/ability monitoring. I'll just start off with a screenshot of my problem since I've kind of reached the limit of my skills at English at this moment.

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As you can see, the backdrop in the forte-window wont stretch out all the way to the border. It's simply a thin line in the middle. I've tried to set this up in different ways in the forte config, and it seems that when I size up my border texture, the background gets smaller and smaller, and unfortunately I haven't found an option to make the background bigger again. Usually addons have a "background inset" option but i cant find one.

Anyone that can shed some light on this one for me?

xandora · 07-22-10, 04:51 AM

You may be using a texture that isn't being scaled correctly by Forte. Probably a statusbar texture instead of a background texture?

lerb · 07-22-10, 05:20 AM

Hm that sounds very likely, I'll get right to it!

Edit: Hm. No that doesn't seem to fix the problem. I tried a couple of textures, and they actually do scale as they should, except they dont cover the last maybe 20 pixels out to the borders. If i have 2 or 8 bars running doesnt seem to matter, its still about 20 pixels between background border. Just as if i had set an "Background inset" option to "-20".

Here's a screen of my settings, if that helps. I've stared and this and tried different things without any luck.

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cormanthor · 07-22-10, 05:57 PM

It may not be the solution you're looking for, but a possible work-around would be to use a solid color background, as opposed to an image.

lerb · 07-24-10, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by cormanthor

It may not be the solution you're looking for, but a possible work-around would be to use a solid color background, as opposed to an image.

Yeah but the option "frame background" changes the color of the border aswell, so that doesn't really work either, since i want the color of the border to match the other borders in the UI.

One thing i've noticed though is that the custom border and background that i am using are both .png files, and the "original" borders and backgrounds that comes with Forte is .blp files. Does this matter, and what are .blp files? Obviously textures, but why the odd extention?

**Seerah** · 07-24-10, 10:33 AM

I didn't think WoW read .png files. .blp and .tga though, it does.