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[Android Apps and Games] dfarecords:
Can't exit back to menu

So I believe I have everything set up correctly on my Fire TV, but every time I try to exit out of a rom back to the main menu it just immediately restarts the ROM or just stays where it was. I cannot exit at all. I see a similar issue was posted above (" ROMS load up nicely but when I quit RetroArch it restarts the ROM. Cannot get back to the Gamesome menu.") Hope somebody has a fix, thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] BenGmanUk:
Exactly the same issue here running SNES9x on a 4k Fire TV with a Gamesome front end. Works well apart from that and a couple of boxarts being wrong, i.e. Mario Kart showing the Mario World art.
[Android Apps and Games] ngs428:
Is there a way to have the scraper ignore any text in ( ) or [ ] in the file name?

Also in the latest Play store version. When you set an emulator, that emulator does not stay selected. The correct emulator is set, but the radio button does not show that when you select "Set Emulator".

Edit: fairly quiet here.. I am going to try Arc Browser
[Android Apps and Games] efegue:
Awesome app! Keep up the good work :)
[Android Apps and Games] bluejonny:
Upgrade to 2.0 killed my previous install

My JXD automatically updated Gamesome (I have the paid version) and managed to destroy everything I had set up in the previous version. Whilst I don't mind setting it all up again as it's fairly quick, this should have been avoided. Additionally I have lost all of my box art, and now no way of getting it back? The artwork I have on the new version is no where near as much as I used to have. Where I have gone wrong? I cannot find any setting to update or search for box art.

Cheers

Blue
[Android Apps and Games] Sagaia1031:
Love the new design. Don't like how it's cropping box art. It trims off top and bottom or the sides, always keeping square shape even though you have rectangular boxes. The metadata scrapping isn't picking up some games even though the file name is spelled exactly the same on the database.
[Android Apps and Games] bluejonny:
Contact with developer on a few bugs - nothing since

I recently exchanged emails with the developer of the app as I have been having many issues with the new version. Seemingly it appears that testing before release was either not done properly if at all, as there are a lot of issues. At first the developer welcomed my feedback but has since not replied to follow ups. Don't get me wrong, I love this app. Brilliant though it is, there should have been a lot more testing before release.

So, what are the issues? Well, let's add my hardware so we're clear. I am using a JXD S7800B with Android 4.4.4

* An upgrade will destroy your previous install including any set up, artwork, emulators, favourites etc. It just overwrites everything.

* Front end images for Platforms have been replaced by "joypad" icons depicting each system. There should be an option to use a custom choice.

* Importing ROMS takes forever and often fails. So you you end up with half the roms you expected. Doing a "search for new games" may fix this, but I have ended up with duplicates on my device as the ROM is imported a second time. Additionally, if you have a large ROM set (ZX Spectrum for example of which there are over 11,000 ROMS) this can take literally hours to import.

* Adding artwork is hit and miss. Whilst you may set the right scraper and identifier, artwork may be missing but when you do a manual search using metadata, you find it every time.

* If you are missing artwork, you have do go through one by one - there is no "update all"or "update missing" feature.

* If searching for artwork manually, you will need to remove the search term pre-populated and go for a more generic approach. For example MAME ROM "mspacman" cannot be found. Changing the search criteria to "ms." finds it every time. Therefore the scraper is not working and not picking up on the ROM name. I tried another just to be sure - "mooncrest" - yields no search result. "moon" finds everything with moon in the title including "Moon Cresta".

* When selecting the game from a manual search to populate the artwork and metadata, there is no confirmation on your selection, or anything to confirm your action - by leaving the sub menu, the import of artwork fails.

* If you are using a touchscreen device (which we all are!), notifications appear over the onscreen keyboard - such as when searching for metadata. You will end up with the "xx results found" notification in among the keyboard letters.

* If you accidentally press "Download Profiles" after setting them up already, profiles are duplicated and all of them are switched back on in your home view.

* MAME refuses to download artwork or metadata in manual search mode for my device.

So a few minor bugs to address to make this app even better than it is.

Cheers

BJ
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
I also have the s7800b but I only updated to the beta a couple of times and it was fine. I just got an s192 and sold the old on today so I can't really test any more.
[Android Apps and Games] jojo204:
Hey guys new to gamesome and loving it so far but is it just me or am I blind. I cant seem to find the Sega Genesis profile. I have it installed on an Nvidia Shield TV and tried it on an android cell and both aren't showing it.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] RadPC:
I don't want to be annoying, but is this the correct place to ask for help? I mean, maybe we should post somewhere else? (perhaps the developer prefers Google+?) The thread looks a little bit abandoned.

I like the look and feel of the new version, but I'm not able to use the RetroArch MAME 2003 emulator with GameSome and I can't find a solution :crying:. It worked with the old version, and it works too if I directly use that emulator through RetroArch. However, after setting the emulator, folders, database, etc. as soon as I launch a game the screen turns black for an instant and then returns to GameSome (I posted more details here).

Could someone confirm me if the can run Mame without problems? If so, which emulator are you using?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] whise1:
It would be nice to add Atari Jaguar compatibility. Retroarch virtual jaguar core supports it.
[Android Apps and Games] alexhayuk:
Is it possible to relocate the box art folder to the external sd card? Internal memory is filling quickly.
[Android Apps and Games] alexhayuk:
It's okay.

I copied the folder to the PC and resized the images then copied back to the m.o.j.o.

Saved over 2gb.
[Android Apps and Games] gazdaman.:
Feature Request for MAME Core

Hi,

Any chance of adding the ability to configure per game core settings?

This would be really handy, specifically for MAME.

For example:

Retroarch supports 3 core:

Mame 2000 (0.37b5)

Mame 2003 (0.78)

Mame 2010 (0.139)

The older cores are much faster and require less processing power to run.

I would like to be able to select the old core for old supported games, and the new cores for newer games.

0.78 seems to run most of the roms I want to but there are several that only work on the older core (0.37b5) and several that only work on the newest core (0.139)

Note, that some old games also don't seem to work with the newest core (0.139)

If this feature could be added that would be awesome.

Also, No support for Atari ST? (Hataroid)?

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] Hockeyplayr999:
Alex,

What did you resize the images to? Also is there a program that can do them all? I assume you didn't go 1 by 1?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] alexhayuk:
Used this program to batch resize cover art. Cant remember what site i got it from but it must have been free cause I'm a tight sod.
[Android Apps and Games] marcelosofth:
Support Magnavox Odyssey! help-me!

Hi friends, I really enjoyed Gamesome, but unfortunately it does not have support for Magnavox Odyssey, has anyone managed to include it in Gamesome?
[Android Apps and Games] WarM_Fusion:
I already have gamesome set up on an nvidia shield TV... is there a way to transfer by entire set up (box art and all) to another device?
[Android Apps and Games] Dr Evilll:
Retroarch + Gamesome HELP NEEDED!!!

Does anyone have any experience using Retroarch + Gamesome on Android devices?

I am having an issue when launching ROM's through Gamesome where by Retroarch's game-pad overlay is present on the screen even though I have deactivated OSD in Retroarch. Secondly, I cannot back out of games and back into either Retroarch or Gamesome once a game is launched. I have setup "Select + Start" as the key combination in order to get back to "Options" within Retroarch.

Any help wold be appreciated as I have exhausted other avenues trying to figure this out.
[Android Apps and Games] Omamez:
I bought this front end thank you! , can I ask will you be adding Kodi xml file to be launched via gamesome? or can you tell how to added it

Thank Once again
[Android Apps and Games] ahmad_k:
Boxt Art not synchronized when scrapping games, all games metadata were found correctly but boxart not downoaded
[Android Apps and Games] Shane1126:
I installed the game some app put all my emulators on it and my games but when I go to click play on a game it gives me an error and won't let me play the game how do I fix it?
[Android Apps and Games] will5:
Nice work.

We need more options for c64 emu, only c64.emu available. There are many c64 emulators on retroarch that works fine but you cant select them in gamesome.
[Android Apps and Games] Football_player:
I really enjoy your app. It's very good and I have some suggestions to make it perfect (for me) :

- can put the android games in other consoles folders (like put the GTA in the PS2 folder)

- can change the order of the game (not just by alphanumeric order)

- can change the color/the icon of the folders or the general wallpaper and others customisation things

- also, Thegamedb didn't work with the scaper (there is nothing in the tab)

- maybe make it to a launcher so we select it as default launcher

If these options are in the app already, I'm sorry, I didn't find it. Also, sorry if my english isnt that good.
[Android Apps and Games] Glen L:
cant change scrapers

when i click it nothing happens
[Android Apps and Games] Bl4deRunner:
I have the same issue (using LineageOS 14.1)
[Android Apps and Games] murilofm:
Could anyone share the backup of the profiles?
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
When scanner starts on the Coleco directory, it crashes when it hits about 60th rom. I sent a crash report just wondering if its anything i can do to fix it?
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Hello,

I've checked your crash report and it's an error already reported, has to be fixed in code by me and I'll do it as soon as possible :)
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
What is causing it though as i have managed to successfully to get it to load all the image tiles now. I renamed long file names and unzipped the roms. Not sure what fixed it exactly but now it works.
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
The problem is the name of some files, it crashes while querying the openvgdb in some rare circumstances
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Ahh so renaming the file(s) maybe fixed the issue I was using tosec version with duplicate versions removed and they do seem to like their long filenames.

I will buy your program today as I find it very useful especially the search. Can you add spectrum to the list using Marvin emulator? Searching those Fe's would be great even if there aren't any PIC tiles.
[Android Apps and Games] Mick2K:
Your app is exactly what i was looking for. The Rom Collection Browser on XBMC is ****.

But i have one problem. I use it on my OUYA and sometimes the frontend does not

react to my ouya controller and i have to use the touchpad or an air mouse.

Maybe controller support can be fixed. Then i would buy your ad free version.

And is it possible to use mame4droid instead RetroArch for MAME?
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Zx spectrum support *cough*
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Hello, I keep receiving crash reports and your feature requests and they're not forgotten :)

- To fix "stuck" controller try to press the show drawer button, if the alphabeth list is hidden enable it, then close the drawer, you should get controller back to work with focus on the alphabethlist on the right.

- Checking Marvin emulator compatibility is still on the to-do list.

Unfortunately behind Gamesome there's just me, a student, and when I have exams I don't have enough free time to code and development stops for weeks/months.

What I've started working on is:

- Add support for Amazon devices

- Begin using Lollipop UI (at the moment just for the top ActionBar)

- Remembering preference of showing/hiding alphabet filter.
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
No probs :) if you need a beta tester I have both Marvin and paid version of speccy. And I retesting both emulators allow you to run a ROM from a filebrowser and 'choose' which emu to open with. Not sure if that's help full.
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
This helps a lot as it tells me that it's the standard way to execute games, not like RetroArch or PSX emulators where you've to study the internal code of the app. :D
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
So basically I bit like early Dos where you call the emulator with the ROM path and filename as a switch and it fires up.

Hopefully you will get time to implement it because I would love to be able to use search function to launch the speccy games.
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
While waiting for the last exam I've started working to renew platform logos. I've increased the highest resolution of each logo from 400x400px to 512x512px exporting the images directly from svg logo images.

I had to redraw some from scratch (i.e. the Sega CD one), here's the result:

There's still some work to do, but it's a good starting point :)

I'll probably change the grid to a vertical list with the console name at the right of each logo (and maybe some stats like the number of roms etc.)
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Sorry for the lack of updates on development progress, which went further in these days.

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy new year :D

Here you'll find a blog post with all the new features I'm working on.
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Will there be an option to use the old set of icons as I like the easy to see and read style of the round ones?
[Android Apps and Games] KevoTMan:
Your application is great! From your blog it looks like you'll be near emulation station quality soon. As a nexus player user I have a request, could you please add a leanback launcher icon? Currently your app is not accessible on the main screen because it's missing that. I believe it's as simple as adding one line to an XML file and rebuilding.

Thanks for all your hard work!
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
No, the new logos and icons replace the old ones. I'll try to recreate the orbs even if i thought everybody hated them and wanted then replaced asap :D

To be honest I don't know much about Android TV Development, adding Leanback Launcher icon seems a quite easy task, I will try to edit the manifest to grant compatibility with TV devices.
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
I can't believe people don't like the round ones they are easy to read with the device logo in the middle I think they are great. :)

How's it going with the spectrum addition? Need me to beta test ;) ?
[Android Apps and Games] karl0ss:
Love this app mate, any idea when you will release the version with the redesign from your blog? as that looks so much nicer :)
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Thank you for the appreciation!

I am still working on this new version, it is a

BIG

update under the hood that makes the app faster and prettier, I am also trying to honor some requests of new emulators and even some new features, that are still in my mind but that I'll write about ASAP :)

That's why development is reasonably slow, even because of some IRL duties (It's my last semester before getting MSc in Computer Science :D).
[Android Apps and Games] karl0ss:
OK bro, that's cool, I will patiently wait ;) A little request from me, maybe an android games section, that we can assign apps into, as I use mine as just a gaming device, and would be cool to be able to launch android games without having to leave the interface, either way, keep up the great work, please :)
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Oooh new emulators? Sweet. I bought pro last night in anticipation :) can't wait.
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Thank you for your trust and support!

Yes, I'm testing ZX Spectrum as new platform and also some new emulator for already existing platforms as well.

I'm also trying a new crash report system that is completely automatic and users will be able to send anonymous reports.

Last but not least I want to add features for who bought the PRO version, basically favorite games list and possibility to setup multiple directories, but I'm not sure these features will come with the very first release of 2015 and they're still in my mind and not in the code :D.
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Yay!! Spectrum rules. I know someone who can test that for you.
[Android Apps and Games] velliam:
Nice app! I really dream of this kind of app. nice emulator integration with almost emulator available on android. Can you add portrait mode?, I used to play with portrait mode on my phone and consistency in orientation will making this neat for me. Thanks a lot!
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
What emulator are you going to build in compatability for? Will need to buy it ready.
[Android Apps and Games] ratbags:
Hopefully GBA.emu free, and all the other free emus by that developer. They are forks of the originals but free! The originals seem to be supported by gamesome but not the free variants.....
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Gba already supported. I was meaning the spectrum.
[Android Apps and Games] ratbags:
I know GBA supported but that emu app isn't. Even though it's good and free, and it's developer also publishes several other emulators free too.
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Oh sorry yes I see now. I bought my emulator apps as they are so cheap and I use them on my JXD7800 so worth every penny.
[Android Apps and Games] nicpon83:
nice work!!!
[Android Apps and Games] dre10g:
Awesome.. but needs Dosbox support.
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Hello everybody!

I've made a website with the updated list of all the tested emulators, you can find it here.

For Spectrum, Marvin and Speccy both work, but Speccy has been updated a few days ago.

The free versions of the .EMU series cannot be supported because of the way they are coded. The original author edited his emulators to make them execute games from external apps, while the free versions don't get any update since 2013... There's not much I can do about this.

DOSBox support will be probably added in the future, but it's not a priority and the only emulator that might support gamesome is at the moment DOSBox turbo.
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Thanks as always for the updates. Really looking forward to this new version (appart from icons ;) haha)
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
You'll be able to choose between new menu or old orbs, but they'll both look better :)
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Great stuff. Now I know your going to support speccy I shall purchase it now. I will also let the developer know I bought it because of your app

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Damn I can't just checked and I already bought yours and his emu bfire Christmas :P
[Android Apps and Games] ofuroinu:
I like this app but it does not launch games via retroarch.

It just start up retroarch nothing else. Am I missing some settings?
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
What system/ game? Retroarch supports lots.
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
You're probably running one of the 1.1 nightlies. Gamesome still supports only the 1.0.0.2 version available on the Play Store.

I'm working to a solution that updates compatibility without actually updating the app everytime (At the moment emulator list and commands to execute games are hardcoded).
[Android Apps and Games] ofuroinu:
I am now testing with GB & Snes roms. But it does not launch the game but just the RA.

I tried launching a gb game outside and then with frontend but with same result.

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Bro you mean I need to download RA from market and try again with correct version ?
[Android Apps and Games] A7mag3ddon:
Vektor88 is the new version ready? Mine keeps crashing on NES but was working ok. Its not even like I added any new ROMs.
[Android Apps and Games] ofuroinu:
Retro market version is 1.1 pls solve this issue since this is a universal emu. Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] monyarm:
very similiar to launchbox for pc , maybe you could get in touch with the guy working on launchbox and you 2 could cooperate , google launchbox-app to find his site
[Android Apps and Games] Methanoid:
Just discovered this product (doh!) via Lon Seidman's YouTube vid.. Brilliant.. but no Amiga or ST loving? UAE4All/UAE4Droid/Omega 500 or SToid/Hatari? :(
[Android Apps and Games] funtasticguy:
I really love this app. I got all my emulators working really well on my Shield TV. Unfortunately, I can't get PPSSPP working just right. I am able to select the game from Gamesome and it then loads PPSSPP but then it stays stuck there. No matter what game I choose, it won't load it automatically within PPSSPP. Is there a special setting that I'm not aware of? Any suggestion or help?

Thanks for making this!

P.S. I believe you should charge more for this. It was less than $3.00 and it's just too awesome!:good:
[Android Apps and Games] oceanclub:
Gamesome & issue with MDF?

I've seen that Gamesome supports PSX files in MDF format; however, my instance is not recognising the file (which plays fine in Retroarch). Anyone else had an issue with MDF files lately?

P.
[Android Apps and Games] funtasticguy:
I discovered that it does work on the non-paid version of PPSSPP. However, it doesn't work for the paid or "gold" version of PPSSPP. I believe it's a bug within the app. I believe the app is looking just for "org.ppsspp.ppsspp" and not including "org.ppsspp.ppssppgold"

Could you kindly fix this for us?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] DaButch3r:
Clear library?

I had set it up and scanned in a folder for my NES library. I decided there was too many hacked versions so created another folder with USA roms only. I was able to change the folder but the data from the old folder still shows even though that path was removed. How do I delete the old path roms?
[Android Apps and Games] vektor88:
Hello,

currently you can't do it. You can clear your app data (losing the whole library) or hiding the unwanted roms one by one.

Gamesome should recognize the fact that your path has changed and delete all your roms from the database, I can't really say why this is not working.
[Android Apps and Games] DaButch3r:
Thx for reply.. it really is a great frontloader. I have a large library and set up my Mame roms and hate to lose those settings just to fix NES
[Android Apps and Games] zurden:
Hi,

Thanks for the App, just found it yesterday and it's great.

For now I'm just having issue with some games getting wrong game scrapped info.

Is there any way to do a manual search to find the proper game? I tried search button in edit meta data but always the app crash when tap on it.

Wrong info:

- NES Super Mario Bros 1 and 2 scrapped as Super mario Bros 3

- PSp lego Indiana Jones 2 as worms open warfare 2.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] ohhnogames:
nice idea to have a common app for emulators, gonna try out how it goes