Images should be shown in order

[Jacopo Frasson]

Images for each game have an ID number in the folders (01, 02, 03) - why are they not shown in order in the UI? This happens in both LB and BB. An option to custom sort the images (by date, name etc) would be fantastic, but if that’s too much at least make sure they appear in order. Images are not supposed to be randomly ordered, for a game you might have similar images near each other, maybe they are telling a story or they actually were taken in order during a game campaign. I really wish they were shown in order.

[Retro808]

They are not shown in order as that was not the design. The numeric value is not an ordering system. It is due to the fact all images are named after the game (regardless of image type) so each new image gets the next available numeric value. LB was designed to show images at random so, yes it is supposed to show it at random.

Leaving ticket open as an option for users who might prefer some type of preferred view order would be a god option.

[Jacopo Frasson]

Yes I did understand that this was by design, in fact I tagged this as a proposal not a bug. I guess showing them randomly was just easier from a loading perspective. Still, personally I would love to be able to sort them because it enables new uses for LB and BB, mainly:

• using LB as a “diary” of played games, and seeing screenshots in order could enable users to revisit their memories in a way that makes chronological sense
• adding more context to the images when viewing them (for example, custom sorting the images so that all images of one specific thing are one after the other - i.e. all concept art depicting levels is shown as a separate block to concept art depicting characters)
• multi-image screenshots/art could be displayed properly (such as screenshots of 2+ pages of a same piece of text, or two panels from a comic that come one right after the other, or artwork that is specifically thought to be consisting of multiple pieces, like different characters in the same pose/background)
• creating and using BB themes that take advantage of multiple images to create grids and composite pictures

I hope this can be considered for the future, if it’s not too hard to implement.

[Retro808]

Well you asked the question specifically “why are they not shown in order in the UI?” So I was providing the answer. I think it is a good suggestion so hopefully more users vote as well.

I would recommend you also vote for your own request. The more votes the better.

[mark007]

Voting for this one as mentioned here because as a Noob user the randomness confused me when zooming out/in on the LB views, different 3d carts were showing up at different zoom levels. It seems to be this randomness that's causing it. It would be great to have an option to disable that randomness as I would much prefer a stable set of images that are show in in these views at different zoom levels (ie if there is a -01 image, don’t use the -02 for such views).

[Jacopo Frasson]

I think what you mean is that the box-art is randomized every time the view is loaded? This is not specifically what I was referring to here, as I was talking about the other images specifically when browsing through them in the gallery, as right now they aren’t sorted - the background and the box-art are seemingly chosen at random from the available pool every time the view is loaded and that’s a different feature which might need a separate issue. I personally like the randomization there, but I obviously wouldn’t say no to more options.