JamesBond@ge Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) @fraganator Thanks so much for getting back to me. I've attached a screenshot of my .log file. I was using LaunchBox 10.1 for a long time, and then the error just occurred from nowhere. I upgraded to 10.10 and still getting the same error. The error is thrown a few seconds after attempting to start LB or BB and crashes LB and BB almost straight away so I never actually get a chance to start a game. I deleted the Config file like you said, but the same still happens. ************************EDIT*********************** Well, I think I managed to fix this problem. Or at least one of your builds did. I tried the v1.6beta version that you posted earlier in this thread (almost 18 months ago wow time flies) and it seems to be working fine, whereas I was using the official v1.5 of your plugin. ArchiveCacheManager v1.6 beta @fraganator PM me and I'll send you a donation for your time. This plugin has saved me so much time, you don't even know. Edited March 1, 2020 by JamesBond@ge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraganator Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 @JamesBond@ge Thanks for posting the log file. It looks like there's a stray Vertical Tab character in one of LaunchBox's game/platform database files, rather than the cache manager config file. Version 1.6beta's extra exception must be catching and suppressing the exception. If you're finding 1.6beta is stable to use, I'll make it the latest stable version. Thanks for your donation offer, it's much appreciated. Please hold onto it though, I'm happy knowing that the plugin has been so useful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moukrea Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Hi ! I don't know what's happening, but it doesn't seem to work anymore on the latest version of Launchbox (10.14) I tried to reinstall it (as it always get disabled everytime I update Launchbox), removing config files... still, it looks like Launchbox takes over and unzip the game by itself... the issue being it doesn't cache anything and it freezes while it unzips it! Freezing is actually not the most annoying problem, it's just the fact that everytime I want to play, I have to "cache" it again which takes ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, Moukrea said: Hi ! I don't know what's happening, but it doesn't seem to work anymore on the latest version of Launchbox (10.14) I tried to reinstall it (as it always get disabled everytime I update Launchbox), removing config files... still, it looks like Launchbox takes over and unzip the game by itself... the issue being it doesn't cache anything and it freezes while it unzips it! Freezing is actually not the most annoying problem, it's just the fact that everytime I want to play, I have to "cache" it again which takes ages If it's using the 7zip included with Launchbox then the plugin will need to be updated as all the third party programs included with Launchbox have bee moved to a "Third Party" folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moukrea Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) Oh I got it... Unfortunate! I thought I could sneak arround by using mklink /d command line, but LaunchBox crashes on startup with ArchiveCacheManager on the root of LaunchBox, virtually linked to "ThirdParty"... too bad! Edit: It actually kinda work when doing so, the issue being ArchiveCacheManager looks for 7-Zip on the root of LaunchBox.... So I decided to the the same mklink thing to 7-Zip! But then, upon launch, LaunchBox directly moves it... So I did a two step mklink (the "real" 7-zip totally outside of LaunchBox, linking to a virtual "7-Zip" folder in the root of LaunchBox, linking to a "7-Zip" folder in ThirdParty... which crashed LaunchBox right) away So yep, this app need an update unfortunately! Edited April 26, 2020 by Moukrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbneo Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Damn! This plugin is so great that it needs to be part of LB. It was part of the reason why I moved from Rockerlauncher to LB. Now my favorite games (all on DVD and archived) make me wait 4 to 5 minutes every time I resume my saves. Looking forward to seeing @fraganator back with a fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxideous Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 +1 to what is being said above regarding a fix. I actually left a comment here (https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/234-archive-cache-manager/?tab=comments#comment-6965) not sure where that is in relation to this... In my opinion, this feature should be heavily considered being baked into Launchbox directly. It provides a huge amount of value for playing modern games. Looking forward to a fix, thanks to everyone involved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moukrea Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Haven't found it myself, but is this plugin available on Github? I'd try to fix the compatibility issue with current Launchbox build myself (if I can!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imdavid555 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I wish this worked with the current Launchbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbneo Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 The issue does not even seem to be too difficult to fix. I guess 7zip folder path needs to be updated on the code so it matches the new locations in LB. Unfortunately, fraganator has not shown up since March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuriousGeorge Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 @fraganator Would you be willing to publish/open source the code for this plugin? I've got some similar ideas to previous suggestions I'd like to toy around with, as well as updating to current LB. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBond@ge Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) @fraganator I'd be willing to pay a bounty or donate money through PayPal to anyone who can get this working again. Edited October 4, 2020 by JamesBond@ge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraganator Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 Hello everyone! First, my apologies for not being active recently with this plugin. I've wanted to return to it at some point, but haven't had the time. I wanted to let you all know version 2.0 has been under development, and is almost ready for beta release. It's a complete rewrite to utilize LB's plugin framework. I also plan to put the code on github, so the plugin can live on if I can't dedicate time to it. @NahuelDS With this rewrite, the idea of launching a specific file from an archive should be possible. I'm thinking it could be a new right-click menu item (Play File From Archive -> window to select file), or an emulator \ platform setting where if multiple of the same file type are detected in the archive, a window appears allowing you to select which one to play. I'll try get the right-click implementation working as a first step. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraganator Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) Hi everyone, Attached is beta version 2.0.0 of Archive Cache Manager. Extract it to the LaunchBox\Plugins folder, then run LaunchBox / BigBox. Configuration settings are available in the LaunchBox Tools menu under Archive Cache Manager. By default the cache location is LaunchBox\ArchiveCache, with a cache size of 20GB, and a minimum archive size of 100MB. There's also a default file priority for PCSX2 and bin files (as it won't run cue files). An events log file is saved to LaunchBox\Plugins\ArchiveCacheManager\events.log to help track down issues. The log file is cleared every time LaunchBox / BigBox is started. If testing doesn't turn up any issues in the next few days, I'll make an official release on the plugin page. Thanks again for your patience ? ArchiveCacheManager v2.0.0 beta.zip Edited March 4, 2021 by fraganator Formatting 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbneo Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) Glad to see you @fraganator back to the LB forums. Thanks a lot for not only making the add-In back compatible but also upgrading it to better integrate to Launchbox! I mainly run tests on the PlayStation 2 system as all my games are Win RARed. Archive Cache Manager works great so far. Appreciate the options to chose the destination of the folder cache and also the maximum archive size limit. As mentioned on the Read.me file the game loading progress bar from LB does not runs accurate to the real time the game takes to un-archiving. Not sure I understood why that 7z switch "-bs|p" cannot be added. Thanks again Edited March 6, 2021 by bbneo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraganator Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 Thanks @bbneo Glad it works, and you're finding it useful. The comment regarding the 7z switch is more for me to remember to add support for it in a future version. There's still a couple of bugs to fix for the final version 2.0.0 release, but after that I'll fix the progress bar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otavioraposojr Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 This plugin is the best plugin, hands down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraganator Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 Version 2.0.0 is now available! Grab it from the downloads page, or from the GitHub repository. Thank you to those who tried out the beta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraganator Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 Version 2.0.1 is out now. Includes minor bug fixes, and adds support for the startup screen progress bar (thanks @bbneo for reporting). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraganator Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 Version 2.0.2 is out now. New feature: Select and launch individual ROMs / files from a merged archive! Handy for merged archives which include multiple language, region, hack, betas, or multiple disc images in a single archive. Right-click on a game and choose Select ROM In Archive... A window will popup with a full listing of the archive contents. Select the desired ROM file, then click Play. That ROM will now launch with the configured emulator. (Thanks to @NahuelDS for the suggestion) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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