Adding Thumbnail to Route for Upload?

LadyWind

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How do i add a thumbnail into CM for a route i created before I upload it? Is there a general location for editing the description, etc... :sleep:
 
;) You can even add two, L_W. Let's go thumbnailing.

1. Make two .jpg thumbnails.

One smaller ( 240 X 180 px) for the CM/DLS preview.

Name convention: thumbnail.jpg

And one larger (512 X 512) for the Surveyor Front page preview inside the game.

Name convention: thumbnail512.jpg

And put them into the route asset folder. (Open for edit in Explorer in the CM).


2. Insert these lines on the config.txt (Open for edit in Explorer in the CM).

Code:
thumbnails
{
  0
  {
    image                               "thumbnail.jpg"
    width                               240
    height                              180
  }
  1
  {
    image                               "thumbnail512.jpg"
    width                               512
    height                              512
  }
}
Et voilà! Two nice pictures will show up with your route. ;)

Have a good Sunday,

The conventional side of Alberte :wave:
 
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Wow, I didnt know it was that involved. But, I will follow those instructions. Thanks for the info. :wave:
 
I completed this entire process as advised, and it worked fine. However, it seems that smaller JPG (the 240 X 180 px) image is being used in both locations, both in the CM and as the Surveyor Menu's 512 Thumbnail. Do you think I did something wrong, or should I change something line in the Config so that it will read the two images separately? :confused:
 
:confused: if so, there's a middle-of-the-road solution.

Just one thumbnail sized in the middle of both.

Code:
thumbnails
{
  0
  {
    image                               "thumbnail_256.jpg"
    width                               256
    height                              256
  }
}
Make a 256*256 thumbnail. What's going to happen?

T10 will be using it for both purposes. 256 will become a compromise for not distorting the 240*180 too much, and not pixelizing the 512*512 noticeably.

Test this possibility or the one leaving only code for a 512 thumbnail. In this case, Surveyor front page presentation will be perfect but CM3 preview will be more distorted.

In both cases, for uploading to DLS purposes leave the 240*180 thumbnail in the folder so that the DLS checking bot can find it.

Hope it helps. My choice? I always use the 512 solution, leaving a 240*180 for the DLS nitpicking (when I used to upload there ;))

The messy thumbnailing side of Alberte :wave:
 
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