Tiny Launcher 1.0 Released

[gibs]

Here is a new version : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1566495/Tiny...ncher187b3.exe

Can hold:
2000 items in realtime scan (nothing is written on the HDD/CF).
2750 items in the database (File located in S:TinyLauncher/).

[olesio]

@Gibs: bad news - latest version 1.8.7b3 do not open games from *.tl scripts under WinUAE. I did not tested under my real Amiga yet. But even if I rescan ECS games by F1, and even I enable RAD, TinyLauncher shows pseudo GURU red flashing border with error "file not dound". I try to run !_SWOS_HD.tl file from !_SWOS_HD folder. A *.tl file contain

cd TLGECS:!_SWOS_HD
ssboot swos

The same with Franko, Kingpin and Wisielec which arent WHDLoad games. But strange is fact than HarleyDavidson from HarleyDavidson.tl which contain:

cd TLGECS:HarleyDavidson
WHDLoad_16_8 HarleyDavidson.Slave PRELOAD

runs ok. Can you test it and fix it. I did not run non WHDLoad games under Tiny Launcher from long time so I did not notice something changes and now works wrong, because in old design TinyLauncher everything was ok.

EDIT: I have reason. You changed something with file search and *.tl script detection, so if we have situation when somegame.slave and somegame.tl files exists with the same name in directory game runs, but when we have not *.slave file named the same way as *.tl TinyLauncher shows error. Please fix that to make launching non WHDLoad games also available. Thanks.

[gibs]

@Olesion,

It's true I focused on exe and whdload. gong to check that.

@Nostromo
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1566495/Tiny...ncher187b4.exe

[Nostromo]

Thanks a lot gibs, works great =)

Here are a few ideas you could (if possible) implement for future versions:

1. When in games list Menu, you can press left to go back to last page (Z)

2. If you press a letter on keyboard, for example F, it will take you to page starting with F. Pressing F again will take you to the second F page etc.

3. When you quit, it will take you to the game you last played being shown on screen.

Thanks!

[gibs]

@Olesio,

It should work now : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1566495/Tiny...ncher187b5.exe

[diablothe2nd]

just wondering how long roughly it'd take an 040 (emulated) to add 1800 games to the database :P as i've been waiting roughly 5 mins now with no counter showing up lol

EDIT - its done, took about 10 mins :P

also, can we have an option in the config file to completely turn off bouncing? as it makes the Amiga Forever emulation window go screwy

perhaps have the option for a fade in instead of bounce?

[olesio]

@gibs: now works fine, thanks.
@diablothe2nd: emulated 040, you mean under WinUAE/UAE? I got 1538 ECS Games and under real Amiga 1200 config and JIT enabled - scaning take only few seconds. So few minutes result sounds strange, maybe gibs can help you somehow with this problem ;/

[gibs]

@diablothe2nd
I tried and it takes 2 seconds with WinUAE on a PFS3 CF for +2000 items.
You need to tweak your WinUAE profile

Yes you can jump directly to a category. It will bypass the bouncing screen.

Originally Posted by olesio

@gibs: now works fine, thanks.
@diablothe2nd: emulated 040, you mean under WinUAE/UAE? I got 1538 ECS Games and under real Amiga 1200 config and JIT enabled - scaning take only few seconds. So few minutes result sounds strange, maybe gibs can help you somehow with this problem ;/

[emuola]

So can you please built in a Deep dir scan so I can just point TL to the WHDLoad dir and it will pic up the Sub dirs ?

This would reeaally make my day I too have a directory structure with a-z folders in which every game is in its own folder. So, a deep scan would make the Tinylauncher a true winner for me (and some others also, I presume)

Great work so far. It's a very lean and mean little launcher ;D

[diablothe2nd]

+1 for deep scan. i now have two whdload folders as i too had an a-z listed structure.

[diablothe2nd]

there's a number of AGA games I can't get to work with TinyLauncher.

Pinball Fantasies AGA is one of them

[gibs]

Pinball Fantaisies (AGA) display a message under the WB or even from the earlystartup which is : "Sorry you have expansion meme at $xxx please replace by the chip only slave".

If it doesn't work under the AmigaDOS or the WB it won't run under TL

What are the others ?

[diablothe2nd]

it works in WB.. both on my real miggy, under amigakit, 3.1 etc.

i've tried all whdload versions i could find (chip and no chip). doesn't work for all the other AGA pinball games (illusions etc) i have either.

i shall work through the list in a moment.

EDIT - it could be that they bring up a DOS window to select the level you want under normal circumstances

[gibs]

Pinball Illusion AGA works, slamtilt AGA too ! I'm sure !

[diablothe2nd]

All these ones I have that work under WB just kick back to the TL title screen

Pinball Illusions
Pinball Mania
Pinball Prelude

[gibs]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1566495/Tiny...%2000%2056.mov

[diablothe2nd]

Originally Posted by gibs

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1566495/Tiny...%2000%2056.mov

hmmm. can you send your whdload version of pinball fantasies to the zone? :P

edit.. also, are you running your TL from workbench or launching it at boot time?

i'm doing the latter, so wonder if it's kicking back cos WB isn't loaded in the background to produce that table select menu?

[gibs]

http://www.whdownload.com/games/Upda..._Chip_0047.zip

[diablothe2nd]

ah ha! well there's the problem! :P

I ran that version and it simply switched to an empty grey workbench screen.

obviously games that require a wanderer window wont work then if you're (like me) running TL natively at boot without WB.

[gibs]

I don't launch it from WB

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1566495/Tiny...%2016%2010.mov

But it also run from WB