[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 - fr500 - 2014-04-30 (2014-04-25, 13:01)bertbeukema Wrote: Still no luck using Retroarch or other emulators in Gotham B4. At the most the application will say 'starting xyz' but nothing happens. Something like this should work Quote:<application>C:\RetroArch\retroarch.exe</application> You just need to adjust your paths with your config file location and your libretro cores location, of course I use windows but retroarch works the same on all platforms RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Angelscry - 2014-05-01 (2014-04-30, 18:43)SuperMarmotte Wrote: 1.I will try to look what can I do. But comparatively to thumbs and fanart images path, NFO files are not necessary to fully use Advanced Launcher. NFO files are just here to export and re-import items data (for example if you want to move your Advanced Launcher setup to another system). So, I'm not sure, asking for NFO files folder during launcher creation is necessary, if most of the users do not need to use them. (2014-04-30, 18:43)SuperMarmotte Wrote: 2.No... There would be no ignore clones features for MAME. BIOS roms are necessary to start some MAME games, they must be into the same folder than the ROMS, but have not to be directly started form Advanced Launcher. That's why Advanced Launcher include a feature to ignore them during scraping. At the opposite clones are not necessary. It you don't want to import or see them into Advanced Launcher... simply do not put them on the scanned folder by effectively using a ROM manager. RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - SuperMarmotte - 2014-05-01 @ Angelscry Thank you for your answer. I understand. If doing the .nfo stuff is too difficult (or doesn't make any sense), I can still do an AutoIt script for when I need to move the .nfo files around ;-) Thanks again! RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Angelscry - 2014-05-04 Not difficult, but it will make the use of Advanced Launcher more heavy (assign a NFO files path during launcher creation) for only an optional and facultative feature. RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - codepony - 2014-05-09 Have you ever considered using the SteamAPI to make a launcher type for Steam games? RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Angelscry - 2014-05-09 (2014-05-09, 00:58)codepony Wrote: Have you ever considered using the SteamAPI to make a launcher type for Steam games?No, because that's already exist : http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=165131&highlight=steam RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Viperveteran - 2014-05-09 First of all thank you very much for this add-on... I would like to ask if there is anyway to jump straight from the category menu to the rom menu by skipping the emulator selection screen. If not would it be possible for you to create a select default launcher option when the files launcher option is chosen? Also how do I add information in the fields for: Premiered, Developer and Year? Once again thanks RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Angelscry - 2014-05-10 (2014-05-09, 21:55)Viperveteran Wrote: First of all thank you very much for this add-on... I would like to ask if there is anyway to jump straight from the category menu to the rom menu by skipping the emulator selection screen. If not would it be possible for you to create a select default launcher option when the files launcher option is chosen?Just create a favourite of your launcher and add this favourite as a menu entry into your XBMC skin. (2014-05-09, 21:55)Viperveteran Wrote: Also how do I add information in the fields for: Premiered, Developer and Year?You can do this by diffent ways :
RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Viperveteran - 2014-05-10 (2014-05-10, 14:50)Angelscry Wrote:(2014-05-09, 21:55)Viperveteran Wrote: First of all thank you very much for this add-on... I would like to ask if there is anyway to jump straight from the category menu to the rom menu by skipping the emulator selection screen. If not would it be possible for you to create a select default launcher option when the files launcher option is chosen?Just create a favourite of your launcher and add this favourite as a menu entry into your XBMC skin. Thank you for your response I will try out the second solution. With regards to the first question I was referring to launching from within your program. So when I open your program I have a list of console categories [Categories] PS2 I click the Playstation 2 and then I go to:
I wanted to skip choosing the emulator so that when I select the Playstation 2 category it goes straight to the rom library. I was thinkiing that maybe an option to choose the default file launcher would achieve this. I could post a video to clarify if necessary Thanks RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Angelscry - 2014-05-10 (2014-05-10, 15:21)Viperveteran Wrote: With regards to the first question I was referring to launching from within your program. So when I open your program I have a list of console categoriesNo that enough clear. Thanks. Why do you not want to use a favourite? A favourite will allow you do to exactly what you want (starting directly a launcher of Advanced Launcher)? RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Viperveteran - 2014-05-10 LOL I didn't actually know you could do it that way... I just tried the favourites method but it seems significantly slower to load than the method I was using previously. Would you be able to test which method is faster as I am not sure if it is just my computer. RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Angelscry - 2014-05-10 (2014-05-10, 15:43)Viperveteran Wrote: LOL I didn't actually know you could do it that way... I just tried the favourites method but it seems significantly slower to load than the method I was using previously. Would you be able to test which method is faster as I am not sure if it is just my computer.By using favourties you can directly start any category, any launcher or any item from Advanced Launcher. It could be a little slower using the favourite because you need to start Advanced Launcher then display the launcher content. With "your other method", Advanced Launcher is already started you just have to display the launcher content, so it could be a little faster. But even adding the feature into Advanced Launcher will not make the process faster. You will always need to start Advanced launcher and display the launcher content. RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Viperveteran - 2014-05-10 So basically I have been using the wrong method I have a menu Item set to launch advanced launcher which I call games, this has categories for all my emulators and a separate category for all my PC games; so when I launch games it brings me to Advanced Launcher with the aforementioned categories and I just have to enter the category and select a launcher (for PC Game category) for roms I select a launcher then a rom. How you intended it to operate is not to solely operate from custom categories in the "root" of Advanced Launcher but to use the default category to place your favourited launchers and categories in there then link those favourited items to the main menu. Is that correct? RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Angelscry - 2014-05-10 (2014-05-10, 16:28)Viperveteran Wrote: So basically I have been using the wrong methodHum.... You organise them as you want. There is not one way to use Advanced Launcher. It will depend of your needs. Personnaly my setup for games is like this : Code: Advanced Launcher Then into XBMC I have added a menu entry named GAMES based to an XBMC favourite pointing to the GAMES category. I never use the defaut GAMES entry of the XBMC skin because they pointing to the Advanced Launcher root directory... but Advanced Launcher in not a game add-on. But as you see I also use Advanced Launcher categories for : websites, comics, applications (steam, hulu, google tv), mangas. favourites, etc... I don't use the default category and I never start Advanced Launcher from its root directory. The default category only contain testing launchers and is most of the time hidden. But that's personnaly the way I use it... Your setup is also good if you only want to use Advanced Launcher for games. For a basic use, you can setup it like me : Code: Advanced Launcher But if you want something more dedicated to games and more developed you can set it up like this : Code: Advanced Launcher Depending if you want to order your games by emulator, coutry of origin, etc... That's you who decide how to use it. If you want to use the default category (and start it directly) and create inside favourite's launcher pointing to other categories or other launchers... You can do it. There is no limit and no right way to use it. RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Viperveteran - 2014-05-10 Thanks for your detailed response. Your last example is the same one that I use already Code: [Advanced Launcher] [Labelled Games on main menu] I was wondering whether it would be possible to include an option to auto select or set as default launcher ex.[PCSX2.EXE] for the users who use the same structured method and only use one launcher system as me in your next update. Code: [Advanced Launcher] [Labelled Games on main menu] For comics and other non gaming launchers (I haven't set up yet) I would use the favourite method but I will put them into the default category and link them on the main menu and then hide the default category. Code: [Advanced Launcher] [Labelled Games on main menu] The main menu would look like this I think Code: Main Menu Another question I have... Does XBMC Limit you to only hiding the items that you have marked complete or are you able to code Advanced Launcher to hide anything if you wanted to? Thanks for taking the time to respond |