Prestashop: How to make home slider fade in version 1.6

Open yourdomain/themes/yourtheme/js/modules/homeslider/js/homeslider.js

and change this:

if (!!$.prototype.bxSlider)
        $('#homeslider').bxSlider({
            useCSS: false,
            maxSlides: 1,
            slideWidth: homeslider_width,
            infiniteLoop: homeslider_loop,
            hideControlOnEnd: true,
            pager: false,
            autoHover: true,
            auto: homeslider_loop,
            speed: homeslider_speed,
            pause: homeslider_pause,
            controls: true
        });

to this

if (!!$.prototype.bxSlider)
        $('#homeslider').bxSlider({
            useCSS: false,
            maxSlides: 1,
            slideWidth: homeslider_width,
            infiniteLoop: homeslider_loop,
            hideControlOnEnd: true,
            pager: false,
            autoHover: true,
            auto: homeslider_loop,
            speed: homeslider_speed,
            pause: homeslider_pause,
            mode: 'fade',
            controls: true
        });

Source: https://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/325730-solvedhow-to-make-home-slider-fade-in-version-16/