MerlinArcade Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) I have played with "background priorities" under images but it only changes LB and not what I see in BB. I talked about it a few posts ago. Maybe I missed something, I will check again. Edited January 30, 2017 by MerlinArcade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) @MerlinArcade Image priorities are set in LaunchBox, Tools down to images click on background priorities and check the priority see screenshothere is revised platform xaml with banner moved up PlatformWheel1FiltersView.xaml Edited January 30, 2017 by Maddoc1007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerlinArcade Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Downloaded your page but still nothing changed in BB. I saw something interesting in BB though. In the Options>>Images section I found this... and I set it up to "Use Platform Device Image Backgrounds". It didn't work at changing the BK but I might be close to something here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 yes use the platform background images provided you have the images Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerlinArcade Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) 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. Edited January 30, 2017 by MerlinArcade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 @MerlinArcadeas you can see the image has moved up quite well see screenshot did you overwrite the view with the new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) Yes provided that each image is named after each platform for the platform images and each image is named after each game for the game images edit the same applies to all images boxes banners logos etc and each must be in their proper folders Edited January 30, 2017 by Maddoc1007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerlinArcade Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Yes, I downloaded it, the Arcade logo or platform part looks good indeed. The games view however, not so good. 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerlinArcade Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) Btw, this is my Merlin BG image that I have put in the device folders under images>>platforms>>Arcade>>Device If 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. Edited January 30, 2017 by MerlinArcade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 @MerlinArcade No the images that are at the bottom are logos the image in the middle are called banners as for the blah blah it only shows what you have scraped for that game by downloading the metadata in launchbox as have just checked and mine is showing a lot more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerlinArcade Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Ok so I don't need to touch at banners and clear logos here. Now, let's go back to this screenshot of Galaga? Isn't the BG a Clear logo used as a BG? It sure does look like that to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 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 platformsimages games in the images folder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 It is and you must have use platform clear logos as background ticked in Bigbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerlinArcade Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 1 minute ago, Maddoc1007 said: It is and you must have use platform clear logos as background ticked in Bigbox And if I uncheck it, will that make the clear logo disappear in the BG? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerlinArcade Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Just to confirm here before I start playing with pure code. - The platform page is called : PlatformWheel1FiltersView.xaml - The games list page is called : HorizontalWheel1GamesView.xaml Correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) 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 Edited January 30, 2017 by Maddoc1007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerlinArcade Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) 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? Edited January 31, 2017 by MerlinArcade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerlinArcade Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) 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 Edited January 31, 2017 by MerlinArcade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerlinArcade Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) 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. Edited January 31, 2017 by MerlinArcade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 @MerlinArcade Am a mile ahead of you here is new zip delete default vertical and replace with this has your jpg in it as well Default Vertical.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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