incubus158

CLICK HERE Please do some searches on previous threads first before you post a new topic. I have all my emulators in sections as well as with game manuals. Just download the files on the links I provided in this thread. In this release, I had a script go through all the game manuals and had adobe acrobat save off a JPG for each manual so that it shows up like a regular game would. PM me with any questions or reply the this thread.

I dont think you will need to create a new sticky topic Tom. I basically have a majority of the popular emu's done. I think people should use these databases that I created as a "base database" and if they want to contribute, they should modify the databases and send them to you to update and include in the build. I think the same idea should go with my DOS configs. The theory being if you find a bug in the configuration or database that you can easily make the software that much better by updating it. So what you can do to debug a database and the good names is run a simple WHERE clause and compare the records returned between gameex and the database. Ex: Lets say you drill into the year 1989 and gameex returns 12 records. But in the database you do a simple where clause for "1989" on the Year field and it returns 15 records. That means that Gameex tried to resolve the good name with something different in the database. Most likely there is a difference in the actual file name with the one that is in the database. If you simply update the GoodName field, you can easily fix that query as well as fix the description when you drill into a game. The databases are looking really great right now. I will realease them this week when I am finished with the work. I probably will also re-do the SNES database to include the description for each game. I will post my results in this thread.

Try to keep these in feature requests. I believe that people have asked for similar things. Additionally, you can easily have an autohotkey script that when a button is pressed you can page down very fast through your roms. If you are intersted I can post my version that will do just that. Let me know.

Where is this type of thing? Any clue? I checked out the site, but couldnt find such a thing. I can hardly imagine they would give away their databases. People are retarded when it comes to data sometimes.

Yea definitely there are some missing, and definitely there are a few bad ones, check out DOOM... ooops. My second effort to grab screenshots from the web obviously returned the wrong images on a few that were missing. If you are interested in contributing, attached is the list of games that did not return very good screenshots. Anyone who feels like working on this project, I will gladly help in getting something done. For now, I am gong to work on my database project. ss_bad.txt

Tell me if you guys get it up and running fine. I want some feedback before I upload anything else.

try changing your project 64 controller driver first and then see if it maps the keys correctly. I have my n64 controller set up fine. project 64 is far superior....

Yeah i think i should have done that first... for the sake of Tom's bandwidth. Tom, I can reupload it with a better compression if you have bandwidth issues. I kinda just forgot to use photoshop or picasa to minimize the size. I wont be able to do that until after the weekend. Maybe I will rar it up in sections as well.

Okay guys: Here is my first release in hopefully of many of my DOS games configuration. I am hoping to improve on this and include any of your guys' input on missing screenshots and missing configs for games that you have gotten to work. Just bear in mind that the whole process of creating screenshots and gameex configs was fully automated, so if you see errors, you'll know why. Also I probably have been working on this thing for at least a month straight. At least 4 days of programming and the scripts ran for about 3 weeks (with unhandled errors everyonce and a while... you will see those.). Check out the readme for instructions, but it is pretty easy to set up so long as you have the correct directories setup for each DOS game. Overall I dont think you guys should have troubles integrating the 1400 DOS games that I configured. Tom was gracious enough to give me an account on his server because of my need for server space with this project. Be aware, the download is 180 MEGS! For more information on any specifics before you commit to the download, please feel free to PM me or search all my previous posts for more info. Most of you know what I have been trying to accomplish by now. Let me know if you like! DOWNLOAD IT NOW

Ahh... good old karaoke Tom. Americans do it well, but I have to say that I have had my fair share of fun in the UK. http://bodypotions.net/davidrenne.com/euro...uropeThumbs.htm Search for karaoke to see pics of me I also have karaoked in china, which was a total experience. If I havent gotten enough karaoke, in my last year in college I developed an online karaoke machine that will sync up lyrics to any MP3. Its quite interesting. A little broken nowadays on the sync part, but it worked when we demoed it to people in industry.

heres the ahk script and map file i promised. it seems pretty retarded how i did it, but during my testing gameex did parse out the folder name and tried to just run the exe name it recognized. Tom can you affirm that this does this and let me know if you ever change that logic. MAP file: Archon (1984)(Electronic Arts Inc)stupidgameexwillparseourforwardslashesthisisaworkaroundarchon.com|Archon (1984)(Electronic Arts Inc) Code for EXE: IfInString, 1,thisisawindowsonlyexe { StringReplace, 1, 1, thisisawindowsonlyexe,, All StringReplace, 1, 1, )stupidgameexwillparseourforwardslashesthisisaworkaround,)\, All Run, E:\Games\[More Great Computer Games]\%1% } else { StringReplace, 1, 1, )stupidgameexwillparseourforwardslashesthisisaworkaround,)\, All Run, "C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.63\dosbox.exe" -conf "C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.63\dosbox.conf" "E:\Games\[More Great Computer Games]\%1%" } ESCAPE:: ;this leaves the EXE running so gameex doesnt go back into the interface Send, {ALTDOWN}{ENTER}{ALTUP} Run, killdosbox.bat ExitApp return Let me know if this helps.

great idea headkaze. Maybe all of us who are releasing projects should post some kind of searchable text in the title of our thread. So people can just search for "GameEx project" or something and they can find all our projects that add value to gameex. Is there anyway we can automate the photos to be taken every ten minutes or something?

I have a solution for your first problem. I have created map files that pass both the folder name and the EXE to an AHK script. The script has a key event (ESC) that when escape is pressed, it kills both the application and the AHK script (which gameex is tracking). I can post it when I get home. I thought I have posted it before, maybe you can search all my messages. While developing the script, I had to essentially put gibberish text in between where folder "\" character would be, because gameex parses it out and attempts to just run the exe. WEIRD! The Also launch functionality is very funky, essentially the bat file has to be in the same working path I thought. I just do not use it anymore because I was frustrated with how it worked. You definitely are not in the minority with trying to run PC games in gameex. I will release my full gameex configuration for all DOS games that will be passed into DOSBox in a few days if I can get some more work done.

Hey guys. Heres a little flavor of what I am working on. This database is 90 percent complete and I need someone to go through each record and validate whether the GoodName record matches perfectly to the actual GOODNAME (the lsit is provided in the text file zipped up). For the most part, you will get most records returned when you select a filter in Gameex. I originally created this database by parsing the comprehensive megadrive file found here. I just created AHK scripts to parse it the way I needed it. All my next database releases will be extracted from Mobygames site. Thanks for whoever suggested that site! Additionally, I yet again have no information pertaining to the number of players field. Someone will have to update that manually. But since Tom doesnt have the option to filter by number of players. I guess it doesnt matter. Maybe someday we can configure the WHERE clause for each filter. I am also finished with my DOS games configuration! I just need to update and extract 450 screenshots that turned out bad. ANYONE WILLING HELP AND GRAB THESE SCREENS OFF OF UNDERDOGS.ORG? I have a list of what I need. More incubus158 projects will be released shortly. genesis.zip

k cool thats how i thought it was working.

Yeah Tom.... I need to know the underlying algorithm and how it resolves the "GoodName" with the name of the file on your hard drive. I noticed that it kind of makes a best guess at what rom to pull. I need to go through each name in each of my databases and update them with a better good match. Most of the sites where I extract data off are not GOOD compliant, but most are close. Obviously you have something in the logic that parses out all of the (U)[!] and REV information. Anything will help. My genesis database is looking great, including all of the comments on each game.

I am creating not a theme but all emulator specific custom logos that go with the standard look and feel. I have other high priority gameex projects that people will like more that I have to release soon.

Hey everyone. I have a script running that is creating databases for all major emulators. GENESIS is basically done right now with about 1000 entries. MORE TO COME.

there was a post recently where tom showed how you can have all your roms filtered via a *(U)* action on the ROMS filter. The way Tom has it setup is consistent with the MAME section in his system. Although it might not accomodate every kind of different filter that everyone wants. Its still got a lot of power compared to any other system. Adding new fields to any database just takes a lot of work. http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=316

I can create a database for NES when I get back from my ski trip this weekend. It will look just like the SNES one that I made. I havent had a chance to get sophisticated in leeching all the important data that we need for our gameex databases. mrroboto ... since you provided me with the initial links. Can you post all the links to all the systems on the wikipedia. I am sure they have all the major game systems in there. I can make start databases with each.

WOW Tom. I never knew you included my SNES database. Thanks for telling. The thing isnt totally complete. I need people to update it. I just quickly did it in 15 minutes and parsed out whats on the wiki. TOM DID IT ERROR OUT FOR YOU? I could only get it to show one reocrd. Well you people interested in the SNES. I need you to update each game with of players, a description and something else I cant remember off the top of my head. LOL I am shocked he already put it in the software. Someone please help with the database!

I was perusing http://the-underdogs.org/ and searching their message boards to see if they ever released their awesome DOS oriented database to anyone. AND THATS A BIG NO! I was going to take the DB and port it into gameex. But I did find an interesting thing on their site. http://www.the-underdogs.org/chat.php Is an internal ICQ thing on the website. http://www.the-underdogs.org/cgiirc/irc.cgi is the direct link. TOM CAN WE PLEASE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS SETUP?????? I dont use IRC chat rooms... so this way people dont have to install anything.

400 folders left to go in my screenshot dos game archive thing. After that, I will be more testing out all the EXEs to make sure that my program chose the right one, as well as updating each screenshot if there is a bad SS taken. There still will be some bugs and it wont be entirely perfect, but its at least a start! People can modify the HUGE map file with any needed changes. The one thing I just realized that I didnt impliment in the script is the ability for a report that will tell me which folders it skipped entirely without cataloging a map file or a EXE. This will result in an imperfect set. Oh well. A few missing. Another thing bad about the DOS collection is the "DOSBOX" header that is part of the screenshot. In theory I would want an automatic cropper to parse this out so you dont see it. I will do some more research. Let me know if you want to help edit the file. Night? I know you are a taker and down for some testing before I release it? It is soo easy to setup.

headkaze check out my recent post with 200 AHK files. Try to get it working on your system. I designed it to be portable and I have a roms checker after you update each TXT with the ROM path it will tell you which ROMs are in conflict and the ones that wont run at all. Fix the error and then your exe should work. I might even be great to use outside gameex. Maybe have a shortcut link on your desktop that will play some of your top favorites! Let me know if you get it working. You shouldnt have a problem. Its pretty neat. I still have a lot of work to do on the DOS stuff. Maybe 30 % of screenshots arent good at all. So I am going to get the images off of the-underdogs.org. Did you check out my SNES database yet? Gameex doesnt seem to like it for some reason and Tom hasnt posted yet. I am sure oyu are busy with the theme editor!

mrroboto, thanks for the great idea with using the wiki as a data source. I thought of a complex script that would leech all the data, but I didnt feel like starting it at all tonight. But I did spend 15 minutes editing the front page of the SNES and parsing out the entire file the way I needed it to be. So I created a SNES database. Tom, can you test this in debug mode and tell my why it only shows the first record in each category? Currently it shows only one entry for date of 1991 as well as one manufacturer. Let me know what could be wrong with the DB. Currently I am missing description, players, and genre I think. And the rest are pretty good. Maybe we can make it a collaborative effort for people to help get the rest of the data. My theoretical script would go directly to the edit link of each individual game and then parse out certain information that I want. But linking it record by record seems like a difficult task because many pages dont have links yet created on the wiki. Please test this out. This db originally put gameex in an infinite loop because one of my datatypes was off. Not bad for 30 minutes of work. I can do the same for other systems too! Let me know guys. We should sticky a section or just put all our databases in the config sticky. Or maybe once a database is solid, Tom can include it in the standard build. SNES.zip