PatrickBateman Wrote:I've added mame to my launcher exactly as I have added my other emu launchers...
Ive set the directors and when I go to add content it scrapes the art work for the files from the correct location, downloads them, renames them accordingly but does not import them Into the launcher

PatrickBateman Wrote:Mame shows as having 0 files when it's just scraped 30/40 images for files from the mame scraper?

I've deleted the launcher and recreated it, then I've rebooted xbmc etc and yet still "scan for new content" will only download new content but will not add it into my launcher?

Angelscry Wrote:You must not rename mame rom files.

For MAME roms you must use MAWS scrapers (info, thumbs and fanart) for the first scan.

Advanced Launcher scrapping method is based on filenames recognition. But for dedicated MAME roms, you must not rename them into there corresponding title.... It you do that, MAME will not be able to start them. So you must use a scraper that recognise original MAME roms filename. That's the goal of the MAWS scrapper.

Zelgadis87 Wrote:Hmm, just installed this add-on.
I'm having some problems adding files to the launcher tho-: xbmc completely freezes after specifying launching arguments.
This is the log file: http://pastebin.com/dEUQtWnU

• Fix MAME scraper modes (for non-MAME applications).
  
• Add hungarian translation (thanks to cortez44).
  

PatrickBateman Wrote:Sorry my semantics were all wrong..

"I" never renamed anything, the plugin downloaded the "artwork" and renamed them accordingly, I should most likely have said "named them accordingly".

Mame roms are as expected,
Art work is as expected,
Naming conventions are defaults,
Scraper set to mame world,
Download and I'd of files is fine,
Launcher is pointing to mame.exe and rom and art work directories are set accordingly and correctly.

Next I go to the launcher, select "add content" select scan fr new content and it scans for new content as expected... It shows as if it is entering the data into the plugin... However when complete, I select the mame launcher and it just "flashes" th screen as it has 0 data.

I've set up all my other emus in the same fashion and if i manually add a file it takes it correctly, but scan is not adding in new files?

Also, when changing artwork for a file, I select edit thumb, I pick a new thumb from online, I download the new thumb, it changes and over writes the old thumb as expected, and as soon as I exit the application, somehow the old thumb has returned even though it's pointing to the new thumb Does advanced launcher cache images somewhere? If so can this be purged every so often or something?

Try changing 5 thumbs for 5 mega drive roms in a row and watch what happens? They start reverting back to the old thumb after you complete the next file?

This could be nightly behaviour issues I suppose as they hve been buggy lately but these issues are very much apparent for me

Cheers,
Pat~

Angelscry Wrote:The two lines of the log only related to Advanced Launcher are those ones :

Code:

01:18:57 T:9876  NOTICE: ERROR: Main::get_xml_source (1198) - [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'D:\\Users\\ZeL\\AppData\\Roaming\\XBMC\\userdata\\addon_data\\plugin.program.advanced.launcher\\launchers.xml'
01:18:57 T:9876  NOTICE: Launcher: found 0 launchers

It's the first time you start Advanced Launcher so it is normal that the launchers.xml file do not exist (notice line 1) and that no launcher was found (notice line 2). The Log file do not show any error concerning Advanced Launcher... but different error concerning script.TraktUtilities, script.artwork.downloader and Keymapping. Those errors may have an effect on Advanced Launcher. First thing I can suggest you is too disable these script, fix your keymap problem, use the Confluence skin, and get another try to Advanced Launcher.

Zelgadis87 Wrote:I disabled the addons mentioned above, but I still got the same freezing issue.. Then I switched to Confluence, restarted, and it's now working!
Thanks for your help!

Angelscry Wrote:Concerning the cached thumbs and fanarts images, as I have already explained a lot of time (http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=954308&postcount=2796), they are managed by XBMC not Advanced Launcher. If you want to replace an image by another one, it is not recommended to do it out of XBMC. Advanced already have a specific options to do this (import from local image) and dedicated scrapers based on database and on Google images.

I think I will make a Youtube tutorial on this aspect of Advanced Launcher....

kevenz Wrote:Hi,

I use this launcher to launch mame games.

Is there a way to use alternate mame.exe for some games? cause they've been disabled in recent mame build (talking about Cave shoot em ups here).

kevenz Wrote:Also I noticed that after scanning for new games..... the xbmc brigtness goes very dark.

kevenz Wrote:Ok thanks!

So I really need to create another launcher...?

ie: I got around 300 mame games.... but only 5 of em need to use another .exe for them to start.