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RE: [RELEASE] Rom Collection Browser - Browse and launch emulator game ROMs - altoiddealer - 2013-04-03 (2013-03-26, 13:46)malte Wrote:altoiddealer Wrote:Im on RCB 2.0 now, so maybe I'll try going up to 2.0.3 and see what happensI don't think anything has changed in this part of the code. But I will try to add some more debug info in the next release. So I finally imported the MAME roms successfully I had both "Use folder name as CRC" AND "Use file name as CRC" enabled. The folder option was enabled by default, then I enabled the filename setting per the Wiki article~ I guess this doesn't work lol The issue was resolved by disabling "Use folder name as CRC" Thanks for the tech support, and for creating/maintaining this incredible add-on. I'm going to go see if you accept donations... RE: [RELEASE] Rom Collection Browser - Browse and launch emulator game ROMs - malte - 2013-04-03 sudopinion Wrote:Added the following lines to the settings.xml and it works, but a cmd.exe window pops up when launching:You had to manually set them in settings.xml? Didn't they show up in Addon settings/Launch Games? altoiddealer Wrote:The issue was resolved by disabling "Use folder name as CRC"Ah, thanks. I will update this in the wiki. Might be a bit confusing. altoiddealer Wrote:I'm going to go see if you accept donations...Accepted and received. Thanks RE: [RELEASE] Rom Collection Browser - Browse and launch emulator game ROMs - hfmls - 2013-04-03 (2013-03-23, 12:13)malte Wrote:LAW-Mastermind Wrote:Debug log or regular log? If debug, RCB and XBMC debug?Hmmm, I just checked my code and it seems that I don't log much in this part of the program. So, regular log will be enough. I will just see if there is an error and if the game is listed. i use ubuntu and nintendo64 emu, could you tell me where to "tell" emu please to play at 1080p? i use mupen64plus edit: nvm mate, i found it, thank you using fullscreen and 1080p now, it's great but all games flicker :| RE: [RELEASE] Rom Collection Browser - Browse and launch emulator game ROMs - Not Sure - 2013-04-03 (2013-03-29, 22:19)Dondi Wrote:(2013-03-29, 20:00)rantanplan Wrote: I've got this scenario: As this issue is keeping me from using RCB, the short answer is: YES, in some cases we DO need more than one version of the same game!
Patiently looking forward to a resolution. RE: [RELEASE] Rom Collection Browser - Browse and launch emulator game ROMs - nirok - 2013-04-03 I am reasonably new to this ROM browser stuff. I have set up a genesis and n64 emulators, got all my roms sorted and scraped. But I am wondering how I can just use an xbox360 controller , or just a media center remote to get back to the rom collcectoin in xmbc and pick another game to launch? thanks RE: [RELEASE] Rom Collection Browser - Browse and launch emulator game ROMs - sudopinion - 2013-04-04 (2013-04-03, 07:31)malte Wrote:sudopinion Wrote:Added the following lines to the settings.xml and it works, but a cmd.exe window pops up when launching:You had to manually set them in settings.xml? Didn't they show up in Addon settings/Launch Games? Not only set the values, but add the lines. They do not appear and cannot be set through the gui as far as I can tell. RE: [RELEASE] Rom Collection Browser - Browse and launch emulator game ROMs - altoiddealer - 2013-04-04 (2013-04-03, 17:18)nirok Wrote: I am reasonably new to this ROM browser stuff. I have set up a genesis and n64 emulators, got all my roms sorted and scraped. But I am wondering how I can just use an xbox360 controller , or just a media center remote to get back to the rom collcectoin in xmbc and pick another game to launch? Some (but not many) emulators allow configuring the exit command, and you can set one that way. Otherwise, youll need to use a program to remap your inputs. I use xPadder to, for most emulators/games, convert pushing the right jotstick button to Alt+F4. Xpadder is also a great solution for games that do not recognize xbox360 input, to convert the buttons to keystrokes RE: [RELEASE] Rom Collection Browser - Browse and launch emulator game ROMs - malte - 2013-04-04 Not Sure Wrote:For more information see my previous posts on this topic: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] and my proposed solution (at Malte's request): [6]You're not forgotten. Just needs some more time. sudopinion Wrote:Not only set the values, but add the lines. They do not appear and cannot be set through the gui as far as I can tell.Ah, of course. If the lines are not present you will also don't see anything in the UI (in case of settings.xml). Usually I thought XBMC should update the file when new settings are available. Did you backup and restore an old file? Anyway, I will also make sure that it does not fail when the settings are missing. RE: [RELEASE] Rom Collection Browser - Browse and launch emulator game ROMs - nirok - 2013-04-04 (2013-04-04, 06:12)altoiddealer Wrote:(2013-04-03, 17:18)nirok Wrote: I am reasonably new to this ROM browser stuff. I have set up a genesis and n64 emulators, got all my roms sorted and scraped. But I am wondering how I can just use an xbox360 controller , or just a media center remote to get back to the rom collcectoin in xmbc and pick another game to launch? Great thanks, I will try that RE: [RELEASE] Rom Collection Browser - Browse and launch emulator game ROMs - xbmchch - 2013-04-04 Hi guys just registered today to ask you something... I tried the add-on and it is amazing! But like most configurations I had to run unto small issues. Ok it's not really that small since it bugs me. I do not know if it's just me or the scraper API parsing has a problem. I have a collection of windows games here and I added them as a rom collection using thegamesdb.net scraper only. Everything went fine (infos, boxfronts, fanart etc.) until some titles like Prince of Persia (2008) and Tomb Raider (2013) didn't get what it deserves from the riches beyond. Instead, respectively, it gets infos and artworks from Prince of Persia (1986) and Tomb Raider (1996). I kinda figured it out that it has something to do with the filenames of the shortcuts. So I renamed them to "Prince of Persia (2008).lnk" and "Tomb Raider (2013).lnk", from "Prince of Persia.lnk" and "Tomb Raider.lnk", respectively. Upon reimporting stuffs and doing the same things again, it still gets infos from the same old games. Also, may I add that I also recreated the configurations and databases from the start, but still with no luck. I tried using other provided online scrapers (mobygames, etc.) with no luck. Some gets the info right, but the box image and fanarts are still wrong. I also tried the Interactive Select thingy, but it was useless. It really bugs me, and I tried everything I could to make it work. To compare things, I tried testing thegamesdb.net's API manually and it gave the right information as it should. Any of you guys can suggest me something? Or am I just missing some sacred technique here? I really don't want to go back to Advanced Launcher, as creating those launchers one by one is a pain in the ass. RE: [RELEASE] Rom Collection Browser - Browse and launch emulator game ROMs - sudopinion - 2013-04-04 (2013-04-04, 07:31)malte Wrote:sudopinion Wrote:Not only set the values, but add the lines. They do not appear and cannot be set through the gui as far as I can tell.Ah, of course. If the lines are not present you will also don't see anything in the UI (in case of settings.xml). Usually I thought XBMC should update the file when new settings are available. Did you backup and restore an old file? Anyway, I will also make sure that it does not fail when the settings are missing. Well, although it now works to launch games, the settings ui is now blank. This is what my program RoM-Jacket injects and configures: Code: <settings> Can you post a proper settings.xml that I can use as a template? RE: [RELEASE] Rom Collection Browser - Browse and launch emulator game ROMs - altoiddealer - 2013-04-05 I'm having some trouble with launching MAME roms via RCB... or with PC games, depending how you look at it I was able to launch MAME roms successfully by changing my applaunch.bat to: Code: REM Is XBMC running? I read this in a previous post and it worked for me. I think it changes how the emulator treats the rompath... without this it pops up an error "No roms found. Please check that the correct rompath is specified in mame.ini". This change has not affected any other emulators. However, my PC games will not launch. They are launched via a LaunchGame.bat file, with simply: Code: %* Help please Thanks! RE: [RELEASE] Rom Collection Browser - Browse and launch emulator game ROMs - Zxurian - 2013-04-06 Hoping someone can help me get my emulators running. Rom collection is scraped (thanks malte!) running v2.0.5 from malte's add-on repo I'm running XBMCBuntu v12.1. I've added Hunterk's ppa (ppa:hunter-kaller/ppa) and installed retroarch (add-apt install retroarch) I've also installed libretro-snes9xnext & libretro-bnes (per Dondi's listing of params) and they are located at /usr/lib/ My rom collection is setup as Code: Emulator CMD: /usr/bin/retroarch When I try to execute a game, XBMC shrinks to the top left corner of the screen, then goes back to fullscreen. XBMC Debug Log from moment OK is pressed for rom: http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=9996 Would appreciate any & all help in getting this running. Thanks! RE: [RELEASE] Rom Collection Browser - Browse and launch emulator game ROMs - malte - 2013-04-06 xbmchch Wrote:I tried using other provided online scrapers (mobygames, etc.) with no luck. Some gets the info right, but the box image and fanarts are still wrong.Sorry, this is kind of a feature that now turns into a bug. RCB does some replacing of content in () and [] before searching games. I have to check how to solve this. sudopinion Wrote:Can you post a proper settings.xml that I can use as a template?No idea how you managed to do this. I tried to manually edit the settings file and removed these two settings. Every time I launch RCB XBMC adds these two line with default values. You should always find the default version of the settings.xml in RCBs addon directory: C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.games.rom.collection.browser.dev\resources altoiddealer Wrote:I was able to launch MAME roms successfully by changing my applaunch.bat to:What version of RCB are you using? The main change in your applaunch.bat is to change the directory before launching the emulator. In current release RCB should do this automatically. So I hope the change to the applaunch.bat is not necessary. If this still does not work you could try to set the path to your roms in the mame.ini file and add the path to your mame.ini in your emu params like described here. Zxurian Wrote:I'm running XBMCBuntu v12.1.Did you try it with solo mode? RE: [RELEASE] Rom Collection Browser - Browse and launch emulator game ROMs - altoiddealer - 2013-04-06 (2013-04-06, 10:51)malte Wrote:altoiddealer Wrote:I was able to launch MAME roms successfully by changing my applaunch.bat to:What version of RCB are you using? The main change in your applaunch.bat is to change the directory before launching the emulator. In current release RCB should do this automatically. So I hope the change to the applaunch.bat is not necessary. Thanks malte. Im running 2.0.0 I tried upgrading to 2.0.3 last week, but it displayed an error that dependencies were not met? Im running xbmc 12.0 on win 7 x64. Do I need to uninstall the current version? I actually have the inipath already specified in my launch command as Code: -inipath "D:/GAMES/MAME/" "%ROM%" Ill try upgrading to 2.0.5 and hopefully that works *EDIT* Yeah, same error trying to install 2.0.5 I used "Install from zip" in XBMC Add-Ons section. Here's my log http://pastebin.com/BTK4p961 |