[Wintermute0110]

Hi Wintermute, I'm looking to change the text in my parent/clone from "x clones" to "x games" for aesthetic purposes. Can you point me to what code I'd need to change to do this? I don't  update often, so I wouldn't mind doing this manually.

I think you have to change this line of code in release 0.9.7.

[dmakk]

Thanks, this works perfectly!

[denseye]

is this project still under development ?
I don't see any commit in the github since 2 months 

Project is under development. Development time, though, strongly depends on my free time and how real life goes. AEL 0.10.0 is somewhat behind schedule but it is under way. 

Hello Wintermute0110
Where is 0.10.0 code in github ?    I can't find it

[Wintermute0110]

is this project still under development ?
I don't see any commit in the github since 2 months 

Project is under development. Development time, though, strongly depends on my free time and how real life goes. AEL 0.10.0 is somewhat behind schedule but it is under way. 

Hello Wintermute0110
Where is 0.10.0 code in github ?    I can't find it

Is it on the master branch of this repo. I have renamed AEL from plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher to plugin.program.AEL and have to update some links to point to the renamed repository.

[TheTimeWalker]

@filigran Good job on manually fixing this. I actually did it differently. By the wonders of git, you can actually jump to any commit and see its tree. I found this commit tree worked out for me perfectly on the Shield. That's pretty much the 0.9.8 before the last refactor branch broke like you've had

[mariofenech]

Hi..I m updating my kodi/libreelec setup to kodi leia from krypton...on a Rpi2..
My setup is AEL + RA + ES from Gamestarter Repo..
All is set up with artwork..
I like that new kodi has retroplayer builtin...my question is..can I just launch a rom directly with AEL and running it with retroplayer instead of retroarch or its a headache?

[Steel99]

Hi,

i have the problem, that nothing works

first i tried version 0.9.7. then 0.10.0, no difference.

I wanted to create a .lnk launcher. I followed exactly the way it is described in this thread. But i just get an error message and no launcher is present...

Here is a debug log: wumohasoli.kodi (paste)
can not interpret the log .....

Please help.

If you need more information or testing, let me know.

Thanks!

[Wintermute0110]

Hi..I m updating my kodi/libreelec setup to kodi leia from krypton...on a Rpi2..
My setup is AEL + RA + ES from Gamestarter Repo..
All is set up with artwork..
I like that new kodi has retroplayer builtin...my question is..can I just launch a rom directly with AEL and running it with retroplayer instead of retroarch or its a headache?

Go to "Edit Launcher", "Advanced Modifications" and there should be an option to change the launching app to Retroplayer. If you change your main, you can later switch back to external launcher in the same way.

Note that you need uncompressed ROMs to use Retroplayer.

[Wintermute0110]

Hi,

i have the problem, that nothing works

first i tried version 0.9.7. then 0.10.0, no difference.

I wanted to create a .lnk launcher. I followed exactly the way it is described in this thread. But i just get an error message and no launcher is present...

Here is a debug log: wumohasoli.kodi (paste)
can not interpret the log .....

Please help.

If you need more information or testing, let me know.

Thanks!

0.10.0 does not work well yet. Please use 0.9.7 and put the full debug log. Are you creating a standalone LNK launcher or a ROMs LNK launcher ("ROMs" are the LNK files)?

[budswell]

Hi,
Thanks for this. Have been looking for a new front end to remove need for mouse and keyboard from PC, and this looks good.
Set up to run windows shortcuts as defined here and it all worked. exactly as explained.

One minor bug: Does not launch game if shortcut contains an apostraphe character ('). Renamed shortcut and all good, but thought I'd let you know.

So now that its working, of course I want more....
I would like game "thumbnails" and even fancy looking stuff like in first page of this thread.
Tried various setting combinations to get the metadata+image scraping but cannot, it is never pulling any data.
- Is there a recommented set of settings for windows games scraping?
- Do I need to rename the shortcuts? Just have a folder containing shortcuts as installed.
- Is this just broken and all the fancy screens from first page were done using manually created xml files?
- Is it just a website scraper (no API) and so scrapers can get out of date?

Not critical, I have the main thing I wanted. Can boot to kodi, and then launch movies and games with wireless controller. So thanks so much again.
But you know "give me an inch, I try to take a mile"

[Steel99]

0.10.0 does not work well yet. Please use 0.9.7 and put the full debug log. Are you creating a standalone LNK launcher or a ROMs LNK launcher ("ROMs" are the LNK files)? 

As i said, i tried 0.9.7 before, but ok. I uninstalled 0.10.0 and then installed 0.9.7 again.
Now things gone worse ..... i can't even start AEL now. If i try, i get an error.

Here is the complete debug log, starting kodi, installing 0.9.7 and trying to start it:  ufageciyod.kodi (paste)

[Steel99]

Can not edit my post ....don't know why ....

Concerning your question, i made a folder with .lnk files to my local pc games, just followed your guide: How to configure a LNK ROM launcher in Windows

[Wintermute0110]

Hi,
Thanks for this. Have been looking for a new front end to remove need for mouse and keyboard from PC, and this looks good.
Set up to run windows shortcuts as defined here and it all worked. exactly as explained.

One minor bug: Does not launch game if shortcut contains an apostraphe character ('). Renamed shortcut and all good, but thought I'd let you know.

So now that its working, of course I want more....
I would like game "thumbnails" and even fancy looking stuff like in first page of this thread.
Tried various setting combinations to get the metadata+image scraping but cannot, it is never pulling any data.
- Is there a recommented set of settings for windows games scraping?
- Do I need to rename the shortcuts? Just have a folder containing shortcuts as installed.
- Is this just broken and all the fancy screens from first page were done using manually created xml files?
- Is it just a website scraper (no API) and so scrapers can get out of date?

Not critical, I have the main thing I wanted. Can boot to kodi, and then launch movies and games with wireless controller. So thanks so much again.
But you know "give me an inch, I try to take a mile"

By default AEL maps Icons to Boxfronts, so if you are using a standard skin you want to make sure you have the Boxfronts of your games. Currently, the scrapers in AEL don't work so you have to download the artwork manually, make the PNG/JPG pictures with the same name as the LNK file, put in the appropiate artwork directory and rescan for local artwork using the Launcher context menu. Make sure you read the post "Explanation of AEL ROM assets and how they are mapped to Kodi standard assets".

To fill in the metadata, I recommend you export NFO files, which will be created next to the LNK files. Then, edit the NFO files and import them into AEL database.

The fancy screenshots at the beginning of the thread are taken using skins that support AEL. Note that standard skins only display Icons and Fanarts, and maybe Banners and/or Posters. A skin with AEL support has views that display all metadata and most of the artwork AEL supports. Note that AEL supports so many pieces of artwork that it is even unpleasant to display them all in a single view Also, next to the screenshot is the skin used for the shot, so you know where to look for.

I recommend you install a program like Total Commander if you use Windows, is really powerful to rename and move files and images conveniently, until I fix the scrapers again in 0.10.0. 0.10.0 is going to take still a while, real life is not being nice with me currently and I have little free time and motivation for coding. However, AEL 0.10.0 will be released eventually, in 1, 2 or 4 months, I don't know. Please be patient.

[Wintermute0110]

0.10.0 does not work well yet. Please use 0.9.7 and put the full debug log. Are you creating a standalone LNK launcher or a ROMs LNK launcher ("ROMs" are the LNK files)? 

As i said, i tried 0.9.7 before, but ok. I uninstalled 0.10.0 and then installed 0.9.7 again.
Now things gone worse ..... i can't even start AEL now. If i try, i get an error.

Here is the complete debug log, starting kodi, installing 0.9.7 and trying to start it:  ufageciyod.kodi (paste)

The log suggest you are using an old database with AEL 0.9.7. Open the addon settings, go to the I/O tab, and click on "Check/Update all databases". That should make AEL working again. Every time AEL is upgraded you have to do this step manually to update the databases to the current version.

If trouble persists after you have done this, please post another debug log.

[Steel99]

0.10.0 does not work well yet. Please use 0.9.7 and put the full debug log. Are you creating a standalone LNK launcher or a ROMs LNK launcher ("ROMs" are the LNK files)? 

As i said, i tried 0.9.7 before, but ok. I uninstalled 0.10.0 and then installed 0.9.7 again.
Now things gone worse ..... i can't even start AEL now. If i try, i get an error.

Here is the complete debug log, starting kodi, installing 0.9.7 and trying to start it:  ufageciyod.kodi (paste) 

The log suggest you are using an old database with AEL 0.9.7. Open the addon settings, go to the I/O tab, and click on "Check/Update all databases". That should make AEL working again. Every time AEL is upgraded you have to do this step manually to update the databases to the current version.

If trouble persists after you have done this, please post another debug log. 

 This worked, thanks. I have now added my games and they can be started without problems. But ....
I don't get any artwork. It also does not work by "Edit Rom" and choose any scrapers for metadata or artwork.
For me it looks like a problem with firewall or antivirus, but i deactivated everything and it did not help. Using a browser I have access to the scraper websites without problem.
So here is another debug log, trying different things in AEL with one game: udupijovov.kodi (paste)

I have also tried different games, same result ...