[PLUGIN] Game Tagger

**tthurman** · September 11, 2014

What about your setup? Is the Steam client and all games in the default locations?

Yes, all default paths. The only thing really outside the norm about my setup is it's raid 1, but this is on 2, 2 TB drives in one partition.

**Adultery** · September 11, 2014

I remember having an issue with Steam that I addressed by doing a full uninstall and a registry scrub. That would explain went my tag doesn't show all my Steam game media either though...

I think I'm gonna have to tap in to the api and scrape my own Steam art. Blah.

Sorry guys, let me know if you find anything. Is there a download metadata option in the Steam emulator menu while GameEx is running?

**DazzleHP** · September 11, 2014

I'm honestly starting to think that a bug has crept into GameEx TBH. I had no problems before now, yet with a fresh install it's only picking up one game - out of 58! The game in question is Borderlands 2 - it seems to find it fine, the rest - nothing at all.

**Draco1962** · September 11, 2014

Have you tried clearing the emulator 1001 (I believe this is the correct emulator number) cache and .ini files?

**DazzleHP** · September 12, 2014

I deleted EMU_1002.dbcacheini, gameex_[PC] Valve Steam.map and steamdata.ini but still the same problem. Interestingly, i've since installed 2 more games (that weren't already on my Steam partition) and they show in the list, but still only Borderlands 2 out of the 58 already on my drive.

**stigzler** · September 20, 2014

Finally done!

I've put together a Photoshop file that has all the devs, some systems and category icons. I'll upload it as soon as tidied up and done a quick guide. This'll mean people can use it to design their own dynamic tags. Anywhos..in the mean time some piccies of what it produces (still rough around the edges in terms of design):

**GimmeClassics** · September 20, 2014

Finally done!
I've put together a Photoshop file that has all the devs, some systems and category icons. I'll upload it as soon as tidied up and done a quick guide. This'll mean people can use it to design their own dynamic tags. Anywhos..in the mean time some piccies of what it produces (still rough around the edges in terms of design):

I'm using one of Adultery's default taggers atm but I'd very much like to create my own unique tagger. I can't wait for your psd-file ....I'm still struggling with the different layers you're allowed to use, the layer names and how to use the wildcard variables. Darren is already helping me out (thanks buddy !)....it would be even more cool if I can also use your psd / guide as reference !

**DazzleHP** · September 21, 2014

You seem to have all the features in there stigz! It'll def come in handy and should help any newbies to design their own. It's much easier to modify someone elses fully featured tag, and omit what you don't require, than make one from scratch if you're new or not technically minded. Nice one 'ol chap!

**tthurman** · September 21, 2014

Nice work stigzler, I noticed you were in this thread last week, and figured you were up to something!

It's good to see you using your creative touch and put those logos to use at the same time! :win:

**stigzler** · September 21, 2014

Cheers chaps and prioritizing getting the psd template + guide done.

tthurman, chap. Yer majority work on the source logos made it possible!

**Adultery** · September 22, 2014

I just wanted to jump in and say thanks for your work on this guys. That way I can focus on coding.

**stigzler** · September 23, 2014

OK - tool finished. You can grab it here, if yer brave and you don't mind rough edges:

http://www.gameex.info/forums/topic/15142-vip-tool-game-taggerblagger/

**Adultery** · October 6, 2014

Just a quick heads up to you all...

The new version I'm testing and soon releasing will make the tagger plugin exclusively available to GameEx Online subscribers. To all you who have already signed up for one, make sure you go to your user control panel on the Game Tagger site and link your GameEx account by pressing the 'Set GameEx Info' button and adding your GameEx username, or the tags won't update anymore when 1.0.9 is released.

The plugin will include a built in verification system. You'll need to put in your liked GameEx user name and run the check or the options will be locked and the plugin won't initialize. Versions below 1.0.9 won't be able to communicate with the server any longer, so it's important that you get ready now if you want the transition to be fluid.

This is my way of supporting Tom's hard work, so please join me in contributing to his creativity.

Thank you for your continued support!

**MNMax21** · October 8, 2014

Test post

**MNMax21** · October 8, 2014

This is really cool. Thanks for creating it and allowing us to utilize it Adultery. Pretty cool looking tag!

**Adultery** · October 12, 2014

1.0.9 is here...

As of this version, the plugin will be available only to GameEx supporting members
Please register your GameEx Online account at http://www.gameex.com
Fixed a bug where last played game info didn't match snap on log out
Tweaked Steam image displaying
Added GameEx Account Linking from PlugIn Configuration
PLEASE NOTE: Versions prior to 1.0.9 will no longer work. You must update Game Tagger to continue to use it.

As noted, this plugin will only be available for supporting GameEx members and up. Since GameEx costs money, I felt it wouldn't be right to offer a secondary option of a tool GameEx requires payment for (Tom's tag is also only available to supporting members). With that you will need to link your GameEx account to your DracLabs account. Here's how:

STEP 1: Link your GameEx Account to your DracLabs Account. Go to your Profile Control Panel and click on the "EDIT GAMEEX INFO" button:

STEP 2: Launch the configuration from the GameEx Plugin Manager and select "GameEx Account Info" at the top left to load up the GameEx Account Link utility.
NOTE: The GX STATUS section of the main page shows your user status once your account is linked. If you have the valid permissions to use the utility, there will be a green check mark next to your user status.

STEP 3: Enter your user name and click the "VERIFY USER NAME" button. The account link tool will then verify your username from your DracLabs profile and then run a verification on GameEx, as well as retrieve your user status.

NOTE: If the tool detects your link is incorrect or your GameEx username has been used on another account, the tool will disable all associated accounts on DracLabs until an admin (er, me...) unlocks it. If you have successfully been verified, your avatar from your GameEx account will appear to the left of your user name.

You can click the "SETUP USER NAME" button here to load your Game Tagger account page. Your account must be linked on the DracLabs site before you verify your account.

That should be all there is to it! I will continue to support older gamer tags until Friday, but then anything under 1.0.9 will be inactive. Please update your plugins before then!

Thank you for your support!

**B2K24** · October 22, 2014

Hey Adultery, Thanks for all the work you do.

I just updated to 1.0.9 version and it's not refreshing the last played info.

The information at https://online.gameex.com/default.aspxis showing correct, but my CP settings are not in sync and says I'm offline when my GameEX is online

http://tags.hfc-essentials.com/cp.php

I've also linked the account correctly in the plugin manager

http://imgur.com/zMRd2En

Any ideas on how to fix this other than uninstall and re-install everything ?

**Adultery** · October 22, 2014

Can you post the tagger log?

**B2K24** · October 22, 2014

10/20/2014 12:23:10 PM : GameTagger Plugin (Version: 1.0.8)

10/20/2014 12:23:10 PM : Loading XML...

10/20/2014 12:23:10 PM : Getting user data...

10/20/2014 12:23:10 PM : 13.32 INITIALIZED OK!: GameEx

10/20/2014 12:23:10 PM : Checking for network connectivity...

10/20/2014 12:23:11 PM : DracLabs server was found! Initializing plugin!

10/20/2014 12:23:11 PM : Fetching password from DracLabs...

10/20/2014 12:23:11 PM : Password authentication was successful! Loading!

10/20/2014 12:23:11 PM : Checking user account status...

10/20/2014 12:23:11 PM : User was verified successfully!

10/20/2014 12:23:12 PM : Checking for theme...

10/20/2014 12:23:12 PM : Loading theme...

10/20/2014 12:23:12 PM : FTP WORKER: Uploading user avatar...

10/20/2014 12:23:12 PM : FTP WORKER: Upload attempt #0

10/20/2014 12:23:20 PM : FTP WORKER: Avatar upload was a success!

10/20/2014 12:23:20 PM : Setting up custom message!

10/20/2014 12:23:20 PM : Setting up external info!

10/20/2014 12:23:20 PM : FTP WORKER: Uploading gamer tag...

10/20/2014 12:23:20 PM : FTP WORKER: Upload attempt #0

10/20/2014 12:23:23 PM : FTP WORKER: Gamer tag upload was a success!

10/21/2014 12:17:14 AM : DB: Checking play count...

10/21/2014 12:17:14 AM : DB: suzuka8h has not been played yet!

10/21/2014 12:17:14 AM : DB: Checking for favorite...

10/21/2014 12:17:14 AM : DB: suzuka8h is not in favorites!

10/21/2014 12:17:14 AM : DB: Checking last played...

10/21/2014 12:17:14 AM : DB: suzuka8h has not been played yet!

10/21/2014 12:17:15 AM : Add history was successful!

10/21/2014 12:17:15 AM : Checking for theme...

10/21/2014 12:17:15 AM : Loading theme...

10/21/2014 12:17:15 AM : Setting up custom message!

10/21/2014 12:17:15 AM : Setting up external info!

10/21/2014 12:17:15 AM : FTP WORKER: Uploading gamer tag...

10/21/2014 12:17:15 AM : FTP WORKER: Upload attempt #0

10/21/2014 12:17:15 AM : FTP WORKER: Getting game images...

10/21/2014 12:17:15 AM : FTP WORKER: Returning snap image!

10/21/2014 12:17:15 AM : FTP WORKER: Getting game images...

10/21/2014 12:17:15 AM : FTP WORKER: Returning title image!

10/21/2014 12:17:20 AM : FTP WORKER: Gamer tag upload was a success!

10/21/2014 12:18:08 AM : Checking for theme...

10/21/2014 12:18:08 AM : Loading theme...

10/21/2014 12:18:08 AM : Setting up custom message!

10/21/2014 12:18:08 AM : ERROR: There was an error trying to draw your game tag!

10/21/2014 12:18:08 AM : Value cannot be null.

Parameter name: input

10/21/2014 12:18:08 AM : at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(String input, String replacement)

at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(String input, String pattern, String replacement)

at DracLabs.Strings.Remove_Bracketed_Text(String Input_String)

at DracLabs.Tagger.Draw_Label.Draw_New(String UserName, String Message, Int32 LabelMode)

10/21/2014 12:18:08 AM : ERROR: Unable to draw your GamerTag!

10/22/2014 12:31:14 PM : Drawing exit tag...

10/22/2014 12:31:14 PM : Thank you for using Game Tagger!

10/22/2014 12:31:15 PM : Checking for theme...

10/22/2014 12:31:15 PM : Loading theme...

10/22/2014 12:31:15 PM : Setting up custom message!

10/22/2014 12:31:15 PM : Setting up external info!

10/22/2014 12:31:15 PM : FTP WORKER: Uploading gamer tag...

10/22/2014 12:31:15 PM : FTP WORKER: Upload attempt #0

10/22/2014 12:31:18 PM : FTP WORKER: Gamer tag upload was a success!

10/22/2014 12:31:19 PM : Goodbye!

**Adultery** · October 22, 2014

Hmmmm, that log is from the last event I mentioned in the other thread. Can you post your last GameEx log?

That regex error isn't the issue but I'll fix it.

**B2K24** · October 23, 2014

Here's the log.

log.zip

**nullPointer** · October 23, 2014

Heh ... Dude hopefully this isn't a me dumping it on all at once, but I actually noticed a problem with my Game Tagger today as well.

The issue seems to be with the game image displayed in the tag. Whenever I play a game through Steam the image in the tag is displayed as the 'No Image Found' image. The weird part is that when I'm actually in game, the tag displays the appropriate image. It's only when I exit the game that the tag reverts to No Image Found. I did verify that I have all the applicable artwork (and double checked my GameTagger profile to make sure it was propagating there). As far as that goes everything seems on the up and up. There is an error in my log which may be some indicator of what's happening:

GameTagger.log

GameEx Support File Data

Here's the associated GameEx log:

GameEx log.txt

GameEx Support File Data

It's not a huge issue, and you can only address one issue at once. I just figured I'd point out what I noticed while we were on the topic (and hey I figured you'd probably be looking at the code anyway)

Thanks as always for all you do!

**Adultery** · October 23, 2014

@B2K24: Well...

It's working for me and others. I also noticed the GameEx log doesn't show it's even trying to initialize the plugin and the last log is for 1.0.8 which is outdated. Can you go to the plugin manager and double check that it's still enabled?

**Adultery** · October 23, 2014

@Null: I think that issue is because of something I tried to correct when GameEx logs off. You say when you are playing the Steam game the tag is correct but after you exit GameEx it's wrong? Or after you exit the have it's showing the default no image? Is it just Steam or all emus? I ask because Steam required some magic to make it work and maybe the patch I made two versions ago is broken.

**nullPointer** · October 23, 2014

I'll do a quick test, because I was wondering about other emus as well (I only recently updated to 1.0.9). I'm in the midst of making supper, so give me just a couple of minutes and I'll have the exact details for you.

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