Stellar ~ RetroArch Nightly Updater

[Mizar]

Awesome update as always @wyzrd ! Getting better and better  The file .ini sounds like a great idea ?

[wyzrd]

Update 0.9.2

 

To prevent losing saved settings upon upgrade I've changed the save system to a config.ini instead of Windows %AppData% temp file.

Set your RetroArch folder path and Config Window options. After closing the program a config.ini will be generated in the same folder as Stellar.exe.

Let me know if there are any problems. I've attached v0.9.1 if you need to revert.

Download

https://github.com/StellarUpdater/Stellar/releases

Or Select Stellar from the Download Menu.

Change Log

• Added config.ini for saved settings

Menu Options

Troubleshooting

@Retro808 @Mizar @JamesBaker @Rincewind @dragon57 @neil9000 @spectral @TheMadMan007 @Mizar @Daliant

Stellar v0.9.1.0-beta.7z

[dragon57]

Sweet! Thanks so much for the update.

[Daliant]

Thank you @wyzrd!!!!

[dragon57]

I just noticed the value for Download_SelectedItem in the ini file isn't being honored upon an exit/restart of stellar. Perhaps it is because I selected New Install?

Edited November 12, 2018 by dragon57

[bundangdon]

Great work once again! This is a really valuable tool

[wyzrd]

24 minutes ago, dragon57 said:

I just noticed the value for Download_SelectedItem in the ini file isn't being honored upon an exit/restart of stellar. Perhaps it is because I selected New Install?

New Install, Upgrade, Redist, and Stellar will revert to RetroArch selected. As I figure you usually don't want to do those options each time you restart the program.

Only RetroArch, RA+Cores, Cores, and New Cores save to the config.ini. But if you need one of the options to save I can add it.

[dragon57]

8 minutes ago, wyzrd said:

New Install, Upgrade, Redist, and Stellar will revert to RetroArch selected. As I figure you usually don't want to do those options each time you restart the program.

Only RetroArch, RA+Cores, Cores, and New Cores save to the config.ini. But if you need one of the options to save I can add it.

Nope, being a coder I understand the logic. Save the user from himself, if you can!

[Mizar]

Wooot! So quick! Thanks again @wyzrd

[srxz]

Awesome work, really well designed and planned. But it lacks something really powerful if you have an arcade cabinet or doesn't want to run manually, command-line support. As an end-user I don't want to open an Interface every time to update it, I want to setup a scheduler to run it everyday automatically.

[wyzrd]

2 hours ago, srxz said:

Awesome work, really well designed and planned. But it lacks something really powerful if you have an arcade cabinet or doesn't want to run manually, command-line support. As an end-user I don't want to open an Interface every time to update it, I want to setup a scheduler to run it everyday automatically.

I will look into a way to add command-line functionality through cmd and run as a Scheduled Task.

Something like:

stellar -download cores -update all -arch 64-bit -server buildbot -path "C:\Path\To\RetroARch\"

 

[srxz]

31 minutes ago, wyzrd said:

I will look into a way to add command-line functionality through cmd and run as a Scheduled Task.

Something like:

stellar -download cores -update all -arch 64-bit -server buildbot -path "C:\Path\To\RetroARch\"

 

That would be awesome.

[The_Keeper86]

Been using this tool since the beginning! A little off topic but would it be possible to make a similar tool for PCSX2?

[wyzrd]

20 hours ago, The_Keeper86 said:

Been using this tool since the beginning! A little off topic but would it be possible to make a similar tool for PCSX2?

What would you need it to do, and where do you pull the updates?

[neil9000]

3 minutes ago, wyzrd said:

What would you need it to do, and where do you pull the updates?

I'm guessing here, but i personally dont see much point, its not like Retroarch, with cores and such needing updating all the time.

https://buildbot.orphis.net/pcsx2/

[The_Keeper86]

2 hours ago, neil9000 said:

I'm guessing here, but i personally dont see much point, its not like Retroarch, with cores and such needing updating all the time.

https://buildbot.orphis.net/pcsx2/

That is true. I know some updates do have improvements but this is understandable. I know Dolphin has an updater now was hoping PCSX2 would do the same. Sorry for the off topic request.

[wyzrd]

14 hours ago, The_Keeper86 said:

That is true. I know some updates do have improvements but this is understandable. I know Dolphin has an updater now was hoping PCSX2 would do the same. Sorry for the off topic request.

If I make a PCSX2 updater I will notify you and create a new thread for it.

It would be much simpler than RetroArch, as it would only download one file and extract.

[The_Keeper86]

10 hours ago, wyzrd said:

If I make a PCSX2 updater I will notify you and create a new thread for it.

It would be much simpler than RetroArch, as it would only download one file and extract.

That would be awesome thanks!

[flatuswalrus]

I have only just discovered this thread and program. I need to explore this forum in much more detail as there are some awesome stuff to be found. I downloaded Stellar and gave it a whirl and it worked great. It is so much easier than doing it via RA itself. Thank you so much for making this great program available to us all.

[Mizar]

Its such an amazing program, isn't it  Retroarch and the updating of the cores was such a chore before Stellar!