Photo Booth

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The Photo Booth is a members-only feature released with the Photo Booth and Forum Avatars on 7 October 2009. It allows a player to take an in-game photo of their character for use as an avatar on the RuneScape forums.

It is recommended that you visit a bank or perhaps even your Player-owned house prior to visiting the photo booth, where you may dress up in whatever costume that you want to be photographed in. At the moment, all that is seen on the forums is a "head and shoulder" shot. In other words, it will only display items that can be seen on your head or upper body. The result is similar to what is seen in the dialogue box when you talk to NPCs.

Players can talk to Iconis to get a quick overview on how the Photo Booth works, but they can also simply walk into the booth by right clicking "Enter Photo Booth" to have their image taken. Iconis' tent is located near Falador, north of the Makeover Mage. Due to the Photo Booth being located north of the members' gate, only members may have Forum avatars.

The full body shot currently does not have any use in the official RuneScape website, however when visiting a player's Adventurer's Log, the full body shot can be seen, as well as the head shot. This feature is still in the beta stage.

[edit] Restrictions

The Photo Booth has a few restrictions in place, to ensure it works smoothly. In order to limit players who constantly change their mind about the photo, this action can only be done again at least two hours after the last visit to the photo booth. Also, no lent items can be taken into the Photo Booth, only items that the player owns.

[edit] Use on external sites

Images captured via the Photo Booth can also be displayed on applicable fan sites and on the user page of this wiki. To reference these images, it is recommended that you use the following syntax that Jagex has established for character avatars:

The following formats should be used:

Body shot: http://avatar-rs.runescape.com/<your character name>/full.gif
Head shot: http://avatar-rs.runescape.com/<your character name>/chat.gif

Note: "<your character name>" is not your display name, it is the username you use to log in to the website with.

[edit] Glitches

• There is a glitch that if you try to perform a Teleport Spell while still in the tent (after taking your photo) you will do the teleportation process but you will not go anywhere, causing you to waste your runes and/or tablets and you will lose the picture you just took.
• If a player somehow manages to use the photo booth while inside the penguin suit or holding a monkey greegree, Iconis will say "Aww how cute. Sorry, but I'm afraid this service is for humans only." This is most likely directed at bug abusers who would try to obtain a glitch avatar. Despite this, a few Jagex mods have somehow managed to take a picture of them as squirrels, monkeys, and even wearing the bedsheet, an item that can only be worn in Port Phasmatys.
• If a player gets a random event while in the photo booth, after completing the random event they will be teleported to a small building behind Lumbridge Castle and will have to make their way back to the booth again.