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3 minutes ago, Maddoc1007 said:

yes use the platform background images provided you have the images

I have the BG file alright but I don't see a "browse" button in BB to select my image BG. I thought that just selecting  "Use Platform Device Image Backgrounds" would be enough.


 

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Yes, I downloaded it, the Arcade logo or platform part looks good indeed.

6.jpgThe games view however, not so good.

7.jpg

Is there a way to add more text than Developer name? I thought there were more blah blah.

Ok so let me get this straight here because there is a lot to cover.

The clear logos in the wheel are called banners or is it the background image of that game?
 

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Btw, this is my Merlin BG image that I have put in the device folders under images>>platforms>>Arcade>>Device

MainBGV.jpgIf you found a way in either BB or LB using banners or backgrounds and checkboxes to display this BG in just one of your games, let me know and I will copy what you did. Right now, I'm a bit confused.

 

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if you want that image for all your platforms you would need to copy it for as any platforms you have and rename each copy to perspective platform and then the same for games as there is no way at moment to set a single default background for games see screenshots images platformsUntitled1.pngimages games in the images folder

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yes but the images are hard coded in the backend by jason this is the line for the background fanart video

<transitions:TransitionPresenter TransitionSelector="{Binding BackgroundTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding BackgroundView}" Height="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualHeight}" Width="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualWidth}" IsContentVideo="true" />

and there is no way to code it to use a single image for all games or all platforms you would need to create a bitbucket ticket for that and then have enough people to vote for it to make it a priority

 

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Correct me if I'm wrong but the code for the background is not the video line but the line under it regarding "Clear logos"..  It even talk about the stretch part.

        <coverFlow:FlowControl x:Name="FlowControl" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Grid.Column="0" ImageType="Clear Logo"

 

What if we rename "Clear Logo" with "Device"?

My logic here is to find the line of code in the page PlatformWheel1FiltersView.xaml that makes the background image appear in the back of the page and then copy paste it into the HorizontalWheel1GamesView.xaml page.

Follow my logic here? 
 

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Ok nevermind, the line on both pages is the same and it's the line you posted above..

       <transitions:TransitionPresenter TransitionSelector="{Binding BackgroundTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding BackgroundView}" Height="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualHeight}" Width="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualWidth}" IsContentVideo="true" />

I know however that we can remove the BG by removing that line in the games page so no more clear logos as BG but that doesn't help me because it leaves a big black BG and that's worse than a stretched clear logo hehe.

Damn!

I thought XAML was like HTML!

It would have been so easy to just remove that transitions line and replace it with a line line this...



 

<img src="path/bg.jpg">.

I mean you know xaml, isn't there something similar to this that we can do in the games page?

I saw a visual studio tutorial yesterday where Jason added a picture of a cat on top of the keyboard map and he entered the direct path of the image if I remember well.

I found it and he talks about adding an image path around 9m01s




 

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I'm looking at Jason's video and I try to add the image code line

<Image source="MainBGV.jpg" />
 

or this one like Jason says

<Image source="pack://siteoforigin:,,,/Themes/Merlin/MainBGV.jpg"  />
 

in the HorizontalWheel1GamesView.xaml page but I keep getting an error. Damn it, I know I'm close.

I have placed the jpg BG image in the same dir as the xaml page for now.



 

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