Tool XLibrary - Advanced Game Library Manager for F95Zone

[Vii Dark]

There are no pictures from Steam. The Partial Data button does not disappear.

 

[BlackPhoenix966]

It depends on the feature you’re referring to. If you mean update searches, it works autonomously. If you’re talking about detailed game synchronization, then yes, this feature requires a browser to function.

I've noticed an issue: whenever I minimize the app to the system tray and then click to reopen it, there's a high chance the interface appears blank with no display. The only solution is to completely close the app and reopen it from the desktop

 

[pr4242]

Great app! I'm currently migrating from F95Checker and testing things, so far it seems like this will replace it. However, I have found some issues I'd like to report:

When importing from F95Checker,
- F95Checker seems to store paths with "/", even in Windows. XLibrary seems to store paths with "\", which does not get converted on the import. Not sure if this is actually an issue, but I didn't chance it, as I was dealing with the next issue at the same time...
- The import seems to ignore the "relative exe base path" option available in F95Checker. When this feature is used, it causes all games' exe path to be stored relative to the base path. For example, if I have my base path set to "D:\Games\" and I set a game exe to "D:\Games\game-v0.1\game.exe", the F95Checker game entry only stores "game-v0.1\game.exe", and that is the only part imported into XLibrary. (This feature is a nice feature for those who might move their game libraries around, and it would be nice for XLibrary to support a "base path" now or in the future for the same reason)

I got around these issues for my library by exporting the library to JSON, doing some regex operations to add the base path and switch the slashes around, throwing my library away, and reimporting.

Also,
- The AutoStart registry entry written to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run failed to work on my machine, due to lack of quotes wrapping the executable path. While this may not be an issue in all instances, my User profile folder contains a space, which caused the issue to happen here. Changing this entry manually in the registry to "C:\Users\[My Username]\AppData\Local\Programs\XLibrary\XLibrary.exe" --hidden solved the issue.

 

[Detsu Kai]

it would be great to be able to open in file explorer the folder of the game to have less trouble when updating games

Sounds good! I will add this to roadmap

 

[Detsu Kai]

Thank you for your feedback!

1. I'm having performance issues on the game page for this game and I'm not sure why. Wondering if anyone can reproduce ? It feels especially bad when scrolling through the images.

I will fix it in nearest release

2. I think the searching/filtering has lots of room for improvement :

- Can't clear all selected tags or custom tags at once without resetting all filters.
- The "reset all filters" button placement is unfortunate. If you pick tags first and you have enough tags, the reset button will appear behind the tags dropdown covering it. When you close the tag dropdown, it's not immediately obvious that a new button appeared. Because of this, I only noticed really late and spent a lot of time clearing all my filters manually.
- No support for excluding tags, engines, devs, ...
- Tags don't seem to be sorted lexicographically in the filtering dropdown ?
- F95Zone VN and Collection prefixes aren't available
- Publisher isn't available
- Can't sort by "Community rating from F95Zone" but that was already mentionned earlier by someone else
- Saving filters with a name would be cool (like dynamic collections on steam)

Sounds great, I will brainstorm on it

3. Would be nice to be able to navigate to the next/previous game without having to go back to the main page each time.

Good suggestion! I will make this feature

When I add a game with the extension, it doesn't automatically get the `Not started` status. The game page shows `Not started` but the main page shows nothing and filtering on `Not started` hides the game too. I'm guessing this is not intended, otherwise you would have an explicit `None` status in there, right ?

This bug will be fixed too

 

[Detsu Kai]

I've noticed an issue: whenever I minimize the app to the system tray and then click to reopen it, there's a high chance the interface appears blank with no display. The only solution is to completely close the app and reopen it from the desktop

I will try to reproduce and fix this

 

[Detsu Kai]

Thank you for your feedback!

When importing from F95Checker,
- F95Checker seems to store paths with "/", even in Windows. XLibrary seems to store paths with "\", which does not get converted on the import. Not sure if this is actually an issue, but I didn't chance it, as I was dealing with the next issue at the same time...
- The import seems to ignore the "relative exe base path" option available in F95Checker. When this feature is used, it causes all games' exe path to be stored relative to the base path. For example, if I have my base path set to "D:\Games\" and I set a game exe to "D:\Games\game-v0.1\game.exe", the F95Checker game entry only stores "game-v0.1\game.exe", and that is the only part imported into XLibrary. (This feature is a nice feature for those who might move their game libraries around, and it would be nice for XLibrary to support a "base path" now or in the future for the same reason)

I will work on it

Also,
- The AutoStart registry entry written to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run failed to work on my machine, due to lack of quotes wrapping the executable path. While this may not be an issue in all instances, my User profile folder contains a space, which caused the issue to happen here. Changing this entry manually in the registry to "C:\Users\[My Username]\AppData\Local\Programs\XLibrary\XLibrary.exe" --hidden solved the issue.

And also on it too

 

[Detsu Kai]

1. I'm having performance issues on the game page for this game and I'm not sure why. Wondering if anyone can reproduce ? It feels especially bad when scrolling through the images.

Could you please try using this page with the xlibrary extension enabled and disabled? I’ve tried multiple times but couldn’t reproduce the issue. The extension only scrapes data during page loading and doesn’t perform any actions afterward

 

[Detsu Kai]

Waiting for the new release? Sorry, not happening today, folks

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[Appotaddi]

Could you please try using this page with the xlibrary extension enabled and disabled? I’ve tried multiple times but couldn’t reproduce the issue. The extension only scrapes data during page loading and doesn’t perform any actions afterward

Thanks for taking in my feedback ! Love the new update

About the issue :

Disabling the extension doesn't change anything.
I have 788 games added so far from multiple sources and I never got this issue with any other one.

I tried deleting and re-adding the game. Doesn't change anything.

I tried changing the source to manual and removing the pictures. It does fix the issue so it's definitely related to those pictures somehow. I then added them back gradually to try and spot a potential suspect image. I didn't need to add them all to start noticing some performance issues again.

It seems to have something to do with showing (or maybe generating ?) the thumbnails. The app stutters on the Edit Page too but only when I scroll over the screenshots part, which displays thumbnails for those pictures.

I guess it doesn't really matter much whether this gets fixed or not as it's only one game.
At least we'll know it already happened before if someone else gets the same issue on another game at some point.

I attached a gif of the issue, and also the json for the game (from my backup).

 

[neocaligo]

Can you share this file with me in direct messages? And log file too (you can find it in settings)

I can't share, your dm's are closed or I don't have permission to dm you. How are we gonna do this?

 

[erisonkel]

can't get the app to actually cache or even show seemingly any images
also, the new (not sure how new, haven't updated for a while until today) "not in xlibrary/in your library" widget completely blocks a button when viewing the screenshot slideshow on a game page

 

[Detsu Kai]

I can't share, your dm's are closed or I don't have permission to dm you. How are we gonna do this?

It is strange because my DM is opened

 

[Detsu Kai]

Thanks for taking in my feedback ! Love the new update

About the issue :

Disabling the extension doesn't change anything.
I have 788 games added so far from multiple sources and I never got this issue with any other one.

I tried deleting and re-adding the game. Doesn't change anything.

I tried changing the source to manual and removing the pictures. It does fix the issue so it's definitely related to those pictures somehow. I then added them back gradually to try and spot a potential suspect image. I didn't need to add them all to start noticing some performance issues again.

It seems to have something to do with showing (or maybe generating ?) the thumbnails. The app stutters on the Edit Page too but only when I scroll over the screenshots part, which displays thumbnails for those pictures.

I guess it doesn't really matter much whether this gets fixed or not as it's only one game.
At least we'll know it already happened before if someone else gets the same issue on another game at some point.

I attached a gif of the issue, and also the json for the game (from my backup).

I have reproduced the issue and will address it in the next update.

 

[Detsu Kai]

can't get the app to actually cache or even show seemingly any images
also, the new (not sure how new, haven't updated for a while until today) "not in xlibrary/in your library" widget completely blocks a button when viewing the screenshot slideshow on a game page

I will fix it in nearest release

 

[Detsu Kai]

can't get the app to actually cache or even show seemingly any images

It seems that everything is fine, it's just that the images are not replaced immediately upon first display. They wait for the cache to work, and the next time the images will already load from the cache (it's enough to switch to another tab and return back, or close the game and open it again).

 

[Detsu Kai]

Update!


1.12.3
- Added: Filter presets - save your favorite filter combinations and switch between them instantly
- Improved: Filter presets sync with Google Drive along with other settings
- Improved: Search now uses exact matching for faster and more predictable results
- Improved: Fuzzy search suggestions appear when no exact matches found
- Improved: Screenshot carousel replaced with faster and more responsive slider
- Improved: Screenshot thumbnails adapt to screen size for optimal viewing
- Added: Fullscreen mode for screenshots - click on image or fullscreen button to view on entire monitor
- Added: "Add as New Game" option when extension finds similar game in library
- Fixed: Filter panel no longer appears unexpectedly when resizing window
- Fixed: Browser extension widget no longer blocks screenshot navigation buttons on game pages
- Fixed: Steam screenshots now extracted in full quality (1920x1080) and load correctly on slow pages
- Fixed: Manual search in extension now uses game name from page instead of library match
- Fixed: Game cards without engine now maintain consistent height with other cards

 

[Miyka]

Thanks for what you do, i really enjoyed this program, you did a great job!

 

[Detsu Kai]

Nobody asked me, but I’ve decided to add RPDL support for you - the amazing adult torrent tracker. Bon appétit!

1.13.0
- Added: RPDL torrent integration - search and download game torrents directly from Downloads tab
- Added: Magnet link support - open torrents in your client or copy magnet links to clipboard
- Added: RPDL account support - login or register to access torrent downloads
- Added: Smart caching - search results and magnet links cached for faster access
- Added: Pagination for torrent search results (10 items per page)

 

[Miyka]

Will you implement an extension for Opera browsers in the future? thanks!