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    From nelgin@EOTLBBS to Digital Man on Fri Sep 26 12:48:56 2025
    In my /sbbs/data/qnet directory I've got 645 *.avatars.ini files, however in the avatar chooser it only shows me a total os 272. Am I missing some step or something? AVAT-IN and AVAT-OUT run several times a day.

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  • From Digital Man to nelgin on Fri Sep 26 11:47:44 2025
    Re: Avatars
    By: nelgin to Digital Man on Fri Sep 26 2025 12:48 pm

    In my /sbbs/data/qnet directory I've got 645 *.avatars.ini files, however in the avatar chooser it only shows me a total os 272. Am I missing some step or something? AVAT-IN and AVAT-OUT run several times a day.

    data/qnet/*.avatars.ini are *personal* avatars of QWKnet users. text/avatars/*.bin are avatar collections available to users of your BBS to use as their own personal avatar.

    For more details:
    https://wiki.synchro.net/module:avatars
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  • From Mindsurfer@FUNTOPIA to Digital Man on Sun Sep 28 18:21:00 2025
    Re: Avatars
    By: Digital Man to nelgin on Fri Sep 26 2025 11:47:44

    In my /sbbs/data/qnet directory I've got 645 *.avatars.ini files, however
    in the avatar chooser it only shows me a total os 272. Am I missing some
    step or something? AVAT-IN and AVAT-OUT run several times a day.

    data/qnet/*.avatars.ini are *personal* avatars of QWKnet users. text/avatars/*.bin are avatar collections available to users of your BBS to use as their own personal avatar.

    For more details:
    https://wiki.synchro.net/module:avatars

    So if i create a custom avatar and have AVAT-OUT (?avatars export) running,
    the custom avatar will be on all DOVEnet BBSes as long as they have AVAT-IN running?
    And if i have AVAT-OUT changed to ?avatars export -share, the custom avatars of the users become chooseable for other users on DOVEnet BBSes?
    Or is a custom Avatar usable by the user who has created it only always?

    Mindsurfer

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  • From Digital Man to Mindsurfer on Sun Sep 28 12:27:48 2025
    Re: Avatars
    By: Mindsurfer to Digital Man on Sun Sep 28 2025 06:21 pm

    For more details:
    https://wiki.synchro.net/module:avatars

    So if i create a custom avatar and have AVAT-OUT (?avatars export) running, the custom avatar will be on all DOVEnet BBSes as long as they have AVAT-IN running?

    Correct, as in, your custom avatar will be displayed along with your content (e.g. network-posted messages).

    And if i have AVAT-OUT changed to ?avatars export -share, the custom avatars of the users become chooseable for other users on DOVEnet BBSes?

    No, -share is for exporting custom avatar *collections* typically created by the sysop (not users). I think the documentation covers this pretty well:
    https://wiki.synchro.net/module:avatars

    Or is a custom Avatar usable by the user who has created it only always?

    A custom personal user avatar is not available in the avatar chooser for other users to easily/automatically reuse (whether the avatar was exported to a network or not).
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