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RE: Advanced Emulator Launcher - Multi-emulator frontend for Kodi - tillaz87 - 2021-07-14
Any ideas why thegamesdb does not scarp any meta data? I've checked the actual website and can see games like fallout 4 are on there but it won't scrape anything at all for it 9r another steam game?
RE: Advanced Emulator Launcher - Multi-emulator frontend for Kodi - tillaz87 - 2021-07-16
Would be great to see something like this in AEL for when launching pc games as there is normaly a delay before these games start so instantly showing the fan art in full screen would be cool while the game starts think this is actually what consoles do to mask the wait well at least on the Xbox one
https://playnite.link/forum/thread-681.html
RE: Advanced Emulator Launcher - Multi-emulator frontend for Kodi - Wintermute0110 - 2021-07-16
(2021-07-16, 11:46)tillaz87 Wrote: Would be great to see something like this in AEL for when launching pc games as there is normaly a delay before these games start so instantly showing the fan art in full screen would be cool while the game starts think this is actually what consoles do to mask the wait well at least on the Xbox one
https://playnite.link/forum/thread-681.html
Note that AEL is a Kodi addon and what you propose implies making changes on Kodi itself.
RE: Advanced Emulator Launcher - Multi-emulator frontend for Kodi - Wintermute0110 - 2021-07-16
(2021-07-14, 18:39)tillaz87 Wrote: Any ideas why thegamesdb does not scarp any meta data? I've checked the actual website and can see games like fallout 4 are on there but it won't scrape anything at all for it 9r another steam game?
Please post a debug log, following the instructions of the first post, doing a couple of the problematic scrapes. Then I can see exactly what is going on.
RE: Advanced Emulator Launcher - Multi-emulator frontend for Kodi - Wintermute0110 - 2021-07-16
(2021-07-14, 16:11)eirrocmh Wrote: I have Kodi 18 installed as a portable version, so you are saying if I just install 19 over my current 18 location and then update AEL as well, all my games and launchers/settings will remain intact? Sorry just a little confused.
Yes, do that and it should work. However, nothing is 100% guaranteed in this life, so to be completely safe make a backup before doing the upgrade so you can roll back in case of trouble. In your case it should be very easy to do the backup because you have a portable installation. If using Windows I recommend using Total Commander for the backup.
RE: Advanced Emulator Launcher - Multi-emulator frontend for Kodi - Turisu - 2021-07-18
I've been using AEL for years. It's great. Thanks so much.
Would it be possible to add the option to create subcategories? So that we could have, for example:
Consoles (Category) -> Nintendo (Subcategory L1) -> NES (Subcategory L2) -> US Games (Launcher)Many thanks.
RE: Advanced Emulator Launcher - Multi-emulator frontend for Kodi - Buff - 2021-07-18
Hi, I'm trying to add a Doom section using gzdoom as the application - I'm currently adding lnk files, which are linked to bat files, and these launch the games fine however they are in the background and Kodi is still in focus. If I add gzdoom as a standalone application, it still launches in the background.
All other emulators work perfectly - any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Many thanks
RE: Advanced Emulator Launcher - Multi-emulator frontend for Kodi - tillaz87 - 2021-07-21
(2021-07-16, 13:10)Wintermute0110 Wrote:(2021-07-14, 18:39)tillaz87 Wrote: Any ideas why thegamesdb does not scarp any meta data? I've checked the actual website and can see games like fallout 4 are on there but it won't scrape anything at all for it 9r another steam game?
Working now I forgot I had the games named weird as I was modding the theme on my phone and just using random .ink files to populate the view.
Please post a debug log, following the instructions of the first post, doing a couple of the problematic scrapes. Then I can see exactly what is going on.
RE: Advanced Emulator Launcher - Multi-emulator frontend for Kodi - BreizhReloaded - 2021-07-22
(2021-07-07, 11:11)Wintermute0110 Wrote: It is OK with the screenshots. The reason I asked is because the readme file in Github is just a changelog, it does not have installation instructions. Without some basic instructions some users will get completely lost. In the table I like to link to the skin thread in a forum so users can ask questions if needed. Also, in the "Estuary Mod v2" thread I cannot see the link to the skin Github repo. Are you sure that is the skin thread?Ahahah
EDIT: My German knowledge is basically non-existant but at least I can understand it better than Japanese
Sorry for my late reply. Yeah, I know it's not very comfortable. Maybe I'll risk myself mit meine Paar Worte I know in german so they can provide a better description. About the screenshots, here there are: https://ibb.co/CJwbgb3 and https://ibb.co/kXbCWwK. As you can, the result is quite ok!
RE: Advanced Emulator Launcher - Multi-emulator frontend for Kodi - tillaz87 - 2021-07-24
(2021-07-16, 13:09)Wintermute0110 Wrote:(2021-07-16, 11:46)tillaz87 Wrote: Would be great to see something like this in AEL for when launching pc games as there is normaly a delay before these games start so instantly showing the fan art in full screen would be cool while the game starts think this is actually what consoles do to mask the wait well at least on the Xbox one
https://playnite.link/forum/thread-681.html
Note that AEL is a Kodi addon and what you propose implies making changes on Kodi itself.
But if AEL can launch a pc game from the hard drive via script wouldn't it be possible to to add code after that to show fan art from the hard drive in full screen wait 60 seconds then close it?
RE: Advanced Emulator Launcher - Multi-emulator frontend for Kodi - Wintermute0110 - 2021-07-26
(2021-07-18, 09:59)Turisu Wrote: I've been using AEL for years. It's great. Thanks so much.
Would it be possible to add the option to create subcategories? So that we could have, for example:
Consoles (Category) -> Nintendo (Subcategory L1) -> NES (Subcategory L2) -> US Games (Launcher)
Many thanks.
It is possible but will require some changes in AEL core which are not trivial to code. For the time begin I will not implement it, sorry.
RE: Advanced Emulator Launcher - Multi-emulator frontend for Kodi - Wintermute0110 - 2021-07-26
(2021-07-18, 15:37)Buff Wrote: Hi, I'm trying to add a Doom section using gzdoom as the application - I'm currently adding lnk files, which are linked to bat files, and these launch the games fine however they are in the background and Kodi is still in focus. If I add gzdoom as a standalone application, it still launches in the background.
All other emulators work perfectly - any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Many thanks
Some applications cause problems like that. I think it is related with the way applications are coded and set the fullscreen, etc. One possible solution is that you use a command line window manager utility. With such utility you can set the gzwindow into the foreground and the kodi window to the background, etc. Google a bit until you find an utility that does the job. Also, if you search this thread this has been already posted, although it was a long time ago and I don't know the page number.
RE: Advanced Emulator Launcher - Multi-emulator frontend for Kodi - Wintermute0110 - 2021-07-26
(2021-07-22, 22:31)BreizhReloaded Wrote: Ahahah
Sorry for my late reply. Yeah, I know it's not very comfortable. Maybe I'll risk myself mit meine Paar Worte I know in german so they can provide a better description. About the screenshots, here there are: https://ibb.co/CJwbgb3 and https://ibb.co/kXbCWwK. As you can, the result is quite ok!
Thanks for the screenshots. I have updated the table in the first post, in the end I have linked to Github.
RE: Advanced Emulator Launcher - Multi-emulator frontend for Kodi - Wintermute0110 - 2021-07-26
(2021-07-24, 16:59)tillaz87 Wrote:(2021-07-16, 13:09)Wintermute0110 Wrote: Note that AEL is a Kodi addon and what you propose implies making changes on Kodi itself.
But if AEL can launch a pc game from the hard drive via script wouldn't it be possible to to add code after that to show fan art from the hard drive in full screen wait 60 seconds then close it?
AEL can launch any executable or script. You can create a BAT/CMD script that calls an app to display the fanart and then launch the emulator/game. However, the effect won't be as nice as a dedicated application to do that. For example, recently Retroarch included such effect. When launching an emulator the screen turns black and the name of the core and the ROM is displayed. After a few seconds this image, kind of an autogenerated fanart, fades out to the ROM running. This is possible because the feature was coded inside Retroarch.
RE: Advanced Emulator Launcher - Multi-emulator frontend for Kodi - tillaz87 - 2021-07-26
(2021-07-26, 10:42)Wintermute0110 Wrote:(2021-07-24, 16:59)tillaz87 Wrote:(2021-07-16, 13:09)Wintermute0110 Wrote: Note that AEL is a Kodi addon and what you propose implies making changes on Kodi itself.
But if AEL can launch a pc game from the hard drive via script wouldn't it be possible to to add code after that to show fan art from the hard drive in full screen wait 60 seconds then close it?
AEL can launch any executable or script. You can create a BAT/CMD script that calls an app to display the fanart and then launch the emulator/game. However, the effect won't be as nice as a dedicated application to do that. For example, recently Retroarch included such effect. When launching an emulator the screen turns black and the name of the core and the ROM is displayed. After a few seconds this image, kind of an autogenerated fanart, fades out to the ROM running. This is possible because the feature was coded inside Retroarch.
Yeah wasn't looking for bells and whistles it's quite basic on playnite and the Xbox. I will have to look and and see what I can do I've already redone all the views in ruffos skin to my liking so might as well since it's my only niggle