Tiny Launcher 1.0 Released - Page 27

gibs · 09 June 2012, 23:47

I have uploaded a video (only):

[ Show youtube player ]

spannernick · 16 June 2012, 16:10

One problem I have come across..
When you scan for your games it finds every folder in there,can you get it so it only shows WHDLoad games cos its picking up my igame fonlders that just has a igame.iff in them so I think I have that game and I don't and it shows it in the list of games.

gibs · 16 June 2012, 18:36

Tiny Launcher only scan 1 level of directory.
Why? It's not designed to work in the workbench. In ClassicWB files have been classified by letter because it would take too much time for the Workbench to scan all the directories.

At the beginning, it was about putting your favorite small collection of games in a directory, and Tiny Launcher was displaying your directories where a Slave was about to be found. It was only working with 'online scan'. I mean no Database.
So the goal was to scan as quick as possible. I could have checked if a whdload were under the directory but it would have taken more time, because it was designed to work on a 68000 especially the CDTV/A500/A600 (because it's almost impossible to find a quick launcher for those plateform, therefore I have never tried the KillerGorilla ECS launcher, I never managed to make it work).

So, you need to create for example a directory like "ECSGAMES" and put your games in it. like this :

ECSGAMES/Agony
ECSGAMES/ShadowOfTheBeast
ECSGAMES/BattleSquadron

etc...

In the futur I will display the directory only if there's the Slave under but only for the Database, because you don't update it everytime.

spannernick · 16 June 2012, 23:05

Ok that's cool whatever you want to do,its your baby and I love it thanks for what you have done so far.
I have put my games in ECS folder already I was going to do a AGA one but most of them won't work cos of memory but there are some folders with igame.iff in there only that's why I posted about it. I am trying to removing them but its taking so long to do.

gibs · 17 June 2012, 00:17

So you have some folders with .iff and no .slave ?

spannernick · 17 June 2012, 01:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by gibs

So you have some folders with .iff and no .slave ?

Yep Igame made them But im getting there..

gibs · 17 June 2012, 13:25

Why don't you download them from the KG website ?

spannernick · 17 June 2012, 13:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by gibs

Why don't you download them from the KG website ?

I have but I copied them into the A-Z folders originally and then moved them to the ECS folder for Tiny Launcher but move igame folders too you see.If you look in the A-Z folders there have game folders in them already but only with igame.iff in them.

spanner · 30 June 2012, 21:21

Hi..

Where dose TL2.0 save its data too(what folder and where)..???

(MMM...TL2.0 is a nice abbreviation name for it..

)

gibs · 30 June 2012, 21:45

Hello,

In S:TinyLauncher/

magnetic · 30 June 2012, 22:09

GIBS

Are your PMs cleared yet? Cant send you a message.

spanner · 30 June 2012, 22:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by gibs

Hello,

In S:TinyLauncher/

Thanks..

Hows TL2.1 coming..?

magnetic · 30 June 2012, 22:18

hmm 2.1? what new features?

spanner · 01 July 2012, 17:20

I don't know if there is a TL2.1 comming but I am hoping there is cos I tried the up on controller where it comes up with 0to9 ABCDEFGHIJ and so on at the top of the screen and you press on say "N" and it comes up with games beginning with "L" that's must be a bug cos I do have games beginning with "N"... weird..???

gibs · 01 July 2012, 19:04

@magnetic no. My mailbox is small. As I want to keep my messages each time I erase 1 or 2 messages.

@Spanner
Yes it's a bug, it also happen to me. I'm going to fix that.

olesio · 01 July 2012, 19:45

@gibs: btw, can you make youtube video in free time at which you use FastNav feature under Tiny Launcher and WinUAE on keyboard and show it slowly by some extrenal camera? Because maybe I'm dumb, but I still cannot use this feature with method, which you described some post above when you replied me. Holding up direction does not react ;/

gibs · 02 July 2012, 08:42

I haven't done the video but it's working with the arrows and joystick emulation keys.

@Spanner your database is updated ? (F1)

spanner · 02 July 2012, 14:16

Yep arrow keys are working but the A to Z is not properly,well not on TL2.0..

gibs · 02 July 2012, 20:16

@Spanner Can you do a small video ?

spanner · 04 July 2012, 17:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by gibs

@Spanner Can you do a small video ?

Yes I can,I will let you know when I have made it and post link.

16 June 2012, 18:36	#523
gibs Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: france Posts: 932	Tiny Launcher only scan 1 level of directory. Why? It's not designed to work in the workbench. In ClassicWB files have been classified by letter because it would take too much time for the Workbench to scan all the directories. At the beginning, it was about putting your favorite small collection of games in a directory, and Tiny Launcher was displaying your directories where a Slave was about to be found. It was only working with 'online scan'. I mean no Database. So the goal was to scan as quick as possible. I could have checked if a whdload were under the directory but it would have taken more time, because it was designed to work on a 68000 especially the CDTV/A500/A600 (because it's almost impossible to find a quick launcher for those plateform, therefore I have never tried the KillerGorilla ECS launcher, I never managed to make it work). So, you need to create for example a directory like "ECSGAMES" and put your games in it. like this : ECSGAMES/Agony ECSGAMES/ShadowOfTheBeast ECSGAMES/BattleSquadron etc... In the futur I will display the directory only if there's the Slave under but only for the Database, because you don't update it everytime. Last edited by gibs; 16 June 2012 at 18:42.

16 June 2012, 23:05	#524
spannernick Retro Nuts Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London/UK Age: 53 Posts: 1,184	Ok that's cool whatever you want to do,its your baby and I love it thanks for what you have done so far. I have put my games in ECS folder already I was going to do a AGA one but most of them won't work cos of memory but there are some folders with igame.iff in there only that's why I posted about it. I am trying to removing them but its taking so long to do. Last edited by spannernick; 16 June 2012 at 23:13.

02 July 2012, 08:42	#537
gibs Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: france Posts: 932	I haven't done the video but it's working with the arrows and joystick emulation keys. @Spanner your database is updated ? (F1) Last edited by gibs; 02 July 2012 at 12:53.

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09 June 2012, 23:47	#521
gibs Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: france Posts: 932	I have uploaded a video (only): [ Show youtube player ]

16 June 2012, 16:10	#522
spannernick Retro Nuts Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London/UK Age: 53 Posts: 1,184	One problem I have come across.. When you scan for your games it finds every folder in there,can you get it so it only shows WHDLoad games cos its picking up my igame fonlders that just has a igame.iff in them so I think I have that game and I don't and it shows it in the list of games.

17 June 2012, 00:17	#525
gibs Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: france Posts: 932	So you have some folders with .iff and no .slave ?

17 June 2012, 13:25	#527
gibs Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: france Posts: 932	Why don't you download them from the KG website ?

30 June 2012, 21:21	#529
spanner none Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: None Posts: 322	Hi.. Where dose TL2.0 save its data too(what folder and where)..??? (MMM...TL2.0 is a nice abbreviation name for it.. )

30 June 2012, 21:45	#530
gibs Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: france Posts: 932	Hello, In S:TinyLauncher/

30 June 2012, 22:09	#531
magnetic Banned Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Los Angeles, USA Posts: 244	GIBS Are your PMs cleared yet? Cant send you a message.

30 June 2012, 22:18	#533
magnetic Banned Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Los Angeles, USA Posts: 244	hmm 2.1? what new features?

01 July 2012, 17:20	#534
spanner none Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: None Posts: 322	I don't know if there is a TL2.1 comming but I am hoping there is cos I tried the up on controller where it comes up with 0to9 ABCDEFGHIJ and so on at the top of the screen and you press on say "N" and it comes up with games beginning with "L" that's must be a bug cos I do have games beginning with "N"... weird..???

01 July 2012, 19:04	#535
gibs Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: france Posts: 932	@magnetic no. My mailbox is small. As I want to keep my messages each time I erase 1 or 2 messages. @Spanner Yes it's a bug, it also happen to me. I'm going to fix that.

01 July 2012, 19:45	#536
olesio Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 337	@gibs: btw, can you make youtube video in free time at which you use FastNav feature under Tiny Launcher and WinUAE on keyboard and show it slowly by some extrenal camera? Because maybe I'm dumb, but I still cannot use this feature with method, which you described some post above when you replied me. Holding up direction does not react ;/

02 July 2012, 14:16	#538
spanner none Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: None Posts: 322	Yep arrow keys are working but the A to Z is not properly,well not on TL2.0..

02 July 2012, 20:16	#539
gibs Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: france Posts: 932	@Spanner Can you do a small video ?

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