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Digging this up again and was wondering what everyone’s experiences are with the new Linux based games on over a NAS?
Every other emulator and even non-Linux based game on TP work great, it’s just the newer Linux based games which play fine but take a really long time to load.
I was thinking of hardlinking them but it doesn’t look like you can do that on different filesystems and while you can softlink, there is no point doing that.
Anyone have any ideas on a way around this?
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I just gavce it a quick test and get the same error. The quick options are blanked out as well so cant choose "don't link anything"
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12 minutes ago, Nixx said:
Can you try to replace your exe with this one ? Not sure if that would fix.
TeknoparrotAutoXinput.exeI'll give it a go in an hour or so buddy.
I'm also going to transfer some games over to my SSD to test it as it should be ran properly as well so everything is on the same drive.
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11 minutes ago, Nixx said:
From the gui, on the quick option, you have something called Link files, you can set it to "Don't link anything", not really tested though. (Also, if not using the linked files, i recommand to force the display mode to Windowed)
I'm not sure it is taking effect as i get this error
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2 hours ago, Nixx said:
For now, you should set your dpi as normal. The ui is totally broken with hight dpi, and that's something i'm working on. The game option is also a total mess, probably not understandable by anyone outside me, so i need to work on that too.
The big difference with the previous version is that before i handled only game binding, now i handle everything, from tp settings to game patches and fix. But i don't want to turn my stuff into a "game drive" and still give the user the ability to change everything as they want so it's kinda hard to find the balance beetween adding tons of options and have something easy to understand and to use.
As for your case, the NAS for games will be a problem, my system requiere for games and patches it to be stored on a local NTFS drive. The reason for that is that i extensivly use hardlinks.
The patch archive i bundle with all sort of extra files for each game, could be dgvodoo dll for upscale, patched exe (well to avoid copyright issue i bundle patch files that generate the exe), translations or other stuff like that. And there is also conditional folders like [!amd!] [!nvidia!] [!windowed!] [!fullscreen!]. Depending on the options, files within the patch folder will be hardlinked to the game folder and cleaned on exit. But to make an hardlink, that require both files are on the same NTFS drive.
If i went to copy instead of hardlink, it would make the harddrive work too much and complicated the cleaning process (i just check if files are hardlinked to the source so i don't need to keep a list of them), maybe i can add a way to softlink, but not sure it would work.As for the settings i set in tp, for each game, i add in the config folder a .info.json files where i set the settings, you can actually view it on the right side when you go to game option.
Like for exemple for Persona4U :"global" set some global variable, like how i know the game is windowed (here if in tp option General, DisplayMode is set to WIndowed), i have some settings related to magpie so it auto detect the game window and turn it fullscreen if we launch as windowed.
"tpoptions" are the actual change in the tp settings, like if the replace_network options is checked, it will change your network info
"gameoptions" overwride your game options, like for exemple force checking the option to run riva tuner to keep the framerate to 60fps.Thanks for the explanation.
For now is there any way to turn off all the patch, dgvoodo features etc that are hardlinked so I can just test out the controller functions?
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1 hour ago, Nixx said:
My bad, the program itself is here : https://mega.nz/file/Mmwj2DIJ#Hh3ZgHqkWmqvMjLzCAYus0mD0bskzbbTUw-i2kzNWP0
The patch file is here : https://mega.nz/file/JyhCTTDR#H-xT6mHfDCOZit9GrW4997mITrzmMXIXM-JFH2GWVRE
I'm currently rewriting some part of the program to lock most option behind some sort of expert mode and i was noticed of some compatibility issues with 4K 250dpi. I'm working on it.Thanks, what you have done with the app now is a work of art with all these features you added.
Do we have some debug file? A lot of my games won't load when I click "Play game" and I'm not sure why so can't really test this extensively.
I'm also struggling to map the inputs for the Gun4ir. Nothing seems to be happening when I set Gun4ir in the device, I can map the keyboard and controllers but nothing populates the boxes when I use the gun.
And just a few minor things and are just tweaks really.
Atm we can't click finalize unless we fill in 6 - Set up your TP Online profile part. I don't use TP online so I just entered some text in there to continue but it would be nice for a check box or dropdown just to be able to skip sections so we can continue.
Maybe an option of where to install the patches as my games are on a NAS and it was really slow installing, whereas my Teknoparrot emulator is on a SSD on the PC so it may have been better going there. Not a big problem as this it just for the initial install I guess.
You mentioned already about the UI and can confirm in 4K 250% the main app doesn't fit the screen.
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15 hours ago, Nixx said:
Once you launch the app, you will get a wizard that will ask you for the patch file.
(the patch files contains all files like shader fix, reshade, dgvodoo dll for upscale or any stuff like that)Hi mate, with v0.10 off github i don't get a wizard when launching.
I saw both of your links are the same was one meant to be for a newer version and the other the patches?
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12 hours ago, Nixx said:
Once you launch the app, you will get a wizard that will ask you for the patch file.
(the patch files contains all files like shader fix, reshade, dgvodoo dll for upscale or any stuff like that)Brilliant, I’ll give it a go later 👍
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3 hours ago, Nixx said:
I have a pre-alpha version but at this point i don't know the amount of bugs to fix.
If you are curious i would very much like some feedback.
Please don't extract over current install of TPAutoXinput, use a new one.
https://mega.nz/file/JyhCTTDR#H-xT6mHfDCOZit9GrW4997mITrzmMXIXM-JFH2GWVREhttps://mega.nz/file/JyhCTTDR#H-xT6mHfDCOZit9GrW4997mITrzmMXIXM-JFH2GWVRE
How do we install this? I have created a fresh V0.10 install but the TAXPatches.0.9.full.7z just has patch.json and 20'000 files in with no extensions and I'm not sure what to do with it.
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On 7/27/2024 at 12:37 AM, Nixx said:
Sorry, it was so long, i don't remember if the V0.10 has the design intended to fix your issue.
Again, sorry for the delay, i'm still working on it and i hope i will be able to rlz next version soon.
Still actively working on it, I added quite a lot of option and the configuration UI is kinda a mess, so to simplify things, so, right now, i'm working on a Wizard.
No problem.
I'm looking forward to the next release 👍
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Is it just me, but for a while now in Launchbox platforms never load up after just one click? I have to select one, select something else then reselect it for it to load said platform up.
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Hi mate, I've tried your latest version V0.10 and am still having the issue I mentioned a few posts above with not being able to scroll down and select save on a 4K screen with scaling at 250%.
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Not a bug but a request that I suggested a long time ago on Bitbucket but I didn't get a response and it seems like a really easy thing to implement. I know it's not the place to ask but my post on bitbucket has been lost in time lol
Please add "Open Video Folder" to the other options in the right-click File management options 😁
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5 hours ago, Cineaste said:
Out of curiosity, did you manually assign 1311 images to your PS2 games? I checked mine and all seems well. The name matching changes should only really be an issue for files that have not been imported via the built-in scraper.
It's some I made myself and a mis-match of packs I curated, so they weren't scraped from LB.
Mainly it was all the games with special characters that weren't being picked up because of the lack of the _ conversion and when you have 4-5 per game they soon add up.
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Just an update @superrob3000 plugin worked flawlessly and now all the files not matching on 13.14 now all get picked up.
Note to self, start naming all files after the game title 😂
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@superrob3000 wow thanks, I'll give it a go asap
Just to give the devs an idea on what this new name matching has done on some platforms I randomly tried. So this is missing media I got from the cleanup tool in 13.12 and then 13.14
Platform - 13.12 - 13.14
NDS - 2 - 58
NES - 0 - 248
GBA - 0 - 37
Wii -13 - 495
Megadrive - 0 - 54
PS1 - 1 - 56
PS2 - 3 - 1311
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So i have a question regarding my missing images. I ran an image cleanup and have way too many files that I'd have to rename that it's not finding now due to the new matching.
So going off my last post the previous version found all these images fine so would I break anything if I ran the 13.12 Setup.exe (I don't have 13.13 for some reason) overwriting 13.14, then ran the Image Renamer Plugin to change the files to the games titles and then reinstall 13.14?
Alternatively, should i just wait for the next beta if you are adding the 3rd step @faeran mentioned?
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14 hours ago, Rlad said:
You can use the clean up media option to at least see what files aren't associated. Then 'move files to folder' button, rename and/or re-add from there.
Not a bad idea but i also have a problem with the clean up media. For some reason, it picks up all the images i have in the arcade - controls information saying they are not in use but they are and I'm not sure why. Thinking about it actually, it may be because they are used in a pause screen.
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I'm also missing a lot of images and videos now the logic has changed.
With the title Heavy Fire: Afghanistan and the image/video named Heavy Fire - Afghanistan it used to be picked up now it isn't. Just like Ford Racing: Full Blown with files named as Ford Racing Full Blown and AAAHH!!! Real Monsters named as Aaahh Real Monsters
Renaming them properly with Heavy Fire_ Afghanistan and Ford Racing_ Full Blown obviously picks them up but it would be a massive headache trying to find ones that are named incorrectly 😂
Can't we just have it just to ignore special characters in the title when file matching or would that cause more problems?
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I have a little issue and once again it's due to my scaling in Windows. As I use a 4K TV I have the scaling at 250% (recommended is 300%) and it cuts off the save button at the bottom
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This looks like an absolute godsend for me, if I've read correctly whats its doing lol.
I have come to find out that I have to reconfigure my controls for the gamepads and lightgun every time I load up Teknoparrot after I've shut down my PC which you can imagine is an absolute pain. I was looking at modifying a script posted in the Gun4ir discord for Supermodel that picks up the device IDs and changes the corresponding values in the ini file but looking through the TP XMLs it may be beyond my scope.
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Any help on this guys or some workaround?
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Hi guys, I have recently moved my large collection of manuals over to my NAS and am symlinking them back to the root launchbox manuals folder but get this error when I try and view them.
I have tried turning off the built-in function in the options but that opens Acrobat and it doesn't load them full screen like the BB one does. Any ideas what I can do to get them to work?
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Hi mate, would it be possible for you to upload the template for the controls/shortcuts image you made?
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Right, so I figured out a way around it and it's the same way I get eXoDOS to load up quickly.
Basically, just symlink all the games folders to your local drive and copy a couple of real folders/files over so it reads them off the local drive and not hundreds, possibly thousands of tiny files over the NAS.
For Linux based TP games, it's the prod, programs and snd folders in the data folder if they have them. I've only tested a couple so far though so if anyone needs this kind of info let me know and I'll share it when I'm done
And For anyone that has this issue with eXoDOS, you just need the util folder and its contents on your local drive (with the whole ExoDOS folder symlinked) as that has thousands of the config files in and you'll launch exoDOS games from your symlinked setup on your local drive.