SNAP PROBLEMS

[dukeofarcadia]

I'm having a problem in the fact that sometimes when I create snaps.. there

is no thumb created in the thumb folder.. just a snap.. I'm using the

latest version of gameex 11.99

I like my thumbs and snaps to have different images, and I've successfully

been able to have separate thumb and snap images.. except for these occasions

where no thumb get's created.

Is there a way to manually create thumbs?

(they seem to be filed in the thumb folder with a some kind of dated code type thing)

on a side note: I would really really like to be able to disable the "change view" button..

I have each emulator in the view I like it to appear.. gameex remembers these preferences,

but if a friend comes over and accidentally hits that button it's annoying..

seems impossible to get rid of without putting it into simple mode.. which I don't want to do either.

Gameex is so great in that I can disable/enable almost anything.. why not that too?.. can't I have

it remember my view preferences and then remove the change view button.. I would use simple mode but

it forces all emulators into one view.. anyway around this?

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks.

[Tom Speirs]

Thumbs are generated as they are viewed and are not always created. Generally they are not created if the size of the snap image is not big. The thumb image created is just a cache file to speed up display or if the snap is a video file.

The option to remove change view is a valid feature request.

[dukeofarcadia]

Thanks a lot.. but since the thumbs and snaps are in someway linked..

I'm not sure quite how.. is there a way to create and artificial link

between a created thumb and an existing snap.

for example all thumbs are named like so

cassettessegagenesissnapssonic201022453691143

they always start with the word

(cassettes) then the (game system name) then the word (snaps)

then after that (the game name) and then it seems to be (then year created)

after that however.. the numbers seem randomized.. if I could understand

what those random numbers mean or represent.. I could probally create my own

thumbs and trick gameex to linking it to the appropriate snap and game..

and then I would have solved the problem..

Do you know what the randomized numbers at the end stand for?

otherwise.. I'll have to try to make the file sizes bigger to urge on

the creation of the thumbs as you hinted at.

once again thanks for you help

[Adultery]

Are they maybe the date and time the thumb was created?

[dukeofarcadia]

i don't think they are the time created because the numbers are all over

the place for thumbs created within seconds of each other..

I could be wrong.. I had thought of that.. doesn't seem to be the case though

unless it's some weird way of keeping track of the date and time..

[Tom Speirs]

Youd be better using "titles" and setting the path to the titles as GameEx will try to display these as thumbs first.

However: Its the full path to the image without any \ or : then the year, month, day, hour, minute of the modified date of the image. This must be exact.

[Adultery]

Thanks for the info Tom!

/side note: I'm failing to see the benefit in doing this, but to each their own. Honestly the thumb is really for increasing image loading speed and only for large snap sizes (I'm assuming greater than 1024x768 or maybe even 800x600 on the low end of the spectrum), and in cases where the thumb isn't created there's no benefit or reason for this to be done. We're really only talking a few milliseconds at best here, am I right? Sounds to me like it's not only more hassle than it's worth, but it doesn't offer any *real* positive outcome in return. As Tom mentioned there are more efficient ways to do what you're trying to do here.

Edited September 25, 2012 by Draco1962
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