Try Preferences -> General Tab -> Synchronize with game database -> ForceIs there a way to force the program to re-download the game database, there i a couple of games i have deleted by mistake
Otherwise it's possible to delete the game list inside the folder and then resync it, but I don't know what happens to your favorites etc.
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Or if you know the thread IDs of the games you can use the tools part in Preferences -> General TabIs there a way to force the program to re-download the game database, there i a couple of games i have deleted by mistake
You can find this ID in your adress bar, for example this thread's ID is 9574.
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Hi guys, I have a little question for you :
Links to the authors web page are added manually (by me), when I do so the games seems to be updated but in fact only my datas are. So should I use different dates for games updates and data updates?
In this case it could be perturbing some of the games shown on the download window won't be displayed in the first page if you sort them by date.
Or I can let the system as it is you will see games sorted by when I last modified in my database and not in the order they have been updated.
Links to the authors web page are added manually (by me), when I do so the games seems to be updated but in fact only my datas are. So should I use different dates for games updates and data updates?
In this case it could be perturbing some of the games shown on the download window won't be displayed in the first page if you sort them by date.
Or I can let the system as it is you will see games sorted by when I last modified in my database and not in the order they have been updated.
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I would prefer if the games only appear to be updated when they are in fact updated, so my vote would be for different dates for game/data updates.
Does it take you a lot of time to update the links manually? I would be trying to automate as much as possible in your shoes. If it's not something you can automate then my suggestion would be to take the link out altogether, and just keep the F95 link in - when they get to the homepage of the game on F95 there are links to the patreon/webpages etc.
I don't know how others use your app, but I always go to the F95 page to see what the changelog says. I very rarely if ever go direct to the authors website.
Does it take you a lot of time to update the links manually? I would be trying to automate as much as possible in your shoes. If it's not something you can automate then my suggestion would be to take the link out altogether, and just keep the F95 link in - when they get to the homepage of the game on F95 there are links to the patreon/webpages etc.
I don't know how others use your app, but I always go to the F95 page to see what the changelog says. I very rarely if ever go direct to the authors website.
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I can parse the posts to find links but there are too many cases to handle : no link, multiple links, links to something else...
I was also doing thumbs myself but with the new feature I hope that some of you will upload the missing ones
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Yeah metadata dates and update date needs to be different.
Also, those old thumbnails where done manually? they all are so general, cant make it automated?
Best to have those as placeholders till people might change it out over time. Know i havent uploaded as i wanted too either. Takes time to do them correct and right from the assets.
But this stuff is also up to anyone but i guess most dont care.
Also why i mentioned having a banner view since those are already made per game in a neat manner much of the time.
A banner view is also wider so the 16:9 screens will fit better in that so its easier to just grab the original title page and crop for the final wanted look.
Also, those old thumbnails where done manually? they all are so general, cant make it automated?
Best to have those as placeholders till people might change it out over time. Know i havent uploaded as i wanted too either. Takes time to do them correct and right from the assets.
But this stuff is also up to anyone but i guess most dont care.
Also why i mentioned having a banner view since those are already made per game in a neat manner much of the time.
A banner view is also wider so the 16:9 screens will fit better in that so its easier to just grab the original title page and crop for the final wanted look.
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Sound good. Best to get this optimization out early. compression ratios is really impressive much of the time with webp vs png in my experience. Doesnt help that pngs is often bloated.
Please keep in mind if you want to re-use this feature for a cruncher ala: https://f95zone.to/threads/10227/
But that could just be packaged with an GUI for it i guess if you wanted that feature in the client at a point. Prob easier if it supports full cli commands.
Please keep in mind if you want to re-use this feature for a cruncher ala: https://f95zone.to/threads/10227/
But that could just be packaged with an GUI for it i guess if you wanted that feature in the client at a point. Prob easier if it supports full cli commands.
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Any chance we can get Acronym searches in? Or full regex?
Many download files are named with Acronym's instead of the full title.
Think having Acronym searches can make it easier to find the correct title when installing.
This also removes the need to name the download as you do it, removing manual workloads.
For example downloads for example "Perverted Actions: Timelapse" has a filename of PAT_Win.....
Users should be able to say do a search for P. A. T. in a simple pleb friendly manner.
Or you can add regex support for the search and people could do something like this:
Adding regexes should also open you up for wildcards* allowing you to for example search "Actions*" to get the title above.
Wildcards could also be combined with words found in acronym searches like in the regex exampled, doing a search for "Perverted* Actions* Timelapse*" should find the correct title no matter what order they are in.
But thinking about the search system, all fields really need to be searchable in a single entry points IMO.
Many download files are named with Acronym's instead of the full title.
Think having Acronym searches can make it easier to find the correct title when installing.
This also removes the need to name the download as you do it, removing manual workloads.
For example downloads for example "Perverted Actions: Timelapse" has a filename of PAT_Win.....
Users should be able to say do a search for P. A. T. in a simple pleb friendly manner.
Or you can add regex support for the search and people could do something like this:
Code:
(P\w+).+(A\w+).+(T\w+)
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Adding regexes should also open you up for wildcards* allowing you to for example search "Actions*" to get the title above.
Wildcards could also be combined with words found in acronym searches like in the regex exampled, doing a search for "Perverted* Actions* Timelapse*" should find the correct title no matter what order they are in.
But thinking about the search system, all fields really need to be searchable in a single entry points IMO.
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Notes on supporting banner style images as an alternative library view:
Seems most of the common F95 game banners use 4:1 as an aspect ratio, sometimes in the res 1600x400.
Banner Threads:
https://f95zone.to/threads/2743/
https://f95zone.to/threads/9710/
There is reasons to use these banners instead of having weird 1x1 squares.
They are longer so they can fit longer titles without newlines.
They crop more easily with more content automatically even if generation is needed.
F95 people already make them and in high quality at that, often with title and characters full in view.
It makes more sense to use wide banners as most of the content from titles on F95 is mostly gamesmade for 16:9 which crops just better than a square without loosing content.
Seems most of the common F95 game banners use 4:1 as an aspect ratio, sometimes in the res 1600x400.
Banner Threads:
https://f95zone.to/threads/2743/
https://f95zone.to/threads/9710/
There is reasons to use these banners instead of having weird 1x1 squares.
They are longer so they can fit longer titles without newlines.
They crop more easily with more content automatically even if generation is needed.
F95 people already make them and in high quality at that, often with title and characters full in view.
It makes more sense to use wide banners as most of the content from titles on F95 is mostly gamesmade for 16:9 which crops just better than a square without loosing content.
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Was about to log feature suggestions on your personal forums since it seems to work better when its listed there.
But it seems your forums is filled with bots and phishing links.
Anti-Virus also doesn't like the site at all and dolls out warnings.
A trello page might be wanted if you are not keeping track of your to-do-list on your side.
Some of the more autistic people i know like todolist by abstractspoon cause of all the details they can pack into each point.
But it seems your forums is filled with bots and phishing links.
Anti-Virus also doesn't like the site at all and dolls out warnings.
A trello page might be wanted if you are not keeping track of your to-do-list on your side.
Some of the more autistic people i know like todolist by abstractspoon cause of all the details they can pack into each point.
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Just have somewhere you can list the stuff you want to do and letting us see your thought process and flow of it all. could also allow us to ask more direct about focus too. The free option for trello should be enough. Github could also work but its more for if you have the source code as a whole up on there.
I want this program to get better, i want it to be good and decent.
I want this program to get better, i want it to be good and decent.