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‎changelog.txt‎

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does not work due to changes in GameFAQs. See the comments of method
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GameFAQs._load_assets_from_page()
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WIP [SCRAPERS] Persistent scraper cache browser. Ability to browse the stored scraper
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searches. Also, context menu to delete stored cached data.
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[B]Planned features / TODO[/B]
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WIP [CORE] Rename the plugin from `plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher` to
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`plugin.program.AEL`. Create a development version `plugin.program.AEL.dev` that
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can coexist with the stable version. See how AML does it.
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[B]Planned features / TODO[/B]
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WIP [CORE] Check out the ListItem constructor offscreen parameter in Leia. It can
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dramatically speed up ListItem creation and population.
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See https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=329315&pid=2711937#pid2711937
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WIP [CORE] Massive AEL refactoring. Thanks a lot to Chrisism for the patch!
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WIP [CORE] Support Kodi VFS and ROMs in remote filesystems for Retroplayer.
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See Chrisism patch in Github. Copy remote ROMs for external launchers?
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WIP [CORE] Disable LNK $rom$ launcher with global setting.
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See https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=287826&pid=2640857#pid2640857
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WIP [CORE] Should plugin URL be rationalised and simplified to make skinner's life easier?
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See https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=276002&pid=2643218#pid2643218
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WIP [CORE] Filtering of BIOS/Devices not working properly for MAME ROMs.
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Use the offline scraper DB to determine what is a BIOS/Device in MAME.
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See https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=287826&pid=2697000#pid2697000
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WIP [CORE] Automatic generation of 3D Boxes using BoxFront and BoxSpine.
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Copy this feature from AML.
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WIP [CORE] Automatic generation of BoxTextures from BoxBack, BoxSpine and BoxFront.
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Copy this feature from AML.
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WIP [CORE] Support for Advanced MAME Launcher exported virtual launchers or
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Read Only Launchers. This feature requires AML 0.9.X
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AML creates the Category "Arcade (AML)" and places the exported launchers there.
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WIP [CORE] Use Libretro_BIOS_cores.json for the Retroarch BIOS audit and not the internal
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database. However, Libretro_BIOS_cores.json does not have the ROM size.
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WIP [FAVOURITES] Change the way artwork is stored in Favourites, Launchers and
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Categories directories. Avoid using IDs in the artwork name unless absolutely
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necessary.
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WIP [MULTIDISC] Edit multidisc ROMs. In general, improve the support for
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multidisc ROMs.
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See http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=287826&pid=2560843#pid2560843
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See http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=287826&pid=2586596#pid2586596
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WIP [MANUALS] Port the PDF manual reader from AML into AEL.
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WIP [SCRAPERS] Asset scrapers are disabled/not working for standalone launchers. Fix this.
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See https://github.com/Wintermute0110/plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher/issues/62
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WIP [ROM AUDIT] Separate the ROM Audit code from the Parent/Clone code.
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WIP [SCRAPERS] MAME offline scraper: include ESRB field. Take it from GameInfoDB.
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WIP [ROM AUDIT] Add an option to create a default Parent ROM for Redump DATs or NoIntro DATs
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with no PClone information.
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WIP [SCRAPERS] MAME offline scraper: include plot field. Take it from GameInfoDB.
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WIP [ROM AUDIT] Create a "fake" Parent/Clone list from filenames ala NARS (NARS Advanced ROM
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Sorting). In "Edit Launcher", "Audit ROMs / Launcher view mode" include a new option
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like "Create PClone DAT based on ROM filenames"
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WIP [ROM AUDIT] Options to generate the 1G1R parent list, like prefer ROMs from Europe,
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Japan or USA. This resembles what NARS No-Intro filtering does.
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[B]Advanced Emulator Launcher | version 0.10.0 | xx xxxxxx 2020[/B]
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WIP [SCRAPERS] Asset scrapers are disabled/not working for standalone launchers. Fix this.
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See https://github.com/Wintermute0110/plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher/issues/62
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FEATURE [CORE] First AEL version to support Python 3 and Kodi 19 Matrix.
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The plan is to release AEL 0.10.0 once Kodi Matrix reaches the release candidate stage.
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WIP [SCRAPERS] ScreenScraper must choose the correct artwork depending on the region/language.
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AEL must have an official list of regions/languages, extracted from the No-Intro/Redump
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DATs, to translate to ScreenScraper values.
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WIP [CORE] Rename the plugin from `plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher` to
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`plugin.program.AEL`. Create a development version `plugin.program.AEL.dev` that
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can coexist with the stable version. See how AML does it.
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WIP [SCRAPERS] MAME offline scraper: include ESRB field. Take it from GameInfoDB.
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WIP [CORE] Massive AEL refactoring. Thanks a lot to Chrisism for the patch!
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WIP [SCRAPERS] MAME offline scraper: include plot field. Take it from GameInfoDB.
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WIP [CORE] Support Kodi VFS and ROMs in remote filesystems for Retroplayer.
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See Chrisism patch in Github. Copy remote ROMs for external launchers?
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WIP [SCRAPERS] Persistent scraper cache browser. Ability to browse the stored scraper
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searches. Also, context menu to delete stored cached data.
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WIP [CORE] Proper support for Retroplayer launchers. Add functionality like
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Retroplayer core selection for each platform.
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WIP [CORE] Automatic generation of 3D Boxes using BoxFront and BoxSpine.
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Copy this feature from AML.
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WIP [CORE] Automatic generation of BoxTextures from BoxBack, BoxSpine and BoxFront.
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Copy this feature from AML.
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WIP [MANUALS] Port the PDF manual reader from AML into AEL.
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[B]Advanced Emulator Launcher | version 0.9.10 | xx April 2020[/B]
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[B]Advanced Emulator Launcher | version 0.9.10 | xx July 2020[/B]
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WIP [CORE] Unified ROM artwork directory. This will require heavy changes in categories.xml.
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I still have to think how to properly implement this. This is related to the
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WIP [CORE] New fields in database to be prepared for the future. See NOTES.md
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WIP [CORE] Support for Spines artwork. Support for BoxTextures artwork.
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WIP [CORE] Support for BoxSpine artwork. Support for BoxTextures artwork.
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Have a look at LaunchBox for other types of artwork that may be interesting.
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WIP [CORE] New Utility "Delete ROMs redundant artwork"
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Redundant artwork is orphaned artwork. This is not easy to code specially
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WIP [FAVOURITES] Change the way artwork is stored in Favourites, Launchers and
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Categories directories. Avoid using IDs in the artwork name unless absolutely
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necessary. Use same scheme as ROM collections.
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WIP [ROM AUDIT] Separate the ROM Audit code from the Parent/Clone code.
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WIP [ROM AUDIT] Add an option to create a default Parent ROM for Redump DATs or NoIntro DATs
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with no PClone information. See NOTES.md for implementation ideas.
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WIP [ROM AUDIT] Options to generate the 1G1R parent list, like prefer ROMs from Europe,
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Japan or USA. This resembles what NARS No-Intro filtering does.
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WIP [SCRAPERS] Improve the Offline Scraper. Improve the quality of the databases.
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WIP [SCRAPERS] In ScreenScraper, check for daily allowance and scraper overflows in general.
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WIP [SCRAPERS] ScreenScraper must choose the correct artwork depending on the region/language.
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AEL must have an official list of regions/languages, extracted from the No-Intro/Redump
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DATs, to translate to ScreenScraper values. A No-Intro filename parser is also
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[B]Advanced Emulator Launcher | version 0.9.9 | xx March 2020[/B]
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[B]Advanced Emulator Launcher | version 0.9.9 | 13 March 2020[/B]
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FEATURE [COLLECTIONS] When exporting ROM Collections assets are always exported. The option
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WIP [SCRAPERS] Filter MAME BIOSes, Devices and Mechanical machines with the new
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FEATURE [SCRAPERS] Filter MAME BIOSes, Devices and Mechanical machines with the new
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Offline Scraper JSON databases. Use the offline scraper DB to determine what
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is a BIOS/Device/Mechanical in MAME.
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See https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=287826&pid=2697000#pid2697000
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FEATURE [SCRAPERS] Add a delay of 1200 ms between downloads to ScreenScraper scraper
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FEATURE [SCRAPERS] Add a delay of 1200 ms between downloads to ScreenScraper scraper
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to avoid scraper overloading. This is configurable in the scraper object.
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See https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=287826&pid=2923181#pid2923181
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