Community Theme Creator 3.2.5

10 hours ago, reddcxiii said:

Yep, that's correct! I hope it's possible, and if I find out how, I'll definitely let you know!

like this?

add User Source, position and size it 

Scroll down thru the properties until you get to "Common"

Click "New", give it a name, press OK

Type the following or copy/paste from here

<transitions:TransitionPresenter  TransitionSelector="{Binding ImageTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding ImageView}" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" />

Click "Save"

You will get an error (it doesnt like TransitionPresenter)  Ignore it and uncheck "Designer Friendly"

Now, you will not receive any errors.

When you publish, this code is embedded inside your view

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 21, 2023 by y2guru

4 hours ago, y2guru said:

like this?

add User Source, position and size it 

Scroll down thru the properties until you get to "Common"

Click "New", give it a name, press OK

Type the following or copy/paste from here

<transitions:TransitionPresenter  TransitionSelector="{Binding ImageTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding ImageView}" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" />

Click "Save"

You will get an error (it doesnt like TransitionPresenter)  Ignore it and uncheck "Designer Friendly"

Now, you will not receive any errors.

When you publish, this code is embedded inside your view

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you! I will give that a try next chance I get! Now I just need to figure out how to edit the selection box to change the color and resize it. I've seen it look different on other themes, so I know it's possible somehow

13 hours ago, y2guru said:

like this?

add User Source, position and size it 

Scroll down thru the properties until you get to "Common"

Click "New", give it a name, press OK

Type the following or copy/paste from here

<transitions:TransitionPresenter  TransitionSelector="{Binding ImageTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding ImageView}" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" />

Click "Save"

You will get an error (it doesnt like TransitionPresenter)  Ignore it and uncheck "Designer Friendly"

Now, you will not receive any errors.

When you publish, this code is embedded inside your view

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is for showing the 3D Box Model, correct? I went through the steps but I just get the Box Front in the User Source when in BB, it's not building the 3D Model. Maybe I'm missing a setting.

21 minutes ago, PiperCalls said:

try it on the Games text list view (as i had it)

2 hours ago, y2guru said:

try it on the Games text list view (as i had it)

Same..it wouldn't let me import that xaml to that view for some reason, kept crashing CTC so I just built a new one for that view but it still just shows the box front.

13 minutes ago, PiperCalls said:

Same..it wouldn't let me import that xaml to that view for some reason, kept crashing CTC so I just built a new one for that view but it still just shows the box front.

i dont think you followed my steps.  what type of ui element are you using to show that box front?

22 minutes ago, y2guru said:

i dont think you followed my steps.  what type of ui element are you using to show that box front?

That's a distinct possibility. I tried to follow your instructions...User Source/Common.

6 minutes ago, PiperCalls said:

That's a distinct possibility. I tried to follow your instructions...User Source/Common.

im assuming you unchecked designer friendly (otherwise it throws an error message)

i believe you need to change your bigbox settings to show the 3D model now that the code is in place

9 minutes ago, y2guru said:

im assuming you unchecked designer friendly (otherwise it throws an error message)

i believe you need to change your bigbox settings to show the 3D model now that the code is in place

I believe I have it set to show in BB, unless this isn't the correct setting...

@y2guru Howdy Dave:

Not sure if it's a fix needed in CTC or error on my part. I just noticed that the last theme I did entirely with 2.5 has an issue with selected item video (HorizontalWheel1GamesView) isn't going full screen quite right. Looks right it CTC, I only see it after I publish it. It's like the video is either shifted left or cutting off about 30-40 pixels on the right side or not stretching correctly after it's published.

Screenshot showing fanart (full screen, stretched) is working correct

Fanart fades out and video fades in at 3 seconds it is missing on the right side (white arrow)

All's fine in the platform views though with the same settings (full screen & stretch)

 

Any ideas my friend?

Edited February 21, 2023 by The Papaw

8 minutes ago, The Papaw said:

@y2guru Howdy Dave:

Not sure if it's a fix needed in CTC or error on my part. I just noticed that the last theme I did entirely with 2.5 has an issue with selected item video (HorizontalWheel1GamesView) isn't going full screen quite right. Looks right it CTC, I only see it after I publish it. It's like the video is either shifted left or cutting off about 30-40 pixels on the right side or not stretching correctly after it's published.

Screenshot showing fanart (full screen, stretched) is working correct

Fanart fades out and video fades in at 3 seconds it is missing on the right side (white arrow)

All's fine in the platform views though with the same settings (full screen & stretch)

 

Any ideas my friend?

Change bigbox settings to use windows media player instead of vlc

20 minutes ago, y2guru said:

Change bigbox settings to use windows media player instead of vlc

It was. I noticed it is doing it on oddball sized videos (like from steam). I replaced one with a youtube video that was 1280x720 and it works fine, it seem to not be stretching the oddball ones quite right.

I noticed the video options doesn't provide a stretch BOTH like images, is it only stretching it one way, like vertical only?? Just curious

Edited February 21, 2023 by The Papaw

1 minute ago, The Papaw said:

It was. I noticed it is doing it on oddball sized videos (like from steam). I replaced one with a youtube video that was 1280x720 and it works fine, it seem to not be stretching the oddball ones. I noticed the video options doesn't provide a stretch BOTH like images, is it only stretching it one way, like vertical only?? Just curious

The selected Item Video has a retain aspect ratio or stretch setting, if set to stretch it should work just fine

1 minute ago, y2guru said:

The selected Item Video has a retain aspect ratio or stretch setting, if set to stretch it should work just fine

That's what I thought. I have it set to full screen and stretch...

the videos downloaded from Steam appear to be 854x480 for me, odd?

15 minutes ago, The Papaw said:

That's what I thought. I have it set to full screen and stretch...

the videos downloaded from Steam appear to be 854x480 for me, odd?

then they will stretch,  if the videos themselves contain black borders that's an entirely different issue

no black borders, here is one of them from a game called "Dave" . Maybe when you have time you can test with it.

 

I don't know if it will download right, after thought, so here is a zip of it
Dave-01.7z

I can convert all of them on my system, that helps me, but not folks that use the theme that may have the same issue, ya know?

29 minutes ago, The Papaw said:

no black borders, here is one of them from a game called "Dave" . Maybe when you have time you can test with it.

I don't know if it will download right, after thought, so here is a zip of it
Dave-01.7z

I can convert all of them on my system, that helps me, but not folks that use the theme that may have the same issue, ya know?

its the video, it has a black border only on the right hand side, it displays this way too within the CTC

10 hours ago, y2guru said:

its the video, it has a black border only on the right hand side, it displays this way too within the CTC

Something is very strange, I think it is actually WMP.

If I play the videos in question with Movies & TV player (not sure if that is the actual name of the newer windows player) or if I load it into Premiere Pro, I don't see any black border. So I tried changing the video player to VLC in BB and no more black border. Strange, I am not sure what would be the best way to approach this one, not for me personally, but other community folks that might be having this issue as well because of WMP. We already know CTC created themes doesn't play as well with VLC as well as it does with WMP.

Edited February 22, 2023 by The Papaw

I've gone through all settings in BB, any ref to 3D Box Model is turned on. I am only able to get the Box Front image to show. I've also tried in multiple views, including the Text List view. Is it possible this isn't the correct code to show/generate the 3D Model?

<transitions:TransitionPresenter  TransitionSelector="{Binding ImageTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding ImageView}" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" />

On 2/20/2023 at 11:22 AM, PiperCalls said:

Hi, sry no help I just did my first theme with CTC but was wondering are you trying to show the generated 3D Box instead of the pre-made 3D Box artwork? I was interested in this as well if so since many games don't have 3D Box artwork available. I believe C-Beats said it was possible in a theme so hoping you find a way in CTC.

You should ask C-Beats what XAML code is required in order to display the 3D Model of the selected Game

I found this from another post in the forum somewhere, so full credit to that guy. So the one I use is:

<coverFlow:FlowModel DataContext="{Binding ActiveGame}" RotationAxis="0.2,1,0" RotationAngle="0" CanManuallyRotate="True" FieldOfView="30" />

Make sure "designer friendly" is unticked.

 

edit: it may have been C-Beats, I honestly can't remember.

Edited February 24, 2023 by Belgarath

25 minutes ago, Belgarath said:

I found this from another post in the forum somewhere, so full credit to that guy. So the one I use is:

<coverFlow:FlowModel DataContext="{Binding ActiveGame}" RotationAxis="0.2,1,0" RotationAngle="0" CanManuallyRotate="True" FieldOfView="30" />

Make sure "designer friendly" is unticked.

 

edit: it may have been C-Beats, I honestly can't remember.

Did you put that in the user source and it generates the 3d model? i'm trying to look through the new themes like c-beats mentioned to see how to get it to generate, but all the themes seem to use the 3d model in the cover flow whereas i want to use it in place of the box artwork. c-beats did mention that it should be able to be used. i just don't know enough about xaml atm.

On 2/20/2023 at 10:19 PM, y2guru said:

like this?

add User Source, position and size it 

Scroll down thru the properties until you get to "Common"

Click "New", give it a name, press OK

Type the following or copy/paste from here

<transitions:TransitionPresenter  TransitionSelector="{Binding ImageTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding ImageView}" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" />

Click "Save"

You will get an error (it doesnt like TransitionPresenter)  Ignore it and uncheck "Designer Friendly"

Now, you will not receive any errors.

When you publish, this code is embedded inside your view

 

I finally got a chance to try this out, but the selection box is still empty when I uncheck "Designer Friendly." and before I unchecked it, the whole screen was black and I followed the steps thoroughly. Any suggestions?

 

 

 

 

 

I take it back It works!! It just doesn't show up in CTC, which is not a big deal! Thank you.