I've tried setting the avatar size to 80x80, I've used .gif, .jpg, and .png file types, and I've even resized it down to 50x50 - no go. Any other suggestions?
What error are you getting?The avatar must be 80x80 pixels, or smaller, and be a gif, jmg, or bmp. That is the only requirements.
I think your missing the file size requirement. If you upload a gif that is to large in terms of size ( Mega Bites ) the BBS will not allow it and you have to reduce the file size to some X number of MB's that I cannot recall.
It is virtually impossible to violate the size requirement due to the pixel count.
I just tried this avatar as bmp and it was too big18.8kb vs 9.59kb as jpg
I've got an older system by today's standards that still runs the game well by my standards.
Did you check the pixel count after the conversion? A quick glimpse showed me avatars of way over 25kb...