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      EctoOne @TMNTturtlguy
      last edited by

      @tmntturtlguy Don't worry. Sooner or later I will probably have to update ES and see what happens. But TBH, I hate updates when there's nothing important to me and I have a working system that I like. That's why I have to bother with Android Studio now, I had to update my Tablet from Kitkat to Marshmallow because the support of certain Apps was dropped. :(

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        pjft @cyperghost
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        @cyperghost said in Please Test: Creating Custom Collections:

        Small small bug
        There is already the note! Your system does not support the auto-systems and the custom collections!

        Yeah, don't try to manually rename files for the custom systems. That's not really expected, even though it didn't break you might find weird behaviors when navigating :)

        Can you elaborate what the small small bug is? What do you mean that the system does not support the auto systems and custom collections? :)

        @cyperghost and @HurricaneFan - tell me: would the bug effectively only manifest itself when exiting the gamelist view back to the system view? Meaning you'd be in a collection and then when exiting back to the system carousel it would explicitly navigate to a different system, is that it? Give me more information so I can tackle it for good :)

        Thanks!

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        • pjftP
          pjft
          last edited by

          Ok, so a new update.

          Here's the binary.

          What changed:

          • Generates custom metadata for folders under "My Collections" (thanks for commenting on how miserable the experience looked, @HurricaneFan, as that kind of forced me to think about it a bit more!)
          • Fix system view navigation (I think - please check, @cyperghost and @HurricaneFan . I had narrowed down a misbehavior when using the "My Collections" system and exiting the gameview, but maybe I fixed a different thing to what you were experiencing).
          • Filters in "My Collections" work
          • Few other tweaks and fixes

          Thanks all!

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          • HurricaneFanH
            HurricaneFan @pjft
            last edited by HurricaneFan

            @pjft I'll get this tested today. Thanks for all the hard work you've put into this and other improvements for ES.

            EDIT:
            I copied the new binary over but I'm not seeing the custom metadata and the snes bug is still there.

            Was your link pointing to the latest and greatest binary?

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            • HurricaneFanH
              HurricaneFan @HurricaneFan
              last edited by

              @pjft ES is showing version V2.4.1RP, is that the latest build?

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              • pjftP
                pjft @HurricaneFan
                last edited by

                @hurricanefan The version will be the same, but actually I did not update the instructions I gave you in case you were following them :)

                mkdir /home/pi/tmp-es
                cd /home/pi/tmp-es
                rm emulationstation
                wget https://github.com/pjft/EmulationStation/releases/download/0.3/emulationstation
                chmod +x emulationstation
                cd /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation
                sudo cp /home/pi/tmp-es/emulationstation /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation
                

                The file should have 5554720 bytes.

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                • HurricaneFanH
                  HurricaneFan @pjft
                  last edited by

                  @pjft Thanks, I definitely had a different sized binary. Super weird. It's updated now and I'll test when I get time later today.

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                  • cyperghostC
                    cyperghost @pjft
                    last edited by

                    @pjft No bug still is there!
                    But it's even worse!

                    No I see one entry for custom collections I named it testsystem
                    If I enter custom-collections via carousel then I can activate testsystems and see my added roms there >> normal work

                    The Super NES bug is ... I see also testsystem but if I press a then I start the first game from Super NES Rom (2020 Super Baseball here) --- really weird.

                    How to produce
                    Got to Game Collection Settings:
                    Automatic Game Collections 3 selected
                    Custom Game Collections 1 selected testsystems
                    Group unthemed custom collections ON
                    Sort custom system and collections ON

                    Restart ES.
                    Now the last system in list (Super NES in my case) followed by auto-allgames auto-favoritesand auto-lastplayed can be acessed as custom-collections and but will launch ROM of system!

                    Sort custom system and collections OFF
                    No problem! Everything works!

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                    • pjftP
                      pjft @cyperghost
                      last edited by

                      @cyperghost can you send me a video from a phone or something?

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                      • cyperghostC
                        cyperghost
                        last edited by

                        @pjft
                        I think I can ... what is curious!
                        If I'm in the SNES/Custom-Collection thing move up I can select different games!
                        Even if there is only the system testsystemsis displayed.

                        X for random also works! So it's just a small issue I think! Wait one hour please, okay?

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                        • HurricaneFanH
                          HurricaneFan @cyperghost
                          last edited by HurricaneFan

                          @cyperghost, @pjft I see the snes bug too. Super weird. If I am in gamelist view and go from Sega CD to SNES which is next system in my list, it triggers the Custom Collections view but I hear the video playing for the snes games, even though I don't see any of the details of snes game.

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                          • pjftP
                            pjft @HurricaneFan
                            last edited by

                            @hurricanefan @cyperghost got it. No need for video now.

                            This was not the bug I had ran into earlier :)

                            Thanks.

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                            • pjftP
                              pjft @cyperghost
                              last edited by

                              @cyperghost A question, though: what do you mean "it's even worse"?

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                              • cyperghostC
                                cyperghost @pjft
                                last edited by

                                @pjft Well in version 0.2 the SNESbug was 100% triggered to custom-collections so I could navigate through the collection.

                                In version 0.3 I can see the custom-collections only but I can select any SNES Rom blindly. Or press X for random selection :)

                                Just for fun!
                                New feature: This is real random you don't see the game you selected until it's loaded

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                                • HurricaneFanH
                                  HurricaneFan @cyperghost
                                  last edited by

                                  @cyperghost @pjft I was able to blindly select an snes game in 0.2 and 0.3. That wasn't new to me.

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                                  • pjftP
                                    pjft
                                    last edited by pjft

                                    @HurricaneFan Correct: 0.2 and 0.3 were when I added the "My Collections" bit.

                                    @cyperghost and @HurricaneFan - I think I've fixed it for good. Updated the same binary (my repository isn't updated yet, so don't try to compile).

                                    There may be a few extra log messages on the terminal, which I used to troubleshoot this, but I'll remove them tomorrow when I tidy up the build, if you confirm it's sorted.

                                    Nevermind. I fixed it partially, but at least now I know what's happening.

                                    Thank you both!

                                    Let me know if there's any other issue for the time being, and @HurricaneFan let me know if the Custom Collections metadata works for you.

                                    I'll fix it tomorrow and report.

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                                    • cyperghostC
                                      cyperghost
                                      last edited by cyperghost

                                      @HurricaneFan My investigation wasn't so deep :)
                                      @pjft Sort If I use custom system and collections OFF
                                      then the bug is gone - even on restart :)

                                      I think it isn't a great bug.

                                      Annother little misbehaviour:
                                      ES tells me that my theme is still not ready for the 3 auto-system and the 1 custom-collections. I think that isn't as intended to work. Because I use IO theme and it shows all 4 systems as well.

                                      @pjft My deepest respect for your hard work!

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                                      • pjftP
                                        pjft @cyperghost
                                        last edited by

                                        @cyperghost Yeah, it only happens if you sort things. I'll fix it tomorrow.

                                        I also ran into the false warning, need to check why that happened.

                                        Thanks both!

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                                        • cyperghostC
                                          cyperghost @pjft
                                          last edited by cyperghost

                                          @pjft Thanks mate.
                                          Do some testing with some new ICs now :)
                                          I'm always ready to test your builds

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                                          • HurricaneFanH
                                            HurricaneFan @pjft
                                            last edited by

                                            @pjft The metadata for custom collections worked for me. Thanks!

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