#firealpaca update

[fpacatuto]

firealpaca updates

Firealpaca update from Thursday, 10th of April, 2025:

FireAlpaca Ver 2.13.14 ( 2025/04/10 )

Added Canvas Extensions to the Edit menu.

Added "Ungroup Layers" to the right-click menu of the layer list.

Added bs_bezier_svgpath command to brush script.

Fixed a bug that allowed drawing with polygonal brushes while transforming a layer.

Fixed a bug that caused layer transformations to occur while using the polygon brush.

FireAlpaca Ver 2.13.13 ( 2025/04/04 )

Fixed a bug when transforming layer folders.

Fixed a bug when copying layer folders to the clipboard.

Fixed a bug when merging layer folders.

Fixed Undo bug when moving parts of a layer.

[aghhtdraws]

Test doodle for the @fpacatuto blog using the FA store brushes.

Firealpaca 2.11.5 added a timelapse function so I am just trying it out. it's quite interesting seeing it play back like that and it's easy to set with FA 🤓

Timelapse GIF below:

[factual-fantasy]

I've just finished reading your response for the first time,

First off, thank you very much for the GIF and Video, as well as the explanations. I can definitely work with this.

I've downloaded and installed FireAlpaca for myself so I can start comparing what I'm seeing vs what is supposed to happen.

Immediately, Something stood out as weird to me: You're selecting multiple tools at once. That's... not supposed to happen. I tried it myself, Opened like 20 tabs and just started throwing colours at each canvas. This doesn't happen for me At all.

So I'm gonna give you some more instructions. (Tl:Dr for the instructions at the bottom, just above my little rant)

Backing Up your Brushes

FIRST let's make sure you don't lose all of your beloved brushes. from what I'm about to suggest.

in FA, I want you to go to Help > Open Config Folder

That will lead to a folder that, for me, looks like this

Keep in mind that it could look different for you, I have a fresh install with no cool special brushes. (also I can't draw to save my life)

Now simply Ctrl+A (select all) and copy it to another folder. go to like... Documents or Downloads or something, Make a folder called "Brushes Backup" and Paste all of it in there.

Alright, now to the actual thing I want you to do.

2. and 3. Uninstall and Reinstall FireAlpaca

There is some weird glitch I cannot Reproduce. So Just Reinstall FireAlpaca. this is the reason I wanted you to back up your brushes. Deleting the program and reinstalling will nuke all of the settings you use, so by copying the Config folder, you can easily reinstate your settings.

4. Testing

After you have reinstalled the program, I want you to open it, and mess around for however long you think it will take to trigger the glitch. (which sounded like only a few minutes) and see if something happens.

If not: Great!

If yes: You might want to reach out to https://firealpaca.com/report/ and fill out a bug report, and tell them that you have no way of reproducing the bug. (although I really think reinstalling will work)

5. Reinstating your brushes

Now, after you've made sure that FireAlpaca works, only then do I want you to Open the config folder again and put your brushes back. (simply close FireAlpaca after you've opened the folder, delete everything that's in it, and then copy everything from your "Backup Folder" into the config folder. )

6. Testing Part 2: Electric boogaloo

Then if you re-open FireAlpaca I want you to once again mess around a little and pay attention. Because the Bug might come back.

If it DOES come back, It might be one of your settings/brushes that is causing it. Which in that case I unfortunately have to suggest starting over with your brushes.

To recap: I'm asking you to:

Back up your brushes

Uninstall FireAlpaca

Reinstall FireAlpaca

Test to see if the weirdness is gone

Restore your brushes

Test to see if the weirdness is still gone

--- Rant Below ---

I have no clue what's happening to your program. This looks like some bug in the code that just causes FA to say "Nope" and stop responding to the side bar.

This acutally reminds me of a bug I've been encountering in Unity where the program refuses to open one of the UI pages in the Program's settings, which just completely shuts me out of the settings for one of the input libraries. Funnily enough it actually printed an error in my console, and the error was thrown so incredibly deep into compiled code that I was pretty sure I was reading Unity Source Code at that point.

I still don't know what's happening. Luckily I have Other People to interact with that settings page for me.

(This ask is in response to this post)

So once again I took sometime to test all this out, but unfortunately it didn't take me very long to come back with bad news.

So this is exactly what I did in this order:

I went to my config folder and copied everything into a new folder I created in my Documents tab. Then I went to my settings > apps > FireAlpaca and uninstalled. I then went to the official website and reinstalled it.

I opened up what should have been a fresh FireAlpaca and found this,

The red numbers are brushes that I have adjusted/used. And the "Fire roller (multiple colors)" and "twisted ribbon" are brushes that didn't come with FireAlpaca by default. I downloaded them afterwards from their little brush shop. For some reason FireAplaca remembered my brushes..

And of course, FireAlpaca was still breaking in the way that I've described in your last ask.

So I thought "Okay, I don't care if I lose my brushes and settings. I just want FireAlpaca to work." So I deleted that copied folder from Documents that I made, I unpinned FireAlpaca from my taskbar and deleted the desktop shortcut too just to he extra safe I guess..? Then I went to settings > apps > FireAlpaca and hit uninstall. Then went back to the website, reinstalled the latest version and wouldn't you know it,

All the exact same brushes, in the same order with the same settings. And FireAlpaca continued to break the same way.

So now I'm wondering if I did something wrong.. why does FireAlpaca keep remembering my settings? Did I do the uninstall process wrong? I wondered if that cache thing might be holding data or something? I've heard about that before. But with the help of a friend recently I cleared my Google Chrome and Laptop's caches. And FireAplaca didn't change at all and I didn't lose any of my settings. So that cant help me here..

I wonder if somehow my pen could be a problem? I've dropped it on the hard floor 100s of times. Could it be contributing? And what did I do wrong in this process for FireAlpaca to remember all my brush settings?

If anyone has any advice I would love to hear it <:(( Please and thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏

[kamisden]

if i like characters for long enough they end up in estonian traditional dresses, sorry i don't make the rules

(i can't believe it's the second time i've drawn ethubs in such a pose, dancing)

[flamingredanon]

Strong arms.

[stellara-palette]

Cacnea

#FAEC8C | #C4E4A1 | #A2C27F | #6DA973 | #4B784F | #292F2B

[mothwingedmyths]

ALBA REDESIGN BLAST

[clownkillsyou]

WIFE LOST MEDIA

[rururaragaga]

4evr-wips n doodels of various ocs n randos (pt 2)

[thriftybruce]

my drawing hand/wrist has been hurting since like mid-December, so I literally have not been able to draw any fanart (or like anything that's not assigned work 💀)

to illustrate my point here r some ms paint doodles (if you couldn't tell that supposed to be a wringing machine LMFAO)

[fpacatuto]

New Firealpaca update from today!

FireAlpaca Ver 2.13.15

( 2025/04/28 )

Fixed a canvas compositing issue with stencil layers.

The menu position of "Create new from clipboard" has been restored.

To help determine the cause of an application failing to start, a startup log will now be generated the next time the application is started.

[keiitopop]

i wish firealpaca's lasso tool was as fun as ibispaint's. but you can't have everything in life....,....,.,....,,,,,

[pupple-stitches]

For those who don't know, I'm going to change the story concept of Pupple. Probably completely, but Idk for sure. This isn't to say my original idea will be totally scrapped from my files. It'll just be on the backburner for now as I develop his new story. So... As you can see here, Pupple is the same, but Gretchen, Cory, and Tomoko are now patched up. Why?

Well, I'm hosting an OC challenge (Let's Make A Patch Pal) on Twitter and Bluesky. I'm basically taking comments from those platforms and using them to create a Patch Pal. I used to only draw Patch Puppies since they were inspired by Pupple, but something in my brain clicked and told me to broaden my horizons, so now I'm using all kinds of animals for patchwork plushie illustrations.

For this new concept, Pupple's friends will be patchwork plushies as well. The drawing is just concept art. I might change it in the future.

But yeah, if y'all have any questions or just wanna chat about Pupple's new story in general, be sure to submit an ask in my inbox. I'd love to hear your thoughts on my new idea.

See y'all later!

[famine-ate-the-blogname]

War is calling the police/j

RAH the comic will come out tomorrow instead of this Thursday! I'm just now finishing the cleanup and honestly just wanna get on to doing the new lineup so NYAH WE'RE ALMOST THERE

[ozymoron]

rendering in mspaint is surprisingly relaxing

[sixwingedbee]

Haha not me realizing I forgot the tail feathers at the last second. sigh. anyway an attempt at a birb.

I had a lot more planned to draw but.. I made the mistake of updating my drawing program and uhhhhh my brushes be fucked. So now I have to relearn firealpaca all over again. (or I could just finally use clip studio..)