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- Angelscry - 2011-02-02
Binary77 Wrote:Ah okay, i'll try that then. I thought that the rom extension field was just to set the format that the individual game rom files were supposed to be & told Advanced Launcher what kind of files to look for. I didn't realise that this field also affected what format the emulator 'file launcher' program could be.Ho... sorry... I have misunderstand that you want to start .lnk applications and not to start .lnk files using the application. I'm not sure that you will be able to directly start .lnk files using Advanced Launcher.
Will this stop me from being able to select my .iso PS2 games from my list of roms though? As i do not wish for my PCSX2 games to be in .lnk format - i still want them to be .iso files & for Advanced Launcher to recognise them as such.
- Binary77 - 2011-02-02
Not a problem, i had a feeling that maybe we were talking about different things.
So...if I know wanted to use your script, and after i'd adjusted the directories in your script to suit my system, then would I just need to use your AutoIT executable as the emulators 'file launcher' (in place of the proper .exe for PCSX2) & then would I still be able to have my .iso PS2 games listed as the roms for this launcher and still be able to scan them from their folder & launch them like normal?
I much prefer the 'click on desired File Launcher (PCSX2 etc) > goes to scanned roms (Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear Solid etc)' kind of setup as opposed to just using standalone executables, as it makes it a lot easier to organise games for each individual platform. I've managed to arrange my PC games into a seperate 'folder' aswell by using a batch file as a 'file launcher', which then runs my games through batch files, which get recognised as it's 'roms'.
Sorry that i'm asking so many questions - I thoroughly appreciate all of the great work that you've been doing with Advanced Launcher & I use it everyday wth the rest of my games, i'd just like to get PCSX2 working correctly with it to complete my setup. If it wasn't for you, then i doubt i'd be using XBMC to launch my games at all, so i think the XBMC team owe you a beer!
- Angelscry - 2011-02-02
Binary77 Wrote:So...if I know wanted to use your script, and after i'd adjusted the directories in your script to suit my system, then would I just need to use your AutoIT executable as the emulators 'file launcher' (in place of the proper .exe for PCSX2) & then would I still be able to have my .iso PS2 games listed as the roms for this launcher and still be able to scan them from their folder & launch them like normal?If you follow my previous description : create the AutoIt script (.au3 file) with your corresponding paths, compile it into an .exe file, rename it pcsx2-launcher.exe, put it into the same folder than pcsx2-r3878.exe and use the same configuration as me for your launchers.xml file, so yes, you will be able to have your .iso PS2 games listed as roms.
- john.doe - 2011-02-02
Hello Angelscry, I'm using version 1.0.4 Advanced Launcher on Windows XP and the rom Lion King, The (World) on Genesis refuses to run because of the comma.
I've already mentioned this before.
Have you had time to address this problem and think you can solve it?
- Angelscry - 2011-02-02
john.doe Wrote:Hello Angelscry, I'm using version 1.0.4 Advanced Launcher on Windows XP and the rom Lion King, The (World) on Genesis refuses to run because of the comma.I will take a look at it in the next days... but I'm not sure at all I would be able to fix.
I've already mentioned this before.
Have you had time to address this problem and think you can solve it?
- john.doe - 2011-02-03
Thank you Angelscry, at worst I rename my roms.
I have a question, I use FinalBurner Alpha for my CPS3 games and when I scan the rom Street Fighter III 3rd Strike with Advanced Launcher, logically I get:
sfiii3
sfiii3a
sfiii3an
sfiii3n
I would like it to appear as it appears in FinalBurner:
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future (USA 990608)
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future (Japan 990512, NO CD)
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future (Japan 990608, NO CD)
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future (USA 990512)
Can you help me solve this puzzle?
- Angelscry - 2011-02-03
john.doe Wrote:Thank you Angelscry, at worst I rename my roms.You need to select and configure correctly the data scrapper using the following options :
I have a question, I use FinalBurner Alpha for my CPS3 games and when I scan the rom Street Fighter III 3rd Strike with Advanced Launcher, logically I get:
sfiii3
sfiii3a
sfiii3an
sfiii3n
I would like it to appear as it appears in FinalBurner:
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future (USA 990608)
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future (Japan 990512, NO CD)
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future (Japan 990608, NO CD)
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future (USA 990512)
Can you help me solve this puzzle?
- john.doe - 2011-02-03
Excellent work! thank you very much.
- srsobieraj - 2011-02-03
Hey Angelscry,
Just wanted to report a few bugs:
- I was sorting through my ROM list today and noticed that you're sorting everything by ASCII value of the characters. This works 99% of the time, but games like "WWF Wrestling" are being put before "Wario World" because "W" has a lower ASCII value than "a". You'll need to add a regex to compare without case sensitivity.
- I also noticed that games with ( " ) and ( / ) are giving an addon.py error when you try to edit them (such as "Mario Bros/Duck Hunt" or "Ranma 1/2").
- Last, games with colons are being sorted after games with spaces. This probably relates to the first bug, but it means that games with names like "SuperMan: Perils of Some Kind" are being sorted after "SuperMan 2: Perils of a Different Kind"
Cheers
- srsobieraj - 2011-02-03
john.doe Wrote:Hello Angelscry, I'm using version 1.0.4 Advanced Launcher on Windows XP and the rom Lion King, The (World) on Genesis refuses to run because of the comma.
I've already mentioned this before.
Have you had time to address this problem and think you can solve it?
XML has a hard time with commas and ALA doesn't handle special characters very well. Does the ROM filename itself have the comma in it or is it only present in ALA?
If it's only the latter, try renaming without the comma and then run it again.
- Angelscry - 2011-02-03
srsobieraj Wrote:I was sorting through my ROM list today and noticed that you're sorting everything by ASCII value of the characters. This works 99% of the time, but games like "WWF Wrestling" are being put before "Wario World" because "W" has a lower ASCII value than "a". You'll need to add a regex to compare without case sensitivity.It is related to XBMC. I do not have any control on the way XBMC alphanumerically sort titles.
srsobieraj Wrote:I also noticed that games with ( " ) and ( / ) are giving an addon.py error when you try to edit them (such as "Mario Bros/Duck Hunt" or "Ranma 1/2").Normally the ( " ) problem is fixed since version 0.9.2. It is possible that you have added/scrapped those games before version 0.9.2, and so you still have the bug. The only way you can fix it is to edit manually the launchers.xml file, remove games including ( " ) and then added them again from ALA/XBMC. For the ( / ) character... try to do the same. If it is not working... make another feedback here while explaining exactly how do you add and import those game titles.
srsobieraj Wrote:Last, games with colons are being sorted after games with spaces. This probably relates to the first bug, but it means that games with names like "SuperMan: Perils of Some Kind" are being sorted after "SuperMan 2: Perils of a Different Kind".Same as before. It is related to XBMC. It is not ALA which alphanumerically sort titles, it is XBMC. And in a right alphanumeric sort "SuperMan: Perils of Some Kind" is after "SuperMan 2: Perils of a Different Kind".
- Angelscry - 2011-02-03
john.doe Wrote:Hello Angelscry, I'm using version 1.0.4 Advanced Launcher on Windows XP and the rom Lion King, The (World) on Genesis refuses to run because of the comma.
I've already mentioned this before.
Have you had time to address this problem and think you can solve it?
srsobieraj Wrote:XML has a hard time with commas and ALA doesn't handle special characters very well. Does the ROM filename itself have the comma in it or is it only present in ALA?
If it's only the latter, try renaming without the comma and then run it again.
Here again the problem is more or less related to XBMC. Bug with titles containing ( , ) has been fixed with version 0.9.11 of Advanced Launcher. But there still a bug, only under windows, to start rom with filenames containing ( , ).
To start applications under Linux or OSX, Advanced Launcher is using the os.system() python function. Under Windows, Advanced Launcher is using the xbmc.executebuiltin("System.ExecWait()") or xbmc.executebuiltin("System.Exec()") XBMC internal function. The advantage of using this XBMC internal command under Windows is that we have to possibility to stop XBMC when the launched application is running. The inconvenient is that this command do not support arguments including ( , ).
So here we have 2 choices :
- Still using xbmc.executebuiltin("System.ExecWait()") or xbmc.executebuiltin("System.Exec()") function, keep the possibility to stop XBMC under Windows, but we will not be able to start filenames including ( , ). In this case I can make a bug report to XBMC devellopers and ask them to try to found a way to fix this (but it could take time).
- Use os.system() function, loose the possibility to stop XBMC, but we will be able to start filenames including ( , ). In this case, users will need to use external intermediate scripts (.sh, .bat, .au3, etc...) to pause or close XBMC.
- htpc guy - 2011-02-03
Found this in case anyone is interested. Its a Wikipedia link for a List of emulators. Its a pretty good list that breaks down emulators by console, OS and tells if it is still under active development. Last modification date was today so it seems to be pretty well maintained.
- john.doe - 2011-02-03
srsobieraj Wrote:XML has a hard time with commas and ALA doesn't handle special characters very well. Does the ROM filename itself have the comma in it or is it only present in ALA?
If it's only the latter, try renaming without the comma and then run it again.
Hello Srsobieraj, thank you for your help.
The rom itself is named exactly like this: Lion King, The (World)
In XBMC, according to the different settings I've done in Advanced Launcher, the name of the rom appears as follows:
The Lion King
or
Lion King, The
or
Lion King, The (World)
But regardless of the settings I made in Advanced Launcher, the game refuses to run.
If I rename the rom itself without commas it starts.
Angelsry himself said he was aware of the existence of this problem (which seems not to be simple to correct)
Fingers crossed for a later version it starts to run.
Again thank you Srsobieraj.
- Angelscry - 2011-02-03
john.doe Wrote:Angelsry himself said he was aware of the existence of this problem (which seems not to be simple to correct)No, it is simple to correct. But this mean we have to remove the "Wait State" option for Windows systems.
Fingers crossed for a later version it starts to run.