Add To Games DB AddToGamesDb v.Next

This is cool, great work!

are you going to add support for all the image fields? Fanart and reconstructed?

At the moment, those aren't supported through the Plugin API, but I'll definitely keep adding support for the additional fields as soon as they become available.

no worries, thanks for a great plugin!

@UnderwoodNC great work!. 

I tried the last version, but I can´t upload the gameplay type image. It only upload the boxes images.

Hi @flores9!  I'll be working on it this afternoon, so I'll be sure to go in and test that out to make sure it's working for the next update.  Thanks for the heads up!

@massatomic, @flores9, @fromlostdays -- just updated, all image types are now supported thanks to @Jason Carr's latest beta update tonight.

Thanks everyone for your support!

One more update tonight:  Added support for multiple publishers, developers and genres, as well as support for the Max Players and Cooperative fields!

@UnderwoodNC I´m just update to last beta and works the other images types!!. Great!

Another case I don´t know if is implemented. I have a game that already exists in the DB, but I have more images (in this case are ingame and title screens), I click in the game update option, it prompt me to the DB and find the game that exists in the DB. I click the game and open the add images tab, but nothing more happens...  I don´t know if this is a issue or not is implemented.

 

Thanks!

Hi @flores9, I think I know what's going on there, I'll check that out when I get home this evening and try to push out another update.

Ok, perfect, I just tried the same case but with boxes images, and the result it´s the same. The "plugin" freezes when arrived to the game that already exists and don´t add any image.

@flores9 Update posted, this should help ensure that the automation picks back up after you select an existing game.

@UnderwoodNC I just tried. I don´t get that extras images been upload.

I try to specific the steps:

- Select a game that already exists in the GameDB, especifically "Aliens: the computer game" for Amstrad CPC.

- The game only have metadata, no images in the DB

- I have downloaded the box front, screen gameplay and title

- I select the option of your plugin for update game in the DB

- IT prompt me to the LBDB and ask me if it´s a game that already exists

- I select the existing game on the DB

- The script stop on the metadata screen of the game and nothing happens

- If I pass the mouse over the images links (even if I don´t click on the link) it goes to the images tab, but it freezes here

- I need to close manually the explorer and in sometimes the focus doesn´t come back to LB and I need to force the close of LB

 

@flores9 Thanks for the steps, that will help with debugging.  Is it working with other games?  Is the issue only with existing games that do not already have any images?

Unfortunately, I need to head to bed for now, but I'll definitely look into this tomorrow to see if I can wrap up this issue for you.

@UnderwoodNC this issue only happens when a game already exists in the DB and I try to add a new artwork. I tested with a few differents games, and the results are the same.

@flores9, @polocatfan Hi all, I've re-written the part of the code that checks for whether or not it's an existing game, and in my tests it is working consistently.  Please download the latest version and let me know if you run into any issues.

Hi @UnderwoodNC the same result. Can I send you something more to get more information?.

@UnderwoodNC sorry, I try another game, Alien 8 for Amstrad CPC, with a similar situation. But in this case it upload a screen gameplay, but not title gameplay.

Can affect the name of the game??, for example the box for the game "Aliens: The Computer Game" is "Aliens_ The Computer Game-01.jpg"

I´m trying the Altered Beast game, and it´s the same result of Alien 8, only missed the title screen, so its probably that the plugin can´t be upload this image type?

And the case of Aliens: ....  could be for the difference between the name of the game and the images (":" --> "_"), this is a conversion that LB does.

 

I've updated games with colons ":" and other special characters, so I don't think that's it.  The different image file name should be okay as long as it's being picked up by LaunchBox.  A few questions to try to help me pinpoint the issue:

- Are you using Firefox or Chrome?

- Are the Screenshot - Title Screen images showing up when you go to Edit the game in LaunchBox?

- It's working on the other games now (except for title image), but still does not work for Aliens: The Computer Game?

Chrome.

All the images im tryinh to upload can be viewed in the edit window of the game.

In other games it works, only fails the title image. But I want to say that now only tested 5 or 6 games.

 

Right-o, I've added it to LB to test and found an issue for existing games without any images, and it's fixed in the release I just uploaded.  Thanks for your patience @flores9 in figuring out what was going on, taking care of issues like this helps to make this an even better plugin for everybody, and it's much appreciated.

@UnderwoodNC yes!yes!yes!. It works now both cases, with front boxes and screen titles!!!

I only noticed that back boxes (in the cases I mentioned previously) don´t upload. I trying today to do more testing. Thanks!.

I just put threw a heap of submissions with your tool, using firefox it seems to stop when it trys to click the add image link, i have to manually do it myself and then it runs the rest out as intended

with Chrome it will not work well. It starts fast but than It will always have my LogIn datas. So I started it with Firefox, but this is really slow to add Images or a Game to it. Sure better than making everything manually over the page but having build up a so felt completely new System (Sega ST-V) and 59 Games, it still takes hour. Maybe it depend on the performance behavior of LB itself.

there looks like a issue. when I right click a game, I only have the option to upload a new image to the database. Pressing it goes to the screen and I have to submit a new game into the Database... and I have to press submit on the page. 

still great work

Edited May 26, 2017 by Chris Kant

Thanks @massatomic I haven't had a chance to do a lot of testing with Firefox yet.

@Chris Kant If it's showing as Add New Images, but the game doesn't have a LaunchBox Games ID, then it found that game in the latest version of the database that was downloaded.  If that's the case, please try to have LaunchBox find the game again, it should be there.  I'll check add image button issue this afternoon.  Are you also on Firefox?  I'm not sure what you mean by it will always have your login data for Chrome?