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Post by darpio on Jul 10, 2023 4:20:54 GMT
I would like to make a new "page" to add demos; I installed the PCUAE manager on my windows machine, although I am not sure how you manage the existing collections/pages, and how you add more.
I was able to remove all the games I don't really play; so now most of my existing pages have few games, and I could benefit from merging some of these games into other pages, as I think the max you can display in carousel mode is 100?
Also creating a new section for demos or applications would be nice, but I am not sure how you do that. Suggestions?
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Post by 2jaxx on Jul 10, 2023 8:20:49 GMT
The best way to achieve this would probably be, adding the desired games or demos to PCUAE Manager, then selecting them all, Edit -> Edit viewtag, then giving them a uniform tag. Next, you click on the three dots next to the gameview selection at the top of the left window. There you add a new gameview and add a filter to display all of the games and demos you just gave a new viewtag. Under File -> Export you export the newly created gameviews to your USB stick's carousel folder (main carousel folder, not a subfolder). That would be it. Everything else you would like to do works in a similar fashion.
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Post by darpio on Jul 12, 2023 20:15:16 GMT
Thanks; but how do you tell PCUAE manager to make "pages"? I understand that there is a limit to how many entry you can have on carousel; so does the manager automatically break down a gameview I set, even if it has more entries than what you can display, or do I need to keep track of the max number?
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Post by 2jaxx on Jul 12, 2023 22:47:46 GMT
You have to keep track. There is a "patch" for having 255 files on each "page" here: thec64community.online/post/13056/thread. But each gameview can only contain so many files. So first, you add games with the proper names. They will be listed in alphabetical order. Then you tag them, then you create gameviews using a filter that automatically adds them when they are tagged accordingly (you can also swap the order of these steps). It is a little bit of work, but it works quite well when you select a big chunk of games at once. |
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Post by spannernick on Jul 19, 2023 16:43:00 GMT
Manual for the PCUAE Manager is here, it tell you everything you need to know about it and how to add more Carousel Gamelist Screens(CGS) or Game Views... github.com/lantzelot-swe/PCUGameManager/wikiIf you want, it can be turned it into a pdf file if you like so you can read it without having the internet..? ***REMINDER*** Carousel Gamelists(Game Views) are in the `THEC64-CAROUSEL-GAMES` folder on the root of the PCUAE USB Drive, it might be different in the PCUAE Manager manual and in PCUAE Manager. |
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Post by darpio on Jul 20, 2023 5:52:03 GMT
Thanks to both; will give it a spin and try to create my own views using your suggestions and the manual. As wishlist item, if the manager app could do all the work; including fetch info from the internet, screenshots, create automatically views and pages and such; it would really be awesome. I use Launchbox on my pc for most of my emulators, so got spoiled with automated features  Thanks again. |
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Thanks again.