X-bEnCH - The Amiga Game Launcher (Whdload, exe, ..) and more official topic.

[spudje]

Originally Posted by JimNeray

You can easily create new audioplaylist by using Xplorer. To do so :
1. Browse to your mod file in the left or righ side (as you want)
2. Select a mod (One 'clic' on the name of the file)
3. In the bottomright side 'clic' on the 'Add Mod' button to add your mod.
4. Repeat step 1, 2 and 3 until you have added all the wanted mods.
5. On the bottomright side 'clic' on the button named 'Save PL'

I know, but if the drive which contains the mods doesn't show up in xplorer, I can't, can I

[JimNeray]

Originally Posted by Akira

I think the BEST way to do this is selecting which executable you want (with a requester) when you set up the lists, not as an option with a different button.

So if you build a WHDLoad list in the Settings, then choose which executable you want for that particular list. Defaults to "c:whdload" but you can override to whatever you want with a requester.

Ok for me. I'll add this feature in a future release as this.

Originally Posted by Akira

I have to say that the screenshots are already ugly and totally unreadable

Damn you're right

Originally Posted by Akira

Understood about colors 0 and 1, to be fair to be able to set that on every pic would be impossible for me, so the screenshots will remain as they are. I think it's good enough given the system. We now have pics for about every release that could be in the WHDLoad lists of X-Bench

You've made a great job. Can i include this pictures packs in xbench ? And if yes who should be credited for the work ?

Originally Posted by Akira

If you have an 8GB CF card around, I can send you my hard drive HDF for you to test on your TF328. It already has everything in it. Of course on your Vampire system this would be fast (it's very fast on WinUAE with unlimited speed settings) but the CD32's humble 020 is struggling (i imagine this would be really bad on a plain A600/500).

I need to buy a new CF card for my CD32 first. thanx

Originally Posted by spudje

I know, but if the drive which contains the mods doesn't show up in xplorer, I can't, can I

Oh sorry that was a misunderstand from me. Too fast reading ... So ... ahem ... No you can't you're right. I'll download this BetterWB and make some try here to see what appen.

[Amiga1992]

Originally Posted by JimNeray

Ok for me. I'll add this feature in a future release as this.

Thanks! That's gonna be great.

You've made a great job. Can i include this pictures packs in xbench ? And if yes who should be credited for the work ?

I just converted them, the original work was done by cyberhead97 here on EAB, you should ask him about it.
The original image links:
http://aminet.net/package/game/misc/...game_eab_demos
http://aminet.net/package/game/misc/...game_eab_games
Links include a contact email for him.

If he allows it I don't mind of course, as I said I just converted them and renamed them with a script, not much work really.

Let me know whenever you want my CF image if it would help you out testing.

[JimNeray]

Originally Posted by JimNeray

Oh sorry that was a misunderstand from me. Too fast reading ... So ... ahem ... No you can't you're right. I'll download this BetterWB and make some try here to see what appen.

Ok just checked. Your issue come from BetterWB that is changing some system files. I'll try to fix this issue for the next release by writting things differently.

Originally Posted by Akira

I just converted them, the original work was done by cyberhead97 here on EAB, you should ask him about it.
The original image links:
http://aminet.net/package/game/misc/...game_eab_demos
http://aminet.net/package/game/misc/...game_eab_games
Links include a contact email for him.

If he allows it I don't mind of course, as I said I just converted them and renamed them with a script, not much work really.

Originally Posted by Akira

Let me know whenever you want my CF image if it would help you out testing.

If needed i'll. Thanx

[spudje]

Originally Posted by JimNeray

Ok just checked. Your issue come from BetterWB that is changing some system files. I'll try to fix this issue for the next release by writting things differently.

Thanks so much for checking!! Is there something I can disable in the startup-sequence, or remove a library to get it working again quickly?

[JimNeray]

Originally Posted by spudje

Thanks so much for checking!! Is there something I can disable in the startup-sequence, or remove a library to get it working again quickly?

Here is the work in progress future xplorer.exe : http://www.jimneray.com/download/xplorerfix.lha

Simply extract the lha and replace the existing xplorer.exe in your install by this one.

- Fix the BetterWB devices listing issue.
- Fix a mistake that was allowing user to load anything as an xb audio playlist.
- Partial implementation of the notification center.

Cheers

[spudje]

Super, thanks so very much Jim. It indeed works now!!!

[spudje]

Thanks for the internal update!
I'm sorry, I didn't test thoroughly enough, the explorer still doesn't fully work.

It lists all drives correctly.
I can enter a drive by doubleclicking and it will show the root dirlist
I cannot enter a drawer. Doubleclicking a drawer does nothing

BTW how do the tooltypes work. Does it look at the .info file everytime it runs a WHDLoad slave? Or does it creat the .tooltype files at scan and only uses that. Meaning that my work updating all the tooltypes in the info files was for nothing (if I don't want to re scan screwing up my tidied list).

[spudje]

Another update.

- I did a rescan anyway to get my updated tooltypes to work
- I can't get the mods to run randomly. I believe in earlier versions it would run a random mod of the playlist, now it always starts with the first :/ I still want it random
- There are some artifacts with the info pane next to the screenshots. Text from lower lines is not cleared completely on next entry, see below screenshots:

Screenshot 2 shows letter "s" from word players of screenshot 1
Screenshot 4 shows "enabled" from "Trainer enabled" from screenshot 3

[Amiga1992]

Originally Posted by spudje

- I can't get the mods to run randomly. I believe in earlier versions it would run a random mod of the playlist, now it always starts with the first :/ I still want it random3

I can confirm, no way to make it play a random tune, it would be best if it does. I always get the same tune on my self-made playlist.

[JimNeray]

Originally Posted by spudje

I can enter a drive by doubleclicking and it will show the root dirlist
I cannot enter a drawer. Doubleclicking a drawer does nothing

I'll check and fix that point.

Originally Posted by spudje

BTW how do the tooltypes work. Does it look at the .info file everytime it runs a WHDLoad slave? Or does it creat the .tooltype files at scan and only uses that. Meaning that my work updating all the tooltypes in the info files was for nothing (if I don't want to re scan screwing up my tidied list).

The tooltypes are scanned when you update a listing. A single file is created (or updated) for each game tooltypes. This file is stored in the whdload game dir. So updating the tooltypes in the info file of a game will not work if you don't update the listing. This is now done as this to spend less time when launching a game.

Originally Posted by Akira

I can confirm, no way to make it play a random tune, it would be best if it does. I always get the same tune on my self-made playlist.

I'll check and fix that point too.

Cheer

[apex]

Is the time for the WHDLoad Splashscreen noch configurable?

[apex]

Installed latest beta, but sadly the time for the WHDLoad splash screen is still not configurable. You promised this for the last X-Mas version, waiting now 2 years for it?

[spudje]

Thanks a lot for the new beta from a couple of months ago, Jim. Unfortunately I haven't had time yet to test it out. Hope to do that soon!

[lineacero]

Hello partners.
How do I get the full version of xbench ?.
I do not know where to register to make the payment

[spudje]

Check Jim's website: http://www.jimneray.com
I think there's more info in the text files included in the free release. It has something to do with the donate button on the website

[lesta_smsc]

Sorry to sound like an idiot, but is this an alternative to AG-Launch?

[spudje]

Sort of yes. AG-Launch is Workbench based though if I'm correct. This is a full screen loader you can boot in to straight away. More like Tiny Launcher.

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[JimNeray]

After one year of waiting, the Final release of X-bEnCh 1.1 is finally here ... Nearly "just in time to be under the tree"

This was a big job as you will see in the release text at the botom of this post. This X-bEnCh release is probably one of the biggest ever released and one of the most used and tested before the upload.

You can download it here : http://www.jimneray.com/download/xbench1.1f.lha

Hope you will like it ! =)

Happy Christmas and New Year to all.

X-bEnCh 1.1 Final Public Release (26/12/18)

This release include all the content of the internal Betas(B2 B3 B4 & B5)
Merry Xmas to ya all ! =)

Xinit 4.1
-No more use the ‘?’ invalid AmigaDos character in tempfiles names.

Xlaunch 4.7
-New memory detection method. A lot more accurate.
-Now display the available memory in MB instead of KB.
-If you was trying to add to your fav list an entry that was allready
present in it, the add to fav feature was no more working until you
have switched your current list to another. Now fixed.
-After deleting the last entry of your fav list you was no more able
to add a new one until you restart the launcher (except if you have
the cd32 game controler enabled). Now fixed.
-If you launch more than one game from the Toplist without switching
to another list, the entry of this games was corrupted in the Last15
list. Now Fixed.
-Playing a random mod from an audio playlist fixed. (Was not working
if you were reseting your Amiga after each game, as with a CD32)
-You can now use playlists with up to 256 mods (limited to 100 before)
-Bottom part (screenshots) fixed (Was not refreshing correctly in some
cases)
-Adding more than one game to your favlist is now working with a CD32
Pad. (Thanx Akira for the bug report)
-When you was deleting the last entry of the Favs list with a CD32 pad
the screen was going back to the first available listing. If you have
not released your finger as fast as the light from the play/pause
button the first entry of this list was added to the favs. Now check
if the button have been released before being pushed.
-When a game was started from the Toplist (F7), the Last15 list (F8)
or the Favslist (F9) the update of the F7/F8 list was in some cases
loosing the source list from where the game come. Fixed.
-In the last15 listing (F8) a game that was already in this listing
was not upped to the top of this list if you start it again. Fixed.
-Whdload tooltypes was not correctly detected and used if a game was
started from the Toplist (F7) or the Last15 list (F8). Fixed.
-No more use the ‘?’ invalid AmigaDos character in tempfiles names.

Checkerboard loader 1.7
-No more use the ‘?’ invalid AmigaDos character in tempfiles names.

Xpl0rEr 2.0
-New memory detection method. A lot more accurate.
-Replaced the wrong « kb » with « KB » in the available memory display.
-BetterWB/WonderWB/BlaBlaWB total fix (i hope).
-You can now create playlists with up to 256 mods (Was limited to 100
entry before).
-When you were trying to go back to the volume list in the right side,
the left side was refreshed to the volume list too. fixed.
-Now correctly scan the devices even if you use BetterWB. (Thanx to
spudge/eab for the report)
-Now check if the selected file is really an Xbench Audio Playlist
before trying to load it.

Xcli 1.9
-No more use the ‘?’ invalid AmigaDos character in tempfiles names.

Xsetup 4.6
-New memory detection method. A lot more accurate.
-Now display the available memory in MB instead of KB.
-New volume blocksize detection method. A lot more accurate.
-Now correctly add and remove buffers before and after a scan.
-Blocksize bigger than the default 512b/1024b no more crash or freeze
the scan engine.
-Now display the available memory in MB instead of KB.
-Fixed the scan engine that was in some cases falling into an infinite
loop and in other cases adding the same entry 3 or 4 times.
-BetterWB/WonderWB/BlaBlaWB total fix (i hope).
-Audio playlists variables was badly initialised and in some case
failed with a guru 8000 0020. Fixed.
-ASL requester for Audio Playlists is now full screen.
-Added a pattern filter to the Audio playlists requester.
-ASL requester for xbench startup/endup scripts in the setup/startup
tab is now fullscreen.
-ASL ‘path to scan’ requester for xbench list is now fullscreen.
-Listings paths variables were badly initialised and in some cases
this was ending with a guru. Fixed. (Thanx Tim for the report)
-Now check if a path is valid and if the listing is enabled before
starting the update process (Previously this was done in the update
process).
-Renamed the useless ‘WhdLBox’ option button in the launcher tab.
-Replaced the ‘YEs’ value of the 3 useless options buttons in the
Launcher tab with ‘–‘.
-Renamed the ‘Show WhdLoad Requester’ button in the Whdload tab with
‘Show WhdLoad SplashReq’.
-Renamed the Show WHDLoad Req button (that was just an On/Off switch)
in the WHDload option tab to ‘WhdLoad Splash Delay’. Now you can
setup this at ‘No/2s/4s/8s/WAit’. « WAit »‘ll display a box until you
haven’t clicked on the button or used space/return key.
-Added the well named ‘WhdLoad Splash Config’ button in the Whdload
tab to select the delay of the config window. Disabled at this time,
will be available in X-bEnCh 1.2.
-Buffers management fixed when scanning a path.
-Fixed the scan engine that was freezing into an infinite loop if a
game dir was located at the root of a volume.
-The ASL Requester was forgoting the path previously selected in the
Launcher prefs tab. Fixed.
-Now you can scan up to 4096 sub dirs inside one single dir.
-Very big listings gone bad when reorg. Fixed … I hope … =)
-No more use the ‘?’ invalid AmigaDos character in tempfiles names.

Xexit 1.5
-No more use the ‘?’ invalid AmigaDos character in tempfiles names.
-Some temp files were not correctly deleted after leaving. Fixed.

[Viceroy]

Cheers ;-)