Homebrew I.S.O. inventory system

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battery went red while typing this despite having 3 bars before I started! might have a battery drain bug idk? a small battery icon or number for percentage while in use would be very helpful when at card shows/updating inventory at the grocery store.

I also thought I noticed the battery seemed to drain quickly whilst I've been making this. I'm not sure why this would be though, especially when fully-fledged games on the 3DS don't have this same issue, and I can't imagine this app would be more power intensive than any of those. But anyways, battery indicator has been added!

I have to ask! is the choice to make each folder a random colour deliberate? and are you going to include colour selection choices in the future? (don't get me wrong I will create a crapton of the same folder to get the colour I want for each card type for both PKMN and MTG but I just want to see if it'll be a future addition to change it at will!)

I have now added a colour picker!!

I've also made a start on the compendium view. Currently, you can switch between list and grid view with SELECT (though I may change this as it feels a bit awkward and also a bit too close to START (having accidently quit the app myself several times)). No images yet though, although that will be next on the agenda.

https://github.com/Terpsichord/invMgr3ds/releases/tag/v0.3.0

 

[Siletrea]

I also thought I noticed the battery seemed to drain quickly whilst I've been making this. I'm not sure why this would be though, especially when fully-fledged games on the 3DS don't have this same issue, and I can't imagine this app would be more power intensive than any of those. But anyways, battery indicator has been added!


I have now added a colour picker!!

I've also made a start on the compendium view. Currently, you can switch between list and grid view with SELECT (though I may change this as it feels a bit awkward and also a bit too close to START (having accidently quit the app myself several times)). No images yet though, although that will be next on the agenda.

https://github.com/Terpsichord/invMgr3ds/releases/tag/v0.3.0

dude!!! IDK who put kerosene in your drink, but your on FIRE with this! it's currently 8:30 while I type so I'll nab my 2DSXL and get to work live testing!

Ok, so I just installed via FBI directly without deleting, and while it messed up one of my chicken noodle soups by making it it's own thing outside the folders (weird) I got the chicken noodle soup back in the list and activated the tiled mode! AND I LOVE IT!

once a picture is in there it will be PERFECT to pop it open to see the card art/food pics in all their glory! I can see what you mean by the select button being very close to the start button and causing an issue there, perhaps having a settings/hamburger gear off to the side for extras would be useful? that way there would be less clutter on the screen and more room for text without the color change button being there 24/7? another thing that could be added to a settings gear/hamburger menu would be a full credit page with I would say a QR code to the github page so it can be shared around! (you deserve the fame) on the subject of the ui swap between list and grid, since I tend to back out of apps using the home button anyway so that's not too much of a problem for me! it's currently 8:40 and my battery has dropped from 96% to 93% in the time it took me to type it out lid open! the lid is now closed as I type the rest!

I certainly did not expect that I could individually colour each card! thats a really neat addition that I do like! (especially to mark the difference between basics and Holo's and reverse Holo's if I want)

it would be nice to have the folders tiled too (a bit more visual) and perhaps with a back button to visualize that you can go back a folder as well, just for the visual clarity to anyone else who would want to use this (it WILL be shown off at card shows haha!)

I'm very curious as to how you plan on doing the photo system! whether the photo's need to be loaded into a folder on a PC and assigned accordingly or whether you want to use the built in 3DS camera to try and snap the pics? if its a PC route then will the text and entries also be editable on a PC?

also what are your thoughts on having a loadable taglist to grab premade tags or a duplicate function for listings for editing things?

having the lid down the battery has only dropped 1% sofar and its 8:53 so were at 92% battery!

 

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Sorry I've been quite busy today, so it took me a bit longer than expected to get this update out.

also what are your thoughts on having a loadable taglist to grab premade tags or a duplicate function for listings for editing things?

I've added an option to duplicate items, although I probably will also add a way to quick-add existing tags at some point in the future too.

I noticed that longer tags crop outside of the filter box so perhaps it could stay in the box but if its selected or hovered over for a few seconds the text could scroll to show the whole thing?

Fixed! You can now hold down on a tag in the filter box and it will scroll across the screen. There's currently a slight jump every time it loops, however I intend to fix this next.

Also after this, up next on the to-do list is adding a grid view to folders and the ability to add images to the grid view (most likely this will support both loading images from a PC and using the 3DS' camera).

will the text and entries also be editable on a PC?

this is already possible in theory as the data is just stored in 2 TSV (tab-separated value) files (items.txt and folders.txt) stored at /3ds/invMgr3ds/.
The fields for items.txt are Name, Quantity, Description (incl. tags) and Path; for folders.txt the fields are Depth, Name and Colour (in ABGR format - the reverse of RGBA).
You should be able to view and edit these files on a PC via FTP (or on the 3DS via Universal-Edit).


Also, I will probably be unable to work on this for the next week or so, sorry!! As soon as I'm available again, I will carry on with adding what I mentioned above. Feel free to give me any other feedback in the meantime.

https://github.com/Terpsichord/invMgr3ds/releases/tag/v0.4.0

 

[Siletrea]

Sorry I've been quite busy today, so it took me a bit longer than expected to get this update out.


I've added an option to duplicate items, although I probably will also add a way to quick-add existing tags at some point in the future too.


Fixed! You can now hold down on a tag in the filter box and it will scroll across the screen. There's currently a slight jump every time it loops, however I intend to fix this next.

Also after this, up next on the to-do list is adding a grid view to folders and the ability to add images to the grid view (most likely this will support both loading images from a PC and using the 3DS' camera).


this is already possible in theory as the data is just stored in 2 TSV (tab-separated value) files (items.txt and folders.txt) stored at /3ds/invMgr3ds/.
The fields for items.txt are Name, Quantity, Description (incl. tags) and Path; for folders.txt the fields are Depth, Name and Colour (in ABGR format - the reverse of RGBA).
You should be able to view and edit these files on a PC via FTP (or on the 3DS via Universal-Edit).


Also, I will probably be unable to work on this for the next week or so, sorry!! As soon as I'm available again, I will carry on with adding what I mentioned above. Feel free to give me any other feedback in the meantime.

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https://github.com/Terpsichord/invMgr3ds/releases/tag/v0.4.0

EEEE this is awesome! I'll update it now! no worries about being AFK for a week or so! I'm in no rush and I just REALYL appreciate your efforts!

I love hearing that I can potentially edit from my PC as its easier to type and set things up in bulk with a fullsized keyboard!

I'll test out the duplication as soon as I can! I'm actually low-key busy today so I'll have the answers by the time you get back!

thank you so much again for this! and I hope your week or however long, goes good dude!

 

[Siletrea]

EEEE this is awesome! I'll update it now! no worries about being AFK for a week or so! I'm in no rush and I just REALYL appreciate your efforts!

I love hearing that I can potentially edit from my PC as its easier to type and set things up in bulk with a fullsized keyboard!

I'll test out the duplication as soon as I can! I'm actually low-key busy today so I'll have the answers by the time you get back!

thank you so much again for this! and I hope your week or however long, goes good dude!

hey dude! just checking in to see how your doing? I hope everything's been going well for you

 

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Hiii! I wanted to have another update out for this like a month ago, but I've been quite busy since then.
Also I was also struggling to get the 3DS' camera to work properly, so I decided to take a bit of a break from it.

I've just added some other features. You should now be able to view folders in grid view too, and I've added a quick-add for existing tags under the 'Edit Tags' button (this is still a bit broken). Once this is fully working, I'll be going to back to working on adding support for images with the camera.

Let me know if you have any issues :）

really looking forward to picking this project back up again!!!

https://github.com/Terpsichord/invMgr3ds/releases/tag/v0.5.0

 

[Siletrea]

happy to hear from you dude! sorry to hear the camera's still giving you trouble, when installing the new update I realized that FBI uses the camera for scanning, have you tried looking into FBI's code to see how they did it?

either way I'll pop this open and take a gander!
(sorry this took so long to get back to you! I was in the middle of a sewing project)

looking through the update I found that the description for a item I was looking for ended up at its own item/category? like it made the description into the item name, and then put the items name in the description?
may just be a update bug but I'm going to try closing and rebooting the app to see if it happens again

reopened the app and its thankfully not being weird.
I love how the grid view colours the folders nicely! and how you have it set up so L could be used for snapping a image for it! I also really like how tapping R can pull up the filter menu super fast!
since I use a 2DSXL I do have the extra ZL and ZR buttons if you want to use them for the camera or some other thing!

the number for the amounts in grid view being White does make it a tad hard to read at times when viewing the top screen, however that's a really minor thing at the moment and will probably be fixed once images get imported into the system!

delighted to hop back into this project with you buddy!

 

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Hey! Sorry it's been so long since I last updated the project (especially after saying I would be picking it up again ). I've been quite busy the past few months and haven't had a chance to be able to work on this project, even though I would've like to.

I have now finally added images to the grid view that use the 3DS camera!

I've also added the ability to enable a zoomed mode, which can be toggled in the same place as the grid view, and functionality to enable certain folders to always default to using a grid view.

This version may also break any existing folders you have, so you may need to delete/move them elsewhere if you have any (although any broken folders should also be deleted by just closing and reopening the app).

Let me know if you have any feedback or features you would like to see next.

https://github.com/Terpsichord/invMgr3ds/releases/tag/v0.6.0

 

[Siletrea]

Hey! Sorry it's been so long since I last updated the project (especially after saying I would be picking it up again ). I've been quite busy the past few months and haven't had a chance to be able to work on this project, even though I would've like to.

I have now finally added images to the grid view that use the 3DS camera!

I've also added the ability to enable a zoomed mode, which can be toggled in the same place as the grid view, and functionality to enable certain folders to always default to using a grid view.

This version may also break any existing folders you have, so you may need to delete/move them elsewhere if you have any (although any broken folders should also be deleted by just closing and reopening the app).

Let me know if you have any feedback or features you would like to see next.

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https://github.com/Terpsichord/invMgr3ds/releases/tag/v0.6.0

DUDE!!! your so freaking awesome! thank you!!! I'm sorry things have been so busy for you, I hope things calm down soon.

I'll test this out and get you feedback soon!

 

[Siletrea]

Hey! Sorry it's been so long since I last updated the project (especially after saying I would be picking it up again ). I've been quite busy the past few months and haven't had a chance to be able to work on this project, even though I would've like to.

I have now finally added images to the grid view that use the 3DS camera!

I've also added the ability to enable a zoomed mode, which can be toggled in the same place as the grid view, and functionality to enable certain folders to always default to using a grid view.

This version may also break any existing folders you have, so you may need to delete/move them elsewhere if you have any (although any broken folders should also be deleted by just closing and reopening the app).

Let me know if you have any feedback or features you would like to see next.

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https://github.com/Terpsichord/invMgr3ds/releases/tag/v0.6.0

ok so I just managed to test it now (my apologies for the delay!) ITS GLORIOUS!! the pictures do come out rather dark, so having a way to adjust the gamma and brightness would help out alot. Overall? this is AMAZING! I'll be able to go through my entire card collections now and check off whats missing/needed! the Zoomed mode is going to be extremely useful for checking for certain art variations and such for my card collections!

it would be nice if the item is at 0 to have either a red frame or a banner across its center that reads "out of stock" or "nothing" or something like that, but thats a minor thing overall. I did delete the app before installing V6 and shockingly all my data was still there even after deletion, a huge win in my books!
another boon would be to have icons for the folders! for food groups, for tools, for cards, cleaning supplies, stuff like that would be a nice QOL addition if you feel like adding it in.

I have to ask? how are the images stored in the system? does adding a new picture erase what was there before or does it store in a folder somewhere?

you really do fantastic work! I use the wheel spinner all the time to help with keeping track of things! I really really appreciate your skills and your kindness!

 

[CooingMaxito]

I just stumbled into this thread that I remember looking at last year, and man this is just too wholesome haha

Seems like a pretty good app, I might try it myself and see if I can get some use out of it, even just for the novelty lol
Wanted to stop by and see how things were going and it does look like quite a few features have been worked on

Always love to see cool little projects like these!

 

[Siletrea]

Hey! Sorry it's been so long since I last updated the project (especially after saying I would be picking it up again ). I've been quite busy the past few months and haven't had a chance to be able to work on this project, even though I would've like to.

I have now finally added images to the grid view that use the 3DS camera!

I've also added the ability to enable a zoomed mode, which can be toggled in the same place as the grid view, and functionality to enable certain folders to always default to using a grid view.

This version may also break any existing folders you have, so you may need to delete/move them elsewhere if you have any (although any broken folders should also be deleted by just closing and reopening the app).

Let me know if you have any feedback or features you would like to see next.

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https://github.com/Terpsichord/invMgr3ds/releases/tag/v0.6.0

Heya! I was trying to set up for a card show and upload images from my PC into the 3DS app and it can't see a PNG file and converting it to a .raw file ended up as pure static being shown, the system for adding in new entries via the PC is also quite convoluted at the moment with odd spacing gaps between sections, some QOL tweaks and a few instructions for PC file adding would be extremely nice if you have a free moment?