Please Test: Creating Custom Collections
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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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@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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@pjft ES is showing version V2.4.1RP, is that the latest build?
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@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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@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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@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 entercustom-collections
via carousel then I can activate testsystems and see my added roms there >> normal workThe 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 selectedtestsystems
Group unthemed custom collections ON
Sort custom system and collections ONRestart ES.
Now the last system in list (Super NES in my case) followed byauto-allgames
auto-favorites
andauto-lastplayed
can be acessed ascustom-collections
and but will launch ROM of system!Sort custom system and collections OFF
No problem! Everything works! -
@cyperghost can you send me a video from a phone or something?
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@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 systemtestsystems
is displayed.X for random also works! So it's just a small issue I think! Wait one hour please, okay?
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@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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@hurricanefan @cyperghost got it. No need for video now.
This was not the bug I had ran into earlier :)
Thanks.
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@cyperghost A question, though: what do you mean "it's even worse"?
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@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 -
@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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@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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@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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@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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@pjft Thanks mate.
Do some testing with some new ICs now :)
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@pjft The metadata for custom collections worked for me. Thanks!
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@pjft What do you think about putting a game count at the end of the Collection name in the Custom Collections screen?
Mega Man (5)
Super Mario Bos (6)
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@hurricanefan I considered that briefly, but decided to add the info to the description. It's somewhat hacky to add the number to the name, I'm not thrilled on making that a standard. :/
What use case are you trying to solve?
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