[CLOSED] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Printable Version +- Kodi Community Forum (https://forum.kodi.tv) +-- Forum: Support (https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=33) +--- Forum: Add-on Support (https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=27) +---- Forum: Game Add-ons (https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=291) +---- Thread: [CLOSED] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC (/showthread.php?tid=85724) Pages:
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RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Xepo - 2013-06-08 Ah, alright, so it could have happened with 2.0.9 as well. Thanks for the clarification. RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - tential - 2013-06-08 (2013-06-08, 14:23)Angelscry Wrote:(2013-06-08, 12:48)Xepo Wrote: Since the 2.0.10 update, advanced launcher has deleted all my entries... I was about 50% done with re-adding my stuff and it deleted it again.. it just reverts back to as if I just installed it (aka only empty Default folder).http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=85724&pid=1432031#pid1432031 Haha it was a misclick and boom it started. It completed pretty quickly actually. It went for my whole Movie/TV collection actually though. I'd only added 2 games. I only have 2 games on my laptop =D. This is all a test right now. My Desktop is going to be here soon so then I'll set it all up the way I want. Advanced Launcher just makes XBMC that much better. Now I can just leave the XBMC interface up on my new Desktop all the time and people can get to whatever they need. I don't want anyone webbrowsing on it (somehow people always seem to visit places and get viruses), so Games, TV, Movies, Streams! Thanks a lot for this Add On and the support you provide! RE: - codeseven - 2013-06-09 (2011-02-02, 05:16)Angelscry Wrote:Binary77 Wrote:I hope someone can help me, or at least share with me how they've managed to get PCSX2 working within Advanced Launcher. Apologies if anyone feels like i'm asking a question that I could figure out myself, but i've searched for a solution quite a bit and genuinely need a bit of help with this.Ok... I have played this evening with the last version of PCSX2 (0.9.7), XBMC and advanced launcher to try to make them work together. This is what I have obtained and concluded using all of them on my Windows 7 system: Hey Angelscry. First of all I just wanted to say thank you for such a great application. It really works wonders! As far as my problem goes, I'm trying to get PCSX2 working correctly via the method you described above. I was having the same issue where when I launch PCSX2 it worked fine, but closing the application was the problem. So I went ahead and created the script you have above, compiled it to EXE, and all the other necessary steps. However when I go to launch a game, what it actually does now is it launches like it should but then the "focus" of my Windows goes to "Show Desktop" as if I have my mouse hovering over the "Show Desktop". I noticed that post is a bit dated, so is this still the correct method of doing things? Or is there a new way since these applications have seen updates? I'm running 32bit Windows 7, PCSX2 version pcsx2_1.0.0_r5350, XBMC version 12.1 Frodo, and Advanced Launcher 2.0.10. Here is a snippet of my script: Code: #include <Misc.au3> Thanks so much! RE: - Angelscry - 2013-06-09 You need to update the script according to the version of PCSX2 your are using : (2013-06-09, 11:32)codeseven Wrote: I'm running 32bit Windows 7, PCSX2 version pcsx2_1.0.0_r5350, XBMC version 12.1 Frodo, and Advanced Launcher 2.0.10. So the script may be something like this : Quote:#include <Misc.au3> But because I don't know how (executable filename) and where (folder path) is installed PSCX2 on you system it could not be the exact script : http://www.gwenael.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=43 RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - codeseven - 2013-06-09 Thanks for the quick response. And yes, that was my bad actually, lol. My actual script is on another PC so I wrote that one up quicker than I should have apparently, hah. I have indeed already changed the filenames accordingly. I went and grabbed the original script from my other PC so you know exactly what I'm working with. Code: #include <Misc.au3> These are the paths to my various applications: pcsx2: C:\Users\SATELLITE\Documents\GAMES\EMUs\pcsx2_1.0.0_r5350\pcsx2-r5350.exe XBMC: C:\Program Files\XBMC\XBMC.exe pcsx2-launcher.exe: C:\Users\SATELLITE\Documents\GAMES\EMUs\pcsx2_1.0.0_r5350\pcsx2-launcher.exe Also the only argument I have in the actual Advanced Launcher itself is "%rom%" It still launches the game fine (although it still includes the GUI, not sure if that's a problem) and closes down XBMC, then when I exit the game (ESC) it loads XBMC up again just fine. The only thing it seems to be doing is putting the "focus" of my windows on "Show Desktop" (the little button in the bottom right of the taskbar). RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Angelscry - 2013-06-09 (2013-06-09, 14:20)codeseven Wrote: Thanks for the quick response. And yes, that was my bad actually, lol. My actual script is on another PC so I wrote that one up quicker than I should have apparently, hah. I have indeed already changed the filenames accordingly. I went and grabbed the original script from my other PC so you know exactly what I'm working with.Ok so... try to put XBMC Video settings to "True Fullscreen" and Advanced Launcher "Toggle XBMC into Windowed Mode" option to OFF. RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - codeseven - 2013-06-09 (2013-06-09, 14:35)Angelscry Wrote: Ok so... try to put XBMC Video settings to "True Fullscreen" and Advanced Launcher "Toggle XBMC into Windowed Mode" option to OFF. Bleh that didn't seem to work either. It does the same thing where it focuses on Show Desktop. I guess I will try running this on another machine and see if I have any luck. RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Angelscry - 2013-06-09 (2013-06-09, 14:47)codeseven Wrote:Hummm... what happen if you remove the(2013-06-09, 14:35)Angelscry Wrote: Ok so... try to put XBMC Video settings to "True Fullscreen" and Advanced Launcher "Toggle XBMC into Windowed Mode" option to OFF. Code: ... line from the script. Does it change something? RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - codeseven - 2013-06-09 (2013-06-09, 14:54)Angelscry Wrote: Hummm... what happen if you remove the I love you RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - tential - 2013-06-10 Does anyone else find that XBMC running in the background effects their gaming? I been using Advanced Launcher but it seems that the CPU usage of XBMC is still around 25%. This is a problem for my laptop, not sure about my desktop yet, I'll find out when the parts come in. I think there is a way to Suspend XBMC though while you're gaming so it uses 0% CPU but not sure if it still works with latest releases of Advanced Launcher and XBMC. Edit: Tried some keywords into google and just found that in general XBMC can have high cpu usage for a variety of reasons and that it's being worked on in Gotham. Optimization work is never over! =D. I guess I'll have to do what other people do and try to get it to close XBMC then open it back up when done. RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Angelscry - 2013-06-10 (2013-06-10, 06:22)tential Wrote: Does anyone else find that XBMC running in the background effects their gaming? I been using Advanced Launcher but it seems that the CPU usage of XBMC is still around 25%. This is a problem for my laptop, not sure about my desktop yet, I'll find out when the parts come in. I think there is a way to Suspend XBMC though while you're gaming so it uses 0% CPU but not sure if it still works with latest releases of Advanced Launcher and XBMC.Any running application use CPU resources even if it is minimized or do not have the focus. To avoid this your have two solutions :
These methods use system scripts to affect operating system processes (suspend, restore, close and start), so they are not linked to a specific XBMC or Advanced Launcher version, and so are fully compatibles with XBMC and Advanced Launcher. RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - dugan26 - 2013-06-12 Hi, sorry for asking this again - but cant find my original post - I need to wipe my system clean how do i save the configs for Advance Launcher - ? and move them over properly ? RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Angelscry - 2013-06-12 (2013-06-12, 17:09)dugan26 Wrote: Hi,Are you going to use the same operating system? Same applications (emulators) and use the same paths? RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - dugan26 - 2013-06-12 Yes same everything RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Angelscry - 2013-06-12 (2013-06-12, 17:39)dugan26 Wrote: Yes same everythingOk, so you will just have to make a backup of your launchers.xml file and of course all your scraped images (thumbs and fanart). Then when you will resinstall your system and Advanced Launcher just replace the launchers.xml file by the one of your backup. The launchers.xml file contain all the information :
So if the paths are the same... there will be not problem to recover anything. |