My Emulators - Page 19

cracksloth · 2007-06-08, 09:54

in order to maintain simplicity, you should consider making myemulators "profile-based". essentially, a profile would exist for each major emulator. in the options for myemulators, users would add as many emulators they wanted from the list of profiles. profiles would define the options available for that specific emulator (exepath, rompath, imagepath, run in high priority, etc.). confounding problems (like whether or not to include quotes around the romname) would be automatically addressed. toggles could be made for the more useful commandline switches. the settings page for each profile could even define links to the appropriate downloads for that emulator. such a system would make setup much easier and you would get far fewer questions from new users.

profiles could also describe the "best" termination method for that specific emulator (alt+F4 or killproc) - a universal keypress could be defined that would exit any emulator using the "best" method. a similar method could be used to create universal savestate keypresses/menus that would work for all emulators (i.e. any profile that supported savestate). the profile for MAME could be made to work with "special" information like catver.ini and history.dat. likewise, similar category information could be loaded for console emulators.

i feel like the most common approach to emulator frontends is that they provide a list of generic fields and they try to get every emulator to conform to a particular set of rules. instead, just embrace the fact that every emulator is going to be a little different and use profiles that instruct myemulators on how to properly deal with its quirks. in the end, this method should be a lot easier for users and it opens up the doors for some really cool features down the road.

just food for thought - i hope you find it helpful! i sure enjoy your plugin and i can't wait to see what you have in store for us next!

Game_dude · 2007-06-14, 06:22

Awesome plugin!! but I get an error message saying "Failed to open database SQLite said database\myemulators.db3 CANTOPEN" any idea why I'm getting this? I'm new to the emulator and I've always gotten the same error.. Specs under My avatar

thanks!!

Chreekar · 2007-06-14, 13:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Game_dude

Awesome plugin!! but I get an error message saying "Failed to open database SQLite said database\myemulators.db3 CANTOPEN" any idea why I'm getting this? I'm new to the emulator and I've always gotten the same error.. Specs under My avatar

thanks!!

is the file locked, ie in use by another app or on a read-only disk?

Quote:

Originally Posted by cracksloth

just food for thought - i hope you find it helpful! i sure enjoy your plugin and i can't wait to see what you have in store for us next!

Thanks for the input!

Game_dude · 2007-06-14, 19:30

I don't think its locked its on the system Hdd it shouldn't be read only hmm does using 0.2.3.0 make any difference?

all My specs are under My avatar I'm already using that version of SVN though

Game_dude · 2007-06-15, 20:08

*Bump* anyone having the same problem? I'm using the RC1 and still same problem

*Edit* When I choose the plugin in MP it says no configuration file found but when I try to configure it thats the error I get

Game_dude · 2007-06-18, 21:52

*Bump*

G.B. Wolf · 2007-06-18, 21:57

It would be nice if you'd stop bumping! Chreekar will take a look in here as soon as he will take a look in here and I don't like to get spamed with emails about new posts in here which are only stupid bumpers!

Game_dude · 2007-06-18, 21:58

I apologize! I got it fixed sorry for bumping man

*Edit* Well I thought I did lol it was letting Me configure it with out any problems now I'm getting that Sqlite error again heres a list

Chreekar · 2007-06-20, 13:49

I've been away, so that's why I haven't answered yet. Seems to be a problem with the new version of MP then. I'll download 0.2.3.0 myself and test it. Anyone else having this problem?

Game_dude · 2007-06-20, 20:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chreekar

I've been away, so that's why I haven't answered yet. Seems to be a problem with the new version of MP then. I'll download 0.2.3.0 myself and test it. Anyone else having this problem?

thanks! sorry for all the bumping I know how annoying it is

It seems each time I download a new SVN it'll let Me configure it but once I exit the MP configure window and load it back up it'll start giving Me that error I do have another question though, how do You get ePSXe working correctly? I managed to configure the emulators and they show up in MP like a charm but when I load ePSXe it tells Me no bios and no plugins found

2007-06-15, 20:08	#185 (permalink)
Game_dude Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA Age: 23 Posts: 125 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My System	Bump anyone having the same problem? I'm using the RC1 and still same problem Edit When I choose the plugin in MP it says no configuration file found but when I try to configure it thats the error I get Last edited by Game_dude; 2007-06-15 at 20:36..

2007-06-18, 21:58	#188 (permalink)
Game_dude Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA Age: 23 Posts: 125 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My System	I apologize! I got it fixed sorry for bumping man Edit Well I thought I did lol it was letting Me configure it with out any problems now I'm getting that Sqlite error again heres a list Last edited by Game_dude; 2007-06-18 at 22:58..

2007-06-20, 13:49	#189 (permalink)
Chreekar Community Plugin Dev Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stockholm Posts: 221 Thanks: 1 Thanked 34 Times in 19 Posts Country:	I've been away, so that's why I haven't answered yet. Seems to be a problem with the new version of MP then. I'll download 0.2.3.0 myself and test it. Anyone else having this problem? Last edited by Chreekar; 2007-06-20 at 13:53..

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2007-06-08, 09:54	#181 (permalink)
cracksloth Portal User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	in order to maintain simplicity, you should consider making myemulators "profile-based". essentially, a profile would exist for each major emulator. in the options for myemulators, users would add as many emulators they wanted from the list of profiles. profiles would define the options available for that specific emulator (exepath, rompath, imagepath, run in high priority, etc.). confounding problems (like whether or not to include quotes around the romname) would be automatically addressed. toggles could be made for the more useful commandline switches. the settings page for each profile could even define links to the appropriate downloads for that emulator. such a system would make setup much easier and you would get far fewer questions from new users. profiles could also describe the "best" termination method for that specific emulator (alt+F4 or killproc) - a universal keypress could be defined that would exit any emulator using the "best" method. a similar method could be used to create universal savestate keypresses/menus that would work for all emulators (i.e. any profile that supported savestate). the profile for MAME could be made to work with "special" information like catver.ini and history.dat. likewise, similar category information could be loaded for console emulators. i feel like the most common approach to emulator frontends is that they provide a list of generic fields and they try to get every emulator to conform to a particular set of rules. instead, just embrace the fact that every emulator is going to be a little different and use profiles that instruct myemulators on how to properly deal with its quirks. in the end, this method should be a lot easier for users and it opens up the doors for some really cool features down the road. just food for thought - i hope you find it helpful! i sure enjoy your plugin and i can't wait to see what you have in store for us next!

2007-06-14, 06:22	#182 (permalink)
Game_dude Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA Age: 23 Posts: 125 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My System	Awesome plugin!! but I get an error message saying "Failed to open database SQLite said database\myemulators.db3 CANTOPEN" any idea why I'm getting this? I'm new to the emulator and I've always gotten the same error.. Specs under My avatar thanks!!

2007-06-14, 19:30	#184 (permalink)
Game_dude Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA Age: 23 Posts: 125 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My System	I don't think its locked its on the system Hdd it shouldn't be read only hmm does using 0.2.3.0 make any difference? all My specs are under My avatar I'm already using that version of SVN though

2007-06-18, 21:52	#186 (permalink)
Game_dude Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA Age: 23 Posts: 125 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My System	Bump

2007-06-18, 21:57	#187 (permalink)
G.B. Wolf Portal Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 28 Posts: 225 Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Country: My System	It would be nice if you'd stop bumping! Chreekar will take a look in here as soon as he will take a look in here and I don't like to get spamed with emails about new posts in here which are only stupid bumpers!

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