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[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Hi zurden and thank you for your appreciation.

From now on, being aware of the high number of issues in versions 1.X, I decided to rewrite the whole app from scratch.

I'm currently coding the new game scanner, it is accurate for 70% of games and this performance can be improved by properly renaming your games before starting the game scan.

Users will be able to edit metadata more easily. Being more conscious of where the meta-data comes from, they'll be able to select the appropriate game from a list, or rename their file such that it is 100% automatically recognized.

If some game isn't properly identified, you will be able to manually query the scraper and find the proper meta-data.

If you're not happy with the results coming from one scraper, you'll be able to query another just for that game.

At the moment I'm testing three different scrapers for gamesome 2.0 and I've coded them so that it's really easy to add new ones.

Yesterday I performed the first small "real-world" test:

In a collection of 310 Sega Master System games, 218 games were identified automatically. The identification process has taken only two seconds.
[Android Apps and Games] zurden:
Thanks for the reply vector. So we cannot expect new update for 1.x?

So The next release will be 2.0?

In case you need beta testers, you can count with me ☺

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Yes,

Keeping two versions updated at the same time requires too much effort for just one person.

I am totally focusing on the new update. I will consider opening a community on Google+ to test the new beta versions.
[Android Apps and Games] JohnHenryIron:
Great to hear a 2.0 is coming. Your hard work is appreciated. I would love to help test as well.
[Android Apps and Games] dennistjahyadi:
wow look great

i'll try it later....
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
I can beta test too on my JXD :)
[Android Apps and Games] totallyfreak:
THIS is the best emulator manager on android!!

I buy the pro version and it's own it! :)

My features request would be:

1- Duplicated Roms delete function / Roms without artwork delete fuction

2- New PS2 emulator Play! compatibility (i know for now its at a beta stage)

3- Possibility to launch game with a simple touch... for now you have to wait a long press touch on the game(roms) and need to select Launch Game

4- Section Last Played Game so more easy to continu your game another day :)

5- Manage savegame directly from GameSome APP

thx
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Duplicate detection is a non-trivial task, you should really be conscious of which games you add to your collection. For Gamesome it is almost impossible detect duplicates. A primitive duplicate removal system existed in 1.X, based on the CRC32 hash of the files, but Android devices are not that powerful, so Gamesome will rely from now only on the game name. Removing duplicates using only the game name can be a problem: just think to ps1 games with 2 or 4 cds, they all belong to the same game.

You will be able to add all the emulators (and platforms) you want.

You can already do this, just go to settings and change game launch mode to "quick"

It's planned

Can you be more specific? Doesn't it work in such way that if a savegame is present, it is automatically loaded by the emulator?
[Android Apps and Games] totallyfreak:
5. well yes its normally load last save game by emulator, but if gamesome can manage it and make a backup file so when you format your smartphone you dont loose your saves game

by the way i wanna try the beta also ;)
[Android Apps and Games] dre10g:
Can't wait for version 2!

I just bought the pro version for my GPD XD.. Looks sweet!

Only thing is it crashes while scanning my c64 folder. All other system folders work fine.
[Android Apps and Games] totallyfreak:
Same problem here... CRASH when scanning C64 folder
[Android Apps and Games] totallyfreak:
Also maybe i just dont use the app correctly but their is a possibility to use ScummVM emulator for vintage PC game?
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Right now there is no option for DOS/SCUMMVM games, in Gamesome 2.0 there will be custom systems and emulators, so you can test by yourself if scummvm can work with gamesome.
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Does the app work with all android OS ? I'm ordering the JXD7800 upgrade the S192 Singularity.
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
It depends on the Android version installed on that device, but I'd say yes unless it comes out with Gingerbread installed :D (which Gamesome 2.0 will support, by the way).
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
I have emailed jxd directly 3 days ago ask about OS but as of yet no reply which is disappointing
[Android Apps and Games] dr@bunsen:
Feature Requests

Could you make the emulator type user editable? For instance I'm using a recent alpha build of Mupen64+ but can't get Gamesome to run it as the app is not recognised.

I use Gamesome on an Nvidia Shield Android TV and when the main selection screen opens, the icon selected by default is settings and not the first of the emulators. It took me a while to realise what it was doing as I just thought there was lag between remote control presses and the selection moving on the screen, but now I realise I need to navigate down to the emulators first.

Finally, if there's any way to highlight currently selected icons (particularly any icons in the menu bar, like settings which is not highlighted at all when selected in the current version) in the new version perhaps by changing the border color, that would make it much more usable in Android TV where navigation is using gamepad/remote control. I'd be willing to test the new Gamesome in Android TV and let you know any feedback if that helps.
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Gamesome 2 will work differently, emulators will be customizable instead of being "hardcoded".

I will do my best, in the current development version the first platform is selected instead of items on the top bar, but the items on the menu bar are selected with a circle shape which is almost undetectable (it's Android default, not my attempt to blind people :) ), I will change it. I cannot test on Android TV devices because here in Italy there's just the Nexus Player and I'd like to buy a Shield TV as soon as it's available, hopefully I'll be able to make a native TV version of Gamesome.
[Android Apps and Games] EricaP2593:
Nice idea :)
[Android Apps and Games] sgate:
Feature Requests

Mame games genre and disable clones

would be great for mame
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
I will try new sources/better scrapers for MAME games, thank you for the feedback!
[Android Apps and Games] Sagaia1031:
To that point, could you add new sources/better scrapers for all the games? I personally like thegamesdb.net. I've added a lot of content to this and think it's more complete than what Gamesome is using now.
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Gamesome already uses TheGamesDB for online scan, which is triggered only when offline scan doesn't find any result. The problem is the automatic recognition, in 2.0 you will be able to fix scraper mismatches with more ease.
[Android Apps and Games] Sagaia1031:
Awesome.
[Android Apps and Games] dre10g:
Can't wait for version 2 now. I am always getting a crash when scanning the c64 games folder only. Every other emulator works flawlessly.
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
As soon as I get emulators to work (I'm not having any problem, I'm just busy IRL) I will release a beta. It will probably be a separate app, so that it won't change your actual Gamesome data.

You can expect some very basic features :

- new UI & settings

- new scanner (impossibility to edit metadata)

- game launch

- landscape & portrait supported

- gingerbread support
[Android Apps and Games] GartimusPrime:
I am excited for 2.0!!
[Android Apps and Games] zurden:
I have a couples of suggestions/features requests for 2.0 hope you find them useful. ?

- Enhanced favorites. An option to sort games by console

- custom lists. Kind of favorites but this way you can create for example: a list for a saga that contain games from different consoles, best of per console..

BTW, not asking for eta but any update regarding 2.0?
[Android Apps and Games] Tistan_IABS:
Good stuff

I will try it!:)
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Thank you for your suggestions!

I was already thinking about something similar to custom lists.

About progress, development slowed down a bit in the last weeks because of some IRL commitment (got my MSc :D), but what is missing for a beta is

- Implementation of emulators

- Implementation of some windows of the UI

then I can release a beta with very basic features so that everyone can test it!
[Android Apps and Games] soulside86:
Hi vektor

I've got a bug where everytime I load Gamesome it creates a new set of shortcuts for each of the platforms I'm emulating (see attached)

Each time I reboot my XD I start with one set of shortcuts but each time I close and reopen Gamesome a new set is created

I'm on v1.12 b63

Thanks

Edit - issue to bug
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Hi,

this is a well known issue that I've never been able to reproduce on any of my devices. It will go away with Gamesome 2 :D
[Android Apps and Games] dabigswan:
Hi, my mario bros 1 et 2 nes roms are always recognized as Mario Bros 3, tried different roms with different names.
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Hurrah... GameSome 2.0 :)
[Android Apps and Games] soulside86:
No worries. My googlefu failed me as i couldn't find any reference to the bug

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] tooonyo:
Suggestions

Hi, I registered to the forum to thank you for your awesome app. I managed to launch it automatically when I power my GPD XD, it should be packed with by default ;)

I have a few things I noticed, that I want too share with you (excited to see the version 2.0 !) :

- the app shuts off every time I want to change manually the screenshot of a game with the "search button"

- a "last played games" list (already asked)

- clone filtering (already asked)

- ability to apply custom "tags" to games, to allow filtering of non mame

- handling of mame genre

- two emulators are not handled : uoyabause (sega saturn) et fba4droid (I know you'll provide a manual configuration, and it's awesome)

Thanks for your hard work !

Can't wait to test it
[Android Apps and Games] dabigswan:
Mame

Hi, thanks for this great frontend.

But please add Mame4all to launch mame roms, some roms work with mame4droid and other with Mame4all.
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Probably everything you asked will be slowly added in 2.0 definitive version :)

There is Retroarch's iMAME4all, but i cannot add mame4all, it's not compatible.
[Android Apps and Games] _Concat_:
Love the app. Just got the pro version.

Just curious if there is a known bug with Mupen64Plus with retroarch. Games load fine in retroarch, but crash instanty when launched through Gamesome. Any ideas for troubleshooting?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Is it possible to change view to list instead of box art? On my phone list would be better.
[Android Apps and Games] SuperKobe:
Nice job, buddy! I love it! :good:
[Android Apps and Games] _Concat_:
I should mention psx is doing the same thing. Loads fine in retroarch, but crashes when launched via gamesome.
[Android Apps and Games] JohnHenryIron:
Off topic, but I just found my old evo 4g lte. It was still sporting gamesome 1.04.2!

Your baby's all grown up now
[Android Apps and Games] andy_d0:
I'm trying this out on my Shield and upgraded to Pro. This seems like it is exactly what I want and simple to setup but having some issues...

1) Every time I launch the app I'm asked whether I want to set my email for crash reports

2) Whatever I have set to display in the frontend gets duplicated each time the app is opened - so for example, I only have SNES selected -> after opening the app 7 times, I now have 7 SNES icons. If I add another console, that also gets duplicated.

I also tried the 2.0 beta - crashes immediately after launching. I guess Shield TV not supported yet?
[Android Apps and Games] Gae_One:
Hi

I also have the shield tv, gamesome 1.12 works fine for a few weeks, today a add a new rom folder, and delete the old one

also switch from grid to list to show rom title

btw now I've the same problem 1) and 2)

I've deleted cache and data, but problem remain

then I download beta 2.0 but the gamesome icon do not appear on shield tv launcher, it starts from sideload-launcher but all grey, so I back to 1.12 to have gamesome in android tv launcher, deleting all, cache and data, reinstall, now always got the problem 1) and 2)

please fix gamesome 2.0 to appear on android tv launcher, thanks

happy new year
[Android Apps and Games] totallyfreak:
download where?

where did you download the version 2.0 :) i want it!!! i also already paid for pro version
[Android Apps and Games] Gae_One:
look at the home page www<dot>gamesomeapp<dot>com

find the line:

Alternatively, you can get the latest apk from HERE
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
That is not the latest apk anymore, please refer to the G+ community and follow all the instructions on the blog post. You see all grey because you didn't put profiles on the Gamesome folder.

To switch between grid/list, there's a button on the top right corner.
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Thanks but list still shows artwork.
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
I see, so what are you asking? Do you want to hide boxarts and just show plain text? Or just a circle icon without any boxart?
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
If possible just a list without art?
[Android Apps and Games] JohnHenryIron:
Just checked out 2.0. I like the direction your taking it. Looks like changing system artwork will be cake. I have a pile of real system images that I put together.

Here is the command for mupen64AE alpha:

org.mupen64plusae.v3.alpha/paulscode.android.mupen64plusae.SplashActivity
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
I just published a new beta APK on the G+ community and play store, it has an option in settings to not showing the artworks in roms screen.
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Wow thanks for being so quick. Trying to grab now from playstore. I see a v 4.0 is that it?
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
I don't know what you're seeing, if you've subscribed to G+ community and enable yourself to become a tester, you should get updates automatically from play store, but it takes some hours before they are made available. You should check the G+ Community, specially the posts classified as "Updates-APK" which contain a direct link to the newest apk and it's available hours before it is officially published on Play Store.
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Oh I'm not a beta tester. .. Will sign up now.
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Sorry to be a pain, i have loaded V2 but I cannot locate the search function? Please tell me it has not been removed. It was extremely useful for me when dealing with lots of ROMs
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Not removed, but still not implemented in 2.0
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
That's great news. I also have another question, does gamesome only search directories that have a scraper set for the platform?
[Android Apps and Games] dre10g:
Great work! I'm running the latest beta on my GPD XD now. Thanks!

Please add support for Amiga and DOS ;)
[Android Apps and Games] bikeking8:
Scan not finding some games? ALSO, sub-dir option?

First of all, great work; I can sympathize cramming in S/W dev with IRL going on - you're doing great.

I'm using v1.12 from the Google Play market on my Nvidia Shield TV console (16 GB), along with an attached external Western Digital HDD that has my games on it. I'm having problems with Gamesome "picking up" all my games, though. When I scan my NES folder which has Mega Mans 1-6, it only picks up number 1 and 6, for example.

Also, does the scan only scan files in the selected folder, or the contents of all sub-folders, as well? I'm thinking it may scan contents of subfolders, too, since I got quite a bit of duplicates on my first scan with Sega Genesis - maybe due to the folder structure. If this is the case, can you implement an option to NOT scan subdirectories?

Keep up the good work.
[Android Apps and Games] JohnHenryIron:
There is an option to include sub foldes
[Android Apps and Games] bikeking8:
Scan problems continued

I must have missed that option somewhere, would someone point it out for me? Remember, I'm still on 1.12.

As for the "duplicate and missing" games: I discovered that the scanner pulled the metadata/pic for my "Duck Tales" (US) and "Duck Tales 2" (US) files as "Duck Maze" (AUS), and Mega Man 4 was incorrectly populated as Dragon Quest 4. So good news was that it scanned all the files, bad news is that there's a breakdown somewhere between the Gamesome scanner and the db source. And I'm REALLY not trying to manually edit each and every goof, hahaha...

Also, I did a clean reinstall, and now I'm getting what somebody else previously posted about, the email popup every time.

P.S. The improved highlighting border and continued support for Nvidia TV would be great in 2.0, since every verizon of retroarch I've tried on this thing is incapable of actually loading a game because of retroarch's incompetent and hard coded RGUI control scheme.
[Android Apps and Games] JohnHenryIron:
My mistake, I thought that option was in the stable version. Looks like its another new feature [emoji2]
[Android Apps and Games] bikeking8:
Well, that's still cool that it's an option in 2.0
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
I have finally updated the first post, which still included pics from the very first release :D

You can find the instructions to try the beta of the newest 2.0 version and for any support on the beta I'm available on this g+ community.
[Android Apps and Games] XperiaPlayLinux:
Thank you very much for this exquisite frontend!, maybe Real3DOPlayer and uoYabause can be added in future updates :fingers-crossed:
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Uoyabause is already available in 2.0 beta!
[Android Apps and Games] bikeking8:
Perhaps it has something to do with the way the roms are named or the external hdd, but the beta is doing the same thing..
[Android Apps and Games] XperiaPlayLinux:
Aha!, I haven't tested in a month or two so I was just looking at compatibility.gamesomeapp.com/platforms/saturn when it came to support for Saturn. Keep up the good work my friend! :)
[Android Apps and Games] pFo-Mac:
Many thanks for a great app Vektor! A good front-end was desperately needed for android.

A couple of quick questions/comments:

1) on both the Play store version and the 2.0 beta, it seems that Gamesome still can't launch directly into a game using Ppsspp Gold. Just thought I'd report it on the off-chance you weren't aware.

2) I really like the new interface for choosing a platform. Well done. However, and I may be in the minority on this, but as for game selection, I strongly prefer the interface on the pre-2.0 build. It seems like the game covers are too small to be seen very well on 2.0 (at least to me). Any chance we will have the option of using the pre-2.0 style for game selection?

3) Last, 2.0 seems to no longer attempt to pull metadata directly from the cso for psp games (as I imagine it's just scraping metadata from filenames). Will this feature make a return in 2.0 (it worked quite well pre-2.0)?

Thanks again for all of your hard work, and I apologize if these questions have been answered before.
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Hi and thanks for your appreciation!

1) PPSSPP Gold direct launch is broken on their end, report to them the problem

2) you'll be able to adjust the number of columns, so if you prefer bigger covers you can reduce from 3 to 2. Enable cropping to have them fill the square box.

3) I will release advanced scrapers as external plug-ins!
[Android Apps and Games] pFo-Mac:
Thanks for the prompt reply and info!
[Android Apps and Games] MaxPie:
Hi Vektor,

I am attempting too add another emulator for MAME. I followed the steps you listed on Wiki; I made the file and placed it in the emulator folder (in the gamesome folder) however nothing comes up. There is no new emulator showing in the list. I also tried adding a new platform and it also doesn't show up. Is there something else I need to do? or something I am missing?

Thanks

Awaiting your reply
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Hi MaxPie,

could you kindly copy/paste the profiles you're trying to create here? use the CODE tags, I'll try to help :)
[Android Apps and Games] Coolspot117:
Help, maybe?

Gamesome 2.0 Beta is working like a CHARM on my Samsung Galaxy Avant.

I decided to try the app on my Fire TV stick and it crashed when I launched it.

It was the same Beta version by the way.

So I'm wondering what could have gone wrong.

Any thoughts?
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Hi [MENTION=7280041]Coolspot117[/MENTION] , could you send me a crash report? You need a mail client on your Amazon stick.
[Android Apps and Games] MaxPie:
Hi Vektor,

Thanks for getting back to me.

Please see below my emulator code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<name>MAME4droid (0.37b5)</name>
<package_name>com.seleuco.mame4all</package_name>
<component_name>com.seleuco.mame4all.MAME4all</component_name>
<action>android.intent.action.VIEW</action>
<data_type>application/zip</data_type>
</configuration>
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Unfortunately that version of MAME4droid cannot execute games from external apps, it's a problem on its developer's end :(
[Android Apps and Games] MaxPie:
I thought no matter what application I put it should show in gamesome menu ?

What if I tried to get a nightly build of MAME4all from the developer ?

Unfortunately MAME4droid doesn't run most of the games.

Awaiting your reply Vektor.

Thanks for your time
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
You are right, the name of the file counts in this case. The name should be "emu_platformalias_emualias.xml". platformalias is the alias of your platform file, e.g. for platform_mame.xml the alias is mame.

if the name of your file is emu_mame_mame4all.xml and it is in the emulators folder, you should be able to see it. Note that if you have multiple platforms (mame, fba, neogeo) you need a copy of this profile for each of them.
[Android Apps and Games] MaxPie:
Hi Vektor,

My file's name is "emu_mame_mame4all.xml". I've pasted it in the emulator folder and nothing changed. I still can't see any new emulator. I've even tried to delete one of the original emulator files for MAME and the emulator option still showing the same in Gamesome!
[Android Apps and Games] ghostyroasty:
I may have missed this somewhere, or I may be missing a setting in Retroarch, but perhaps someone who reads this is more familiar. I have Retroarch set as the emulator for a couple of consoles and when I open the games from within Retroarch, the on screen overlays are disabled and my settings are preserved from when I first set them. When I open the games through Gamesome, the Retroarch defaults are loaded and the on-screen buttons are there along with the default controls. I'm on the Shield TV Marshmallow.
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Hi [MENTION=527546]ghostyroasty[/MENTION], with which version of Gamesome does this happen? Beta or 1.12? The 1.12 does not work properly on Marshmallow.
[Android Apps and Games] Dot Merix:
Is there an issue with Gamesome searching for PSX files? All other platforms are pulling files properly however PSX files are not being found by gamesome. I have a file with an ecm extension specifically. Thanks.

Update - on further testing it appears it's an issue with Gamesome not looking for ecm files at all for PSX? Can this be corrected for next beta or other release?

Seems to work with bin extension.
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Hi, in beta ecm files should be recognized. If not, you can manually edit the psx profile and add ecm extension