[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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- Angelscry - 2011-01-31 Materian Wrote:Keep getting an error while trying to attach an emulator. Error occurs after all launcher settings have been entered (paths, etc.). Any clues?Thank you for your feedback. Yes I found the error.... a stupid character missing. It has been fixed by the version 1.0.4. Sorry for the generated errors on your launchers.xml file. - Materian - 2011-01-31 Thanks so much, working perfecly now upon update =) - Geurge - 2011-02-01 I've added 2 emulators to this (Zsnes and Gens) both install fine, I edit all the paths, but I can't see the roms of either one. For the Snes I have some as Zip, some as smc, srm, and zst, but it doesn't see any of them. They worked for the old launcher add-on, and the paths are definitely correct, so I'm not sure why it can't see any roms. EDIT: oops, didn't see the add items under the context menu. - Spaggi - 2011-02-01 hey folks, I am very sorry if this has been asked here before. This thread is now over 130 Pages long and those of us with little free time cannot read them throughfully. I wrote myself a little Windows script to restart Eventghost. I have to do this if I plug in a new USB controller. The script is a simple bat File. I run it using a .ink-Shortcut: Code: tskill eventghost The script itself just works fine, unforunately, XBMC does not Maximize after running the script. Instead, I still see the "Command Window". If I close the window, XBMC will not maximize again. Is there anything I can do to resolve this? Thanks in advance folks. This addon is pure greatness!! - Binary77 - 2011-02-01 nekoarashi Wrote:I got nearly everything set up, just- has anyone had any luck running pcsx2 through this mod? How to get it to add ps2 iso and mdf- I can't quite figure that out. thank you. Hey man, have you had any luck with this now? I'm desperately trying to get PCSX2 to work with Advanced Launcher, but to no avail. I have tried several different arguments withing XBMC, including the original suggested '%rom%' argument and the ones included in the help file for PCSX2 (--nogui, --usecd etc), but none seem to get PCSX2 to load up an .ISO for me. If I select one of my games, then it just takes me through to the GUI but I have to manually load up the .ISO & then boot the game myself, but even then it comes up saying that the 'CDVD plugin cannot be found'. I know that CLI loading is now working PCSX2, but I can't seem to find the right arguments to get it to work from Advanced Launcher. I've Googled all over the place & searched through this thread a few times & spotted something about altering the launcher.xml & something about changing some of the parameters in the .ini files withing PCSX2, but i'm confused as to which I need to do & which actually works. I don't want to mess around with my files unless i'm sure it's definitely going to work. I am using the latest versions of XBMC, Advanced Launcher & PCSX2. 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. Thanks in advance - fr500 - 2011-02-01 Does it work with PCSX2 standalone (ie started from windows explorer)? If it does make a shortcut to PCSX2, make sure the working directory is where PCSX2 is located on the shortcut and point ALA to that shortcut, then try again - Binary77 - 2011-02-01 fr500 Wrote:Does it work with PCSX2 standalone (ie started from windows explorer)? Yeah, it can run ISOs if I open up PCSX2 normally from Windows & I can even get it to auto run the game if I create a shortcut to PCSX2 & use quote marks & add the ISOs directory into the 'target' field in the shortcut's properties, but I just can't get it to work within Advanced Launcher. I shall try, as you said, and create a shortcut to PCSX2 & then try to add that as the desired File Launcher instead of the main executable itself - if that's what you mean? I can't see how that'd make a difference, but i'll try it in a couple of hours when I get home from work. Cheers for the response anyway though!! - fr500 - 2011-02-01 It can make a difference as it makes sure the programs starts in the correct path so all plugins and config is available. - Angelscry - 2011-02-02 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:
I have wrote this following small script using Autoit : Code: #include <Misc.au3> Here is the part of my launchers.xml XML file corresponding to the PCSX2/Playstation 2 : Code: <launcher> - Angelscry - 2011-02-02 Here is the explained script. If you want to use it with your system you will have the change the paths before compile it. Code: [color=red]; We call the "Misc." integrated functions of AutoIt to call next the _MouseTrap function[/color] - Binary77 - 2011-02-02 Woah, nice work Angelscry!! Thanks for that. I'd tried fr500's suggestion of using a shortcut, which has the working directory the same as the emulator's, but unfortunately I can't seem to add a shortcut as a File Launcher in Advanced Launcher. Is it even possible to use an .lnk file as a File Launcher? I've not had chance to try out your script yet, but i will give it a try later when i'm back from work. Just something i spotted though - in the latest version of PCSX2, there is an option in the 'speedhacks' section that kills PCSX2 when you press the escape key, so that part of your AutoIT script may be unecessary. I suspect the reason why PCSX2 is still running when you were testing it is is because you may have been using the --nogui argument & so when you pressed 'escape' it took you out of the game, but didn't provide you with the GUI to close the emulator down with (although it was still running in the background). So therefore XBMC wouldn't pop back up again. The main problem for me was just the fact that XBMC cannot seem to pass on the argument commands to auto run an .ISO within PCSX2, which it seems is related to XBMC not opening PCSX2 within it's working directory, as both you & fr500 have mentioned. But if this script fixes this problem, then i'd be delighted with that. Cheers again for your help - Angelscry - 2011-02-02 Binary77 Wrote:Is it even possible to use an .lnk file as a File Launcher?Yes it is possible, but you will have to modify the .lnk file to indicate the PCSX2 arguments (no GUI, rompath) inside it (for each .lnk file). You could also indicate here the working directory. But, if you have a lot of PS2 games, it will not be a useful option. Binary77 Wrote:Just something i spotted though - in the latest version of PCSX2, there is an option in the 'speedhacks' section that kills PCSX2 when you press the escape key, so that part of your AutoIT script may be unecessary. I suspect the reason why PCSX2 is still running when you were testing it is is because you may have been using the --nogui argument & so when you pressed 'escape' it took you out of the game, but didn't provide you with the GUI to close the emulator down with (although it was still running in the background). So therefore XBMC wouldn't pop back up again.Ho... thank you. I did not thought to look into the 'speedhacks' section. I thought that it was natural to close entirely PCSX2 when you started with no GUI when you stop it. The PCSX2 process still running, but you did not have any way to control it. I did not thought that there is an "hack" option to close it properly. - Binary77 - 2011-02-02 Angelscry Wrote:Yes it is possible, but you will have to modify the .lnk file to indicate the PCSX2 arguments (no GUI, rompath) inside it (for each .lnk file). You could also indicate here the working directory. But, if you have a lot of PS2 games, it will not be a useful option. No probs mate! How exactly (just for future knowledge) do you add an .lnk file as a File Launcher though? I made a shortcut to PCSX2 with the appropriate arguments inside it, but when I go to select the desired file launching program within Advanced Launcher, the shortcut is not visible in the file list. Is this something that I will need to do manually within the launcher.xml file? Apologies if i've made some silly mistake & missed something obvious out. Thanks - Angelscry - 2011-02-02 Binary77 Wrote:How exactly (just for future knowledge) do you add an .lnk file as a File Launcher though? I made a shortcut to PCSX2 with the appropriate arguments inside it, but when I go to select the desired file launching program within Advanced Launcher, the shortcut is not visible in the file list. Is this something that I will need to do manually within the launcher.xml file?You just need to indicate the .lnk extension file for rom extensions when you create the File launcher Code: <romext>iso</romext> - Binary77 - 2011-02-02 Angelscry Wrote:You just need to indicate the .lnk extension file for rom extensions when you create the File launcher Ah okay, i'll try that then. I thought that the rom extension field was just to set the format that the individual game rom files were supposed to be & told Advanced Launcher what kind of files to look for. I didn't realise that this field also affected what format the emulator 'file launcher' program could be. Will this stop me from being able to select my .iso PS2 games from my list of roms though? As i do not wish for my PCSX2 games to be in .lnk format - i still want them to be .iso files & for Advanced Launcher to recognise them as such. |