Ah, that makes sense. So I guess editing the .json file is more ideal. I know we can't exactly discuss the full details here but how exactly is that file generated? It's kind of a mess if I open it in NP++.
https://github.com/llakssz/CIAngel/releases/latest
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although honestly, creating a json file with the same values is not very hard (as stuff like this goes)
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a custom python script. i can share it but it's not really ready for sharing. = i will share later when it is improved.
although honestly, creating a json file with the same values is not very hard (as stuff like this goes)
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i could have added spaces and tabs to make it pretty, but why? the 3ds doesn't care
it's not meant to be readable for us, but sure, i could make it nicer for manual editing.
But then you couldn't show the user the original name, ending up with an all caps string or something. Unless you put both the original and the filtered version, but that'd be a pain to update or change.
Adding formatting may actually slow down processing on the 3ds when CIAngel is processing the file (as it has to deal with all the extra added newlines/spaces). There's quite a few ways out there already to format JSON in a more user friendly way for anyone who wants to manually modify the contents.i could have added spaces and tabs to make it pretty, but why? the 3ds doesn't care
it's not meant to be readable for us, but sure, i could make it nicer for manual editing.
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I was more talking the cleanup (Remove (tm), replace accented characters, etc). There's already a PR for doing case insensitive comparison when searching.
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Yeah, we're using a 3rd party keyboard library that's a little jankey. From what I can tell though, all of its issues are purely visual, so it shouldn't be too big of a problem
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Yeah, it's just tough to find the parentheses when it doesn't display it because it freezes :/Yeah, we're using a 3rd party keyboard library that's a little jankey. From what I can tell though, all of its issues are purely visual, so it shouldn't be too big of a problem
Ahh, I hadn't though about the special keys keyboard. Hmm, I wonder why it's freezing... Do you have a Github account you could open a bug report with? Far easier to keep track of bugs on there
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Ok, done!Ahh, I hadn't though about the special keys keyboard. Hmm, I wonder why it's freezing... Do you have a Github account you could open a bug report with? Far easier to keep track of bugs on there
i would personally have a 'real' (from cdn) name and a 'safename'. (although cdn gives many names, for pokemon for example, it is the same title id for all regions, so we should really have each region's (each country's) name. but for now, only the english name is important and usable/displayable in CIAngel.
ideally a good json file could be used for many things, so i think it is good to keep real data still in it.
@Drakia - i forget if i asked this before, but would it be a good idea to have the game's icon img data in the json file, 14kb each. or, how do you recommend we manage that?
That one's tough. That would balloon the size of the JSON data, and technically add another "copyrighted" piece of data to the JSON file (Though I'm not sure anyone would care about icon img data being included?). Perhaps have a separate optional file that contains icon image data for people who do want that functionality, and only display icons (When we get to that stage) if the file exists?
if it really is 14kb, it's 'only' 28mb for 2000 titles, that's not CRAZY, this is 2016
but yes it should be optional although, maybe loading all the objects into CIAngel, that would then take 28mb of ram right? (it's that simple?) that's not good. yes maybe not in the json, just separate files.
It depends on how the JSON library you're using works (I haven't looked at its internals). If instead of storing it as JSON, it's stored in a binary file of some sort, with offsets in the header based on titleid, it could be pretty low memory, but might take a small amount of time to get the offset for drawing. Kind of a tossup on what resources you want to spend on showing the icon.if it really is 14kb, it's 'only' 28mb for 2000 titles, that's not CRAZY, this is 2016
although, maybe loading all the objects into CIAngel, that would then take 28mb of ram right? (it's that simple?) that's not good. yes maybe not in the json, just separate files.
It's a very long shot, but couldn't there be a way to download these images from Nintendo? Don't know if the eshop icon is the same as the installed one, but could be good enough...
i think what you are talking about it referred to as 'zero-copy' - i don't think json, or jsoncpp uses zero copy... but i can check just to make sure.
Do some applications only work on the latest firmware? I downloaded A SNES VC through CIAngel and when i went to install the cia, it installed just fine but when i went to open it, it stayed on the 3ds screen with the red lines and it wouldnt go away, is it because im on 9.2? BTW, Im using a New 3ds XL
there is a way yes.
fetching metadata and icon stuff, this will not be done on the 3ds, too much time.
that's why i made the json. the icons would be the same, organized beforehand and put on the sd (or downloaded from a site within CIAngel, already built for use)
I think you need to visit the eshop page for that vc title and click repair
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