FS-UAE Launcher
 

I have created this thread to allow separate discussion and support for the launcher.

EDIT: FS-UAE Launcher is now included with FS-UAE 2.0. The interface is also much more mature than shows in the screenshot in this initial post.

http://fengestad.no/fs-uae/wp-conten...1/Launcher.png

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Version 1.3.13 of the launcher has just been released -a relatively major update, with the following new features:

• (Launcher) Remember last used options and settings.
• (Launcher) Configuration browser with search-as-you type.
• (Launcher) Display screenshots for selected configuration (if found in specific dirs).
• (Launcher) Save scanned configurations in a database.
• (Launcher) Scan dialog shows identified kickstarts.
• (Launcher) Some GUI reorganization / updates related to the introduction of the new configurations panel.
• (Launcher) New hardware dialog where kickstart can be overridden.
• (Launcher) New input dialog where parallel joystick ports can be configured.
• (Launcher) Correctly blank out the rest of the drives when multi-selecting less than 4 floppies.
• (Launcher) Spec file for building RPMs of the launcher is added.

The interface now looks like this:

http://fengestad.no/wp/wp-content/up...6/launcher.png

Screenshots can now be displayed for the selected configuration in the new configuration browser. Screenshot paths are currently derived from the name of the configuration file. If the configuration file is named Test.fs-uae, the two displayed screenshots
will be found in:

and (the right one):

Brilliant! :D

Not all new launcher features have been tested on all OSes yet, so let me know if you find any problems!

is this a kind of whdloader?

looks awsome

FS-UAE Launcher is primarily a configuration UI / launcher for FS-UAE, since FS-UAE lacks this itself.

Another reason to create it was to build the foundation for a user interface for the net play functionality, since configuration must be compatible across clients for net play to work, and manual fiddling of configuration is prone to errors (Net play support is not yet added to the launcher)

But I have the following on the TODO-list :)
* Add support for launching zipped-down WHDLoad games with functionality to save changed files to the (new) state dir, and merge old changed files when starting the game.

The icon can be easily improved I think :)

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/1226/launcherl.jpg

I suppose it could :) There will probably be an update later tonight with launcher fixes (based on feedback), and I'll throw in an icon as well. -Also a .desktop launcher for Linux.

If I scan for kickstart it says there are no one. Thats not right. I have all the Roms in the "Kickstarts"-Folder.

http://s1.directupload.net/images/12...p/pz8pxidb.png

The launcher currently only scans the files with .rom extension. From the screenshots I see you have a couple with .rom extension. The launcher is currently very picky about the kickstarts it recognizes, so it requires a 100% match against a specific checksum.

(Cloanto kickstart ROMs are detected in a bit inflexible way -the launcher has a list of checksums for known Cloanto versions, but it should ideally rather decrypt the ROMs and run the checksum on the decrypted file instead).

On Mac, you can run shasum * in a terminal in the kickstart folder, and if you post the output here or send me the checksums, I can check a bit further.

If you need some details about Amiga Kickstarts --> http://foulcap.free.fr/Amiga

:D

Version 1.3.14 (no changes in fs-uae):

• (Launcher) Add window icon for Windows.
• (Launcher) Added translation infrastructure.
• (Launcher) Added translations: fr, nb.
• (Launcher) Fix an erroneous error message when starting with a custom kickstart ROM.
• (Launcher) Install README, license and icons when building debs.
• (Launcher) Install .desktop file for Linux (entry in programs menu).

http://fengestad.no/wp/fs-uae/download-beta

minor correction in fs-uae-launcher fr translation after testing :

Fenêtre -> Fenêtré
Cliquez sur le bouton "scan" pour commencer l'analyse -> Cliquez sur le bouton "Analyse" pour commencer l'analyse ("scan" button don't exist in french mode ;) )
Cliquer sur le bouton "scan" si vous voulez re-analyser -> Cliquer sur le bouton "Analyse" si vous voulez re-analyser

:)

fs-uae and fs-uae icons are in apps/system .. would be better in /games no ?

Thx :) Is there a way to start this launcher using a windows batch script?

E.g.:
[RUN.BAT]
"FS-UAE Launcher.exe"

My old scripts don't seem to work anymore with this new version: a log file is generated [FS-UAE Launcher.exe.log]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "fs-uae-launcher", line 4, in <module>
File "fs_uae_launcher\__init__.pyc", line 16, in main
File "fs_uae_launcher\fsui\wx\application.pyc", line 11, in __init__
File "fs_uae_launcher\FSUAELauncher.pyc", line 28, in on_create
File "fs_uae_launcher\MainWindow.pyc", line 53, in __init__
File "fs_uae_launcher\MainWindow.pyc", line 121, in create_left_side
File "fs_uae_launcher\InputGroup.pyc", line 50, in __init__
File "fs_uae_launcher\InputSelector.pyc", line 39, in __init__
File "fs_uae_launcher\DeviceManager.pyc", line 84, in get_joystick_names
File "fs_uae_launcher\DeviceManager.pyc", line 21, in init
File "fs_uae_launcher\DeviceManager.pyc", line 68, in init_fsuae
File "fs_uae_launcher\FSUAE.pyc", line 32, in start_with_args
File "subprocess.pyc", line 672, in __init__
File "subprocess.pyc", line 787, in _get_handles
File "subprocess.pyc", line 826, in _make_inheritable
WindowsError: [Error 6] Descripteur non valide

Any idea?

Finally Frode - a launcher for this excellent emulator! :) Can it get any better?... Time will tell! Maybe to have online play built in! :)

It is most practical for me if you just download the latest po file from http://fengestad.no/fs-uae/files/po/ and make the changes (and anything other you want to change) directly. A possible bug: I think perhaps you have mixed up "less accurate" and "least accurate" in the French translations!

And of course, thank you for translating :)

That is a good question... FS-UAE is also used to emulate non-games... perhaps it would make (some) sense to have "FS-UAE" under System and "FS-UAE launcher" under Games, since the latter (probably) will be used more to start games..

I am fairly certain I can fix it or work around it somehow (Probably some console handle that can't be inherited). Why start in from a bat file, though? :p

The initial fix I will do is to catch this exception and let the program continue (joysticks will not be detected by the launcher then).

Thank you! Yes, time will tell indeed, but I think it will get much better :) -And support for online play will be very nice.

Good! :great This batch script is in fact a little front-end with a basic WHDLoad/HDD games support :)
I just want to keep the ability to start your very promising launcher using this menu :p (for all floppy based games for instance)

Can't get Launcher started on Mac OS X:

It is a current requirement that "FS-UAE Launcher.app" and "FS-UAE.app" must be placed alongside each other!

YES!! Found out this myself :spin

Hey Frode,

in the Launcher I miss the Amiga Game Consoles (CD32 & CDTV). Is this intension?!