Avatar limit?

[Deleted member 126647]

Well, I've been trying to use a couple older avatars I've had on this site before, but for some reason, now they're too large of a filesize to use. They weren't before, has the limit been reduced?

I mean, I can't even use this image as my avatar, and that seems quite strange to me.

Here's the other I wanted to use, but it's way too large.

Strangely though, the default avatars we can select from are even larger than this one, in some cases.

Either way I'm just curious, because it's a little disappointing that's all.

 

[Archian]

WTF? :emote_huh:

Wait a sec, I'll take a look at it

EDIT: Hmm, it should work

 

[Rui]

You used that 'car' thing avatar before. Why wouldn't it work now?

Btw Archian I'm pleased to see you have that avatar back

 

[Deleted member 126647]

EDIT: Hmm, it should work

Doesn't : P

Hell, even Rui's is 55k and his is working, I'm confused.

 

[DragoonZombie]

try offsite link ?

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Did .

 

[DragoonZombie]

I tested it with your bike and it works fine for me.

Looks like your Computer/Browser or w/e is the problem... somehow.... xD

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Just tried again, got:

For the other picture too.

 

[DragoonZombie]

try upload another image. A very small one like spacer.gif 1x1 px.

And now i'm out of ideas :/

 

[Deleted member 126647]

See? Worked with the spork, was 12k.

The limit says 19.5k, but I just don't understand how Rui's works, and how both of mine worked before, but not anymore, it's strange.

 

[Rui]

Could it be the attachments interfering? Most unlikely, but still...

 

[gromhellscream666]

try uploading the icon to imageshack or photo bucket and set the link of the image where avatar is that allways works for me

 

[Deleted member 126647]

That's what he meant by an off-site link, and that's what I tried as well. Still doesn't work.

 

[gromhellscream666]

what image were you trying to use ?

was it the car ?

 

[Wolverabid]

See? Worked with the spork, was 12k.

The limit says 19.5k, but I just don't understand how Rui's works, and how both of mine worked before, but not anymore, it's strange.

Strange indeed. Rui's avatar was imported so it may have slipped under the radar. No problem there:that avatar has always worked fine (at least from where I sit).

I tested it with your bike and it works fine for me.

Looks like your Computer/Browser or w/e is the problem... somehow.... xD

I would try a different browser. I believe that the Chieftain edits the site using a Linux machine so sometimes things act a bit squirrelly in Internet Exploder. I must often use Firefox or Netscape to apply important changes.

... Still doesn't work.

It's likely that (if there's a bug) only Ralle can exterminate it.

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Well I'm not saying it's a bug, I mean, I admit the images I want to use are larger than the allowed limit. I'm just saying that apparently the limit was higher than it is now, and am curious as to why that is.

 

[Rui]

Internet Exploder

Lol. You meant Explorer, right? I laughed on that one.

 

[Wolverabid]

Like Archian, I have investigated this situation using our administrative tools. As far as I can tell, everything looks kosher.

Chriz. We might have some options. If you can post links to the image(s) (or the images themselves) that you'd like to use, I should be able to upload them and apply them to your account. I could also make them available for all users (if you wish to share them).

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Well, if you think they're decent enough to be added to the available avatars, go right ahead and add them. They're the two images in my first post.

 

[Wolverabid]

I encountered several errors while trying to physically upload a new avatar. If Ralle doesn't scalp me, he might teach me how to do it some day. At present, he, Archian or Bob27 must add new avatars.

I changed your avatar to reference the PASBTN in your Frightening Change icon resource submission. That frightening change seemed to do the trick. If you can't see the new avatar yourself, clear your browser cache and temp files and then re-access the site.

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Yup, it works. Thanks, bud.

 

[Samuraid]

Perhaps any user accounts that were imported were not subjected to the avatar limits. Either that, or maybe the avatar limits were higher in the past, but got lowered more recently.

 

[Kuhneghetz]

Strange, I've tested your Goblin Trike avatar and it works fine to me.

And yet the size of your avatar is far below the max limits.

 

[Deleted member 126647]

What is your maximum then? Mine is 19.5 kb, and the trike is well around 30 kb.

 

[Kimbo]

Heres mine:

My avatar is around 14kb.

 

[Kuhneghetz]

Seems that there are different max limits to different members. O_O

The pic I showed was my max limit. And my avatar size is only 16.2 kb.

Ralle should get his butt up and fix this issue.

 

[Kimbo]

Its odd that both me and Chriz also had file usage upload limits too.

 

[Wolverabid]

Forum Avatars

My own limits are:

Chriz.: I will try to force-feed that trike in there if you want me to.

 

[DragoonZombie]

My max filesize is ~1mb too:

and my current avatar is 41.91 KB big.

 

[Wolverabid]

Well, only the Chieftain himself (or maybe Bob27) can fill us in on exactly why the script that manages avatar limits is different for each user. In theory, I believe that all users should be equal; in practice, this obviously not presently the case.

 

[Samuraid]

It may be due to different usergroups?

I have a little less than a 1MB limit on my avatar, but I wouldn't dream of using anything that huge.