(2021-02-08, 04:56)the_stag Wrote: I must be daft. I'm on v0.9.9 and I can't find the option to manually add roms. Is that still a thing?

I ask because when I try to scan for Wii U, most of the roms are incorrect. And the ones that have update files in addition create duplicates. Maybe my issue is I'm scanning the wrong info (.rpx extensions). Thanks!

(2021-02-08, 06:10)capewrath Wrote:

(2021-02-08, 04:56)the_stag Wrote: I must be daft. I'm on v0.9.9 and I can't find the option to manually add roms. Is that still a thing?

I ask because when I try to scan for Wii U, most of the roms are incorrect. And the ones that have update files in addition create duplicates. Maybe my issue is I'm scanning the wrong info (.rpx extensions). Thanks!

Maybe there's a better way to do it, I followed the guide at https://cemu.cfw.guide/dumping-games to get games from the Wii U but dumpling generates (at least to me) random names for the .rpx ROMs, so the scrapers never work. Since I don't really have a lot of Wii U games (who does? haha) I just renamed the files to something the scraper could work with, like "Mario Kart 8" or "New Super Mario Bros U". Note that you have to change the cos.xml (it's on the same folder as the .rpx) to point to the new file name, the line you're looking for is something like

xml:
 <argstr type="string" length="4096">Mario Kart 8.rpx</argstr> 

otherwise cemu will freak out and crash. To avoid duplicates, I placed all updates and DLCs on a completely separate folder so AEL can't scan them (I keep them there as a backup, but I don't think you really need the original files after you've installed the updates/DLC). That's just the way I found to be easier because the scrapers work great once you have proper file names, however you could always manually edit the .nfo files and ROM assets if you want to.

python:


#!/usr/bin/python3

# File /home/kodi/bin/cemu-launcher.py

import subprocess

import sys

arg_list = [

    '/usr/bin/wine',

    '/home/kodi/bin/cemu/cemu.exe',

    '-g',

    # Insert Z: and change slashes into backslashes

    '{}'.format('Z:' + sys.argv[1].replace('/', '\'))

]

subprocess.run(arg_list)

(2021-02-08, 13:56)Wintermute0110 Wrote: To fix the other problem I would create a Python wrapper script. As launcher program use /home/kodi/bin/cemu-launcher.py and launcher arguments use $rom$:

(2021-02-08, 06:10)capewrath Wrote:

(2021-02-08, 04:56)the_stag Wrote: I must be daft. I'm on v0.9.9 and I can't find the option to manually add roms. Is that still a thing?

I ask because when I try to scan for Wii U, most of the roms are incorrect. And the ones that have update files in addition create duplicates. Maybe my issue is I'm scanning the wrong info (.rpx extensions). Thanks!

Maybe there's a better way to do it, I followed the guide at https://cemu.cfw.guide/dumping-games to get games from the Wii U but dumpling generates (at least to me) random names for the .rpx ROMs, so the scrapers never work. Since I don't really have a lot of Wii U games (who does? haha) I just renamed the files to something the scraper could work with, like "Mario Kart 8" or "New Super Mario Bros U". Note that you have to change the cos.xml (it's on the same folder as the .rpx) to point to the new file name, the line you're looking for is something like

xml:
 <argstr type="string" length="4096">Mario Kart 8.rpx</argstr> 

otherwise cemu will freak out and crash. To avoid duplicates, I placed all updates and DLCs on a completely separate folder so AEL can't scan them (I keep them there as a backup, but I don't think you really need the original files after you've installed the updates/DLC). That's just the way I found to be easier because the scrapers work great once you have proper file names, however you could always manually edit the .nfo files and ROM assets if you want to.

(2021-02-08, 13:49)Wintermute0110 Wrote:

(2021-02-08, 04:56)the_stag Wrote: I must be daft. I'm on v0.9.9 and I can't find the option to manually add roms. Is that still a thing?

I ask because when I try to scan for Wii U, most of the roms are incorrect. And the ones that have update files in addition create duplicates. Maybe my issue is I'm scanning the wrong info (.rpx extensions). Thanks!

The option is no more. I removed it because it created a lot of problems internally (I can give you details if interested). If you have duplicates is because you specified multiple extensions I think. You can also go to the Launcher, open the context menu, select View Launcher, View Launcher scanner report. In the Launcher scanner report you can see the scanner operation and why you get duplicates. If you need more help I need a complete debug log, follow the instructions on the first post of the thread.

(2021-02-28, 03:31)SpiralCut Wrote: Hey Wintermute,

I was hoping I could pick your brain for a second. I’m considering working on a new launcher plugin for Matrix and I’m trying to figure out the best way to store bulk data. When you were building AEL, why did you decide to go with XML vs SQLite?

PS, I’d PM but apparently that’s been disabled for most users at some point.

(2021-02-28, 09:40)SpiralCut Wrote: Thanks a ton! I haven’t messed around with AML much yet but I’m blown away with how fast AEL is at handling large data sets. From what you’ve said it sounds like a lot of that speed is just being smart with how you address the data. I am still new to a lot of this but you’ve given me a ton to look into. Thanks!

(2021-02-28, 20:06)Jachin99 Wrote: Would the AML library and configuration files be directly compatible with AEL?  Could I for example build launchers and game libraries for console games using AML today, and install AEL later on when it has been updated to Python 3?  Thanks.

(2021-02-28, 21:39)Wintermute0110 Wrote:

(2021-02-28, 20:06)Jachin99 Wrote: Would the AML library and configuration files be directly compatible with AEL?  Could I for example build launchers and game libraries for console games using AML today, and install AEL later on when it has been updated to Python 3?  Thanks.

AEL and AML are independent add-ons. You can have either or both installed. In AML you don't setup any launcher, just point to the mame executable and the roms directory (which can be empty) and AML extracts all game information from the mame executable. AML is much easier to setup than AEL. AML only supports MAME and no other application. Currently AML works in Python 3 but not AEL.

(2021-03-12, 18:14)xaax Wrote: how do i add roms to my collection? is there anywhere to get them? i really dont know how to upload mine and add new ones i am very bad at these things