Timber-eXoProjects

That's great ! Is it also possible now to store all 6 sides of the 3D Model (front, back, spine-left, spine-right, top, bottom) ? Or is the spine still just doubled?

No, it's a real SymLink, not just a Windows Shortcut. Here's the tut from our discord: How to run Launchbox from a Network Drive or NAS with a Symlink (tested on Windows 10 & 11) Install eXodos Download & install this shell extension (`https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/linkshellextension.html`) - no restart required Using File Explorer (may work with other file explorers), Right click on the installed Networked eXodos folder and select 'Pick Link Source' - this selects the Networked eXodos folder as the soruce Navigate to the Local folder you want the system to associate the Networked eXodos folder and right mouse click and select 'Drop As' pop out menu and then click 'Symobolic Link', it will create a 'new' folder with a small shortcut icon over It has now created a Symlink folder and Launchpad can now be run from your network drive or NAS It will affect performance as it's running over a network, however in my tests I'm happy with the speeds.

Ah, so you changed the paths of the game folder? Then the plugin can't find them I guess. They need to be in /eXo/eXoDOS relatively to your Launchbox folder. I recommend to use SymLink for the eXoDOS folder then. Just create a SymLink in /eXo/ to the eXoDOS folder on your NAS. You will find a detailed tutorial on our discord too.

(I also would recommend to update to eXoDOS v6 of course, we changed a lot in the way the scripts and plugin work and added lots of games, images, manuals, extras and... 😉 )

The plugin can be found here: /Plugins/eXoPlugin.dll IIRC we had this once before where the files are on a NAS and somehow the permissions won't work for the plugin to "see" the folders on the NAS. I think the solution was to reset the permissions on the NAS and set them again. But I'm not sure. Do you have the Launchbox installation on your NAS too or do you use SymLinks?

@C-Beats is right, the flag is set by the eXoPlugin we added to the collection. It checks for presence of the unzipped gamefolder. Since you can start the game, the folder must be there. But the plugin can't find it. - do you use a NAS or network drive for the eXoDOS installation? - do you changed the path of the eXoDOS folder for the gamezips? (Should be /eXo/eXoDOS/) Maybe the plugin has no permissions to access the folder?

Hi, why do you even try to import the eXoDOS games into LB ? this means you would lose all the metadata, extras, manuals, images ... that come with eXoDOS. If it's about importing eXoDOS into your existing Launchbox environment, there is a merge guide. This is IMHO the better way, because it preserves the curated collection and everything coming with it.

currently "Spine" is used only for top and bottom of the 3D box (as the same image). However, there should actually be four different images to create an accurate 3D Model of a full (e.g. DOS Big Box) scan: Spine - Left Spine - Right Spine - Top Spine - Bottom (added vote and comment to your bitbucket item @Retrofrogg)

wow, that sounds awesome !!

@blevinshousehold I'm not sure what you mean ... can you describe it a bit further? sounds more like a general launchbox topic than a special case by the eXoDOS playlist 🤨

Sounds great, but on what does this function depend on? Is it whether the "Installed" check box is set or not in the edit tab? Or are there other dependencies? And does this apply to all platforms or just Steam, GoG, Epic etc. games?

It's not recommend or supported to delete any files. If you delete the game zip file, you'll never be able to install the game again in case it doesn't work anymore or you uninstalled it (by mistake)

you can go to the /eXo/eXoDOS/ folder , select the game zips you want to install and just unzip them

yes, eXoDOS is designed to work this way the gamefiles are zipped in /eXo/eXoDOS , the batch files and extras are in th subfolders of /eXo/eXoDOS/!dos if you choose "Play..." in Launchbox for the first time, the gamezip is "installed" (=unzipped) in /eXo/eXoDOS/<gamefolder> next time you choose "Play..." it directly starts the game (because it's already installed) If you choose "Configure" in the Launchbox context menu of an eXoDOS game, you can uninstall the game. this means the /eXo/eXoDOS/<gamefolder> is deleted (so next time you choose "Play..." it will ask to install again) The questions for aspect, full/windowed ... are for each game. So when you install a game it asks you to setup these options for the chosen game. This will be changed in the next version (v6), you then can decide to use global options for all games

Yea, I'm sorry @blevinshousehold! 😁 the eXoDOS Plugin coming with v5 was the first LB plugin I ever wrote So it wasn't perfect lol 😉 Try the one I attached, that should work for all eXo-Projects In the next releases (eXoWin3x v2 and eXoDOS v6) there will be a much smarter version of the plugin 😉 The Playlist "Installed eXo* Games" is basically just a auto-populate playlist. You can add it yourself if you want: - create new playlist - set checkmark at "Auto-Populate this Playlist" - Field = "Installed" and Comparison = "Is True" - Field = "Platform" and Comparison = "Is Equal To" and Value = "Windows 3x" (for eXoWin3x or "MS-DOS" for eXoDOS) have fun -Timber eXoplugin_v3.1-HF.zip