WikiTrain System Utilities

Poster Management Block

An advertisement board that displays PNG / JPG images as a slideshow. Place it at a station or concourse to display guidance posters, operation info, ads, and more.

How to open

  1. Place the Poster Management Block (it can be placed like a normal block, on the ground, a wall, etc.).
  2. Right-click the placed block to open the GUI.
  3. The first person to right-click it becomes the owner. When the face icon in the lower right is set to Private, no one but the owner can open it (Access Mode).

Operation (where to click / scroll)

All operations inside the GUI are done with the mouse.

What you want to doHow
Add an imageClick the "📂 Choose File" button → pick a PNG / JPG in the OS file picker
Turn an image's display ON / OFFClick that image's row in the list (the part other than the buttons at the right end of the row)
Change the display order of imagesClick the up / down buttons at the right end of each row
Delete an imageClick the delete button at the right end of each row
Scroll the listMouse wheel over the image list (when there are 6 or more)
Fit to monitor (FIT/COVER)Click the "Fit to monitor" toggle
Animate with a single imageClick the "Animate single only" toggle
Turn monitor linking ON / OFFClick the monitor toggle
Open animation settingsClick the "♫ Animation" buttonAnimation Settings popup
Switch Private / PublicClick the face icon in the lower right

What you can do

FeatureSummary
Image registrationFetch PNG / JPG images from a URL and store them internally
OrderingReorder via swap in the list (with animation)
Auto / single switchSlideshow or single-image display
FIT / COVERHow the image fits within the frame (cropped vs letterboxed)
Monitor linkDisplay on linked monitors via the Monitor Link Card
Animation settingsSlide direction / speed / effect (details: Animation)

GUI primary elements

ElementFunction
Fit to monitor toggleON = FIT, OFF = COVER
Animate single only toggleON = single, OFF = slideshow
Registered image listScroll up/down; per-row display ON/OFF + swap operations
Monitor offline toggleEnable monitor linking
Animation buttonAnimation settings in a popup (animation)
InventoryPlayer inventory
owner-face iconPrivate / Public toggle

Image registration

When you press the "📂 Choose File" button, your computer's file picker dialog opens. Pick one PNG / JPG / JPEG image here, and that image is registered to this block and added to the list. Registered images are stored on the server side and are also shown as a slideshow on monitors.

Monitor linking

[Poster Management Block] ─── [Monitor Link Card] ─── [Monitor Block × N]
  • Link the Poster Management Block with a memory-card, etc.
  • The slideshow plays on the linked monitors
  • One poster block → multiple monitors OK
  • Details: Monitor Link Card