2011-02-06, 23:34
New test version available: 0.8.1
General:
Screenshots
Confluence Thumbs View:
New Import Options Dialog:
The new scraping modes work as follows:
If you want to have a most accurate setup it is a good idea to start in "Automatic: Accurate"-mode to let RCB scrape all games that can be matched automatically. In a second run you should select "Interactive: Select Matches" and select all games that could not be imported in the first run.
In the new Import options dialog you can limit the import to a certain Rom Collection or import all Rom Collections, you can select the scraping mode (explained above) and you can select the scrapers for the import. The scrapers will be executed in the order they are selected in the dialog. As in previous versions the results of the scrapers will be merged together. In offline scraping scenario you will not be able to import all Rom Collections with offline scrapers as you should have certain scrapers for different collections. RCB will show an error message if you configure it wrong.
You can disable the import options dialog in the global settings. RCB will then start scraping with the default settings from config.xml or global settings.
Note that the new import dialog is not yet available in Night and Carmichael skin. Users of these skins should disable the dialog in global settings until the skins are up to date.
Please report any issues here. If this version proves to be stable it should be submitted to the repo.
General:
- rework of Confluence Thumbs view (see screenshot below)
- scraping options: Automatic: Accurate, Automatic: Guess Matches, Interactive: Select Matches
- new import options dialog: select Rom Collection, scraping mode and scrapers (see screenshot below)
- small fixes in MAME scraper (will find more games now)
Screenshots
Confluence Thumbs View:
New Import Options Dialog:
The new scraping modes work as follows:
- Automatic: Accurate - Only imports games that can be matched 100%. Only slight changes to the names while finding the correct match (replace sequel numbers, "&" with "and", etc). Will skip a lot of games but should not lead to any mismatches.
- Automatic: Guess Matches - Tries to find all games with subtitle or fuzzy matching. Will scrape most of your games correctly but will for sure have some mismatches.
- Interactive: Select Matches - Let the user select the correct game if the game cannot be determined by 100%. Most time consuming option.
If you want to have a most accurate setup it is a good idea to start in "Automatic: Accurate"-mode to let RCB scrape all games that can be matched automatically. In a second run you should select "Interactive: Select Matches" and select all games that could not be imported in the first run.
In the new Import options dialog you can limit the import to a certain Rom Collection or import all Rom Collections, you can select the scraping mode (explained above) and you can select the scrapers for the import. The scrapers will be executed in the order they are selected in the dialog. As in previous versions the results of the scrapers will be merged together. In offline scraping scenario you will not be able to import all Rom Collections with offline scrapers as you should have certain scrapers for different collections. RCB will show an error message if you configure it wrong.
You can disable the import options dialog in the global settings. RCB will then start scraping with the default settings from config.xml or global settings.
Note that the new import dialog is not yet available in Night and Carmichael skin. Users of these skins should disable the dialog in global settings until the skins are up to date.
Please report any issues here. If this version proves to be stable it should be submitted to the repo.