apastuszak
Cosmic Mongoose
Same here. I just got 2300AD and book 1 and 3 have multiple missing images and the page background is white. Book 2 I get the proper page background. Haven’t looked beyond that.
The Great Apple PDF Update
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Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
I ordered an Apple Neo, to replace the Samsung tablets, so I would be somewhat perturbed if the Traveller ebooks didn't display as intended.
apastuszak
Cosmic Mongoose
I ran it through PDF Squeezer, my usual go-to for these issues. It restored the background, but the images are still missing.
apastuszak
Cosmic Mongoose
On the Neo, install either PDF Pro or PDF Viewer by Nutrient.
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Both of those use a different PDF rendering engine (PSPdfKit) instead of Apple's built in PDF rendering engine (PDFKit), and these PDFs will render properly.
apastuszak
Cosmic Mongoose
The real culprit here is Apple. I've repeatedly opened a support ticket with Apple about this. I just opened another one today.
That being said, Mongoose is the only RPG publisher that I currently have issues with. And they clearly can work around the issue by rerendering the PDFs. And I applaud them for their effort they did on "The Great PDF Update." They did a lot of work to work around an Apple bug.
I'm going to continue to bug Apple about this, because they need to fix this.
But Mongoose redoing the PDFs is going to be way faster than Apple fixing the bugs.
I'll be more than happy to test any files if Mongoose wants, since I am "all Apple," so I can test Mac, iPad and iPhone for them.
That being said, Mongoose is the only RPG publisher that I currently have issues with. And they clearly can work around the issue by rerendering the PDFs. And I applaud them for their effort they did on "The Great PDF Update." They did a lot of work to work around an Apple bug.
I'm going to continue to bug Apple about this, because they need to fix this.
But Mongoose redoing the PDFs is going to be way faster than Apple fixing the bugs.
I'll be more than happy to test any files if Mongoose wants, since I am "all Apple," so I can test Mac, iPad and iPhone for them.
apastuszak
Cosmic Mongoose
I just vibe-coded a python script that can fix an existing PDF. When I have some time I'll throw it on GitHub. Hopefully, we won't need it soon.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Thanks, but I'm on a waiting list.
Apparently, there are/were only five copies of each colour for the lower capacity, for the entire country.
I've managed to avoid Apple's clutches for two decades, but the Neo is a helluva of bargain, especially considering the current RAMpocalypse.
Apparently, there are/were only five copies of each colour for the lower capacity, for the entire country.
I've managed to avoid Apple's clutches for two decades, but the Neo is a helluva of bargain, especially considering the current RAMpocalypse.
ross
Cosmic Mongoose
Naming conventions and would be a great thing to stabilize. With multiple versions I think it’s super important and useful.
apastuszak
Cosmic Mongoose
Ok, I threw up my script on Github if anyone needs to fix a PDF that doesn't open properly display on Apple devices.
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I tested this on the 2300AD rulebooks and they open just fine now on my Apple devices.
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I tested this on the 2300AD rulebooks and they open just fine now on my Apple devices.
apastuszak
Cosmic Mongoose
Also, metadata in the PDF. A lot of software grabs the metadata and uses it when cataloging the book in its software.
apastuszak
Cosmic Mongoose
Since Claude Code is doing all the work, it added a nice GUI to make it easy for any Mac user to use it. I'll have an update up later tonight.
apastuszak
Cosmic Mongoose
Ok, version 2 is up. I think this ends the script. If you have any Mongoose PDFs that don't display properly on Apple devices, report it to Mongoose, and then use this script until Mongoose issues new PDFs.
This isn't just for Mongoose PDFs. if you have any PDF that has blank images, there's a good chance this script will "fix" the PDF.
This isn't just for Mongoose PDFs. if you have any PDF that has blank images, there's a good chance this script will "fix" the PDF.
apastuszak
Cosmic Mongoose
Before the script runs:
After the script runs:
After the script runs:
apastuszak
Cosmic Mongoose
So, right now you can open the 2300AD boxed set Books 1 and 3 on Books on your iPad without issue?
Not a single problem just went to books and opened them like always. Clicked on them they downloaded from the cloud and opened perfectly
apastuszak
Cosmic Mongoose
Could you re-download the rules and try them again? I wonder if there was something done in an update to the files that caused a regression.
Also, did you get your PDFs DriveThruRPG or Mongoose?
Also, did you get your PDFs DriveThruRPG or Mongoose?
No problem downloading again. I got them in a bundle of holding so neither Drivethru or mongoose but I do have a version also from drivethru and no problem with that either.
