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4 minutes ago, CriticalCid said:
I'm not really sure how to phrase that more clearly.
That was a design choice by me as it looked horrible to see the background video changing every few seconds while going through the platforms. It was way too busy and destroyed the flow of the whole design for me. I’m not sure if it’s currently possible to make it work like you want, maybe @eatkinola can shed some light on that and tell you what to change in the theme code (in case if it's possible at all)
ok. I just checked everything again, and it STILL is not doing what you claim it should. it SHOULD change the video background at this point, right?
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Just now, CriticalCid said:
I'm not really sure how to phrase that more clearly.
That was a design choice by me as it looked horrible to see the background video changing every few seconds while going through the platforms. It was way too busy and destroyed the flow of the whole design for me. I’m not sure if it’s currently possible to make it work like you want, maybe @eatkinola can shed some light on that and tell you what to change in the theme code (in case if it's possible at all)
yes I read that part, but I thought that was for Platform Catagories. my mistake.
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Just now, CriticalCid said:
Have you tried different Views to see if all of them are affected by this?
The background videos will also only work inside the platforms/playlists and not in the platform selection Views. Sorry for stating another stupid thing as you have said that you have read the instructions and should be aware of that fact but your comment on the normal platform video made me think that you may look in the wrong place.
i did read the instructions, i even just re-read it because of what you just said, I guess I misunderstood. so the thing I want to do is not even possible at all???
I want to change the background video here:
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Just now, CriticalCid said:
It just came to my mind that your image issues could be related to the image cache. Try to rebuild it in your BigBox Image settings and see if that helps.
its not the cache. i delete the entire cache folder often. see previous thread here
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2 minutes ago, CriticalCid said:
You have to create a sub-folder named like your platform inside the "Platforms" folder to make it work. Could you try it again?
I'm not so sure about the images because that's not theme related and a BigBoc feature in general. All I can say on this is to try the images in another theme and if they don't work there as well you should report it to Jason in the latest LB beta thread.
ok. did that. does nothing.
F:\Program Files\LaunchBox\Themes\CriticalZoneV2\Videos\Backgrounds\Platforms\Nintendo DS
same file as before.
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also forgot to mention this issue persists with Images aswell.
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Platform FOREGROUND video's will override, Background Platform video's will NOT.
for the record I put a video here: F:\Program Files\LaunchBox\Themes\CriticalZoneV2\Videos\Backgrounds\Platforms
the video is called "Nintendo DS.mp4"
this same exact video will override the FOREGROUND video if it is placed in here: F:\Program Files\LaunchBox\Themes\CriticalZoneV2\Videos\Platforms
it seems that NOTHING put into "backgrounds" works except for the Default folder.
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5 minutes ago, CriticalCid said:
Do you still see the default video or is the background just black when you enter the playlist?
Does this problem only occur with playlists or does it not work with platforms and platform categories as well?
Is the playlist exactly named “Metroid”? No “Collection” or anything like that in the name?
Have you tried to use a different video?
Does your video work when you put it in the default folder?
Have you selected the correct version of the theme inside BigBox? I see that you have set up a few versions of it.
Sorry for all this more or less stupid questions. I just want to make that we don't overlook anything.
1: default video works just fine, i can dump any number of vids into that folder and it will cycle through them
2: i havnt tried platforms, let me go do that now
3: playlist is named "Metroid" (will grab a screenshot of the default images folder that clearly shows the folder name is "Metroid" )
4: i have like 9 different "Metroid" related vids, Ive tried them all, they work just fine everywhere else, just not inside the theme folder anywhere
5: yes
6: yes, ill grab a screenshot for you in a moment
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1 minute ago, Charco said:
Have you check that there are no permissions issues with the folders containing the files?
there are no permission issues. and if there were, take ownership would have fixed it already.
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ok. i give up. ive spent days (literally days) and asked for help on the forums. I cant get this theme to OVERRIDE videos/images. the only folder that functions is "Default".
someone. anyone. if you have figured out how to make this work. please help me. (and dont do the typical asshat internet thing and tell me to read the instructions, I did, I put the same image/video in EVERY SINGLE FOLDER THAT IS IN THE THEME and it STILL does NOT override the images/play the videos)
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8 minutes ago, neil9000 said:
Cool, good to know.
Glad you got it working correctly now.
nvm. i spoke too soon. it was the Cache that was keeping the logo in place. after deleting the cache and making a new fresh one, there is no clear logo again.... -sigh-
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that fixed it. it has to have the exact same folder setup as the normal images folder. making the folders like this: Playlists > Metroid > Clear Logo > image.png
this makes it work
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1 minute ago, neil9000 said:
Yeah that way will be used across all themes if placed there. It's weird though it should work just fine in the theme folder. Have you placed it in a folder called Metroid or is the logo in the clear logo folder by itself? When you refreshed the cache did you use the refresh all option?
? does it need its own folder inside Playlist??? like > Playlists > Metroid > clearlogo.png
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Just now, neil9000 said:
Ok have you tried just putting it in the main images folder rather than the theme one? It would be Launchbox/Images/Playlists/name of your playlist/Clear Logo.
yes. that is what i ended up doing. it works that way.
but if i ever want to change themes its going to get complicated
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i am having this same issue -.-;
launchbox wont start them, but if i open nestopia and open a rom from there, it works fine.
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Just now, neil9000 said:
This is a playlist not a platform, so it actually should go in CriticalZoneV2/Images/Playlists/Clear Logo. If those folders are not already there just create them, so a Playlist folder within the Image folder, and a Clear Logo folder within that. You will of course then have to refresh your cache.
Hope that helps you out.
yes. this is what i ment. i just typoed platform.
i put it into Playlists and it still didnt work.
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according to the readme of the theme I am using, i just go into the theme folder > CriticalZoneV2 > images > Platforms > Clear Logo > and put the image here and name it the same name as the Playlist. ok. I did that. but bigbox isnt loading it. Ive restared bigbox many times, deleted the cache, refreshed the cache, force loaded all wheel images, etc etc.
Playlist name is "Metroid" image name is "Metroid.png". what am I doing wrong?
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i have set in big box "prioritize soundtrack music over video audio" and this works....most of the time...
Xenosaga 2's video sound ALWAYS plays regardless of what settings I use.
I am doing something wrong? or is this a bug?
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31 minutes ago, kmoney said:
@GunerX You can just rename them in LaunchBox. Just Right click on Super Metroid and hit edit and you can rename it to whatever you like.
Edit: Oh I see what you are saying,my method probably will not work because you are using multiple versions of the same game. I don't use rom hacks so not sure if it will or not.
it works. thanks!
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How do I get big box to display the game Version next to the title? I have some ROM hacks of Super Metroid, they are all titled "Super Metroid: ROM HACK NAME" but in big box its just "Super Metroid" so its hard to figure out which is which
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10 minutes ago, Rincewind said:
I agree this would definitely help people that have lower end PC's and save a load of server bandwidth at the same time, I've not seen a comparison of the before and after image. So if they look the same then it makes total sense too go down that route.
there is a comparison example on their home page. also i compared 3 images (1920x1080) before and after compression, I could not see a difference.
The service is free, try it out for yourself.
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Ive been noticing that some images that launchbox scrapes are very good quality and also very small file sizes....while others are very very large file sizes (6 or even 7 MB for a single image). this results in slower load times (especially when we have around 5,000+ images) and it takes up A LOT of space on the drives.
I am currently going through all of my folders and (slowly) compressing the images into much more manageable sizes using TinyPNG.com.
Heres an example of what I mean:
I recommend that you work together with them to get all images uploaded to the DB to be compressed by their servers and then returned to the DB. They have a developer API section on their site aswell. https://tinypng.com/developers
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what the title says. I submitted changes to Xenosaga I and they were approved, you can see the images here https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/images/5169
but when I rescrape for new images in LaunchBox, I still get the old images (which were deleted) and none of the new images.
am I doing something wrong or should I just try again later?
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I think I understand why they were rejected now.....this...moderation system...needs some work....I am now able to moderate game additions, however, on every single moderation in the que, it says, "New Game" and my choices are "Accept. This game does not exist in the database yet" or "Reject (with various reasons)".However, almost ALL the games that it is showing me DO already EXIST. Which leads me to believe these are not "New Game" additions, these are changes to existing games that are being requested. But due to the way the information is presented, whoever is moderating thinks that since the game already exists there is no need for a second copy of the same game in the database, so they reject it.Can someone clarify this for me?-update-
im wrong. i skipped those new game additions and eventually found "image change" choices.
i did read the instructions, i even just re-read it because of what you just said, I guess I misunderstood. so the thing I want to do is not even possible at all???
CriticalZoneV2 issue
in Big Box Custom Themes
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Platform background video's are working. But playlists are still not working.
here is the "Nintendo DS" video. It works.