Tool XLibrary - Advanced Game Library Manager for F95Zone

[Detsu Kai]

its all good! no pressure. just voicing feedback. should think about a dedicated server for it. i should spinn up a couple of channels atleast for users to brainstorm stuff. even if you are not a part of it, having the users form the ideas over time with brainstorming helps quite a bit.
most of my ideas in the end are processed over the years of thinking about these clients. i was the power user on Game-list and i was the only one talking to the dev for years.
I feel im getting a pretty solid grasp of what i want and what many users wants from an client like this. though i might have more open needs than most cause of digital hoarding.

Yes, of course! I'm generally not against the community and useful advice

 

[CuddleBear]

How is versions controlled currently anyway?
You check for updates, but does it compared to whatever version you have installed or is it just timestamped based?
I would think it would scrape and parse the latest version value from F95 and be absolute with its matching, if you dont currently have an installed version matching that string then its "out of date" and will get a flag.

Obviously, the install system should have an easy way to apply that string as is so its matches when you install the version. For example, pre-filling the version string with the latest and leaving the confirmation up to the user.

 

[Pamlau]

Amazing project! Just one thing that is annoying me quite a bit, the extension seems to be messing up the text for the latest-alpha page, I'm currently using the 1.8.1 app version and 1.7.0 extension on firefox



Also how does the update alert work? does it compare the date you added a game to the XLibrary with the date that the game's thread got updated?

 

[Aziien]

Great initiative! i love organizing my stuff with metadata. While im not going to use it until you create support for portable heres some feedback of what i would love to see added and would definetly make it my goto library manager

• Portable
• Allow me to select download location
• Manual import of games (drag and drop exe/folder)
• Give me the option to decide what the app does when i close it with the control box
  run in background or not
• Custom css

I see some of them already on your 'Advanced & Planned features' list just thought i would mention them anyway. Ill be keeping an eye on your progress.

Good luck!

 

[Detsu Kai]

How is versions controlled currently anyway?
You check for updates, but does it compared to whatever version you have installed or is it just timestamped based?
I would think it would scrape and parse the latest version value from F95 and be absolute with its matching, if you dont currently have an installed version matching that string then its "out of date" and will get a flag.

Obviously, the install system should have an easy way to apply that string as is so its matches when you install the version. For example, pre-filling the version string with the latest and leaving the confirmation up to the user.

I compare both the date and the version for reliability and to avoid unnecessary triggers when a typo in the post is corrected or something like that.

 

[Detsu Kai]

Amazing project! Just one thing that is annoying me quite a bit, the extension seems to be messing up the text for the latest-alpha page, I'm currently using the 1.8.1 app version and 1.7.0 extension on firefox

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Also how does the update alert work? does it compare the date you added a game to the XLibrary with the date that the game's thread got updated?

There are a few minor style-bugs related to Chrome extensions. This seems to occur because I’m using the Tailwind framework, which, for some reason, overrides the original styles in certain areas. I’ll do my best to find them all (yes, I’m a Pokémon trainer).

 

[Detsu Kai]

Great initiative! i love organizing my stuff with metadata. While im not going to use it until you create support for portable heres some feedback of what i would love to see added and would definetly make it my goto library manager

• Portable
• Allow me to select download location
• Manual import of games (drag and drop exe/folder)
• Give me the option to decide what the app does when i close it with the control box
  run in background or not
• Custom css

I see some of them already on your 'Advanced & Planned features' list just thought i would mention them anyway. Ill be keeping an eye on your progress.

Good luck!

Thank you so much! Yes, these suggestions sound interesting, I will add them to the roadmap as well!

 

[kuraiken]

Are there any plans to support additional websites or platforms?

It seems like this is a library for games that have been selected only. Are there any plans to provide features such as allowing it to detect new games on F95? I usually use the old Game List Manager to see what new games pop up, so I can check if there's any new diamonds in the rough.