New GB version coming... feature requests, anyone?

[.mad.]

Thank you James,

Love the side bar.
Your Gamebase is looking really cool now.

[K.C.]

[.mad.]

Strange window size.

When you dont have any screenshots selected.
and are ONLY using the "no_picture320x200.gif"

settings are as follows

[arthur_gill@hotmaIl.com]

does this mean the dos gamebase is actually happening??
based on the screenshot is seems so.
I would love to have a decent dos gamebase for those classics (commander keen, jazz jackrabbit etc.)
????

[Jimbo]

Just looking at the relative paths thing and came across this code in the global GetPathInfo() function: -

[K.C.]

This code was added by Brataccas.
See this topic for more information about the updates.
Maybe you could PM him for an explanation.
All I can say is that this code works.
Suppose,

• Gamebase is installed in C:\Gamebase
  
• There is a collection named oldsystem
  
• In the oldsystem folder, there is a folder structure emulators\emu1
  
• In the emulator.ini fole, there is an entry EmulatorPathFile=oldsystem\emulators\emu1\program.exe
  

When I view in the emulator settings, I see the emulator path C:\Gamebase\oldsystem\emulators\emu1\program.exe
When I click OK, the Emulator.ini is actually changed to this absolute path.
When I click Cancel, the relative paths remains unchanged.

[Jimbo]

aaah its ok I figured it out. the DirExists function changes the current directory to it's passed-in parameter in order to check if it exists, so the CurDir() function works.

[Jimbo]

Right I think I pretty much got 7-Zip support done - for extracting anyway, rezipping still to do.

As a side effect, GEMUS now also supports most of the formats supported by 7-Zip (including RAR and ISO files). It's also now able to extract archives whilst keeping folder structures intact.

Hopefully a new beta soon.

[.mad.]

hubba hubba.

that's the news i was waiting for.
the DOS games really need that unzip to folders function.

and using 7zip to merge all the versions of the same game
will cut the size down by about a third.

i think i love you!

[hardmanm]

Any chance of adding the ability to add a programmers pic, like you can with muscians
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[K.C.]

When writing a GEMUS script for DOSBox, I encountered a few issues with the GEMUS script language:

• It would be handy if I could use GEMUS environment variables in key=value pairs.
  For example: if I press F2 and type

  Code:

  command=-c "mount %gamepath%\diskette -floppy"

  I would like to see it parsed as

  Code:

  command=-c "mount C:\GBGame\Rezip\diskette -floppy"

  
  
• A small typo in the GEMUS documentation: under Script Environment Variables Reference a variable %gamefilepath% is listed. This should be %gamepathfile%.
  
• Mentioned earlier: it is not possible to check from GEMUS for Lightgun support. You replied that this had to do with upper/lower case characters.
  Can this be fixed in the official release?
  (Maybe there could be a difference between lightgun and light gun also?)

[Jimbo]

[.mad.]

[ldaneels]

Fantastic job ! I can't begin to express how glad I am that you started work on Gamebase again. The changes you have made so far are a vast improvement & make Gamebase a lot more flexible. I had been looking into other database programs for GamebaseCPC, but there is no need to change now

Here are some suggestions that I believe were not mentioned:

- I think that adding the ability to resize every selection window would be great (like the screenshot selector window). Since I use the full name of the game for Game, Music, Extras,.... that would make things easier for games with long names.

- A sub title for the games would be nice. Some games have a main title and a secondary sub title (Yogi bear & Friends in the Greed Monster / A Treasure Hunt)

- A review rating field to aggregate review scores from magazines in addition to the rating field in the personal tab.

- Possibility to have multiple control types in the games tab. A lot of games can be controlled using a variety of input devices.

- Possibility to have multiple programmers / musicians / graphic artist. That would allow to filter by unique artists instead of just one big clump of artists.

- Ability to rename the fields without messing around the INI files.

- Modernize the look when you have nothing more to do

Aside from that, I have a small question about Gamebase. I use the GEMUS to modify a field (Autotype=) in the CPCE emulator INI. Is there a way to reset the value of Autotype to nothing (no value, symbol,...) ? If not, I would greatly appreciate if you added a way to do it.

Many thanks for your work & I hope you will continue to improve gamebase.

Loïc

[K.C.]

[Feature request shooting mode on]

Request: Global key=value pairs!

There should be a key=value pairs window in the <GBName> Options screen.
In this window you could type a list of key=value pairs that are set default for all games that are started, except pairs with the same name that are specified for a game.

Example:
In the Global Key=Value Pairs screen are the following settings defined:

fullscreen=false
setting1=abc

And for a game, this is specified:

fullscreen=true
setting2=123

Then the game is launched with this settings:

fullscreen=true
setting1=abc
setting2=123

When the GEMUS script checks is the game needs to run fullscreen, none of the games will run in that mode, except the ones where fullscreen=true is specified.

If you change fullscreen to true in the Global Key=Value pairs, all games will start fullscreen, except the ones where fullscreen=false is specified.

So Global Key=Value pairs can change the default behaviour of the emulator, without touching the GEMUS script.

Hope I explained it a bit clear.

[/Feature request shooting mode off]