eg if i want my pony to say something like "unhand me!" when picked up, it will not trigger when the pony is actually picked up, only if the dragged behavior is activated through the run button

Please? Some newer canon characters are not in it.

I'm currently using Windows 10 pro x64, and i'm having a problem with desktop ponies -screensaver is not transparent.
I've been already looking this up on google, but i found nothing on how to fix this problem.
Screensavers in windows 10 are just opacue.
Ponies will run on black/blue screen instead of desktop.
BTW, don't try using preload/prelook or whatever is this button called, because that way it will be transparent. Only when time is passes, screensaver is opacue.
Can you do something about it?

What happened:

• I already had various applications launched
• I launched Desktop Ponies while nothing else was currently being launched
• Everything worked normally, switching between my windows always kept Desktop Ponies on top
• Closed Desktop Ponies by right-clicking in taskbar and choosing Close Window. The "main menu" of the Desktop Ponies application popped up in the background (behind other windows)
• Some switching between applications and whatnot
• Brought up that existing "main menu" of DP and pressed "GIVE ME PONIES"
• Desktop ponies appeared, however as soon as I select any window it goes in front of them. They are layered just like if they were a regular window. (obviously, still layered above the desktop itself)
• Clicking on a pony or on the DP taskbar icon brings them to foreground, but only until I focus another window. Same for focusing DP with alt+tab.
• Right clicking on the taskbar icon and choosing Close Window, then clicking "GIVE ME PONIES" does, in fact, fix it. Now they are layered on top of everything no matter what.

Just thought I'd share this. It has never happened on this machine before.

OS: Windows 10 Home (x64)

I got a new computer and now the sound on Desktop Ponies does not work whatsoever. Not on voice lines that should have it, or anywhere else. I have checked in both normal operations, and in the pony editor. I have checked settings to make sure it's enabled (no change from installation on old PC) and all other sounds on the PC in question work fine.

Edit: it just occurred to me that I should mention that I have in fact checked the volume mixer when Desktop Ponies is in operation, and it doesn't show up. By which I mean it isn't in the volume mixer, or in the general sound settings either.

Edit 2 (9/5/21): The issue appears to have fixed itself, sound now works again, even though I didn't knowingly change anything. Might have had something to do with Windows update, but I'm not sure.

Steps to reproduce

• run screen saver
• use the keyboard to exit screen saver

Expected result

Screen saver exits

Actual result

Screen saver does not exit

I am running this on ubuntu 24 with KDE plasma. I've found it runs a lot better when running it through wine compared to how the readme suggests. I thought it might be a good idea to add that as a suggestion for anyone having performance issues with it.

It is so good by the way. Makes me really smile

She's a filly.

I am interested in helping with Desktop Ponies. I've used it for a long time but haven't seen any major improvements. Of course, I never realized it was on Github either.

I have extensive experience with C#, and some with VB.NET. I cannot do art, but I can code. What can I help with?

I don't like how long the loading time of Desktop Ponies is (I mean while launching the application, not after clicking "GIVE ME PONIES").
I have come up with a simple solution which works for me, and could perhaps be incorporated into the real thing.

Here's what I did:
It appears a large portion of the loading time is loading the big menu with all the ponies.
Turns out, of the hundreds of available characters, I only use 4 or 5.
So I deleted everything in my "Ponies" folder except for the ones I use.
The application now loads significantly faster. Haven't measured it, but it is basically instantaneous.

While I'm perfectly ok with the above solution for myself, it is not elegant at all. We certainly can't tell users to "delete the ponies they don't want loaded". Here's an idea in how to design the user interface:

In the options menu, there would be a checkbox called "Only show the following ponies:"
Bellow, there'd be something like a drop down list of all characters and each would have their own checkbox. Here's where you choose what you want. Or perhaps something similar to the "Pony Filter" would be more user friendly? I'm not really sure about this part.
On startup, it is checked if "Only load these ponies" is on. If so, only the chosen ones are loaded up - and at the end of the pony list, there is a big button "show all" which, when clicked, ignores the limitations and loads everything anyway. This way the user can't get stuck if he forgets where and how he had disabled a bunch of the characters.

After installing the latest mono on osx(el capitan) and running the shell RunOnMac.command, the console showed an error like exec: mono: not found.I changed the line 4 into exec /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Commands/mono32 "Desktop Ponies.exe" "$@" and the it worked properly. Is it an problem?

I keep getting this error when I try to run RunOnMac.command file.

Even with only one pony, my MacBook fails to render at a decent framerate and I see flicker all the time. With ponies like Rainbow Dash that do special effects, the framerate goes near 0 and the effects are glitchy.

When compiling I get the following error:

/usr/lib/mono/4.5/Microsoft.Common.targets: Error: Command 'robocopy "/home/kraxarn/Downloads/Desktop-Ponies-master/Content" "/home/kraxarn/Downloads/Desktop-Ponies-master/Desktop Ponies/bin/Debug//" /XO /MIR
IF errorlevel 4 exit /b %errorlevel%
exit /b 0' exited with code: 2. (Desktop Ponies)

"Desktop Ponies in Javscript."

You are able to choose 0 or 1, so why not add an additional option below it:

[text box] of each pony

Something like that. (Where [text box] is an input field accepting an integer)

Hello again ^^
Found a bug where if you start the application via autostart and then do "Return to Menu" on a pony, the menu is locked. Can't add nor remove ponies via the main menu.

Ooo also found another bug but I'm gonna put it in a separate issue 😄 #8

Switched from 2 monitors to 1 and got this little error message when opening the options:

Unexpected Error - Desktop Ponies v1.58
An unexpected error occurred and Desktop Ponies must close. Please report this error so it can be fixed.
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Värdet på 3600 är inte giltigt för Value. Value ska vara mellan 'Minimum' och 'Maximum'.
Parameternamn: Value
   vid System.Windows.Forms.NumericUpDown.set_Value(Decimal value)
   vid DesktopPonies.OptionsForm.RefreshOptions() i _______________________________________________Desktop Ponies\Desktop Ponies\DesktopPonies\OptionsForm.vb:rad 94
   vid DesktopPonies.OptionsForm.LoadInternal() i _______________________________________________Desktop Ponies\Desktop Ponies\DesktopPonies\OptionsForm.vb:rad 47
   vid System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbackDo(ThreadMethodEntry tme)
   vid System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbackHelper(Object obj)
   vid System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   vid System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   vid System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   vid System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallback(ThreadMethodEntry tme)
   vid System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbacks()
2016-01-09 19:33:51Z

Would be good to find the command line arguments inside the readme

Instead of finding out from testing. :)

Also would be sweet if the autostart didn't view the menu at all (like it does while loading)

When trying to having this running while streaming, OBS can't appear to capture it without completely blocking the rest of the stream unless using display capture. If there was a way to have a way to their background window be transparent, that'd be awesome.

Or any other workarounds would be cool to know as well!

Princess Twilight Sparkle doesn't say the voice lines, they appear silently

i tried to create a new profile called "typical ig?", and since "?" is an invalid path character it failed. it would be nice if there was some sort of name validation to prevent entering characters like "?"

Exactly as it says on the can.

I propose the overall structure to be as follows:
[1] At start, DPE allocates rendering threads and output windows, one window for each renderer available, then reads the whole base into memory (~80 MB) and passes control to DP.
[2] DP, according to user`s request, chooses which ponies («unit libraries» in DPE terminology) shall be visible, and then controls the execution via main window, options list and context menus.
[3] It is still unclear for me how DP and DPE shall interact, but I think it might be some set of handlers on both sides, which can be registered and unregistered: for example, context menu handler registered by DP and called by DPE, or options update handler, registered by DPE and called by DP.

From the «binary» point of view, I plan DPE to be several separate libraries: DLL for Windows, SO for Linux and DYLIB for Mac, so it would be up to DP to determine the OS and choose which library to load.

This is how I see it. Feel free to correct and extend =)

Lots of bugs with the autostart functionality ;)
Some settings (or it's mainly one I've found that) doesn't load properly I think.

The Ponies are always on top of other windows setting,

if I start via the autostart then even tho I have that setting saved in my profile, they are not above everything 😞

If I open the options, the setting is checked, contrary to it's effect. And I have to uncheck it, then check it again to, and then save for it to work.

Note: If I launch the app normally then the Ponies are always on top of other windows setting works...

Running v1.58 btw

Hi! I find something that I would like to be fixed. I'm changing the voices of the ponies because I want them to say specific things by putting new .MP3 files. With Rarity I go well and everything was OK but when I tried Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Fluttershy, for some unknown reason the dialogue, even when is short, is cutted before it finish. I don't know what is the reason of this, but I would like to say this if this can be fixed. I really love the program, and I would like this problem to be fixed

Unexpected Error - Desktop Ponies v1.63 An unexpected error occurred and Desktop Ponies must close. Please report this error so it can be fixed. System.ComponentModel.InvalidAsynchronousStateException: An error occurred invoking the method. The destination thread no longer exists. at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WaitForWaitHandle(WaitHandle waitHandle) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.EndInvoke(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at DesktopSprites.Core.ControlExtensions.CrossThreadInvoke(Control control, Action action) in _______________________________________________Desktop Ponies\Desktop Sprites\Core\ControlExtensions.cs:line 86 at DesktopSprites.Core.ControlExtensions.TryInvoke(Control control, Action action) in _______________________________________________Desktop Ponies\Desktop Sprites\Core\ControlExtensions.cs:line 38 at DesktopSprites.SpriteManagement.WinFormSpriteInterface.set_PreventSelfClose(Boolean value) in _______________________________________________Desktop Ponies\Desktop Sprites\SpriteManagement\WinFormSpriteInterface.cs:line 808 at DesktopSprites.SpriteManagement.AnimationLoopBase.Run(Object startSync) in _______________________________________________Desktop Ponies\Desktop Sprites\SpriteManagement\AnimationLoopBase.cs:line 1148 at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state) at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart(Object obj) 2018-07-25 21:33:41Z

This line still has one instance of «1.60» left, rendering the link unusable.

On Unix, the directory separator is /. But the zip file uses \ instead:

I've written a Python script to justify these errors here, I have tested it, and it seems to have worked so far.

Is there a way to put the icon on the notification area (after you close the windows and the ponies appear) so it doesn't shows up on the taskbar, or are you going to implement it on future updates?

Nevermind, find the option, sorry for the inconvienience

i'm using windows 10 but i didnt hear every pony talk (in Volume mixer)