I’ve requested this before but I’m bringing it up again as my current project could work with it.
On Tsumego Dragon there is a feature to unlock board and stone skins. On this window you can copy the url link to the image. My hope is that the users can copy these links and use them on OGS in their own games.
What users can currently do.
The goal
opened 09:52PM - 03 Jan 24 UTC
feature request
**Describe the solution you'd like**
I want users to be able to set their stone… image, separately for each color, using an img url. Basically the same as what currently exist for the Go board.
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
CSS inject lol
**Additional context**
On my project, I am letting users unlock stone images and goban images. I have a way for them to copy the url at the click of a button. I would like them to be able to use the graphics they unlock on OGS with a simple copy paste.


For discussions - https://forums.online-go.com/t/feature-request-stone-images/50210
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_KoBa
January 2, 2024, 11:05pm
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Clossius1:
I love it <3333
Maybe same “custom url” than with board backgrounds?
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Yes. Image URL for each stone just like the Goban has already.
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This looks pretty feasible.
There is a catch though: whatever image you provide is going to get various things overlaid on it:
The symbols that indicate that it’s the most recently placed stone, thinking stone etc
Numbers when there’s a “move indicator” on them
… etc.
Is that going to put you off?
Initial take on this here:
online-go:devel
← GreenAsJade:custom_stone_images
opened 10:51AM - 14 Jan 24 UTC
Fixes #2481
## Proposed Changes
- Add the ability to supply a URL when th… e Goban stone theme "Custom" is selected.
Needs: https://github.com/online-go/goban/pull/145 , which adds this theme for stones.

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FYI the feedback on my initial attempt is along the lines of “nice looking thing, but more work to be done to make it suitable for release”.
So I’ll do that, when I have a chance.
I’ve found it more entertaining than I expected, plonking down cats on the board
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trohde
January 15, 2024, 10:24pm
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Oh wow … I’m not usually into that kind of stuff (like, TOTALLY not), but your images are lovely, @GreenAsJade
(The white ones could use a little translucency though, I think, if possible, to make them a little less rich in contrast.)
Me too
trohde:
The white ones could use a little translucency though, I think, if possible, to make them a little less rich in contrast
All you have to do is make the image you like available on the web, and point your OGS client to it, and bingo you have it
That cat face is just a random cat that I pointed at, on pixabay
https://pixabay.com/vectors/cat-cute-face-kitten-kitty-smile-1292992/
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But why oh why are both colours cats??? It would be much more suitable to have the black as mice!
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Yep, just work on the relative sizes!
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Size is taken care of.
Transparency is important though…
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fuseki3
January 16, 2024, 11:48am
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These should be transparent. ^^
(Edit, woops, wrong images the first time, reuploaded them)
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benjito
January 16, 2024, 5:10pm
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but black cats are so iconic!
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trohde
January 16, 2024, 5:56pm
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Next up: animated GIFs as stone images?
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Groin
January 16, 2024, 8:50pm
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Never please. (Animation)
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Sadly, animated gifs are not supported. I actually would have liked spinning sun on my board
(At least, for a moment of entertainment )
Fascinatingly, plain images posted here in the forum are supported … I’d thought that you might have to host them somewhere else, but posting them here is sufficient, the forum image URL works - obvious in retrospect, but certainly “a nice easy thing”.
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I’m so happy this is being looked into!!
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The only thing holding it up is that the extra option has tipped the design of the theme picker “over the edge” and it’s needing a bit of re-do
The actual function works (but only on my machine ) !
Feijoa
January 20, 2024, 4:11am
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Since nobody pointed out the obvious answer:
Anyway, this is great, can’t wait to see it in action
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