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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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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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?

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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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