Only 1MB avatar size?

i want to have a certain gif for my avatar but an error pops up saying to use a gif smaller than 1MB. I found one that was only 1.72KB but it still wouldn't accept it. Something wrong here?

 

They added a limit to the avatar file size: https://www.beamng.com/threads/avatar-animated-giff-limit.45664/
But i'm not sure why it didn't work with your 1.72KB image.
Luckily I don't have to worry about that, my profile picture is only 6KB

Edit: wait, only 1.72KB for a gif? are you sure that is correct?

 

I'm sure he meant a mb. No reason to point that out.

 

I noticed that too. I compressed a gif to ~0.9 MBs, and it wouldn't accept, even though it's under 1 MB.

 

No. I literally edited/compressed the gif that much.

 

I've noticed this before - but with mods - is that files actually have a small increase in size when they get uploaded here. IDK if it is the same for avatars but try a .7mb file and see if that works.

 

Nope. I even compressed it down to 700 KiBs, and it still thinks it's over 1 MB.

 

I managed to upload a 5 MB gif as an avatar just fine (it was 5 frames on a 1300 by 2600 image, I did this 3 hours ago and switched back). It might be limited to the number of frames it can have.

 

Try a tiny two-frame gif off the internet and see if that works. It might just be the uploader, idk.

 

@KJP12 tested it out. he said its fixed now.

 

yep. This GIF is bigger than 1 MB and worked nicely.

 

Nope. I still can't upload a gif. Like @Godzilla! said, it maybe related to the number for frames in it.

 

Hmm... let me try a bigger GIF...
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It appears to be uploading 91 frames JPeg/Gif hybrid with no issues.

 

interesting....

 

My avatar is 2.69 Mb, no problems here at all.

 

maybe its because you uploaded it before they put that new limiter.

 

I cannot use my custom avatar because of the stupid limit

 

Sorry for the bump but apparently a 500kb gif is considered too big for 1mb limit. I brought up the issue a while back and it really never went anywhere.
this is the image that i would like to upload and use



It's only 538kb

here is a gif that is 907kb

this one is considered perfectly fine.

Can somebody lead me to a solution this time? @Nadeox1

 

i think the reason why the size is small is because if someone had crappy internet (we will all here shortly) or a bad pc

the pages would take forever to load