(2014-05-10, 16:28)Viperveteran Wrote: So basically I have been using the wrong method
I have a menu Item set to launch advanced launcher which I call games, this has categories for all my emulators and a separate category for all my PC games; so when I launch games it brings me to Advanced Launcher with the aforementioned categories and I just have to enter the category and select a launcher (for PC Game category) for roms I select a launcher then a rom.
How you intended it to operate is not to solely operate from custom categories in the "root" of Advanced Launcher but to use the default category to place your favourited launchers and categories in there then link those favourited items to the main menu.
Is that correct?
Hum.... You organise them as you want. There is not one way to use Advanced Launcher. It will depend of your needs. Personnaly my setup for games is like this :
Code:
Advanced Launcher
[GAMES category]
[ARCADE launcher] (mame)
game1
game2
etc...
[PC GAMES launcher] (shortcuts)
game1
game2
etc...
[SNES launcher] (snes9x)
game1
game2
etc...
[ETC...]
[WEBSITES category]
[COMICS category]
[APPLICATIONS category]
[MANGAS category]
[FAVOURITES category]
[ETC...]
Then into XBMC I have added a menu entry named GAMES based to an XBMC favourite pointing to the GAMES category. I never use the defaut GAMES entry of the XBMC skin because they pointing to the Advanced Launcher root directory... but Advanced Launcher in not a game add-on. But as you see I also use Advanced Launcher categories for : websites, comics, applications (steam, hulu, google tv), mangas. favourites, etc...
I don't use the default category and I never start Advanced Launcher from its root directory. The default category only contain testing launchers and is most of the time hidden. But that's personnaly the way I use it...
Your setup is also good if you only want to use Advanced Launcher for games. For a basic use, you can setup it like me :
Code:
Advanced Launcher
[GAMES category]
[ARCADE launcher] (mame)
game1
game2
etc...
But if you want something more dedicated to games and more developed you can set it up like this :
Code:
Advanced Launcher
[ARCADE category]
game1
game2
etc...
[PC category]
[GAME1 standalone launcher]
[GAME2 standalone launcher]
etc...
[PS1 category]
[EPSXE launcher]
game1
game2
etc...
[RETROPLAYER launcher]
game1
game2
etc...
[PS2 category]
[JAPANESE launcher] (pcsx2)
game1
game2
etc...
[US launcher] (pcsx2)
game1
game2
etc...
Depending if you want to order your games by emulator, coutry of origin, etc... That's you who decide how to use it. If you want to use the default category (and start it directly) and create inside favourite's launcher pointing to other categories or other launchers... You can do it. There is no limit and no right way to use it.