cleverest Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 curious too...soooo excited to get this into Launchbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXo Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 I'm hearing that there should be progress soon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofrogg Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 I'm currently about 15% into my download of exodos 2.0....should I cancel this and await 3.0? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Unless @eXo changes a lot of games up, then there might not be too much need, but that depends on what he would say. If all the games, for the most part, stay the same and you can take them and insert them in place, then I don't see why you should need to. Now, some games will certainly be updated or added, but if you're grabbing them from a torrent that isn't a single zip, you should be able to pick out the new and updated ones based on a changelog (if one is kept). I hope that that there is a version of the collection that essentially comes with no games, for people with old sets updating. I don't want to speak for eXo at all, but I would be willing to bet he's considered that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXo Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 The first issue with my collections is I have no control over how they are packaged and distributed other than the two official places I release them. The internet archive for example packages all 5 volumes into one huge set. Other sites do similar things, or add their own things, or whatever. As far as releasing a version that does not include the games, I would have difficulty seeing the point. Most, if not all, torrent clients allow you to select which files you want to download from a larger torrent. If someone only wanted the front end files, then they could simply select the front end files and not all the games. I suspect there would be great difficulty in keeping a "no games version" properly seeded. It would also lead to confusion over which version folks should have. 3.0 will include new games, but more importantly, it includes a TON of fixes to existing ones. A fellow from Russia began going through my collection game by game and creating notes on every problem he encountered. It is really quite amazing how much time he has put into this. I then went through and fixed all of the issues he noted, resulting in a much more reliable experience across the board. When 3.0 releases, I will provide instructions on the sites I release to as to how best upgrade one's existing collection without downloading much in the way of duplicate data. That said, 3.0 requires two major things for release: First, outlining, integrating, and releasing support for the collections within Launchbox. Second, finishing up work on my end with the new games being added and such. Regardless of how fast Jason is able to move on integration, I suspect I won't have my part done until mid-summer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Keeping it up and seeded was an issue I didn't think of. I wonder what a decent way to update would be. Kowing myself, I'll just download the whole thing all over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXo Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 If you point a torrent to an existing file base, it will hash check and only download the differences. So as long as the content creator (me) doesn't do something stupid and start renaming files, it won't re-download existing ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 You'd also need to grab it from the same source (well, less same source and rather same download configuration), and then single file downloads are out too. I don't have the original contents of my torrents anymore though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverest Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 "When 3.0 releases, I will provide instructions on the sites I release to as to how best upgrade one's existing collection without downloading much in the way of duplicate data. " - I really appreciate this, I have the full internet archive set with the Windows collection and all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 4 minutes ago, cleverest said: "When 3.0 releases, I will provide instructions on the sites I release to as to how best upgrade one's existing collection without downloading much in the way of duplicate data. " - I really appreciate this, I have the full internet archive set with the Windows collection and all... Unfortunately, they're one of the sites were talking about that this upgrade wouldn't work on. They provided the downloads as one giant zip, meaning picking and choosing, or updating only whats different is almost impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXo Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Sure, but presumably cleverest has decompressed that giant zip file. The decompressed set should match my individual volumes. I actually designed them to be able to all be placed in the same folder, and yet still seeded - as no file in any of the volumes shares the same file name with a different hash check. eg: A person can download all 5 volumes. Move them into the same folder. Re-point the torrent to the new folder. Allow it to hash-check. And be able to go back to seeding at 100%. So, with that known, pointing eXoDOS 3.0 at the file structure should have no problem hash checking the existing games and skipping any that are unchanged. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Oh sure, so grab a regular torrent and point it towards the uncompressed set. That sounds about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM1121 Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 9 hours ago, eXo said: '...a lot about the eXo archive... I'll have to say; with all the work that's going on with this I won't be surprised if your effort and name end up in the Smithsonian Archives. Well done indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverest Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) "Sure, but presumably cleverest has decompressed that giant zip file. " YES...it's not remaining as a single zip...lol, couldn't use it if it were.... That fact I've installed some games, added folders, and files (later fixed), but not renamed anything...presumably that shouldn't break any upgrade, whether copying into it, or seeding over the main root installation folder, etc... :-) I can't wait! Edited April 21, 2017 by cleverest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXo Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Installing the games doesn't affect it in any way. The original file remains in the games folder and your torrent client will just skip over the new decompressed files. You'll be fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXo Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 13 hours ago, MattM1121 said: I'll have to say; with all the work that's going on with this I won't be surprised if your effort and name end up in the Smithsonian Archives. Well done indeed. I appreciate the sentiment. However I don't think they like pirates over there very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 There are tons of Video Game Arcades, Really good one in Dallas. We tried to go in October during Retropalooza, but it was closed on Monday's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXo Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 errrrr... what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Video Game Museums! Sheesh, that's what I get for typing tired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofrogg Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) Hi eXo, quick question regarding the exoDOS and Win3xO packages. I put them both in the same directory with all games in a joint games subdirectory. I ran the Win3xO batch file and it seems to be decompressing all the artwork. Do I still need to run the exoDOS batch file afterwards? Thanks. Edit: tried it with just the Win3xO batch file. Started Meagre - get the error message: "no data found - please check folders". I have not moved any folders around - simply left things in the root folder as suggested. Any help appreciated. Edit2: seems it doesn't like having the & symbol in the directory name. Removed that, changed it in the meagre.ini file and now it's loading the folders. Edited April 26, 2017 by Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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