Xbmc question re:some games not autolaunching

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:37 pm

Hi hope someone can help me out here.

I have xbmc installed 11-17-04 works a treat with xlink, but the problem i have is some games will not autolaunch at all. all my games are in f:\games and in setting xlink i have the game dir pointed to f:\games

When i goto arenas and join game, some will auto launch and others wont. I dont know whats causing it as it appears to be set up correctly.

could it be a pal ntsc thing ? though i dont know i'm cluctching at straws now.

Anyone shed any light on this please.
flatout, startwars battlefront, rainbow six + rs black arrow, ghost recon island thunder all work but ghost recon 2 and call of duty wont autolauch at all, xbmc says it cant find them, even though they are in f:\games. If i back out to my programs f:\ they are listed in there but starting them from there i never see any games once in the games system link ?!?

i hope i've explained this clear enough for you Wink

i really do need some help with it and was even unsure if this was the correct forum to ask in

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:40 pm

i have the same thing with flatout sometimes it finds it then it dont

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 4061

If you use the search button you will find all the answers to your questions.
But i do think its to do with the game id`s. i`m not 100% sure. but please use the search and i will move this to the xbmc thread.
have a look at the stickies and such that runtime has done over there.
cheers.

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:09 pm

not too far
http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3745

Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 12:46 am

checked in a fix for this issue yesterday (18th)

Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:33 am

appreciated many thanks
@runtime. will the pal version be different id or whatever you do to fix it Smile

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if so i'll email id as soon as i get it

@duke_uk. thanks for moving to correct forum m8 i never even saw this forum..

must learn to open my eyes more

Search was down (too busy) when i was looking

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 4061

No problems mate. Smile

Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 11:10 am

unicornz wrote:

will the pal version be different id or whatever you do to fix it Smile

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Each game save needs to be queried against XLink's database, to find out which arena is associated with it. Obviously if the database isn't updated then Auto Play can't work out which game to load, and similarly the Games view can't work out whether to list the game.

However, it wasn't an id problem this time (I think XLink now pretty much have most of the IDs, but remember if a game has just been released, they may not have). The problem was all to do with a large amount of save games some people have on their XBOXes - draw your own conclusions!! Wink

(maybe they rent a lot...)

Anyway, the CVS 18th fix corrected a bug which was occuring for these people.

Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:54 pm

managed to get the 19th cvs but i guess i'm not getting it from the proper place, as its still the same for me

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 6:17 pm

Just updated to cvs 20th November version, still wont auto launch Ghost Recon 2 or call of duty ?!?

Is there something i'm missing or not doing right?

Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 3:07 am

And the other games still launch fine?

Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 4:11 am

yep.. wierd i know but i've completely removed xbmc and the data in e:\ and reinstalled fresh as well, still no go on those games

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:46 am

downloaded the 23-11 source complied and same prob, then rebooted box and ghost recon 2 autolaunched Smile

wayhay.. then next time it wouldnt and hasnt autolaunched again since Sad

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 1:51 am

this is from a newbie but are the games that won't launch on your specified drive in the settings? .. ie f:\games i had some on my g: drive and moved all of kai games to f:

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 3:17 pm

unicornz... are you around on IRC, PM me when you get the chance, i'll send you a debug build.

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 7:37 pm

runtime wrote:

unicornz... are you around on IRC, PM me when you get the chance, i'll send you a debug build.

Sorry m8 wasnt about for a while (unwell) but getting back now. Just done the latest build, 9/12/04 will let you know if the problem still exists with me later m8

thanks for your time its appreciated