File Loading

Post by **Nach** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:36 pm

For those of you who follow CVS and noticed File Loading is acting screwy; we know.

We're in middle of doing massive updates to it.

Some improvements you might notice in the mean time (if the SVN you updated to isn't a messed up one):
Faster loading of the load menu.
Having 20000 ROMs in a directory does not screw up.
Only drives in listing are drives you have.
Setting GUIloadfntype=1 in the config file makes internal names show up for non compressed ROMs in Windows and Linux too.
Quick load menu functioning returns.
Less memory usage.

Do not report bugs with this right now, we know there are several.

Stifu · Post by **Stifu** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:33 pm

Nach wrote:Only drives in listing are drives you have.

That's the kind of change that although quite simple and most welcome, is hard to point out as everyone is so used to it...

Anyway, good job.

Edit: Latest SVN (3755) installed, and I can't see most of the folders on my D drive anymore...
Also, pressing any key as the "Load" window is opened will crash the emulator.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:48 pm

We know.

Current suggestion is to load games via the command line or a shortcut.

Stifu · Post by **Stifu** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:50 pm

Damn, sorry about that again. I guess I should just go to bed...

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:48 pm

Good luck with the file loading, devs.

Post by **Nach** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:49 am

Just wanted to say we're now mostly done with this.
Just 2 or 3 remaining bugs relating to the load menu now.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:43 am

Known issues:
1) Unlikely it would happen to many people, but if you loaded a game recently via the file loader and then moved the rom to another directory and attempted to load it via the file loader, the game will not load. A workaround is to clear the quickload menu (the quickload menu entries should not prevent the file loader from doing its job).

2) If you type a letter into the input box, it is supposed to quickly goto the first matching entry. It doesn't yet currently do that yet.

3) "Disappearing directory issue" - When selecting a drive letter that has no media in it, no drive letters are generated.

4) Using the ROM Header option will almost always display **FAILURE READ**

Also, the DOS toggle option between LFN+SNES ROM Headers will be fixed soon.. and it will be usable on all ports...

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:34 am

Issues #1,3,4 resolved.

Edit: The toggle option is now fixed+available for all ports!

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:51 pm

At the moment, I believe there is just one lingering bug involving the keys... otherwise everything is done (and the DOS port has been improved quite a bit)...

Real Hotdog · Post by **Real Hotdog** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:57 pm

The line which displays the path where you currently are starts bugging if the complete path doesn't fit into the line. In the old versions ... appeared but it seems like it hasn't been implented yet. I apologize if this bug has already been reported or is known. I'm using revision 3782.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:04 pm

That's a related issue to the input box.

Post by **Nach** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:13 pm

Okay we're done here.

If you find any issues now with the load box, or quick load box, please report it.

Stifu · Post by **Stifu** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:31 pm

Oh, here's an occasion for me to report bugs without making an ass of myself again... (Hopefully :p)

Using revision 3809.

The quick jump feature doesn't seem to work properly. Unless I'm mistaken, it should direct you to the first file of the folder that starts with the letter(s) you typed, but instead it points you to the one in the middle of the list of files starting by that letter. That's not intended, is it ?

Another bug I just found out: I was in the "A" folder of my ROMs, I typed "A" to trigger the above bug, which worked the way I expected as it directed me to the center of the folder. However, after that it kicked me out of the folder somehow, then when I went back into the A folder again, ZSNES wouldn't see any of the ROMs anymore (and I did remove everything from the input field), and the ".." thing at the top of the right list was also missing.
After messing around, the same happened to my "B" folder, but I'm still unsure about how to trigger that other bug. I didn't load any ROM, only browsing.

Hope that kinda helps.

Post by **Nach** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:36 pm

Stifu wrote: The quick jump feature doesn't seem to work properly. Unless I'm mistaken, it should direct you to the first file of the folder that starts with the letter(s) you typed, but instead it points you to the one in the middle of the list of files starting by that letter. That's not intended, is it ?

This is intentional more or less, I'm now using binary search instead of linear search because it's faster. However if people like the former behavior, I can bring it back easily enough and still keep some speed benefits of binary search.

Stifu wrote: Another bug I just found out: I was in the "A" folder of my ROMs, I typed "A" to trigger the above bug, which worked the way I expected as it directed me to the center of the folder. However, after that it kicked me out of the folder somehow, then when I went back into the A folder again, ZSNES wouldn't see any of the ROMs anymore (and I did remove everything from the input field), and the ".." thing at the top of the right list was also missing.
After messing around, the same happened to my "B" folder, but I'm still unsure about how to trigger that other bug. I didn't load any ROM, only browsing.

I'm not sure what you mean, please explain more clearly, and provide screenshots if you must.

Stifu · Post by **Stifu** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:50 pm

Okay, here we go... I just realized the quick jump feature has nothing to do with the 2nd bug.

Step by step:

1- I go to my "A" ROM folder
2- I get out of the folder
3- I enter the folder again... Bug ! ROMs are invisible, no ".."

PS: you may need to exit and re-enter the folder more than once, it seems to vary.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:15 pm

Mmm.. hitting a doesn't appear to highlight the folder. Perchance that this folder is in lowercase?

Also, you might want to start fresh, just in case.

Post by **Nach** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:15 pm

How are you entering A?
You typing in A and hitting enter?
You click on A?
You hovering over A with no text inserted and hitting enter?

Stifu · Post by **Stifu** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:35 pm

Nah, actually... As I said above, I realized typing A had nothing to do with it. I typed A when I took the screens, uploaded them, then tried to trigger the bug without using any quick jumps, and the bug occurred again.

Deathlike, the reason the A folder wasn't highlighted in that screen despite the A in the input bar was most likely due to the fact I first hit A when I was in the folder, then exited the folder. Therefore the A was still in the bar, but nothing was highlighted.

Nach, I first click on the file list on the left to make sure the focus isn't on the drives on the right, then simply type A on my keyboard. That's all. I don't hit enter at all or click on the drives.

Edit: after some more testing, I noticed I can't trigger the bug in all of my folders (it works in all of my usual A-Z folders though). This might be related to the path/folder name difference... I have no idea. I'll do more testing...

Post by **Nach** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:42 pm

If you type A without hitting enter or clicking on a directory, how exactly did you go back into the directory?

Stifu · Post by **Stifu** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:44 pm

Nach wrote:If you type A without hitting enter or clicking on a directory, how exactly did you go back into the directory?

I do use the mouse and enter to go back up. I meant I didn't press enter for the quick jumps. O_o

Here's the kind of paths where I can make the bug happen: D:\emu\_snes\ROMs\A

If I copy the A folder and put it at the root of my D: drive, then the bug never happens.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:56 pm

Get rid of the _ in the _snes and see if that changes anything.

Post by **Nach** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:02 am

Sorry, but I'm really not following.

I need an EXACT step by step.
This includes mouse clicks, key presses, etc...

Stifu · Post by **Stifu** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:35 am

The underscore doesn't matter.

Anyway... Can you guys point me to a video recording soft, so I can show you something that is really step by step ?

Post by **Nach** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:58 am

Actually ZSNES should be able to do that with some tweaks...

I'll try to get you a build some time later today or tommorow.

Stifu · Post by **Stifu** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:58 pm

Ready when you are.

I could still trigger the bug the latest releases.

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