New: GBArms 2.2

[Costello]

oops
shame on me: i didnt completely read your question

indeed Gbarms lists only the numbered releases ... in the next release I shall include the dupe's/nuked's management

 

[JeX-]

oops
shame on me: i didnt completely read your question

indeed Gbarms lists only the numbered releases ... in the next release I shall include the dupe's/nuked's management

Yeah, shame on you!

next release is going to kick ass, there will be special unseen features that will make gbarms unique and awesome!

stay tuned for next release

-JeX-

 

[El Bastardo]

Sorry I'm quite new to the GBA scene so: What are dupe's?? - Nuked are not working releases (I think) so broken ones but dupes??

I'm asking the last question to all now: Does someone know a tool/program that can zip all your GBA ROMs like the old outdated GBA-Renamer for saving a lot of space and make then burnable ??

 

[mynimal]

The Downloader of GBArms (Not the Resource Downloader, the function of GBArms) doesn't work

what's wrong with it ?
dont tell me "it doesnt work" since for me and for most users, it DOES work. Please tell me "there is a problem on my comp."
same for all bugs: most people trying GBArms say that it works all right, with no bugs...

When I select the things I want to download (As in screenshots, boxarts, etc.), a majority of the time I get an X instead of a check-mark, I think that pretty much sums it up; it doesn't work. >>

EDIT: Well, for me, anyway.

Anyone else up for testing?

 

[Costello]

I see what you mean, but.. for example do you have a Firewall?
what # did you try to download the resources?

 

[mynimal]

I see what you mean, but.. for example do you have a Firewall?
what # did you try to download the resources?

No, I don't have a firewall, and I've tried various numbers.

Some options work (NFOs, Boxarts, etc.), and other times they don't. x.x

 

[Costello]

we must be missing a lot of files , dammit

i will try and check for the missing screens/nfo's

thx

 

[trunten]

gah, this reckons I don't have some roms even though I do!

 

[mynimal]

Try refreshing, or scanning for your roms with the Renamer?

 

[DJLO]

Question:

Ive got a few roms that are being identified as BAD CRC yet they work just fine. Some of them have had the intro's removed from them and a few patched with an IPS trainer or savefix.

Would this be the reason some of these are coming out as bad crc?

 

[Jemene]

Question:

Ive got a few roms that are being identified as BAD CRC yet they work just fine. Some of them have had the intro's removed from them and a few patched with an IPS trainer or savefix.

Would this be the reason some of these are coming out as bad crc?

Yes as the CRC is different nw compare to PcketHeaven release list. You Rom may be more with the OfflinList dat file. If you have a Rom that you modified in some way then odds are it will be different in GBArms. You can go into the dat and modify it manualy to the CRC of your current Rom if it is according to another type of dat file.

Given in time I am sure Costello will have different format dats to your liking or someone will make a converer program for GBArms. Like taking a Offline Dar file and being able to convert it into GBArms format. This should be very easy as they are very simular.

 

[accolon]

Personally, I liked the old layout somewhat better than the new one; being able to see the text information and the screenshots at the same time was very comfortable.

Perhaps you could put the screenshots back to the "Information" tab, separate tabs for boxart and NFO are nice, though.

Any opinions? Well, perhaps it's just a matter of getting used to it...

 

[dEC0DED]

OMFG. Costello hits again with another GBAtemp.scene organizer

 

[Costello]

gah, this reckons I don't have some roms even though I do!
that's possible. it wont list non-numbered-releases (in the next version, GBArms will display all the roms, even though they are not in the release list

)

ve got a few roms that are being identified as BAD CRC yet they work just fine. Some of them have had the intro's removed from them and a few patched with an IPS trainer or savefix.

Would this be the reason some of these are coming out as bad crc?

BAD CRC roms => it doesnt mean your rom DOESNT work !!!

it just mean the rom has been modified (the CRC32 is an algorythm which generates a different number for *every* file, even when you change 1 byte of the file)
so, if you have trimmed/intro-removed the rom, it will be listed as "bad-crc" but it still works

QUOTE

Personally, I liked the old layout somewhat better than the new one; being able to see the text information and the screenshots at the same time was very comfortable.

hm... i think i will make a 3rd display mode (remember there are already 2: "short mode" and "normal", you can switch between them by pressing Alt+BackSp)

thanks

 

[Costello]

oh and by the way :
I have just found a cool trigger (on IRC: !CaulGbaNoIntro) which provides all boxarts

I downloaded all the missing, now it's uploading.
thanks

[edit]
ALL the boxart should be up now.
btw: release #1 and #2 have no NFO ^^

 

[El Bastardo]

btw: release #1 and #2 have no NFO ^^

Yes I noticed that but there are some errors with other NFOs that 'should' exist:

For example game number 1267 and 1268: When I download t-hem I only get NFOs with Error messages in them!!

 

[shadowboss]

oh and sorry Shadowboss for not answering earlier:
- extract rom directly out of gbarms -> what do you mean by this ?

i mean you have your roms in zip folders. you search in gbarms for the roms you want to flash next.

offlinelist has a function to extract the rom right out of offlinelist by rightclicking and choosing 'extract rom to...'. this is a very nice feature imho.

i hate searching through a list for the roms i want and then i have to go to explorer and search for them again....

 

[Costello]

i mean you have your roms in zip folders.

do you mean... several roms in the same ZIP file?

 

[accolon]

No, I think he's talking about a ROM collection with each ROM zipped separately (which saves a lot of space).

Imagine you want to flash a new game to your cart and look through GBArms, see a nice looking game and decide to try it on your GBA. Currently, you have to use the Windows Explorer, go to the ROMs folder, search for the game again, unzip it and then (finally) flash it to your cart.

Simply rightclicking on a game in GBArms, selecting "Extract to..." and choose the path for the flash software would be very comfortable. I support this idea, and since you're already supporting ZIP files there should be no problem in implementing it.

 

[Costello]

ic!

not a bad idea, i'll probably add this for v2.3 or 3.0 (the more change there will be, the greater will be the release number)