Daniel/Play Tester used some sort of Alfaerie Sets (not 'Many'), without having the buggy issue I did.
Yes, it's not the use of Alfaerie images that lies at the root of your problems with alfaerie-many.
At the moment I cannot find an Alfaerie Set that's not png,
alfaerie-many is not png, and that is part of the problem you are having with it, because you have set $dir to /graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG in your code.
nevermind having all the piece figurine pictures I want for Butterfly Chess, if it becomes necessary/possible (for the sake of simplicity, in my case) to replace my chosen Piece Set in this preset of mine.
If all the pieces you want for it can be found in /graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG, then the misnamed alfaerie-allsvg might do. If not, auto-alfaeriePNG should have everything you need.
Yes, it's not the use of Alfaerie images that lies at the root of your problems with alfaerie-many.
alfaerie-many is not png, and that is part of the problem you are having with it, because you have set $dir to /graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG in your code.
If all the pieces you want for it can be found in /graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG, then the misnamed alfaerie-allsvg might do. If not, auto-alfaeriePNG should have everything you need.