MyEmulators - new plugin ID and .xml-file (1 Viewer)

[emphatic]

I downloaded and tested this, and so far it seems no current skin works with it. Would be nice with skin support from Aeon Wide, Monochrome/Indigo, etc...

https://myemulators.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/myemulators/
Emph

 

[joz]

Hey Emph. Dunno if the skin has changed over versions but I do have an Aeon Wide MyEmulators skin. I could post it, but I think if you search the original aeon wide thread that you should be able to find it. If not, don't hesitate to ask!

 

[emphatic]

Hi, that .xml you've done won't work with the new version I'm afraid. I've tested the previous version of the plugin with your skin and it works. This one does not.

Emph

 

[joz]

Well I see if I have sometime this evening. Those changes reported in the readme seems promising
Maybe I'll throw out a skin file if it's easy enough. I'll post back on you with this when I have some time.

Edit;

Giving it a go right now, but ran into a problem. I could get it to work but the images of the selected game is not showing here atm.

This is what's in the blue3 skin that came in the zip:
<texture>Playing_cover.png</texture>

This was in the older version the way to go:
<texture>#selectedthumb</texture>

Both do not work for me atm. The first one, which is in the original skin is not a variable, so i think this version's really not done yet? Was looking for it in MP Forum but couldn't find anyhting except the link you posted to SVN.

Edit2:
nvm figured it out

Edit3:
I put something together, but for some reason now I have some problem with this version cause it's throwing me errors.
Certain that it's not the skinning. I have some huge problems with filmstrip and icons though. The thing is there's not really that much more features except for the configuration part, which I already done with 2.0
It's a start with adjusting the skin.

 

[eetaylog]

im running foofaraw on my system and myemulators didnt support that either, so i just copied the myemulators bluetwo wide skin into my MP skin folder, renamed it, and voila it worked.

worth a try.

 

[emphatic]

Edit;

Giving it a go right now, but ran into a problem. I could get it to work but the images of the selected game is not showing here atm.

This is what's in the blue3 skin that came in the zip:
<texture>Playing_cover.png</texture>

This was in the older version the way to go:
<texture>#selectedthumb</texture>

Both do not work for me atm. The first one, which is in the original skin is not a variable, so i think this version's really not done yet? Was looking for it in MP Forum but couldn't find anyhting except the link you posted to SVN.

Edit2:
nvm figured it out

Edit3:
I put something together, but for some reason now I have some problem with this version cause it's throwing me errors.
Certain that it's not the skinning. I have some huge problems with filmstrip and icons though. The thing is there's not really that much more features except for the configuration part, which I already done with 2.0
It's a start with adjusting the skin.

Sorry. This .xml does not work for me (yet), not in Aeon, nor StreamedMP. I can "get" the context menu, but there's no text there, only empty menu items. So, do you get functionality from it?

Emph

 

[joz]

I did get full (although not very stylish ) functionality out of it, the no text one I have too (now). At least, when I was doing the skin (which is Aeon wide only btw, forgot to mention) it suddenly stopped working. Which I'm 100% certain that it's not skin related. But hey, have been 100% certain bout things before which turned out to be wrong... might have to look over it again.
When upgrading from 2.0 you'd have to do a couple of things to get it to work! The games thumbs should all be in the root of the folder games and not as with previous versions in a folder called "EmulatorName", which was a subdir of games. Besides that you'd have to rebuild your whole DB cause it's not backwards compatible and won't upgrade exisiting DB's.

That's what made me decide to stick with 2.0. The configuration bit of the plugin is waaaaaaay better but since I already painstakingly configured the old one I didn't really feel like doing it over

Did you put the language dir in mediaportal? I forgot to do that, so might explain my issues! What's sitting in the error.log file after opening MyEmulators?

im running foofaraw on my system and myemulators didnt support that either, so i just copied the myemulators bluetwo wide skin into my MP skin folder, renamed it, and voila it worked.

worth a try.

There's no blue2 skin in the new version, only blue 3 wide. And well maybe it'll work with whatever skin but it will not have the look & feel of that skin.

If you really really want this to work, I might give it another go and this time include the language files in my setup (to see if that's causing the errors, saw some reference to a not found string in my logs) Got my whole test setup backedup so it just takes a couple renames to get it back to what I was doing yesterday
Ofcourse you could pick up where I left off and finish the Aeon Wide skin I started yourself. You have my blessing!

Emph. would you be so kind to answer this question?

Both do not work for me atm. The first one, which is in the original skin is not a variable, so i think this version's really not done yet? Was looking for it in MP Forum but couldn't find anyhting except the link you posted to SVN.

I'm kinda curious on how you have found this new version. To me it seems like a really instable (and not intended for public use) release. Could be wrong ofcourse, but if I am then I believe there's some serious bugs with the plugin and the skin. The skin file is basically the same as the old one except for the use of a facadeview defined in MyEmulators.xml.
There are things missing in the original skin file that you can configure in the plugin (such as company name, year etc.). So if I would want to add those I have to guess at variable names, contact the maker of this plugin or take a look at some C#

 

[emphatic]

I didn't copy the language-file. Hmm. I'm gonna try some more using the xml you've attached. So, it's a Blue3 Wide .xml in the pack? I thought it was for 4:3. Anyway, it looked crap when I tried it in Aeon Wide.

I found the download link on this page: https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/my-emulators-247/my-emulators-12771/index53.html
Third post on the page, by the plugin author. I ask him further on in the thread if he's changed ID and .xml if you choose to read on. It's a complete re-write of the plugin from that post on, so no point in reading the whole thread.

Emph

 

[joz]

Ok. Don't have time to read that thread now (I will), just took a quick peek.
Seems worth the trouble. Please support me with as much feedback as you can, that would make it getting to work a lot easier. I'm skinning on a 1680x1050 res so there probably will be some mis-alignments sneeking in my skinning.
Don't forget to check your logs. Mine was filled with stuff MyEmulators was causing, so I concluded yesterday eve that this was a buggy release

I'll give it another go later this eve

 

[emphatic]

I just re-downloaded the plugin, and the .dll was newer than the one I had when I started this thread. Perhaps the plugin is less buggy now? Here's to hoping he's not changed the skinning side again...

I will gladly help you test this.
Emph