eXoDOS question

[Gumdoc]

Hi all,

Realize this isn't a LB question per se but was hoping from some advice from anyone that knows eXoDOS well. I downloaded the full 550 GB version and ran the setup.bat which took most of the day to complete. Here's the issue: every time I go to run a game the first time, it says it's not installed and I have to unpack the files. The folder structure is set up with .zip files in the eXoDOS folder (each zip has all the required files). There's a !dos folder inside the eXoDOS folder with a subfolder for each game, each of those folders basically just has a couple of .bat files that will run the installation and create the game folder in the eXoDOS folder.

My question is: did I mess up the installation or is this the expected behavior? It would seem that every time I run a game, and it unpacks, I would no longer need that game's zip file. But, for every game, I get asked about aspect ratio and full/windowed...but I could have sworn I answered that during the main setup process.

Any help appreciated.

[Drybonz]

I asked about this a few days ago in the ExoDos thread.  You can read the official reply here:

 

[Gumdoc]

Thanks...not exactly the issue I'm having but I will post in there for help.

[Timber-eXoProjects]

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

[Gumdoc]

6 hours ago, Timber-eXoProjects said:

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

Thanks for the reply. Is there any way to do this other than one game at a time? I have around 50 games in favorites, it would be nice if I could do a mass "unzip" rather than each one manually.

[Timber-eXoProjects]

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

[Gumdoc]

Oh, great! I didn't think it would create the proper folder as the folder names are much shorter than the full game name in most cases, but it appears to create the proper folder name when I do that. Last question (I promise), once I do that, can the .zip files be deleted or archived to save space?

Thanks again for the help.

[DeadVoivod]

You can delete the .zip file (or archive) if you want, although it needs the .zip also to uninstall the game. 

[Timber-eXoProjects]

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)