(2018-08-16, 10:47)chrisism Wrote:

(2018-08-16, 02:50)b4904540 Wrote: Hello, I tried to use AEL as an alternative to the outdates advanced launcher addon.

Whenever I try to create a launcher and choose launchertype (no matter which type, error happens everytime) the setup failes and the brings up the following log, any idea ?....

Seems like you are using the master branch version, which is still under development.

Download the 0.9.8 version from https://github.com/Wintermute0110/plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher/tree/release-0.9.8   

(2018-11-05, 09:54)Wintermute0110 Wrote:

(2018-11-04, 20:44)Aatos Wrote:  

Rufoo has published a mod of Mimic + SexyCirrus named Lyrebird, for Krypton and Leia. It's not yet as complete as SexyCirrus but he's actively working on it. You also have AEL Estuary Mod for Krypton. AEL Estuary Mod is very cheap compared with SexyCirrus but at least you have some decent views.

OK, if you want to modify AEL 0.9.6 this is what you will have to do:

1) Copy the artwork from AEL master into your copy of AEL, in the same directory.

2) Have a look at the new AEL code that uses this artwork in the virtual launchers here.

3) You have to modify AEL 0.9.6 in a similar way here.

Also, I can make AEL 0.10.0 minimum Kodi version to run Jarvis, but you will lose some features, notably the extended select dialog when configuring artwork.

EDIT: I have updated the list of supported skins in the first thread, if you want to have a look. You can install Kodi Portable on a Windows machine for quick testing. 

(2018-11-05, 21:19)SPo! Wrote: After removing the last bracket in the script main.py at line 869, i get this error the time i want to import a Launcher XML:

Code:

20:25:37.378 T:156080510192   ERROR: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.program.AEL/resources/objects.py:4723: SyntaxWarning: import * only allowed at module level
                                              def pairServer(self, pincode):
20:25:37.378 T:156080510192   ERROR: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.program.AEL/resources/objects.py:4913: SyntaxWarning: import * only allowed at module level
                                              def getCertificateBytes(self):
20:25:37.378 T:156080510192   ERROR: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.program.AEL/resources/objects.py:4929: SyntaxWarning: import * only allowed at module level
                                              def getCertificateKeyBytes(self):
20:25:37.526 T:156080510192  NOTICE: AML INFO : Execute migrations
20:25:37.540 T:156080510192   ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
                                             - NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
                                            Error Type: <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>
                                            Error Contents: NewFileName instance has no attribute 'scanFilesInPathAsFileNameObjects'
                                            Traceback (most recent call last):
                                              File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.program.AEL/addon.py", line 41, in <module>
                                                resources.main.run_plugin(sys.argv)
                                              File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.program.AEL/resources/main.py", line 277, in run_plugin
                                                m_execute_migrations(last_migrated_to_version)
                                              File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.program.AEL/resources/main.py", line 9978, in m_execute_migrations
                                                migration_files       = migrations_folder.scanFilesInPathAsFileNameObjects('*.py')
                                            AttributeError: NewFileName instance has no attribute 'scanFilesInPathAsFileNameObjects'
                                            -->End of Python script error report<--

(2018-11-05, 22:47)Aatos Wrote: Thanks for the tips on the skins, maybe I can take my existing modifications to Lyrebird and get to Krypton/Leia through them.

(2018-11-05, 22:47)Aatos Wrote: I also took a look at your helpful examples on 0.10.0 code vs. 0.9.6. If I understood this correctly, that would modify the assets used on the virtual launcher directories, e.g when deciding to look at all genres, there's a certain con etc? This made me think perhaps I was a bit unclear in the first post when describing what I'm trying to achieve. So I just wanted to confirm: I would not be looking to modify the assets linked to the launcher categories (e.g. genre), but rather all the individual genres themselves. E.g. if I have a "2D Platformer", I'd like that to have a certain description and art linked to it, then "Run n' Gun" have different certain ones, and so on. Is this something on the road map for 0.10.0 or only the one level higher? 

Of course I considered this might be tricky given the constantly updating nature of the content in those categories. It still seems like there's "empty slots" for this art when browsing through e.g. genres in Kodi so it would seem logical we could display an art for these, if only we could designate somewhere where that art is located. The xml file vcat_genre would seem like a place for this but it only holds very basic information, perhaps due to being constantly regenerated.. but perhaps a logic like "if art exists with the same name (+ plot data somewhere), then use it for this vlauncher" could work here?

Aatos Wrote:Yes, it's the old SexyCirrus.

(2018-11-20, 00:36)WeirdH Wrote: Hey wintermute and others, just checking: is this post still accurate in that online scrapers are broken?

I got a bunch of 'scraper could find no matching games' messages and the Kodi log showed a bunch of this:

Code:

23:12:59.558 T:3868 ERROR: AEL INFO : _gui_scrap_rom_metadata() ROM "Gradius Gaiden"
23:13:02.158 T:3868 WARNING: addons must not activate DialogBusy
23:13:02.269 T:3868 ERROR: AEL ERROR: (IOError) Exception in net_get_URL_oneline()
23:13:02.269 T:3868 ERROR: AEL ERROR: (IOError) HTTP Error 403: Forbidden


so I thought I'd check the forum and found the aforementioned. Are scrapers still slated for 0.10.0? TIA

(2018-11-21, 12:39)comzero Wrote: Hi I can with new version steam launchers add but it does not work. And the scrapers does not work too.

(2018-11-21, 22:39)Sp3ci3s8472 Wrote: Some games I have have multiple files (like cue, ccd, img etc). At the moment some of them are detected as duplicates, any idea on how to cure this? I couldn't find an apparent solution in the options.