Description and rating editor needed?

[Krakerman]

I know in the past this probably been asked before but I think since GameEx uses this feature wouldn't it be important to have some kind of a editor so we can make descriptions for each game and have rankings for them. I never used descriptions until my latest theme but need to know how to do it? Since alot of the emulators are missing descriptions. It seems like we need some kind of editor or something for that unless there is a third party program we can use or recommend using to do it?

[nullPointer]

Game descriptions are editable via the databases (...\GameEx\DATA\EMULATORS). You can edit the .mdb databases with MS Access, and you can edit the .db3 databases with one of the apps suggested here (or another of your own preference). I believe the .db3 databases are given preference at this point.

As far as ratings go, I'm really not sure where that data is pulled from. I've never used the ratings.

[Krakerman]

Thanks! d/l and trying out the SQLite PE version.

[Necromancyr]

Null, I may be trying to do something nutty and convert in some fields into current databases from GameBase files. Is GameEx moving away from .mdb's to .db3's?

(I'm coming at this with a know enough to be dangerous standpoint so...any insight you can give would be great as to why db3 vs mdb, etc. - thanks!)

[Draco1962]

Tom made the change to SQLLite from Access so that the data would work cross-platform. GameEx has a MAC OSX version that is compatible through WINE.

[Necromancyr]

Ah...makes sense. So basically databases are supported in both formats now but the core (i.e., your setup database) is run in db3 - if I'm understanding things right?

[Draco1962]

Both are still supported, even for the data.mdb/data.db3 files. This is not likely to change anytime in the near future. I would imagine that, eventually, a move totally away from .mdb will occur.

[nullPointer]

I thought I better clarify my earlier remark in the event that it caused any confusion

I believe the .db3 databases are given preference at this point.

Draco nailed what I actually intended to say (leave it to Draco ).

Both are still supported, even for the data.mdb/data.db3 files. This is not likely to change anytime in the near future. I would imagine that, eventually, a move totally away from .mdb will occur.

I believe that SQLite databases may be given preference in terms of future development. But having said that, GameEx will display data from an Access database before a SQLite database, in the event that the two separate format databases are named the same, That's good as it means users who have spent a lot of time customizing the legacy databases aren't suddenly SOL.

So my previous statement regarding 'preference' was a bit misleading.

Edited September 6, 2012 by Draco1962
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