FlowControl ImageType

[Brian]

The ImageType doesn't often seem to work for the games cover flow. Sometimes I get the box, other times I get the Clear Logo.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

<coverFlow:FlowControl Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="3" x:Name="FlowControl" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" ImageType="Boxes"

                       CurveAmount="0.0" CameraZPosition="9.0" VisibleCount="10" PageSize="6" Spacing="3" ItemZPosition="1" SelectedItemZPosition="5.25">

  <coverFlow:FlowControl.CoverFactory>

    <coverFlow:HorizontalWheelCoverFactory />

  </coverFlow:FlowControl.CoverFactory>

  <coverFlow:FlowControl.Effect>

    <DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="0" Direction="0" Opacity="1"/>

  </coverFlow:FlowControl.Effect>

</coverFlow:FlowControl>

 

Edited November 21, 2016 by Brian

[Brian]

For the BottomBoxesView, it also seems random.

[Maddoc1007]

@Brian ImageType="Clear Logo"  it follows the nameing convention of the clear logo folder in the themes images/platform folder.

Edited November 21, 2016 by Maddoc1007

[Brian]

I've tried both ImageType="Clear Logo" and ImageType="Clear Logos" and both seem to give me the "Box Front" for platforms such as the NES and the N64. For the Gamecube on the other hand, I do get the clear logo, but I'm unable to get the Boxes.

I'm using v6.12, if that's any help.

Edited November 21, 2016 by Brian

[Maddoc1007]

@Brian Check and make sure that the logos for those platforms are named exactly as you platforms in LaunchBox otherwise they wont show.

[Maddoc1007]

For the boxes it should be 

<transitions:TransitionPresenter Grid.Row="5" TransitionSelector="{Binding BottomBoxesTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding BottomBoxesView}" /> and change the grid row to what ever row or column you placed them in in the theme.

Edited November 21, 2016 by Maddoc1007

[Brian]

That's not the issue, I have both clear logos and boxes for the games. Perhaps it doesn't work on the CoverFlowWithDetailsGamesView.xml?

[Maddoc1007]

On the coverflow with details it only shows the platform logo not the game logos.  Also check in LaunchBox and make sure that it is pointing to the correct folder where you have your game boxes in LaunchBox tools, manage platforms, folders tab, click on the platform that boxes are'nt showing up for see screenshot

[Brian]

For the BottomBoxesView on the Platform view, I have

<transitions:TransitionPresenter HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Grid.Column="1" TransitionSelector="{Binding BottomBoxesTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding BottomBoxesView}" >

  <transitions:TransitionPresenter.Effect>

    <DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="8" Direction="220" Opacity="0.75"/>

  </transitions:TransitionPresenter.Effect>

</transitions:TransitionPresenter>

Which strongly resembles your suggestion. But sometimes I get the clear logos, and sometimes the boxes.

[Brian]

I think I found one of the issue. The ImageType you see seems to be based on the selected ImageType in the LaunchBox application. This is true for both the coverflow (on the games view) and the recent games (on the platform view). So there doesn't seem to be a way to 'force' one of the views.

[Maddoc1007]

The only thing i see missing there is the / before the > after the Content="{Binding BottomBoxesView}".  It should be working fine the only thing i can think of is that LaunchBox hasn't the paths set correct to where the logos are are they arent all named exactly as the game name or rom names.

[Brian]

The /> is for when there isn't any content inside the tag.

[Maddoc1007]

Its how Jason has it even in the default theme.  Which is the example i posted in earlier post.

[Brian]

Adding the / would create an invalid XML.

<transitions:TransitionPresenter HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Grid.Column="1" TransitionSelector="{Binding BottomBoxesTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding BottomBoxesView}"></transitions:TransitionPresenter>

is the same as

<transitions:TransitionPresenter HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Grid.Column="1" TransitionSelector="{Binding BottomBoxesTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding BottomBoxesView}"/>

 

The / is just a shortcut. For when there aren't any child nodes inside the tag.

[Maddoc1007]

Yes what ever image type you set in LaunchBox is what will show for the images in coverflow, Saying that you might have set them differently per platform in LaunchBox as the image type can be set differently per platform

[Brian]

According to the documentation, the ImageType would overwrite this value in the FlowControl.

But I found a work-around. When using the WheelGamesView.xaml instead of the CoverFlowWithDetailsGamesView.xaml. It's forces to use the clear logos. 

[Maddoc1007]

Cool i didn't know that kudos.

[Brian]

I think it's some kind of bug. The ImageType attribute seems to be overwritten with the default value in the CoverFlowWithDetailsGamesView.xaml, on the WheelGamesView.xaml the ImageType attribute seems to work as expected.

 

Submitted the issue.

Edited November 21, 2016 by Brian

[Maddoc1007]

Yes it could be, but if its not then when you set the game image type you want in options Images Game Type in BigBox i don't think that the image type you have set in LaunchBox should be overriding what you set in BigBox.