[CLOSED] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Printable Version

[CLOSED] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Printable Version

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- ghostelement - 2010-12-02

Angelscry Wrote:As I already reply to you. If your database will be not able to make differences between platform system for a same game title I will not add scraping support of it into the advanced launcher.

The new model of the database will be able to support this. I will let you know when it's in place.

- twenty02si - 2010-12-02

Angelscry Wrote:Are you using the Dharma version (10.4) or the Camelot version (9.11) of XBMC?

Thanks for the reply, I figured out I was using an incorrect build and that has been since fixed. I am now trying to get everything setup.

- Angelscry - 2010-12-03

Pinhead Wrote:I had a look in my launchers.xml, and from what I can see, there is a disparity between the platform title between games there is data on, and those without; PlayStation and Playstation. Could there be a problem with case sensitivity?

Here is my full launchers.xml anyway.

http://pastebin.com/76aHFKDD

Yes the problem was related to case sensitivity of the game system. I have fixed this by the version 0.7.1. But normally, if you do not manually modify your launchers.xml file, this error will not occur. All the game system names are normally taken from the gamesys file.

- Pinhead - 2010-12-03

Angelscry Wrote:Yes the problem was related to case sensitivity of the game system. I have fixed this by the version 0.7.1. But normally, if you do not manually modify your launchers.xml file, this error will not occur. All the game system names are normally taken from the gamesys file.

Thanks! It works fine now.

I'd like to suggest one little feature. It might make editing game data a bit easier. Right now, whenever I update game data, or add a thumb or piece of fanart, the screen sort of resets. I mark the game I want to edit, select to download some data, and when the script is done downloading it, the screen resets, and I need to scroll all the way back to where I was. This becomes a bit of a chore when there are lots of ROMs to collect data for. It would be nice if the addon could remember where the cursor was every time the screen updates with new game info.

Also, what is it that the Confluence skin needs to be able to show ALs game data and support fanart? Does it need an addon specific to Advanced Launcher? I've been wanting to start a thread in the Confluence skin section of the forums, but I don't quite know what to request...

- Angelscry - 2010-12-03

Pinhead Wrote:I'd like to suggest one little feature. It might make editing game data a bit easier. Right now, whenever I update game data, or add a thumb or piece of fanart, the screen sort of resets. I mark the game I want to edit, select to download some data, and when the script is done downloading it, the screen resets, and I need to scroll all the way back to where I was. This becomes a bit of a chore when there are lots of ROMs to collect data for. It would be nice if the addon could remember where the cursor was every time the screen updates with new game info.

I am totally agree with you, it will be more easier, but I do not know if it will be possible. I have to check if a related function or command exist into XBMC for this.

Pinhead Wrote:Also, what is it that the Confluence skin needs to be able to show ALs game data and support fanart? Does it need an addon specific to Advanced Launcher? I've been wanting to start a thread in the Confluence skin section of the forums, but I don't quite know what to request...

The Confluence skin needs some additional views to display additional listitem infos (plot, studio, genre and premiered) like for movies. Simple thing to do is to use already existing templates views and modify them to display for programs. For example it is what I have done for my Alaska.Revisited mod :

Music CD view -> square boxes view
Films view -> tall boxes view
Episodes view -> wide boxes view

Maybe you can ask to nate7365 who works on the Customizable Confluence MOD if he could help you to do it. His mod already contain some views that could easily be adapted for programs views.

- smithr99 - 2010-12-03

Pinhead Wrote:Thanks! It works fine now.

I'd like to suggest one little feature. It might make editing game data a bit easier. Right now, whenever I update game data, or add a thumb or piece of fanart, the screen sort of resets. I mark the game I want to edit, select to download some data, and when the script is done downloading it, the screen resets, and I need to scroll all the way back to where I was. This becomes a bit of a chore when there are lots of ROMs to collect data for. It would be nice if the addon could remember where the cursor was every time the screen updates with new game info.

+1 for this - it's quite annoying when you've got 2000+ roms in a single list!

- 420p - 2010-12-04

when i run advanced launcher, and browse for emulator file, it only lets me browse my D: rive (Which is my CD drive).. How do i navigate to the .exe of my emulator?

- Angelscry - 2010-12-04

420p Wrote:when i run advanced launcher, and browse for emulator file, it only lets me browse my D: rive (Which is my CD drive).. How do i navigate to the .exe of my emulator?

This bug appears when using windows version of XBMC Dharma and is related to XBMC not to the launcher itself. There is several ways to solve or bypass this problem :

1. give administrator rights to XBMC,
2. remove any CD or external drives from your system,
3. manually add sources into XBMC,
4. modify manually the launcher code.

- Dudu.exe - 2010-12-04

Hello, found out about your launcher today, and i'm very glad!

but how i do get all covers automaticly?

- Angelscry - 2010-12-04

Dudu.exe Wrote:Hello, found out about your launcher today, and i'm very glad!

but how i do get all covers automaticly?

Not yet implemented.

- Angelscry - 2010-12-04

Version 0.7.2
This is a new version of the advanced launcher. This version fix some minors bugs and add the support of the MobyGames database for game information and images (covers and screen-shots). This version also add the support of the game information from GameFAQs website. For now, users can scrap games information from 3 different sources (AllGame, GameFAQs and MobyGames). All those sources give very good results. Users can also grab games images from 3 different sources (Google Images, GameFAQs and MobyGames). For Manual scraping, Google Images is the best solution. For next coming automatic images scraping functionality GameFAQs and MobyGames will be the give good choice, even if with those source, scraped images contain some GameFAQs and MobyGames logos.

Changelog

add gamefaqs and mobygames data scrapers
add mobygames thumbs and fanarts scrapers
add fanart for addon preview
fix google images thumbs and fanarts select/saves
fix data scrapers infos displays

As usual, I'm waiting your feedbacks on those scrapers. Report me any error, bad returning results or characters, so I will able to fix it (please send your launchers.xml file with your feedbacks).

- rausch101 - 2010-12-04

some mistakes from the gamefaq scraper (on SNES)

Code:
<rom>

                <name>Harapeko Bakka</name>

                <filename>G:\Games\Roms\SNES Roms - Full List 1 of each\Test\Hungry Dinosaurs (E).smc</filename>

                <platform>Super Nintendo Entertainment System</platform>

            </rom>

Code:
    <rom>

                <name>Illusion of Gaia</name>

                <filename>G:\Games\Roms\SNES Roms - Full List 1 of each\Test\Illusion of Time (E) [!].smc</filename>

                <platform>Super Nintendo Entertainment System</platform>

Code:
<rom>

                <name>Asterix</name>

                <filename>G:\Games\Roms\SNES Roms - Full List 1 of each\Test\Asterix & Obelix (E).smc</filename>

                <platform>Super Nintendo Entertainment System</platform>

Code:
<rom>

                <name>Beethoven: The Ultimate Canine Caper</name>

                <filename>G:\Games\Roms\SNES Roms - Full List 1 of each\Test\Beethoven's 2nd (U).smc</filename>

                <platform>Super Nintendo Entertainment System</platform>

Code:
<rom>

                <name>BlaZeon: The Bio-Cyborg Challenge</name>

                <filename>G:\Games\Roms\SNES Roms - Full List 1 of each\Test\Bio Metal (U) [!].smc</filename>

                <platform>Super Nintendo Entertainment System</platform>

Code:
<rom>

                <name>Blackthorne</name>

                <filename>G:\Games\Roms\SNES Roms - Full List 1 of each\Test\Blackhawk (E) [!].smc</filename>

                <platform>Super Nintendo Entertainment System</platform>

Code:
<rom>

                <name>BlaZeon: The Bio-Cyborg Challenge</name>

                <filename>G:\Games\Roms\SNES Roms - Full List 1 of each\Test\Blazeon (U).smc</filename>

                <platform>Super Nintendo Entertainment System</platform>

Code:
<filename>G:\Games\Roms\SNES Roms - Full List 1 of each\Test\Bobby's World (U).smc</filename>

                <platform>Super Nintendo Entertainment System</platform>

Code:
name>Wings 2: Aces High</name>

                <filename>G:\Games\Roms\SNES Roms - Full List 1 of each\Test\Blazing Skies (E).smc</filename>

                <platform>Super Nintendo Entertainment System</platform>

and there's a few games by Disney that show up as

Code:
name>Disney's Beauty and the Beast</name>

                <filename>G:\Games\Roms\SNES Roms - Full List 1 of each\Test\Beauty and the Beast (U).smc</filename>

Code:
<name>Disney's Aladdin</name>

                <filename>G:\Games\Roms\SNES Roms - Full List 1 of each\Test\Aladdin (E).smc</filename>

It might be better to remove "Disney's" before the game title, but that's your call.

Also, when sorting it's probably better to remove "The" (I guess this might be skin-specific, but it's the case with your alask revisted MOD)

launchers.xml

more to come later

- Angelscry - 2010-12-04

Thank you for the feedback. Those errors with the gamefaqs scraper are for datas, thumbs or fanarts? Thank you.

- rausch101 - 2010-12-04

When doing "Edit Launcher" on a stand-alone PC executable, it asks to "Select the Game System" but "PC" isn't an option

- Angelscry - 2010-12-04

rausch101 Wrote:When doing "Edit Launcher" on a stand-alone PC executable, it asks to "Select the Game System" but "PC" isn't an option

You encounter this problem with wich scraper? MobyGames ?