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I have a scene file that allows our users to select two sports team logos from Streamline that have information embedded in three metadata fields. One is the location of the team (or the name of the university, in the case of colleges), the second is the name of the team (or mascot) and the third is what league or conference they are in.

That third field is used to display the logo for the league or conference automatically on the graphic, using a script:

Dim LeagueLogo as xpBaseObject

Scene.GetObjectByName("LeagueLogo", LeagueLogo)

LeagueLogo.SetVolatileTextureFile(0, Engine.ProjectPath & "\Images\SportsLeagueLogos\" & Text & ".png")

It really is only intended to sort out the college teams.

For instance, if both teams are in the same collegiate conference it will use that conference's logo:

The issue comes here. If you begin to make a still now for a different sport altogether, it keeps the NCAA logo (because technically the two metadata fields are NOT equal):

Normally, it corrects itself as soon as you drop in another team from the same sport:

I don't know much about scripting. I didn't write the previous script myself. Someone from Ross did it for me years ago.

Is there a way to add a function in the script that would "exclude" a specified list of leagues?

My thought process is this. It only does the "compare" IF they are colleges.

So it would ignore the function for things like the NFL, NBA, NHL, etc.

I just realized that the script only goes to a folder and "pulls" the logo based on a string value assigned in a visual logic.

Here's the logic:

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Kenny Meade

Original Message:
Sent: 11-03-2023 12:00
From: Kenny Meade
Subject: Metadata and scripting issue with a sports graphic

I have a scene file that allows our users to select two sports team logos from Streamline that have information embedded in three metadata fields. One is the location of the team (or the name of the university, in the case of colleges), the second is the name of the team (or mascot) and the third is what league or conference they are in.

That third field is used to display the logo for the league or conference automatically on the graphic, using a script:

Dim LeagueLogo as xpBaseObject

Scene.GetObjectByName("LeagueLogo", LeagueLogo)

LeagueLogo.SetVolatileTextureFile(0, Engine.ProjectPath & "\Images\SportsLeagueLogos\" & Text & ".png")

It really is only intended to sort out the college teams.

For instance, if both teams are in the same collegiate conference it will use that conference's logo:

The issue comes here. If you begin to make a still now for a different sport altogether, it keeps the NCAA logo (because technically the two metadata fields are NOT equal):

Normally, it corrects itself as soon as you drop in another team from the same sport:

I don't know much about scripting. I didn't write the previous script myself. Someone from Ross did it for me years ago.

Is there a way to add a function in the script that would "exclude" a specified list of leagues?

My thought process is this. It only does the "compare" IF they are colleges.

So it would ignore the function for things like the NFL, NBA, NHL, etc.

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Kenny Meade
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I should also add the reason I'm trying to carry this further is because we have occasionally had logos that get their metadata deleted or corrupted and have recently started getting images on-air of two NFL teams with it actually showing the NCAA logo. I figured the best way to "prevent" this was simply to find a way to exclude all the other sports except for the ones that were collegiate conferences.

Or perhaps someone has a better approach altogether to accomplish this.

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Kenny Meade

Original Message:
Sent: 11-03-2023 13:56
From: Kenny Meade
Subject: Metadata and scripting issue with a sports graphic

I just realized that the script only goes to a folder and "pulls" the logo based on a string value assigned in a visual logic.

Here's the logic:

------------------------------
Kenny Meade

Original Message:
Sent: 11-03-2023 12:00
From: Kenny Meade
Subject: Metadata and scripting issue with a sports graphic

I have a scene file that allows our users to select two sports team logos from Streamline that have information embedded in three metadata fields. One is the location of the team (or the name of the university, in the case of colleges), the second is the name of the team (or mascot) and the third is what league or conference they are in.

That third field is used to display the logo for the league or conference automatically on the graphic, using a script:

Dim LeagueLogo as xpBaseObject

Scene.GetObjectByName("LeagueLogo", LeagueLogo)

LeagueLogo.SetVolatileTextureFile(0, Engine.ProjectPath & "\Images\SportsLeagueLogos\" & Text & ".png")

It really is only intended to sort out the college teams.

For instance, if both teams are in the same collegiate conference it will use that conference's logo:

The issue comes here. If you begin to make a still now for a different sport altogether, it keeps the NCAA logo (because technically the two metadata fields are NOT equal):

Normally, it corrects itself as soon as you drop in another team from the same sport:

I don't know much about scripting. I didn't write the previous script myself. Someone from Ross did it for me years ago.

Is there a way to add a function in the script that would "exclude" a specified list of leagues?

My thought process is this. It only does the "compare" IF they are colleges.

So it would ignore the function for things like the NFL, NBA, NHL, etc.

------------------------------
Kenny Meade
------------------------------

I just realized that the script only goes to a folder and "pulls" the logo based on a string value assigned in a visual logic.

Here's the logic:

I have a scene file that allows our users to select two sports team logos from Streamline that have information embedded in three metadata fields. One is the location of the team (or the name of the university, in the case of colleges), the second is the name of the team (or mascot) and the third is what league or conference they are in.

That third field is used to display the logo for the league or conference automatically on the graphic, using a script:

Dim LeagueLogo as xpBaseObject

Scene.GetObjectByName("LeagueLogo", LeagueLogo)

LeagueLogo.SetVolatileTextureFile(0, Engine.ProjectPath & "\Images\SportsLeagueLogos\" & Text & ".png")

It really is only intended to sort out the college teams.

For instance, if both teams are in the same collegiate conference it will use that conference's logo:

The issue comes here. If you begin to make a still now for a different sport altogether, it keeps the NCAA logo (because technically the two metadata fields are NOT equal):

Normally, it corrects itself as soon as you drop in another team from the same sport:

I don't know much about scripting. I didn't write the previous script myself. Someone from Ross did it for me years ago.

Is there a way to add a function in the script that would "exclude" a specified list of leagues?

My thought process is this. It only does the "compare" IF they are colleges.

So it would ignore the function for things like the NFL, NBA, NHL, etc.