FS-UAE Launcher

[ransom1122]

"+2 and maybe a way to sort the games (by genre, publisher, developer, release date, support, most played games...)"
can be very usefyl useful

[ransom1122]

any news on the write enabled zip file problem frode?

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by ransom1122

thanks for the quick updates.

Is there a way to get a game count as to how many games you have in the games list?

Not currently, no, but I can add a label displaying the count if items currently in the view or something (this is strictly speaking the number of configurations, not necessarily the number of games).

Originally Posted by AmigaOnline

+1 and maybe a way to sort the games (by genre, publisher, developer, release date, support, most played games...)
Probably not a priority, but this can be useful

Yes, I may add such features later - of course, it requires that the database is developed further.

Originally Posted by ransom1122

any news on the write enabled zip file problem frode?

It is fixed and the fix will appear in the next version

[Foul]

updated Fr translation :

- replaced : "Jeux Online" by "Jeux en Ligne"

[FrodeSolheim]

Version 1.3.24:
* (Launcher) Redesigned user interface.
* (Launcher) Net play support with integrated lobby, chat rooms and game channels. Options are automatically synchronized between players.
* (Launcher) Support --base-dir command line argument.
* (Launcher) Check recursively upwards from directory containing executable and look for "Portable.ini" -if found, use directory containing Portable.ini as base_dir.
* (Launcher) Paths in database are converted to/from paths relative to base_dir (if possible) so the database can be portable.
* (Launcher) You now cannot put options recognized as config options in custom settings.
* (Launcher) Added built-in configuration for "Transplant" game.
* (Launcher) Log to Documents/FS-UAE/Logs/Launcher.log.txt (while also logging to console, if available)
* (Launcher) Updated translations: fr [Foul].

Download from: http://fengestad.no/fs-uae/files/1.3.24/

[AmigaOnline]

Thanks for this update, Frode
What is the recommended display resolution for the launcher?

As you can see, some boxes/buttons are not displayed properly using a 1024x600 resolution:

[grimi]

Hi Frode. I have some bug report: launcher ignores all options from configs (in Configuration folder) which have folder as hard_drive_x.
Thanks you.

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by AmigaOnline

Thanks for this update, Frode
What is the recommended display resolution for the launcher?
As you can see, some boxes/buttons are not displayed properly using a 1024x600 resolution:

Right now it needs sightly more than 1024x600 (for instance 1024x768). I'll remove the information/image panels when running with vertical resolution < 768 (like in the previous GUI).

Originally Posted by grimi

Hi Frode. I have some bug report: launcher ignores all options from configs (in Configuration folder) which have folder as hard_drive_x.
Thanks you.

Yes, I can confirm loading hard_drive_x(folder) from configuration files are buggy (Net play related code tries to checksum the directory ). It will be fixed shortly.

[nexusle]

Originally Posted by FrodeSolheim

Added built-in configuration for "Transplant"

Another one of my favorite games!! Very, very great!!

[FrodeSolheim]

* Fixed bug when setting hard_drive_x folders options from config files.
* Remove information panels when running on small resolutions.

http://fengestad.no/fs-uae/files/1.3.24u1

[nexusle]

Some more feature request :-)

Please can you implement the ability to set a proxy server?

In our company we use no direct internet access, we use a proxy server.

[AmigaOnline]

Originally Posted by FrodeSolheim

* Remove information panels when running on small resolutions.

Thx. It could be a good idea to use keyboard shortcuts to access the main functions.
Something like:

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by nexusle

Some more feature request :-)
Please can you implement the ability to set a proxy server?
In our company we use no direct internet access, we use a proxy server.

Need some more info:
* What kind of proxy: Socks? HTTP Proxy?
* What operating system?
* For what features: Downloading resources (such as WHDLoad support files)? -or Net play?

For net play, not all proxy types are suitable. For downloading resources, HTTP proxy should already work more or less out of the box (according to Python documentation):

The default is to read the list of proxies from the environment variables <protocol>_proxy. If no proxy environment variables are set, in a Windows environment, proxy settings are obtained from the registry’s Internet Settings section and in a Mac OS X environment, proxy information is retrieved from the OS X System Configuration Framework.

Originally Posted by AmigaOnline

Thx. It could be a good idea to use keyboard shortcuts to access the main functions.
Something like:

Sounds like a reasonable idea, shouldn't take much effort

[nexusle]

Only for downloading resources. It's a password protected HTTP Proxy

OS is Windows 7

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by nexusle

Only for downloading resources. It's a password protected HTTP Proxy
OS is Windows 7

Is it configured properly in "Internet Options" (Internet Explorer / Control Panel settings)? If not, please try that and see if it works out of the box.

If it still does not work, try to set the environment variable
http_proxy=http://username:password@host:port/
(this can be done in Windows via "System Properties" -> "Advanced" -> "Environment Variables").

[nexusle]

Originally Posted by FrodeSolheim

http_proxy=http://username:password@host:port/

This works for now! Thanks!!

I hope, I didn't forget to change the "password" entry each month before I'm blocked by our proxy...

[nexusle]

Hey Frode,

have you noticed this: http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=835052&postcount=69

[FrodeSolheim]

An in-between release for Mac OS X with a workaround to make launcher translations work:
http://fengestad.no/fs-uae/files/1.3.24u2/

[nexusle]

Originally Posted by FrodeSolheim

An in-between release for Mac OS X with a workaround to make launcher translations work:
http://fengestad.no/fs-uae/files/1.3.24u2/

Thanks!

Have tested it and found a non-optimal translation of "Swap List". I've changed this from "Liste wechseln" to "Objekte im Wechsler" what's the nearest senseful translation for the source string GUI object.

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by nexusle

Have tested it and found a non-optimal translation of "Swap List". I've changed this from "Liste wechseln" to "Objekte im Wechsler" what's the nearest senseful translation for the source string.

I have merged your new translation, but I may need to change the original string since swap is easily interpreted as a verb...

I take it that the translations worked well on Mac now?