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RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Angelscry - 2015-01-12

(2015-01-12, 22:53)Kazuya FR Wrote: Hi,
Thanks for the launcher, it's a great feature. I use it to launch my PC games.

I have a problem with Fanart and Thumb scrapers, they don't work, none of them.
Whereas Information scraper with GameFAQs works.

What's the problem ?
I think GamesDB should work, the database contains my games pictures.

Thanks
Does your PC games executable or shortcut filenames are named sufficiently correctly to allow the scraper to found them into GamesDB?

RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - LastCoder - 2015-01-12

(2015-01-11, 14:53)Angelscry Wrote:
(2015-01-11, 12:56)LastCoder Wrote: Hi,

using AdvL from your repo with a fresh Kodi Helix install .. scrapping Games doesn't work:

...

That's what I get .. all games get the same title, but other information are scrapped right ..

Btw - I don't own the game Bust-a-Move (my first title is "Automobil Lamborghini"), very weird behaviour ..

So long

LCS
Which scrapper are you using for data? Does it happen with all the data scrappers?

The above result came from scrapping data with "TheGamesDB" .. but using other data scrappers lke Allgame or GamesFAQ leads to this:
Image

But it seems to be an thumb & fanart scrapper problem .. I've chosen "ArcadeHITS" as thumb & fantart scrapper .. when changing to something else, the titles are right .. but there are no game information scrapped at all ..

So long

LCS

RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Angelscry - 2015-01-12

ArcadeHITS is for MAME roms and query is based on roms official filename.

RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - LastCoder - 2015-01-13

(2015-01-12, 23:03)Angelscry Wrote: ArcadeHITS is for MAME roms and query is based on roms official filename.

hm ?!? Don't understand you ..

.. roms filename is the title ..

.. if I should have used ArcadeHITS for thumbs and fanart grabbing "mistakenly" I would have had expected that I simply get no thumbs and fanarts, but not scrambled titles but right game Information and some right pics..

.. and even if I don't use ArcadeHITS at all - then nothing is scapped at all .. no pics, no Information etc. only the titles are right.

So the problem stays:

1. using ArcadeHITS just as thumbs and fanart grabber - but NOT as data grabber ! - leads to scrambled titles, independently which data grabber is chosen ..

2. scrapping with other scrappers keeps right titles but no Information

So Long

LCS

RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Kazuya FR - 2015-01-13

(2015-01-12, 22:59)Angelscry Wrote: Does your PC games executable or shortcut filenames are named sufficiently correctly to allow the scraper to found them into GamesDB?

I don't know, is there a tuto for that ? Huh
I choose the semi-automatic scan, then I tried several titles like "Need for Speed The Run PC" or "Need for Speed The Run 2011 PC" and still "can't find any fanart".

RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Onipastro - 2015-01-13

Hello, thanks for this fantastic add-on.
A couple of questions:

1. MAME: I've managed to setup a mame launcher but I wasn't able to get game descriptions, is it possible to parse them from a mame descriptor file which contains them all?

2. AMIGA: I'm also painstakingly trying to setup a launcher for Amiga emulation. I managed to get Amiga games to run but the scraping is not working for me.
I have the games in Zip format in a games folder and the thumbs in png format in a Screens folder. As you can see, the titles with an existing screenshot have the same name in both directories (different extension of course):

Games:
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Screens:
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I've set the scraper to look in local folders for thumbs and fanart, I've tried with the option clear titles enabled or disabled but to no avail.

Thanks in advance for any help.

RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - runel - 2015-01-13

Im trying to launch a .sh script from AL, but I cant get it working.. Can somebody please tell me how I get it working?

RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Angelscry - 2015-01-13

(2015-01-13, 21:33)runel Wrote: Im trying to launch a .sh script from AL, but I cant get it working.. Can somebody please tell me how I get it working?
Application : /usr/bin/sh
Argument : path to your sh script

RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - runel - 2015-01-13

Nothing happens when I do... I pick Linux as the platform and just OK the other screens..

When I edit the launcher the status is Unfinished.. whatever that means..

RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - bleakassassin - 2015-01-14

I'm switching over to network shares for loading files via SMB, and there seems to be a problem with how Advanced Launcher adds shared files by default. Whenever I add or change items to launchers, anytime I try to launch them I get an error: "File [filename] not found."

This appears to be related to how the program enters filenames into the launchers.xml file. The file paths use the format "smb://[Computer Name]/path..." (without quotes) when added via Advanced Launcher. This goes against the path naming conventions the program uses for local files. However, when I switch to the file path naming convention for SMBs used by Windows, which is "\\[Computer Name]\path..." (again, without quotes), files work fine. Notice the lack of the SMB prefix and the backward slashes.

Is this an error on Advanced Launcher's side? I can change the file paths fine and make them work via the xml file, but I'd prefer that it work fully with just the program.

RE: [RELEASE] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - Angelscry - 2015-01-14

(2015-01-14, 02:26)bleakassassin Wrote: I'm switching over to network shares for loading files via SMB, and there seems to be a problem with how Advanced Launcher adds shared files by default. Whenever I add or change items to launchers, anytime I try to launch them I get an error: "File [filename] not found."

This appears to be related to how the program enters filenames into the launchers.xml file. The file paths use the format "smb://[Computer Name]/path..." (without quotes) when added via Advanced Launcher. This goes against the path naming conventions the program uses for local files. However, when I switch to the file path naming convention for SMBs used by Windows, which is "\\[Computer Name]\path..." (again, without quotes), files work fine. Notice the lack of the SMB prefix and the backward slashes.

Is this an error on Advanced Launcher's side? I can change the file paths fine and make them work via the xml file, but I'd prefer that it work fully with just the program.
Advanced Launcher do not support network paths.

RE: [UNSUPPORTED] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - bleakassassin - 2015-01-14

(2015-01-14, 03:58)Angelscry Wrote: Advanced Launcher do not support network paths.
If that's the case, why did changing the way the path was formatted in the xml file make the file on the network work?

And...what's with the title change? Is it related to this? I'm kinda confused right now.

EDIT: I just read the OP. Uh...what happened? If I am to blame, I am incredibly sorry for things leading to this. I didn't ever mean any harm to anything. Sad

Re: [UNSUPPORTED] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - boyofford - 2015-01-15

Oh no! Now unsupported?
One of the most useful plugins there is.

Thanks for all the time you've put into it.

RE: [UNSUPPORTED] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - maikito26 - 2015-01-15

I just switched to this from RCB because the use of batch files to launch games has helped work around so many little issues. And now its not supported. Sad Lets hope it remains working until the end of time!

RE: [UNSUPPORTED] Advanced Launcher - Applications Launcher Addon for XBMC - bakito - 2015-01-15

Thanks again for your dedication for kodi users, this add on is one of the best there is for our media center (
A real game changer if you ask me)
You dedicate a lot of´time for us and I understand that you are a bit tired of awsering question that are already solved somwhere in the thread etc....
I will try to answer some of the question there still is ( i'm an old user of your add on and everything is working fine) but within the limitśof my knowledge aśi'm not a coder,just a user...
Again thank you very much!
Merci beaucoup angel grace a toi tout mes potes sont jaloux de mon system Wink
Et bonne annee!!!!