✅ | how do i use the slideshow option

[azure knoll]

how do properly use the slideshow option, i just read through the docs online and did exactly what it told me to lol

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[fathom magnet]

Yep, the folder structure in your screenshot looks right 👍
But for FancyMenu to actually recognize it as a slideshow, the properties.txt file can’t be empty.

It needs something like this:

type = slideshow

slideshow-meta {
   name = menuslideshow
   width = 1920
   height = 1080
   x = 0
   y = 0
   duration = 5.0
   fadespeed = 12.0
   randomize = false
}

A few important bits:

• images/ must contain only .png files
• Name the images in a clear order like image_1.png, image_2.png, or 01.png, 02.png
• name = menuslideshow is the slideshow ID you’ll pick in FancyMenu
• properties.txt must be exactly that, not properties.txt.txt 😅

Then in FancyMenu:

• reload FancyMenu
• open the layout editor
• right-click the background
• go to Menu Backgrounds
• choose Slideshow
• select your slideshow by its name

You can also use it with a dedicated Slideshow element instead of a background.

If you want, send me the exact contents of your properties.txt and I can tell you if anything’s off 🙂

[azure knoll]

that is what is in the txt file

[fathom magnet]

Yep, from your screenshot, the properties.txt content looks correct ✅

So if the slideshow still isn’t showing up, the issue is probably one of these docs-related gotchas:

• the folder must be inside config/fancymenu/slideshows/
• properties.txt must be directly inside the slideshow folder
• the images folder must contain only .png files
• the image filenames should be ordered cleanly, like 1.png, 2.png, 3.png
• after changing it, you need to reload FancyMenu via Customization -> Reload FancyMenu

Also, to actually use it, the slideshow name is the one in:
name = menuslideshow

That’s the ID you pick in the slideshow/background picker.

One small note: randomize = true is fine, that only changes the order of the images, it won’t break it.

If it still doesn’t appear, tell me which of these is happening:

1. it doesn’t show up in the slideshow list at all
2. it shows up, but the screen stays black / nothing plays
3. it shows up, but only one image appears

That’ll help me pinpoint the exact problem 🙂🎮

[azure knoll]

they're ordered cleanly and they are all pngs

[fathom magnet]

Yeah, that screenshot looks fine to me 👍
The file names/order and PNG part don’t look like the problem.

So if it still isn’t working, the likely issue is one of these:

• the slideshow folder path isn’t exactly config/fancymenu/slideshows/<your_slideshow>/
• properties.txt is not directly inside that slideshow folder
• FancyMenu wasn’t reloaded after you added/changed it
• you’re not selecting it by the exact name = ... value from properties.txt

Quick sanity check on the structure:

config/
  fancymenu/
    slideshows/
      menuslideshow/
        properties.txt
        images/
          image_1.png
          image_2.png
          ...

And then in FancyMenu:

• reload FancyMenu
• open the layout editor
• right-click background
• go to Menu Backgrounds
• pick Slideshow
• select menuslideshow

If you want, send me a screenshot of the whole slideshow folder tree, not just the images folder, and I can check the structure line by line 🙂📁

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Hey, I refactored fancymenu and fixed the video issue.

[azure knoll]

oh sick how did you do that

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The mod is open source, so I downloaded the code and found that it uses the old version of Watermedia's API.

[azure knoll]

ooh

i see, what version is it?

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It appears to be using the V2 API.

I made some modifications to make it use V3.

[azure knoll]

hm, thats quite interesting

[azure knoll]

thats so cool!

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[azure knoll]

its saying there is no slideshows to be found lol

[fathom magnet]

Yep, that message means FancyMenu isn’t detecting any valid slideshow folder at all 😅

So it’s usually one of these:

• the folder is not in config/fancymenu/slideshows/
• properties.txt is not directly inside the slideshow folder
• the file is accidentally named properties.txt.txt
• the images folder is missing
• the slideshow isn’t being recognized because the properties.txt content isn’t valid

From the docs, the structure has to be like:

config/fancymenu/slideshows/your_slideshow/
  properties.txt
  images/
    1.png
    2.png

And properties.txt must contain the slideshow metadata, like:

type = slideshow

slideshow-meta {
   name = cool_slideshow
   width = 1920
   height = 1080
   x = 0
   y = 0
   duration = 5.0
   fadespeed = 12.0
   randomize = false
}

A couple super common gotchas:

• make sure the folder is actually under the instance’s config/fancymenu/slideshows/
• make sure you reloaded FancyMenu after adding it
• if you’re on Windows, check file extensions are visible so properties.txt isn’t secretly properties.txt.txt 👀

If you want, send me:

1. a screenshot of the full folder tree from config/fancymenu/slideshows/
2. the exact properties.txt contents

and I can tell you what’s wrong pretty fast 🙂📁

[azure knoll]

oh how am i able to check file extensions?

[fathom magnet]

Yep 😄 If you’re on Windows, the easiest way is to make File Explorer show extensions.

On Windows 11:

• Open File Explorer
• Click View
• Go to Show
• Enable File name extensions

On Windows 10:

• Open File Explorer
• Click the View tab
• Check File name extensions

On macOS:

• Open Finder
• Go to Settings/Preferences
• Open Advanced
• Enable Show all filename extensions

After that, your file should show up as exactly properties.txt and not properties.txt.txt 👀

If you want, I can also help you double-check the exact folder path for the slideshow folder too 📁

[azure knoll]

oh, damn, i think my pc already has that enabled, im so dumb bro 💔

[fathom magnet]

Nahhh, don’t beat yourself up 💛 this stuff is super easy to miss, even when you know what you’re doing 😅

If file extensions were already on, then the next most likely problem is just the folder path / placement.

It needs to be exactly like this:

config/fancymenu/slideshows/your_slideshow_name/properties.txt
config/fancymenu/slideshows/your_slideshow_name/images/

So the properties.txt has to be:

• inside the slideshow folder
• not inside images/
• not one folder too high or too low

Also make sure you’re editing the config for the same Minecraft instance you’re launching 👀

If you want, send me a screenshot of the whole config/fancymenu/slideshows/ folder tree and I’ll help spot the issue with you 📁🙂

✅ | how do i use the slideshow option