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[A]re edited raw objects files for graphics packs still going to be a thing with the new version?

I very much doubt that. The (seemingly) easiest and most reasonable approach would be to handle it like creature graphics, i.e. you have a separate file that handles which tile is used in which file and allow a more or less arbitrary number and organization of image files for any object in game.

Glad to hear that! Though you should know that Jecowa updated pretty much all other tilesets including Mayday, Phoebus, etc already. The only thing that's still missing is twbt/dfhack, in case you're using that.

Also, the latest release should still be compatible with 47.02.

Do the workshop templates get updated automatically from the raws? The craftsdwarf workshop has two new products (dice, altar) that should be added. I haven't found a way to edit the template so I assume it parses the information from somewhere else.

I'll update it. Any thoughts on what icons to use for the new Altar and Dice?

Spoiler: (Tilesheet for reference): (click to show/hide)

I'm thinking maybe the box thing for the altar and the asterisk for the dice.

Spoiler: Proposed tiles: (click to show/hide)

It looks like the box thing is currently use as the food icon when you aren't using TWBT. And I can't tell that the asterisk is used for anything at first glance.

Some input from people who are more familiar with the game and this tileset would be helpful. These can always be changed later, though.

I think the table is a very good candidate to use as is for the altar. I honestly would expect Toady to just use that. As for the dice, no idea. It would be nice to have some dice dots on the symbol for easy identification, but all the vaguely square/quadratic symbols (box, grate, cage) already have so much uses - normal and inverted - that it's hard to do unobtrusively.
Tile #254 also looks kinda square, maybe we could hide a few dice dots in there. I'm not sure what the tile is used for in Mayday.

Looks like this issue:

https://github.com/amunozj/QS_DF_Graphic_Set-Tools/issues/1

I'll try to fix it.
Alright, fixed.
Scratch that, didn't actually fix the aardvark. Seems it also happened there. Give me a moment.
Made a new release on github. Tell me if everything works!

Sorry for the github mess, I was a bit too sloppy.

The first is that the dwarves are all colored silhouettes, which is incorrect

Delete or rename /raw/graphics_example.txt in your bay12 folder (and also your data/save/<your save>raw/).
That's the example file (and the graphics) from Toady himself and it takes precedence over your custom installed graphics (alphabetical order?).

The second is that all the animals are using letter representations, instead of the animal sprites that Mayday comes with

Please make sure that not only the png files exist, but also the appropriate text files that tell the game which graphic to assign to which animal.
In the AUR I only see some packages with graphic sets installed so it's hard to check remotely.
For reference, created worlds get their own copy of the raws (see above), so remember that when you're trying to fix your issue.
Also, here's the documentation for graphic sets:

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Graphic_set

If you have trouble understanding what the issue is, you can post screenshots of your raw folder and paste the text from the text files here.

Just a heads up:
If you're using Linux or Mac and experience crashes with the new TTF font enabled, rename data/art/font.ttf to something else and it should work.
Apparently there's an issue with the font I made and only affects Mac and Linux users. I published a new release to github with a workaround (i.e. just disabling that font) until I find time to fix it properly.
Not sure when that will be as I'm not too knowledgable with creating fonts from scratch and then troubleshooting.

https://github.com/DFgraphics/CLA/releases/tag/44.xx-v26

New release with some very minor changes to the tileset:

• added lower elevation background to #249 (boulder at lower elevation)
• moved V one px right
• changed Q

I also replaced profont with a custom font that tries to replicate the tileset glyphs 1:1.

Apart from some aliasing that I can't seem to turn off, it's pretty close. Now you can choose your personal lesser evil: random black blotches obstructing text or grey squares instead of punctuation.
I realize that I take away an advantage of TTF fonts (more space for more text) by making it the same size as the tileset. It was an experiment to see if it was possible (it is, but it's quite annoying to get right), and I ended up liking it a lot. You can still revert to the previous font, not use TTF at all or use dfhack/TWBT, the two latter of which I assume is what most people are doing anyway.

I figure creating a TTF font that's identical to the tileset might be useful for ASCII-like tileset authors that want to keep the ASCII-look, but want to use something else for the punctuation-tiles.
If there's interest, I can make a thread detailing my process and sharing what I learned.