[deh2k7]

I did some searching and have turned up a blank. What is the best way to name multi-disc games so that they stack properly? It seems that "GameName [Disc x]" does not stack properly, as it would if it were a movie. Angelscry - I saw some discussion way back on this but didn't see any definitive followup.

Basic multidisc naming convention used by Advanced Launcher is : GameName cdx or GameName-cdx or GameName.cdx or GameName_cdx. For example if your have :

Code:

Final Fantasy VII-cd1.iso
Final Fantasy VII-cd2.iso
Final Fantasy VII-cd3.iso

They will be displayed as a single Final Fantasy VII entry and listed like :

Code:

Disc 1
Disc 2
Disc 3

Information between [] is automatically ignored by advanced launcher. So for example :

Code:

Gran Turismo 2 [SLUS-00748] cd1.iso
Gran Turismo 2 [SLUS-00749] cd2.iso

They will be displayed as a single Gran Turismo 2 entry and listed like :

Code:

Disc 1
Disc 2

You can also put a label one Disc name that will be listed by using {}. So for example :

Code:

Resident Evil 2 {Claire's}[SLUS-00748].cd2.iso
Resident Evil 2 {Leon's}[SLUS-00748].cd1.iso

They will be displayed as a single Resident Evil 2 entry and listed like :

Code:

Claire's Disc
Leon's Disc

Here is were was posted the information (but lost due to the high number of posts) : http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1119085

Angelscry - thanks for the help! That definitely helps me solve my problem. I think my issue with searching was that I searched for stack and stacking, but not multidisc.

[anarchoi]

Hello,

I have been using XBMC with Advanced Launcher in Windows 7 for over 1 year without any problem.

Today i have upgraded to Windows 8 and i have also installed XBMC Launcher.

Now, when i launch a game from XBMC then XBMC will exit fullscreen to launch the game, but a few seconds later it goes back to fullscreen and my game diseapear in the background

I'm not sure if this is due to Windows 8 or XBMC Launcher... Any idea how i could fix it ?

It would be even better if i could just make it exit and close XBMC after starting a game with Advanced Launcher. Is this possible ?

[mjeyre]

Hey guys its mike the creator or the xbmc skygo plugin/exe and i am currently running it from advanced launcher, please can you tell me how to get my exe to appear and run from the main menu under programs in Eden or Frodo ?

i can get others to appear like navi x and tv catchup etc using the shortcuts bit in settings but cant get my exe to appear.

best wishes

xbmcmike

[Angelscry]

Hey guys its mike the creator or the xbmc skygo plugin/exe and i am currently running it from advanced launcher, please can you tell me how to get my exe to appear and run from the main menu under programs in Eden or Frodo ?

i can get others to appear like navi x and tv catchup etc using the shortcuts bit in settings but cant get my exe to appear.

best wishes

xbmcmike

That will depend the skin you are using. But basically you just have to add your skygo launcher as favourite, then add this favourtie as a menu or submenu entry (if the skin you are using support this feature) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8edJlmG6lw

Other way to proceed is to manually edit the xml file of the skin.

[deh2k7]

I did some searching and have turned up a blank. What is the best way to name multi-disc games so that they stack properly? It seems that "GameName [Disc x]" does not stack properly, as it would if it were a movie. Angelscry - I saw some discussion way back on this but didn't see any definitive followup.

Basic multidisc naming convention used by Advanced Launcher is : GameName cdx or GameName-cdx or GameName.cdx or GameName_cdx. For example if your have :

Code:

Final Fantasy VII-cd1.iso
Final Fantasy VII-cd2.iso
Final Fantasy VII-cd3.iso

They will be displayed as a single Final Fantasy VII entry and listed like :

Code:

Disc 1
Disc 2
Disc 3

Information between [] is automatically ignored by advanced launcher. So for example :

Code:

Gran Turismo 2 [SLUS-00748] cd1.iso
Gran Turismo 2 [SLUS-00749] cd2.iso

They will be displayed as a single Gran Turismo 2 entry and listed like :

Code:

Disc 1
Disc 2

You can also put a label one Disc name that will be listed by using {}. So for example :

Code:

Resident Evil 2 {Claire's}[SLUS-00748].cd2.iso
Resident Evil 2 {Leon's}[SLUS-00748].cd1.iso

They will be displayed as a single Resident Evil 2 entry and listed like :

Code:

Claire's Disc
Leon's Disc

Here is were was posted the information (but lost due to the high number of posts) : http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1119085

Angelscry - this worked for me to get the multi-disc games to stack. One this that I can't seem to get working is disc selection, however. It always chooses the first disc. I'm thinking that this could also be skin-related. I'm currently using Aeon Nox 3.6 (official repo release). Do you know off the top of your head if the skin supports disc selection for multi-disc titles?

[Angelscry]

Angelscry - this worked for me to get the multi-disc games to stack. One this that I can't seem to get working is disc selection, however. It always chooses the first disc. I'm thinking that this could also be skin-related. I'm currently using Aeon Nox 3.6 (official repo release). Do you know off the top of your head if the skin supports disc selection for multi-disc titles?

No, it's must be an Advanced Launcher's bug. Could you please send me the iso files names you want to start, so I will be able to try to reproduce the problem on my system and then fix it. Thank you.

---

@Angelscry: I've created a German translation for Advanced Launcher 1.10.8 and submitted it at Google Code. You can find it here: http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-advanced-l...tail?id=20

If wanted I will maintain it in future. My native language is German so I tried to make it correct from grammatical point of view and keep the textual content precise. Of course I would like to see it integrated in one of the next Advanced Launcher releases or committed into trunk tree.

Thank you mbroemme for the translation. It will be added into the next version of Advanced Launcher. Thank you for your hard work.

[Angelscry]

Version 1.10.11 : This new version of Advanced Launcher add the german translation (thanks to mbroemme for its work). This version also correct the wrong label displayed for custom path selection (here again thanks to mbroemme), fix a thumb change random bug, and correct the statut of launchers (listitem as folder).

Changelog :

• Add german translation (thanks to mbroemme).
  
• Fix display for custom path selection (thanks to mbroemme).
  
• Fix listitem items folder statut.
  
• Fix thumb change random bug.
  

[Angelscry]

Angelscry - this worked for me to get the multi-disc games to stack. One this that I can't seem to get working is disc selection, however. It always chooses the first disc. I'm thinking that this could also be skin-related. I'm currently using Aeon Nox 3.6 (official repo release). Do you know off the top of your head if the skin supports disc selection for multi-disc titles?

No, it's must be an Advanced Launcher's bug. Could you please send me the iso files names you want to start, so I will be able to try to reproduce the problem on my system and then fix it. Thank you.

I have made several tests to try to reproduce your problem... but all seems working correctly on my side with the last versions. Which version of Advanced Launcher are you using? Again, could you please post the filenames that are problematic?

[Angelscry]

Hello,

I have been using XBMC with Advanced Launcher in Windows 7 for over 1 year without any problem.

Today i have upgraded to Windows 8 and i have also installed XBMC Launcher.

Now, when i launch a game from XBMC then XBMC will exit fullscreen to launch the game, but a few seconds later it goes back to fullscreen and my game diseapear in the background

I'm not sure if this is due to Windows 8 or XBMC Launcher... Any idea how i could fix it ?

It would be even better if i could just make it exit and close XBMC after starting a game with Advanced Launcher. Is this possible ?

According to your description, I think that the problem is the application you want to start itself. Does this application use a launcher executable? If so, what happen, is that Advanced Launcher start the launcher executable. Then, the launcher executable start the main application. Once this main application is started, the launcher executable close by itself. When this started launcher executable is closed, XBMC automatically get the focus back... and your main application still running into background.

The first thing you can try is to start with Advanced Launcher the main executable instead of the launcher executable.

[3dhubiflieger]

Hello, I have already posted my Addon for advanced launcher. Now Version 2 is ready for download on my german homepage. I will do a english translation soon ! http://joystartend.npage.de/

[deh2k7]

Angelscry - this worked for me to get the multi-disc games to stack. One this that I can't seem to get working is disc selection, however. It always chooses the first disc. I'm thinking that this could also be skin-related. I'm currently using Aeon Nox 3.6 (official repo release). Do you know off the top of your head if the skin supports disc selection for multi-disc titles?

No, it's must be an Advanced Launcher's bug. Could you please send me the iso files names you want to start, so I will be able to try to reproduce the problem on my system and then fix it. Thank you.

---

@Angelscry: I've created a German translation for Advanced Launcher 1.10.8 and submitted it at Google Code. You can find it here: http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-advanced-l...tail?id=20

If wanted I will maintain it in future. My native language is German so I tried to make it correct from grammatical point of view and keep the textual content precise. Of course I would like to see it integrated in one of the next Advanced Launcher releases or committed into trunk tree.

Thank you mbroemme for the translation. It will be added into the next version of Advanced Launcher. Thank you for your hard work.

Thanks for taking a look! I have this issue with all of my multi-disc games, but first noticed it with:

Final Fantasy VII CD1.bin
Final Fantasy VII CD1.cue
Final Fantasy VII CD2.bin
Final Fantasy VII CD2.cue
Final Fantasy VII CD3.bin
Final Fantasy VII CD3.cue

and

Chrono Cross CD1.img
Chrono Cross CD1.ccd
Chrono Cross CD1.sub
Chrono Cross CD2.img
Chrono Cross CD2.ccd
Chrono Cross CD2.sub

I have the launcher set to recognize bin, img, and iso files. I am using 1.10.8 Advanced Laucher. I am using official 11.0 Build, XBMC Repo version of Aeon Nox. Advanced Launcher stacks the games, and launches them successfully, just don't have the option to choose which disc...

[Angelscry]

Angelscry - this worked for me to get the multi-disc games to stack. One this that I can't seem to get working is disc selection, however. It always chooses the first disc. I'm thinking that this could also be skin-related. I'm currently using Aeon Nox 3.6 (official repo release). Do you know off the top of your head if the skin supports disc selection for multi-disc titles?

No, it's must be an Advanced Launcher's bug. Could you please send me the iso files names you want to start, so I will be able to try to reproduce the problem on my system and then fix it. Thank you.

---

@Angelscry: I've created a German translation for Advanced Launcher 1.10.8 and submitted it at Google Code. You can find it here: http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-advanced-l...tail?id=20

If wanted I will maintain it in future. My native language is German so I tried to make it correct from grammatical point of view and keep the textual content precise. Of course I would like to see it integrated in one of the next Advanced Launcher releases or committed into trunk tree.

Thank you mbroemme for the translation. It will be added into the next version of Advanced Launcher. Thank you for your hard work.

Thanks for taking a look! I have this issue with all of my multi-disc games, but first noticed it with:

Final Fantasy VII CD1.bin
Final Fantasy VII CD1.cue
Final Fantasy VII CD2.bin
Final Fantasy VII CD2.cue
Final Fantasy VII CD3.bin
Final Fantasy VII CD3.cue

and

Chrono Cross CD1.img
Chrono Cross CD1.ccd
Chrono Cross CD1.sub
Chrono Cross CD2.img
Chrono Cross CD2.ccd
Chrono Cross CD2.sub

I have the launcher set to recognize bin, img, and iso files. I am using 1.10.8 Advanced Laucher. I am using official 11.0 Build, XBMC Repo version of Aeon Nox. Advanced Launcher stacks the games, and launches them successfully, just don't have the option to choose which disc...

Filenames must be :

Code:

Final Fantasy VII cd1.bin
Final Fantasy VII cd1.cue
Final Fantasy VII cd2.bin
Final Fantasy VII cd2.cue
etc...

and not :

Code:

Final Fantasy VII CD1.bin
Final Fantasy VII CD1.cue
Final Fantasy VII CD2.bin
Final Fantasy VII CD2.cue
etc..

[anarchoi]

Hello,

I have been using XBMC with Advanced Launcher in Windows 7 for over 1 year without any problem.

Today i have upgraded to Windows 8 and i have also installed XBMC Launcher.

Now, when i launch a game from XBMC then XBMC will exit fullscreen to launch the game, but a few seconds later it goes back to fullscreen and my game diseapear in the background

I'm not sure if this is due to Windows 8 or XBMC Launcher... Any idea how i could fix it ?

It would be even better if i could just make it exit and close XBMC after starting a game with Advanced Launcher. Is this possible ?

According to your description, I think that the problem is the application you want to start itself. Does this application use a launcher executable? If so, what happen, is that Advanced Launcher start the launcher executable. Then, the launcher executable start the main application. Once this main application is started, the launcher executable close by itself. When this started launcher executable is closed, XBMC automatically get the focus back... and your main application still running into background.

The first thing you can try is to start with Advanced Launcher the main executable instead of the launcher executable.

Thanks for the reply,

I am trying to launch .lnk files with Advanced Launcher. The .lnk files opens games like Borderlands 2, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, Left4dead2, Dead Island, Anno 2070, etc. I have the same problem for all of them, but it was working with Win7 before.

I have now completly uninstalled XBMC Launcher to see if it was the source of the problem. But the same thing keeps happening : when i try to launch a game, XBMC exists full screen and becomes a square window, then the game try to launch but XBMC come back in full screen

Is there a way to make Advanced Launcher force exit on XBMC after launching a game ?

[bakito]

well, there is this :http://www.gwenael.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5
or that:http://www.gwenael.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6
you can also achieve this with an autoit script, I tried windows 8 and I had no problem launching pc game...so maybe you don't have to use theses script ...do you launch your game with explorer as "program" and shortcut as "rom"? also did you check "use fullscreen windows rather then fullscreen" in xbmc parameter?
I hope you get it working!
cheers

[mjeyre]

Hey guys its mike the creator or the xbmc skygo plugin/exe and i am currently running it from advanced launcher, please can you tell me how to get my exe to appear and run from the main menu under programs in Eden or Frodo ?

i can get others to appear like navi x and tv catchup etc using the shortcuts bit in settings but cant get my exe to appear.

best wishes

xbmcmike

That will depend the skin you are using. But basically you just have to add your skygo launcher as favourite, then add this favourtie as a menu or submenu entry (if the skin you are using support this feature) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8edJlmG6lw

Other way to proceed is to manually edit the xml file of the skin.

Thanks Sorted brilliant cheers!