2012-02-19, 04:20
If you are going back to work with the importer i just wanted to add what i think would be a really nice feature is to work with the found files in the directory and tell rcb what it is manually. I know the semi auto import does this to some extent, but i feel like it still misses files or outright finds the wrong ones if the roms filename is too off.
So really just something like a file view, then you can select it and manually scrape by putting in an id or url from one of the scraper sites. I am thinking along the lines of myself not being able to get donkey kong country 2 to show up in the snes titles. I tried to rename it exactly like it is on scraper sites, and i even hand downloaded the artwork and settung up the nfo file, and still cant get it in. My next step is to look at the log after an import to see where it might be going wrong, but i have a nagging feeling it would be nice to just select that file and say "hey, this is dk2, go set it up with its artwok and nfo and lets be done with it".
I think its like that 90% problem where most of it is right, you just want to brute force the last few roms and put the scrapping process to bed. Also the other thing is on the htpc it is always more of a hassle to get the keyboard and mouse out, which drives us lazy users to have those costly gui options for things that should normally be easier to accomplish without a remote.
Ive also been having some random issues with launching mame games in that when i return to xbmc the game filter no longer updates and i have to restart rcb...but i need to update to eden 3 and am still 2 versions behind on rcb, if things still keep up in the future ill try to get a log up.
Also again this add on is great, totally see how all the options and features are those pesky post launch things that you always have to account for but never seem to be able to plan for its a great app that more than gets the job done.
So really just something like a file view, then you can select it and manually scrape by putting in an id or url from one of the scraper sites. I am thinking along the lines of myself not being able to get donkey kong country 2 to show up in the snes titles. I tried to rename it exactly like it is on scraper sites, and i even hand downloaded the artwork and settung up the nfo file, and still cant get it in. My next step is to look at the log after an import to see where it might be going wrong, but i have a nagging feeling it would be nice to just select that file and say "hey, this is dk2, go set it up with its artwok and nfo and lets be done with it".
I think its like that 90% problem where most of it is right, you just want to brute force the last few roms and put the scrapping process to bed. Also the other thing is on the htpc it is always more of a hassle to get the keyboard and mouse out, which drives us lazy users to have those costly gui options for things that should normally be easier to accomplish without a remote.
Ive also been having some random issues with launching mame games in that when i return to xbmc the game filter no longer updates and i have to restart rcb...but i need to update to eden 3 and am still 2 versions behind on rcb, if things still keep up in the future ill try to get a log up.
Also again this add on is great, totally see how all the options and features are those pesky post launch things that you always have to account for but never seem to be able to plan for its a great app that more than gets the job done.