Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-10-07, 03:41

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P4R4D0X, not sure how I missed your post from a while back, but just read it. Let me know your thoughts on the icons with this new version. I will say that "staying away from the Microsoft design" is a bit silly, in that "the Microsoft design" is exactly what people are used to. It may not be the …

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Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-10-07, 03:26

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And version 2.0, with fanart backgrounds and much more, has been released. As always, get it here: http://launchbox.jasoncarr.com/

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Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-09-29, 06:23

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Fanart teaser. This is coming very soon. Full details: http://launchbox.jasoncarr.com/ Comment if you run into this before it's released and would like to help test.

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Re: D-Fend Reloaded (DOSBox frontend)

Posted on 2013-09-27, 21:48

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Thank you Alexander...I'll update this post when I have at least an import completed. 😀

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Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-09-23, 15:51

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Good to know. Templating makes sense. Believe it or not, I already have a DOSBox configuration GUI built from an unreleased project a while back, that could be easily integrated. I just have to add the code to build the conf file from the GUI. So, that's coming, and once it's there, it'll be easy to …

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Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-09-23, 00:51

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Looking at the Fugue icons, it's an awesome collection, but not sure I want to forgo all the current icons for just icons from that collection. Believe it or not, of all the icons that it includes, there are a few gaps (and there are a few icons that I just like better from the Microsoft icons). But …

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Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-09-22, 23:38

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Well, after playing with fanart I'm not sure that's going to work. For one thing, there's too much painting going on, and the system can't really keep up while painting the box-art shadows on top of the fanart (because the fanart would need to stay static while the boxes scrolled). It would work …

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Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-09-22, 21:13

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Yeah, I'm toying with the idea of fan-art backgrounds, but I'll also see if I could make a game shelf of sorts work. One trick with the game shelf thing is that LaunchBox lets you change the box size dramatically, so it would be really tough to get a graphic that works for all sizes. Not to mention, …

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Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-09-22, 20:19

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Sure, Rodrigo, that's a great idea, and I hadn't thought of it. My initial goal for D-Fend integration will be to figure out how to easily batch import D-Fend games. Not sure if the zips will be easier or harder to work with than the actual D-Fend data files, but I'm guessing that the zips would be …

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Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-09-22, 00:03

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Version 1.3 has been released now as well, with metadata and box art searching. 😀 http://launchbox.jasoncarr.com

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Re: D-Fend Reloaded (DOSBox frontend)

Posted on 2013-09-19, 06:48

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Sure; I'm more than happy to help integrate the two, if that's what's ideal. I certainly wouldn't have posted here if I didn't believe that the two applications complimented each other, and I hoped that people would be able to see past any competitive grudges. Unfortunately, dosmax's response was …

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Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-09-18, 07:57

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...and we have version 1.2! 😀 http://www.jasoncarr.com/category/software/launchbox

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Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-09-17, 20:23

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One more thing, here's my current list of ideas and features for upcoming additions. Please feel free to discuss or recommend what should/shouldn't be done or what should be done first: Feature: Import/export from DFR Feature: Way to install games from disk/CD/iso Feature: Save box art image as... …

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Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-09-17, 20:21

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Also, here's the change log for completed features to be released in version 1.2. I should be releasing it very soon: - New Feature: New Options dialog available under Tools, Options - New Feature: New debugging options are available in the Options dialog, to help troubleshoot DOSBox commands if …

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Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-09-17, 20:19

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Thanks for the trick, indeed. And thanks for the kind words on the project. I'd love for it to be cross-platform too, of course. Unfortunately, that would basically mean I'd have to write it in C or C++, which are not my strong points, and would increase the development time for the project by at …

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Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-09-17, 20:13

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DUDE! I haven't even read the rest of your comment, but that MobyGames trick. For heaven's sake. Big win, but why do they have to bother?

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Re: D-Fend Reloaded (DOSBox frontend)

Posted on 2013-09-17, 20:10

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For everyone looking for CoverFlow, or at least a more graphical interface, please check out LaunchBox: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36621 Alexander, I'm extremely appreciative of the work you're doing on DFR; it's a killer application that I've used and still use quite a bit. DFR and …

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Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-09-17, 19:23

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Also, what would you think about creating a new web service-based site that integrated with LaunchBox? Would automatically upload and download other people's LaunchBox games. I hate to create a new site while so many others exist, but the fact that none of them have APIs (that I've found) and other …

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Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-09-17, 19:08

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Ah, so you're thinking a way to import all your existing apps from another application? Probably wouldn't be too bad to do a mass import from D-Fend, for example. What would you import from? Also, jsyk, the games are stored in the LaunchBox.xml file in a pretty easy format already. Won't help do an …

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Re: LaunchBox: New DOSBox Frontend and Game Launcher

Posted on 2013-09-17, 15:51

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Yeah, that's certainly planned. I'm a bit disappointed to find that there's not much of a standard for that, and I haven't found an online database that provides any kind of a web service or API. That means (I think) that in order to do it, I'd have to download whole web pages and parse through the …

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