MayorQwert Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Is it possible to bind this to a key in some way as it currently stands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Laor Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Looks great! Is there any way to make this an option on the Platform categories or Platform screen? It would be great if it could be added to a games list screen (i.e. Nintendo 64 Games list) as well. Thanks for helping make progress on this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBond@ge Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 (edited) A lot of us wanted this feature, and no one apart from me and FreeSoftwareServers has put a "thanks" or a "like" on Grila's post. Pull your finger out people. Edited May 11, 2018 by JamesBond@ge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grila Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, JamesBond@ge said: A lot of us wanted this feature, and no one apart from me and FreeSoftwareServers has put a "thanks" or a "like" on Grila's post. Pull your finger out people. Such is the nature of the interwebz I'm glad you're satisfied and appreciate the support. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Laor Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 I did thanks the man but I shall thank him again. Thanks! Great plug in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayorQwert Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Good overall plugin, just a shame I can't really use it since I don't see a way to edit the categories on the plugin to match what I have for play modes. Also really wish there was a way to have it be bound to a key, so I can just press a key to select a random game while in a platform view. It would be nice if there was a way to make a plugin that selected a random game in whatever current view you are in and had the wheel spin to that game's position. The game detail view is alright, but I have that disabled on my machine by default for users and wish I could avoid having to go through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeSoftwareServers Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 The wheel spin causes a huge lag on my system so I love that it goes to the game Details page. That being said I wish that it was bound to a button or a keyboard shortcut so that I could use it on a platform View, and it would only look for games in that platform. The current implementation works for me I had fun playing random games the other night, I just wish I could filter by platform. Suggestion make random games a whole sub menu, with Advanced filters. That way it doesn't clutter up current menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayorQwert Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 7 minutes ago, FreeSoftwareServers said: The wheel spin causes a huge lag on my system so I love that it goes to the game Details page. That being said I wish that it was bound to a button or a keyboard shortcut so that I could use it on a platform View, and it would only look for games in that platform. The current implementation works for me I had fun playing random games the other night, I just wish I could filter by platform. Suggestion make random games a whole sub menu, with Advanced filters. That way it doesn't clutter up current menu. I suppose I understand what you mean about wheel spin, I'm running on a pretty fast system so lag has never really been an issue for me. I just like the aesthetic of the wheel spin, and feel it would look pretty cool when coupled with a plug-in like this. But I definitely do wish there was a way to bind it to a key, also wish it could sink with whatever you have for your play modes, as I have put a good bit of customization into mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grila Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Sorry guys, I was on vacation and just got back. I'll start taking a look at improving this with your suggestions when I'm back in the office tomorrow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 6 minutes ago, Grila said: Sorry guys, I was on vacation and just got back. I'll start taking a look at improving this with your suggestions when I'm back in the office tomorrow. lol, what a weak excuse 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayorQwert Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 28 minutes ago, Grila said: Sorry guys, I was on vacation and just got back. I'll start taking a look at improving this with your suggestions when I'm back in the office tomorrow. You are truly a hero to us all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grila Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 @MayorQwert can you give me some examples of your play modes please? Exact as possible including any punctuation you have in them so I can get an idea how to handle them. For example, some of the default LaunchBox play modes are: Single Player Multiplayer Cooperative; Multiplayer 2-Player Alternating 2-Player Simultaneous 3-Player Simultaneous 4-Player Alternating / 2-Player Simultaneous 4-Player Alternating 4-Player Simultaneous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayorQwert Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 12 minutes ago, Grila said: @MayorQwert can you give me some examples of your play modes please? Exact as possible including any punctuation you have in them so I can get an idea how to handle them. For example, some of the default LaunchBox play modes are: Single Player Multiplayer Cooperative; Multiplayer 2-Player Alternating 2-Player Simultaneous 3-Player Simultaneous 4-Player Alternating / 2-Player Simultaneous 4-Player Alternating 4-Player Simultaneous Sure! I use a lot of the default ones, but got rid of the Multiplayer tag, as I felt it was redundant. Here's all of my play modes: 2-Player Alternating 2-Player Simultaneous 3-Player Simultaneous 4-Player Alternating / 2-Player Simultaneous 4-Player Alternating 4-Player Simultaneous 6-Player Simultaneous 8-Player Alternating / 2-Player Simultaneous Competitive Cooperative Single Player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayorQwert Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 It would be interesting if it would be possible to have a key you could bind that would find a random game in whatever view you happen to be in. If that's too hard to do then perhaps an option to pick by genre, but I digress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grila Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 7 minutes ago, MayorQwert said: It would be interesting if it would be possible to have a key you could bind that would find a random game in whatever view you happen to be in. If that's too hard to do then perhaps an option to pick by genre, but I digress. It's on my list. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grila Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 OK, I have some progress to report: hotkey has been added but I could only use what's available in the plugin API (up, down, left, right, enter, esc). Right now, I have it bound to holding right which sounds a little weird, but in use it's really not that bad. I'm gonna tag @Jason Carr to get some feedback on if we can implement a user settable hotkey to the API. The playmodes are now taken directly from the xml file of the selected platform. This should solve the problem of your manually edited playmodes @MayorQwert. Now, there is a downside to getting them automatically as the plugin won't work for playlists since the playmodes aren't stored in the playlist xml. The plugin still goes to the game details screen for now because in the API there is no other way for me to navigate to the game. I'm going to tag @Jason Carr again to see if that also can be added to the API. Other than that, I'm chugging along. Here's a little video of the new revision in action. In the video, when I get to Sega 32x you can see a custom playmode I created on one game (just to illustrate to can set your playmodes to anything you want). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayorQwert Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 7 hours ago, Grila said: OK, I have some progress to report: hotkey has been added but I could only use what's available in the plugin API (up, down, left, right, enter, esc). Right now, I have it bound to holding right which sounds a little weird, but in use it's really not that bad. I'm gonna tag @Jason Carr to get some feedback on if we can implement a user settable hotkey to the API. The playmodes are now taken directly from the xml file of the selected platform. This should solve the problem of your manually edited playmodes @MayorQwert. Now, there is a downside to getting them automatically as the plugin won't work for playlists since the playmodes aren't stored in the playlist xml. The plugin still goes to the game details screen for now because in the API there is no other way for me to navigate to the game. I'm going to tag @Jason Carr again to see if that also can be added to the API. Other than that, I'm chugging along. Here's a little video of the new revision in action. In the video, when I get to Sega 32x you can see a custom playmode I created on one game (just to illustrate to can set your playmodes to anything you want). You really are a champ, thanks for all your work! I get excited every time I see there's been a post here now. haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 You're the king, @Grila. Nice work here. I'll look into adding custom hotkeys here soon. Game selection within a particular view might be more tricky but I'll look into it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grila Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Another little update: The plugin now works with playlists When I first implemented grabbing the play modes directly from the platform XML files yesterday, I presumed it would no longer work for playlists because the playlist XML files don't have the play mode tag in them. This morning I realized I could just lookup the play mode for each game in the playlist by its ID. It's now implemented and everything is working as expected. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayorQwert Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 7 hours ago, Grila said: Another little update: The plugin now works with playlists When I first implemented grabbing the play modes directly from the platform XML files yesterday, I presumed it would no longer work for playlists because the playlist XML files don't have the play mode tag in them. This morning I realized I could just lookup the play mode for each game in the playlist by its ID. It's now implemented and everything is working as expected. Where is the download link for the updated version, by the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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