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- Angelscry - 2011-03-22
twotone8 Wrote:i'm using advanced launcher to launch 'gameex', an emulation frontend.Install nircmd application on your windows system and modify your script like this :
I point advanced launcher to a batch file containing this script
pssuspend XBMC.exe
cd "C:\GameEx\GameEx"
Gameex.exe %1
pssuspend -r XBMC.exe
it's been working just fine, except that xbmc is not in focus when it re initializes. is there any way to tell it to regain focus after coming back fron its suspended state?
Code:
pssuspend XBMC.exe
cd "C:\GameEx\GameEx"
Gameex.exe %1
pssuspend -r XBMC.exe
[b]nircmd win max process XBMC.exe[/b]- twotone8 - 2011-03-22
ABSOLUTELY what I was looking for. I have to say, i'm quite impressed with the speedy tech-support. Well done sir.
- Death-Axe - 2011-03-22
It's when I manually changed the thumb when it scraped the wrong one.
- User 89618 - 2011-03-23
Returned to tinkering with XBMC lately to check out the latest updates, then I discovered this little gem, must say a most impressive add-on you have here. Using it initially for Mame rom browsing on Ubuntu 10.04 and it's very nice indeed.
Would it be ok for me to tinker with the launcher python script here and see if I can (in mame's particular case) only show working roms and hide the inferior romsets if there's more than one. I understand it'd be a case where I'd need to tie in some mame catalog info in there but when faced with such large sets it's not always easy to make out which is best etc.. Would it be ok if I start hacking things up about the find_roms section on launcher.py?
Love the work your doing on this.
- Angelscry - 2011-03-23
TxRxFx Wrote:Would it be ok for me to tinker with the launcher python script here and see if I can (in mame's particular case) only show working roms and hide the inferior romsets if there's more than one. I understand it'd be a case where I'd need to tie in some mame catalog info in there but when faced with such large sets it's not always easy to make out which is best etc..Would it be ok if I start hacking things up about the find_roms section on launcher.py?Yes, the source code of Advanced Launcher is open. You can do what you want with it: hack, fork, etc...
Concerning your functionality, I think you can do this by modifying the MAMEworld data scrapper and use the same kind of algorithm used to excluded MAME bios files. I know that MAMEworld can differentiate rom set type between parent, clone and bios. But I'm not sure if the difference between working and non-working rom set is well supported. MAMEworld reports emulation status concerning: driver, emulation, graphic, color, sound and savestate support. My question is : does those status need to all be at "good" or "supported" to have a working rom or for example the rom just need to have emulation status as "good"?
I'm not sure it will be easy to display/hide working, non-working, clone or parent roms using Advanced Launcher. Actually advanced launcher is just ignoring files that are not corresponding to scan criteria (for example bios files). But information concerning those file are not stored at all into the launchers.xml file. If you want to display BIOS files, we need to activate the options and do another scan. But, then, if you want to ignore BIOS file again, you will need to delete them manually from Advanced Launcher.
- Death-Axe - 2011-03-23
OK I really suck at batch files, can someone give me a hand?
pssuspend XBMC.exe
Fusion.exe "%rom%" -auto -fullscreen
pssuspend -r XBMC.exe
nircmd win max process XBMC.exe
Kega opens but doesn't load the rom. This nircmd app is really useful.
- Angelscry - 2011-03-23
Death-Axe Wrote:OK I really suck at batch files, can someone give me a hand?Arguments received by batch files are normally identified as %1 (for the 1st argument), %2 (for the 2nd argument), %3 (for the 3rd argument), etc.. So, if into Advanced Launcher your arguments are :
pssuspend XBMC.exe
Fusion.exe "%rom%" -auto -fullscreen
pssuspend -r XBMC.exe
nircmd win max process XBMC.exe
Kega opens but doesn't load the rom. This nircmd app is really useful.
Code:
"%rom%" -auto -fullscreenYour batch file must take into acount the 3 arguments and must look like this :
Code:
pssuspend XBMC.exe
Fusion.exe [b]%1 %2 %3[/b]
pssuspend -r XBMC.exe
nircmd win max process XBMC.exePersonally, for simplicity, I prefer put most of the arguments into the batch file. So, into Advanced Launcher my arguments are only limited to the roms path :
Code:
%rom%And then, my corresponding batch file will look like this :
Code:
pssuspend XBMC.exe
Fusion.exe "[b]%1[/b]" -auto -fullscreen
pssuspend -r XBMC.exe
nircmd win max process XBMC.exe- Death-Axe - 2011-03-23
That is PERFECT. I love you man :-)
- Death-Axe - 2011-03-23
What is the batch setup for zsnes? tried the same as with kega and it doesn't load a rom.
- Angelscry - 2011-03-23
Death-Axe Wrote:What is the batch setup for zsnes? tried the same as with kega and it doesn't load a rom.There is no ultimate batch file for each application. Content of each batch file depends first of your system (powerful, operating system version, graphic card), and what you want to do with the started application (minimize/maximize, hide/show, mount iso images, load savestate files, load specific controller or application config files, etc...).
Look at the wiki page for application command line configuration: http://www.gwenael.org/xbmc/index.php?title=Main_Page and more precisely to the page corresponding to ZSNES under windows : http://www.gwenael.org/xbmc/index.php?title=ZSNES#Windows
You resulting batch file maybe something like this (not sure):
Code:
pssuspend XBMC.exe
"C:\Program Files\zsnesw\zsnesw.exe" -m -s -v [b]41[/b] "%1"
pssuspend -r XBMC.exe
nircmd win max process XBMC.exe- Death-Axe - 2011-03-23
I know about the video modes etc, I just can't get a rom loaded heh.
- Angelscry - 2011-03-23
I cannot really help you if you did not give me more information : what exactly happen, any error message, content of the launchers.xml file...
Ho.. and also... make this on the Advanced Launcher dedicated Help & Support forum.
- User 89618 - 2011-03-24
Quote: My question is : does those status need to all be at "good" or "supported" to have a working rom or for example the rom just need to have emulation status as "good"?
Indeed, the mameworld download info files are most interesting it'd be silly of me not to look closer at them and what clrmame and mame itself all class as working and what's best if they do at all.
Quote:I'm not sure it will be easy to display/hide working, non-working, clone or parent roms using Advanced Launcher. Actually advanced launcher is just ignoring files that are not corresponding to scan criteria (for example bios files).
Appreciate your explanation, makes complete sense to do it that way, I may need to build a solid secondary status list for those that aren't ignored and then some form of 'non-dynamic' filtering setup to exclude the ones that meet set criterias in the mame's advanced launcher config (will need to add to that too I suspect.)
Quote: But information concerning those file are not stored at all into the launchers.xml file. If you want to display BIOS files, we need to activate the options and do another scan. But, then, if you want to ignore BIOS file again, you will need to delete them manually from Advanced Launcher.
I think understand what your saying, thank you v.much for the explanations. If and when I get some clear time I do think it'd be fun, certainly from a dipping a toe into XBMC plugins point of view, for me to learn and tinker with.
If anything I'll post on your own help & support forums if that'd be ok.
Cheers
TxRx
- mentaluproar - 2011-03-24
I'm running XMBC on mac and the only game I can get this thing to recognize is megaman X 4. I cant get it to recognize anything else, and accessing the rest of the menus is impossible. What am I doing wrong?
Mame on 10.04 ubuntu does stutter a little - User 89618 - 2011-03-24
Running 0.134 sdl mame on a machine (xbmc 10.1 of launching using advanced launcher of course) with ubuntu 10.04. Only thing I'd say it's looking like is the threading is a little funky on my machine. Piping audio via nvidia hdmi graphic card and compiled alsa drivers.
I've not spent an extended time trying to trouble shoot this so don't worry too much, just wondered if this had surfaced and was easily solved before.
