pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 4:12 AM

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PortMaster - Public Beta

PortMaster is a convenient script designed to facilitate the downloading and installation of ports for handheld devices. As the number of available ports has increased, the original interface has become progressively cumbersome. For the past few months we have been developing a new GUI.

We are delighted to present the first public beta the new PortMaster GUI.

Features (it has them)

Completely custom GUI using Python SDL2 bindings
Small size, only 3.8mb!
Port previews, we can really showcase the ports.
Cancellable downloads, accidentally started a 300mb download? Get out of here.
Filter ports by genre/porter/runtime
Localizations (We currently have English, Italian, French, and German), translators welcome!
Themes:
- Since it was possible with the custom GUI, we went for it.
- We have a few themes at launch, but contributions are more than welcome.
  - Default Theme: comes in both light mode and dark mode
  - Zelda: LTTP Inspired theme
  - FF VII: A beautifully done FF7 theme
  - Basic Theme: A super barebones theme so you can get started designing your own!
- Colour Schemes, themes can support multiple colour schemes for darkmode / lightmode / different colour ways.
- Builtin theme downloader!

Nerdy features

Custom Sources: want to control your own ports repository? no worries!
Platform Hooks: PortMaster on raspberry pi? Lets gooooo.

Installation

https://github.com/kloptops/harbourmaster/blob/main/beta.md

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 8:10 AM

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<@&1123159718874058882> GUESS WHAT TIME IT IS! ultrahype

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😄

ancient parrot Aug 26, 2023, 8:11 AM

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Time to chew bubble gum and kick ass?

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 8:11 AM

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and i'm alllllll outa bubble gum

river robin Aug 26, 2023, 8:11 AM

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Time for testing new public beta!! 🤩

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 8:12 AM

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Its not perfect, but its reallly good

ancient parrot Aug 26, 2023, 8:12 AM

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Gonna get me some coffee and Im on it

river robin Aug 26, 2023, 8:12 AM

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814299187460964413

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 8:13 AM

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I just tested on ArkOS (351v/353v), JELOS (353v), AmberELEC (351v), and uOS (353v) ... but uOS i couldnt do from a fresh install.

river robin Aug 26, 2023, 8:18 AM

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Can test on 353v (jelos) only, x55 and r35s is gone

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 8:20 AM

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no worries 🙂

ancient parrot Aug 26, 2023, 8:41 AM

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Does any theme come with sound or music?

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 8:42 AM

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It seems Jelos, ArkOS and uOS have older sdl2_mixer libs which caused issues with sound

ancient parrot Aug 26, 2023, 8:44 AM

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otherwise seems fine in arkos on 353vs and OGA, tried to download a game, uninstall it, cancel download and download and set theme. So far so good

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 8:44 AM

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arkos volume is maxed out when i enable sound, i cant turn the volume down. 😐

ancient parrot Aug 26, 2023, 9:17 AM

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Its is normal that button layout (normal/xbox) option is missing on Jelos? Its bugging because B and A are reversed here in portmaster for me 😄

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its weird, when delete it and freshly reinstall it will work fine with proper button layout and after next portmaster restart, buttons are again reversed

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 9:23 AM

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jelos uses a different system

ancient parrot Aug 26, 2023, 9:24 AM

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its not exactly a dealbreaker, but it messes with my brain like those nintendo consoles

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 9:24 AM

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on first run we restore their control.txt system. It doesnt do the xbox mode layout

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nah i need to fix it because the keybindings are wrong

ancient parrot Aug 26, 2023, 9:24 AM

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alright

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 9:24 AM

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they dont match the buttons

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HRMMmmm

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I might need to do what it does in their version portmaster.sh

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 9:57 AM

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Okay playing around, sound works fine in JELOS, its just ArkOS that wants to take your ears out

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 10:23 AM

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<@&1123159718874058882>: New version out, changed the audio loading, now it will work on all platforms, but by default it is disabled on ArkOS, as it has no volume control there. 😄

misty orchid Aug 26, 2023, 10:24 AM

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pliant elbow <@&1123159718874058882>: New version out, changed the audio loading, now it will...

Hyrule field at max volume ftw

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 10:25 AM

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hrmmm, auto downloader isnt working 😐

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nvm it is, that device/sdcard had the older version where it was infact broken 😄

ancient parrot Aug 26, 2023, 10:51 AM

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its not that terribly loud, though I guess I would not want to use earphones with audio enabled in portmaster on arkos 😄

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 11:05 AM

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It’s weird. On my 353v it plays it at maximum volume and you can’t control it. On the 351v it’s normal.

ancient parrot Aug 26, 2023, 11:13 AM

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same on OGA, volume controls works, I guess its different on rk3326 builds

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 11:19 AM

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ancient parrot same on OGA, volume controls works, I guess its different on rk3326 builds

Excellent. How do you like it? 🙂

ancient parrot Aug 26, 2023, 11:22 AM

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very nice. I will probably use some minimalistic skin anyway, but its overall slick

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 11:22 AM

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basic theme is very basic 😄

misty orchid Aug 26, 2023, 12:33 PM

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pliant elbow basic theme is very basic 😄

You mean the blank template? doggokek

misty orchid Aug 26, 2023, 12:33 PM

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ancient parrot very nice. I will probably use some minimalistic skin anyway, but its overall sl...

If you wanna suggest eventual new skins feel free btw

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Or eventually if you wanna create one feel free to ask for tips and tricks!

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 12:41 PM

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misty orchid You mean the blank template?<:doggokek:1123303718079701042>

yes, its called "basic theme" 😄

ancient parrot Aug 26, 2023, 1:39 PM

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misty orchid If you wanna suggest eventual new skins feel free btw

Maybe one based on epic cody ES skin? p

misty orchid Aug 26, 2023, 1:42 PM

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ancient parrot Maybe one based on epic cody ES skin? p

I need to see how I can adapt it, but I can do some test ahaba

crystal walrus Aug 26, 2023, 3:54 PM

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Waiting for Pure Black Colour Scheme

river robin Aug 26, 2023, 3:59 PM

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353v, latest jelos

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 4:00 PM

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f_TurtleThink

river robin Aug 26, 2023, 4:00 PM

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Tried to reinstall, but got the same message

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 4:01 PM

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Let me check.

river robin Aug 26, 2023, 4:04 PM

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And on ff theme progress bar isn't moving while installing ports, but on default theme it's ok.

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 4:05 PM

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Hrmmm

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So dome romantik doesn’t actually use a runtime. It embeds the runtime in the port. But I’m not sure why the runtime is failing to download. f_TurtleThink

river robin Aug 26, 2023, 4:08 PM

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but installed another godot port, farmner without any issues

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 4:09 PM

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2023-08-27 00:04:48.994 | ERROR | harbourmaster.harbour:check_runtime:1108 - runtime_install() takes 3 positional arguments but 4 were given

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🤔

river robin Aug 26, 2023, 4:10 PM

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Strange, but after farmner tried to run dome romantik, and its started!

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 4:10 PM

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Yeah it’ll work fine

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Ah I see the bug

river robin Aug 26, 2023, 4:12 PM

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Yeah, all good, it's just that error message confused me at install😅

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 4:12 PM

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I’ll fix it tomorrow. 👍

river robin Aug 26, 2023, 4:16 PM

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Something screwed up, now can't open anything from this menu, it goes back to jelos ports selection:/

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crystal walrus Aug 26, 2023, 4:20 PM

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This is bug, A is B and B is A on JELOS

pliant elbow Aug 26, 2023, 4:43 PM

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It does say it on the beta page.

misty orchid Aug 26, 2023, 6:45 PM

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river robin And on ff theme progress bar isn't moving while installing ports, but on default...

Cause there's no bar

misty orchid Aug 26, 2023, 6:46 PM

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crystal walrus Waiting for Pure Black Colour Scheme

Can I ask you some references?

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If you were serious obviously ahaha

dire zodiac Aug 26, 2023, 11:27 PM

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rg353p/jelos looks and functions great. I did experience the install succeeded but runtime didnt error (planetwaves), but i already had that particular runtime in the libs folder, so maybe the error is it failing to see it initially?

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no issues running planet waves btw, just the error message post install.

misty orchid Aug 26, 2023, 11:31 PM

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dire zodiac rg353p/jelos looks and functions great. I did experience the install succeeded b...

On jelos i noticed that sometimes take their version of portmaster (is in the system memory) and save the libs in the wrong folder, so i guess could be a variant of this

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or at least i noticed this thing one month ago

misty orchid Aug 26, 2023, 11:32 PM

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dire zodiac no issues running planet waves btw, just the error message post install.

PS: there's the test of the new version if you already haven't noticed yet

dire zodiac Aug 26, 2023, 11:32 PM

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Ever since the first portmaster/harbourmaster beta i have kept and solely used the portmaster from here, not from jelos, so not sure if that would come into play

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and yup, thats why i was testing the old first.

misty orchid Aug 26, 2023, 11:34 PM

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dire zodiac and yup, thats why i was testing the old first.

uh nice, a comparison is really appreciated in case you notice some kind of "downgrade" in the new one

dire zodiac Aug 26, 2023, 11:34 PM

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yup ill let you guys know

misty orchid Aug 26, 2023, 11:34 PM

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thx

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ps: just test the standard version, the novfx is just a test for low power devices

misty orchid Aug 27, 2023, 12:44 AM

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crystal walrus Waiting for Pure Black Colour Scheme

btw, ready to ship. Probably really soon will be added

pliant elbow Aug 27, 2023, 12:49 AM

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Show us!

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\o/

misty orchid Aug 27, 2023, 12:53 AM

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literally a darker version of the dark mode

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btw, a little rework of the default theme is in designing, we need just a little thing implemented first

misty orchid Aug 27, 2023, 12:58 AM

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misty orchid literally a darker version of the dark mode

and an effective full black as fourth mode

pliant elbow Aug 27, 2023, 5:39 AM

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<@&1123159718874058882>: new version, fixed a few issues with hardware detection i had been meaning to get around to fixing, added new colour schemes to default themes. I am still exploring fixes for JELOS.

violet chasm Aug 27, 2023, 5:53 AM

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@pliant elbow log from a max 3 user

📎 message.txt

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From Jel discord

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Ah that was the exec log not the pm one

pliant elbow Aug 27, 2023, 6:02 AM

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Hrmmm

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Weird

violet chasm Aug 27, 2023, 6:04 AM

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It sure does not help not having those devices xD

pliant elbow Aug 27, 2023, 6:04 AM

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Yup.

violet chasm Aug 27, 2023, 6:15 AM

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pliant elbow Yup.

📎 pugwash.txt

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Should we rename the pugwash.log or keep it as a memento in there

pliant elbow Aug 27, 2023, 6:19 AM

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Can do

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I’m not sure what’s happening there. Bad sdl version?

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Or I’m creating the window badly. 🤔

crystal walrus Aug 27, 2023, 7:35 AM

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misty orchid and an effective full black as fourth mode

Perfect

river robin Aug 27, 2023, 9:55 PM

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Ok, updated to latest portmaster, now it not starting at all from ports.

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353v, latest jelos

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Previous release started once yesterday, but got issues after.

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I'm able to connect with putty and fetch latest ports.

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What logs could help to find out why new version of portmaster is not starting?

pliant elbow Aug 28, 2023, 12:46 AM

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PortMaster/pugwash.txt

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Pugwash was the name for the proof of concept gui I made. Named after a famous captain

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https://tenor.com/view/captain-pugwash-wink-pirate-gif-9303455

Tenor

pliant elbow Aug 28, 2023, 12:38 PM

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<@&1123159718874058882> Hi all, i have just pushed a new release that fixes the bug with runtime downloading, and added a bunch of code for other ports to use the gui for error messages, runtime downloading and whatnot.

The bug which flips a/b and x/y on JELOS has been located and i have done a PR to JELOS for that. Just waiting for that to be tested and rolled out.

pliant elbow Aug 30, 2023, 12:58 PM

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<@&1123159718874058882> There's a new version up for testing. Mainly for the most part i have integrated a patch for the JELOS mapper.txt now that it has been merged. It will apply the fix if the old file is present in /storage/.config/PortMaster/mapper.txt

Under the hood i have been working on a way for ports to be able to use the gui for displaying text, downloading runtimes, and even implementing their own basic menu system if they want.

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These are bash scripts that use the dialog code for anyone nerdy enough to want to look.

📎 test_pm_dialog.sh 📎 test_pm_dialog_select.sh

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Videos of it in action.

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violet chasm Aug 30, 2023, 1:37 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/confetti-explosion-chicken-puppet-celebrate-gif-14028819

Tenor

gloomy cliff Aug 30, 2023, 1:53 PM

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its working on wummle fork of arkos on a 351M strange though first launch didnt download the port list but did on the second run

pliant elbow Aug 30, 2023, 1:53 PM

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Mind sharing the pugwash.txt ?

gloomy cliff Aug 30, 2023, 1:55 PM

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there you go

📎 pugwash.txt

pliant elbow Aug 30, 2023, 1:59 PM

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Hrmmm

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HTTPSConnectionPool(host='api.github.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /repos/PortsMaster/PortMaster-Releases/releases/latest (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at 0x7fb050d2d0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno -3] Temporary failure in name resolution'))

gloomy cliff Aug 30, 2023, 2:00 PM

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could be my internet i am in australia lol

pliant elbow Aug 30, 2023, 2:00 PM

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It was dns

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Me too. 😄

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Worse I’m on fixed wireless nbn, which is a glorified 4g mobile connection.

gloomy cliff Aug 30, 2023, 2:03 PM

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i am on FTTC so max of 100/40

pliant elbow Aug 30, 2023, 2:03 PM

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60/5 on a good day. :/

gloomy cliff Aug 30, 2023, 2:04 PM

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ouch the upload would kill me need faster than that for work

pliant elbow Aug 30, 2023, 2:05 PM

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Oh well. Living in rural has its down sides.

gloomy cliff Aug 30, 2023, 2:06 PM

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ah that explains in i live in melbourne about 15KM out from the CBD so you have the better view out your window so thats something 🙂

pliant elbow Aug 30, 2023, 2:07 PM

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Yeah I live about 3 hours south of Perth. Perth is rural enough as it is. 😂

violet chasm Aug 31, 2023, 5:41 PM

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Alright, I've tested on my 3 devices,

RG552, 351V and 351P

Options -> Update Portmaster # Throws you into main menu instead of back into the options menu
BGM music is enabled in main menu but not in options menu
@misty orchid 351p theme seems a bit too big in options
Theme Downloader works with X on Download, every other install works with A ( nvm you made a distinction between download an install)
Zelda Theem on 351p @misty orchid Genre bar is always 1 and half a bar of text visible., also on 351P the details page the text is cobbled together.
@pliant elbow not sure why but on the 552 the Battery reading always says N/A.
@misty orchid ff7 theme, 351V and 552 have that blue menu cut offbeside the buttons on the 351P it's above the genre bar. # oh that's supposted to be there for port numbers 😄 Seems out of place
ff7 theme Ä is not working in german.
@pliant elbow uninstall sort is all over the place 😄

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Cebion out

misty orchid Aug 31, 2023, 5:43 PM

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violet chasm Alright, I've tested on my 3 devices, RG552, 351V and 351P - Options -> Update...

I totally forgot German character sorry, I'll add the exception later

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For the other things I'll give a better look later btw

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Thx for now

violet chasm Aug 31, 2023, 5:43 PM

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yeahnice

pliant elbow Aug 31, 2023, 9:07 PM

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Not true about uninstall

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It’s sorted by the main ports list, then any unknown ports afterwards. 😅

pliant elbow Aug 31, 2023, 9:09 PM

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violet chasm Alright, I've tested on my 3 devices, RG552, 351V and 351P - Options -> Update...

dire zodiac Sep 1, 2023, 12:50 AM

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after updating portmaster launches but crashes upon selecting anything (jelos/rg353p)

📎 pugwash.txt

pliant elbow Sep 1, 2023, 1:25 AM

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🤔

pliant elbow Sep 1, 2023, 1:29 AM

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dire zodiac after updating portmaster launches but crashes upon selecting anything (jelos/rg...

It’s not crashing, it’s exiting.

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The new update should flip the a/b buttons.

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There was a bug before.

dire zodiac Sep 1, 2023, 1:33 AM

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man, i feel really stupid. sorry about that.

pliant elbow Sep 1, 2023, 1:34 AM

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No worries!

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Does the A button work as expected?

dire zodiac Sep 1, 2023, 1:35 AM

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You were correct, a (east) now operates as cancel/back and b (south) is enter/confirm

pliant elbow Sep 1, 2023, 1:36 AM

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Hrmmm

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It should be the other way around.

dire zodiac Sep 1, 2023, 1:36 AM

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you may be correct, i usually have them set the other way.

pliant elbow Sep 1, 2023, 1:37 AM

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Oh. Did you swap them in emulation station?

dire zodiac Sep 1, 2023, 1:38 AM

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as long as one or the other works ill manage. No in ES a is confirm, b is cancel

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prior to this update a was confirm and b was cancel in portmaster.

pliant elbow Sep 1, 2023, 1:40 AM

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Weird

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I’ll do another clean install tonight.

pliant elbow Sep 1, 2023, 7:03 AM

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dire zodiac as long as one or the other works ill manage. No in ES a is confirm, b is cancel

just did a clean install of JELOS, still does the same for me on my 353v

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Your gamecontroller mapping:
19009b4d4b4800000111000000010000
retrogame_joypad
b:b1
a:b0
dpdown:b14
guide:b10
dpleft:b15
+lefty:+a1
-leftx:-a0
+leftx:+a0
-lefty:-a1
leftshoulder:b4
leftstick:b11
lefttrigger:b6
dpright:b16
+righty:+a3
-rightx:-a2
+rightx:+a2
-righty:-a3
rightshoulder:b5
rightstick:b12
righttrigger:b7
back:b8
start:b9
dpup:b13
y:b2
x:b3
platform:Linux
crc:4d9b

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you can see a:b0, and b:b1

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Mine is this:
19009b4d4b4800000111000000010000
retrogame_joypad
a:b1
b:b0
dpdown:b14
guide:b8
dpleft:b15
+lefty:+a1
-leftx:-a0
+leftx:+a0
-lefty:-a1
leftshoulder:b4
leftstick:b11
lefttrigger:b6
dpright:b16
+righty:+a3
-rightx:-a2
+rightx:+a2
-righty:-a3
rightshoulder:b5
rightstick:b12
righttrigger:b7
back:b8
start:b9
dpup:b13
x:b2
y:b3
platform:Linux
crc:4d9b

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@dire zodiac try putting this file in: /storage/roms/ports/PortMaster

📎 mapper.txt

charred fern Sep 1, 2023, 9:51 PM

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Can't seem to get it to work with ArkOS on RG353M

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It gets stuck in different parts in different tries

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Sometimes it's in the black screen with the A = Enter / B = Exit line

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Sometimes it's in the UI trying to fetch info for PortMaster cache

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Nevermind, seems like 10th time is the charm, it's working now 1007675243726381086

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Also I see that there's translations to it, is there someway I can help with translating? Portuguese specifically

misty orchid Sep 1, 2023, 10:19 PM

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charred fern Also I see that there's translations to it, is there someway I can help with tra...

yap

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there's a dedicated site for the translations

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@pliant elbow

night fox Sep 1, 2023, 11:52 PM

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https://crowdin.com/project/portmaster

Crowdin

PortMaster — Translation Project on Crowdin

Help us translate PortMaster and bring it to the world!

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kloptops will have to add Portuguese to the list

charred fern Sep 2, 2023, 12:11 AM

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Ok, I joined the project there, just waiting for PT-BR to be added!

misty orchid Sep 2, 2023, 12:46 AM

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@violet chasm totally forgot about the themes fix, i'll do them tomorrow/sunday

misty orchid Sep 2, 2023, 12:46 AM

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charred fern Ok, I joined the project there, just waiting for PT-BR to be added!

if you have any question feel free to ask

pliant elbow Sep 2, 2023, 1:21 AM

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charred fern Ok, I joined the project there, just waiting for PT-BR to be added!

Added. 🙂

pliant elbow Sep 2, 2023, 8:55 AM

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charred fern Ok, I joined the project there, just waiting for PT-BR to be added!

Sorry to be ignorant, but you wanted Portuguese Brazilian right? Not just Portuguese? 🙂

charred fern Sep 2, 2023, 2:03 PM

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pliant elbow Sorry to be ignorant, but you wanted Portuguese Brazilian right? Not just Portug...

Oh yep, sorry! For these technical terms Brazil uses some different words

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I'll check it out later today

pliant elbow Sep 2, 2023, 2:15 PM

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Yeah no worries. 😄

misty orchid Sep 2, 2023, 7:18 PM

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charred fern Oh yep, sorry! For these technical terms Brazil uses some different words

Just in order to have both, did you know also the "vanilla Portuguese" words?
Cause at this point we can add both in case

charred fern Sep 2, 2023, 10:33 PM

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misty orchid Just in order to have both, did you know also the "vanilla Portuguese" words? Ca...

I'm not exactly sure, Portugal tends to translate some tech-related English terms that Brazil doesn't, so I don't know the best translations for it

misty orchid Sep 2, 2023, 10:33 PM

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Make sense, sorry for the question then

charred fern Sep 2, 2023, 10:34 PM

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I mean, I believe someone from Portugal wouldn't have a hard time understanding the lines the way I translated them there, they just might think it's a little weird

dire zodiac Sep 3, 2023, 12:23 AM

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pliant elbow <@717968940822691882> try putting this file in: /storage/roms/ports/PortMaster

sorry for the delayed response, no change after replacing mapper.txt

pliant elbow Sep 3, 2023, 12:36 AM

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I see. Have you ever remapped your controller in emulationstation?

dire zodiac Sep 3, 2023, 12:38 AM

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i have not, however after comparing the fles. it seems control.txt is not updated properly, only 2kb after update. Moving your mapper.txt and replacing control.txt seems to have everything working properly now

pliant elbow Sep 3, 2023, 12:39 AM

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Jelos has a different control.txt

dire zodiac Sep 3, 2023, 12:41 AM

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ill make sure to monitor control.txt in future updates, both jelos and portmaster, and apologies for any extra work i may have caused

pliant elbow Sep 3, 2023, 12:41 AM

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dire zodiac ill make sure to monitor control.txt in future updates, both jelos and portmaste...

No, this is what the beta is for! 😄

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Better to have a handful of people to find issues, than lots of people with the same issues we missed.

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This afternoon I’ll have access to my laptop and I can investigate a bit further.

pliant elbow Sep 3, 2023, 3:05 AM

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charred fern I mean, I believe someone from Portugal wouldn't have a hard time understanding ...

I’ll merge the language in this afternoon, thanks for that. ❤️

pliant elbow Sep 3, 2023, 8:03 AM

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@everyone Theres a new beta out: it includes the latest translations (thanks @charred fern !), and code so that it only renders new frames when things change. The code has been present all along but there was a few bugs with it, squashed them and it makes it much more efficient, especially on older devices with the rk3326. The filters scene was murder on that cpu. 😄

pliant elbow Sep 4, 2023, 9:29 AM

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violet chasm Alright, I've tested on my 3 devices, RG552, 351V and 351P - Options -> Update...

"Update PortMaster" probably needs to be renamed, all it does is clear the last check time for updates and restarts. Otherwise PortMaster only checks once an hour.
BGM in options menu is @misty orchid's choice. 🤷‍♂️
Download vs Install is intentional #will-not-fix-but-i-am-open-to-suggestions
battery reading n/a on 552 is probably because the battery life is so bad, it cant be read... but in all seriousness all i am doing is checking for /sys/class/power_supply/battery/capacity and reading it for the battery level.
i am fixing the uninstall screen now, it will show disk usage instead of download size and whatnot.

violet chasm Sep 4, 2023, 9:35 AM

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pliant elbow - "Update PortMaster" probably needs to be renamed, all it does is clear the las...

Awesome

pliant elbow Sep 4, 2023, 9:35 AM

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Do you know where the battery status is for the 552?

violet chasm Sep 4, 2023, 9:37 AM

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pliant elbow Do you know where the battery status is for the 552?

No idea tbh but I brought my 552 with me

pliant elbow Sep 4, 2023, 9:37 AM

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Going through the amberelec github just gives me: /sys/class/power_supply/battery/capacity

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which is what i check

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https://github.com/AmberELEC/AmberELEC/blob/0b5d5f8f8c90701548bc6a238cc7a8a773156327/projects/Rockchip/devices/RG552/packages/odroidgoa-utils/sources/battery.sh

pliant elbow Sep 4, 2023, 10:31 AM

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So first version of scanning ports for disk usage was quite... special

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😐

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1-2 second pause between scanning each port for disk usage

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it now uses cooperative multitasking (like the rest of my code) and scans directories in the background, it will slowly update the disk usage as it gathers it.

SCAN: ~ 4.10 MB
SCAN: ~ 98.13 MB
SCAN: ~ 125.25 MB
SCAN: 237.53 MB

\o/

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now i just gotta tie it into the gui 😄

pliant elbow Sep 4, 2023, 1:08 PM

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@everyone new PortMaster release. First of all there is a bug on the last release, when a new update is available the GUI wont render, you can either accept the update with A or cancel it with B. Once you do that everything is normal. This release fixes it with a hack, haven't figured out why it's not working but i'll sort it out eventually.

On to actual improvements:

Ports Uninstall list is now alphabetical.
Ports Uninstall now shows the actual installed size (default theme only for now until the others are updated) instead of the download size.

sage frost Sep 4, 2023, 1:10 PM

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pliant elbow @everyone Theres a new beta out: it includes the latest translations (thanks <@5...

RK3566 or RK3326? 🤨

pliant elbow Sep 4, 2023, 1:10 PM

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rk3326

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😄

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I double checked that too, not sure why i still wrote it wrong, lmao

sage frost Sep 4, 2023, 3:18 PM

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pliant elbow 😄

It happens.

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I was just making sure.

dire zodiac Sep 8, 2023, 12:20 AM

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Would it be possible to add a filter for installed status? in other words to list only ports that are not yet installed?

pliant elbow Sep 8, 2023, 12:25 AM

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Oh. Good idea.

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Installed / Not Installed ?

dire zodiac Sep 8, 2023, 12:46 AM

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Yup. Make it easier to see what i still need.

pliant elbow Sep 8, 2023, 1:45 AM

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When we change to ports.json it will have updates available filter.

pliant elbow Sep 9, 2023, 7:58 AM

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dire zodiac Yup. Make it easier to see what i still need.

😄

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pliant elbow Sep 9, 2023, 1:38 PM

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@everyone new PortMaster beta. Added "Not Installed" filter as per @dire zodiac's request, added support for chinese/japanese/korean languages, and added support for themes to be translated.

Also beginning work on sorting out different release channels. So you'll be able to use either the stable portmaster build or the beta one. So that once the new gui is out people can continue to use the beta, or switch to the stable.

pliant elbow Sep 9, 2023, 2:11 PM

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@crystal walrus is a machine and has already translated Polish for the themes and other stuff i added. Looks great. ❤️

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pliant elbow Sep 10, 2023, 12:49 PM

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@everyone new PortMaster beta, i have moved the code to the new PortMaster-GUI repo and now the PortMaster.zip is built upon commit and pushed to release automajically. No more manually doing it for me!

The old repo will stay up but once i have the bits and pieces reorganised it will be archived.

With the new changes i have implemented release channels, beta and stable. Currently both work but if you edit the config file and change to stable it will try to install the old PortMaster.sh. Probably not a good idea. Hopefully this breaks nothing. 😄

pliant elbow Sep 10, 2023, 1:17 PM

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So it would seem I broke translations, if you are updating from an older build it will be fine. I’ll sort it out tomorrow afternoon. Sorry. 😄

potent geyser Sep 10, 2023, 4:31 PM

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Is there a way to restore xbox layout on Jelos (or is there one planned)?

violet chasm Sep 10, 2023, 5:35 PM

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potent geyser Is there a way to restore xbox layout on Jelos (or is there one planned)?

Settings -> change layout

potent geyser Sep 10, 2023, 5:49 PM

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How did I miss that then? 😂 I'll have another look in a sec. I think I'll have to copy the beta files back in.

violet chasm Sep 10, 2023, 5:50 PM

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potent geyser How did I miss that then? 😂 I'll have another look in a sec. I think I'll have ...

Might be that it's missing in one of the themes

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not sure

potent geyser Sep 10, 2023, 6:08 PM

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Am I looking in the right place?

violet chasm Sep 10, 2023, 6:08 PM

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Did you scroll down?

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let me boot up my V 😛

violet chasm Sep 10, 2023, 6:10 PM

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potent geyser Am I looking in the right place?

Hmmz old version?

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For me its right below Update Portmaster

potent geyser Sep 10, 2023, 6:11 PM

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Thanks for checking 👍

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I just updated before testing, but maybe it didn't pull the latest

violet chasm Sep 10, 2023, 6:12 PM

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Let me update as well

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8.4.1 it asks me to update to

potent geyser Sep 10, 2023, 6:12 PM

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I'm on 8.4.1

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HM 0.4.11

violet chasm Sep 10, 2023, 6:13 PM

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sec

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wtf

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😄

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same

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what os?

potent geyser Sep 10, 2023, 6:14 PM

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Jelos 20230903

violet chasm Sep 10, 2023, 6:14 PM

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and dark mode right?

potent geyser Sep 10, 2023, 6:14 PM

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Yes

violet chasm Sep 10, 2023, 6:14 PM

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@pliant elbow

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Will look into it 😛

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For me its there at least so may be jelos specific

potent geyser Sep 10, 2023, 6:15 PM

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😂

violet chasm Sep 10, 2023, 6:15 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/richard-ayoade-crystal-maze-gif-24812919

Tenor

potent geyser Sep 10, 2023, 6:17 PM

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Just to close the loop on my testing feedback, I've tried the Basic Theme and FFVII as well with the same result.

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I did just copy the old zip in (from my sd card) and update from the UI. I'm camping without any other devices rn, so I can try a fresh install of the latest when I get back to civilization

violet chasm Sep 10, 2023, 6:19 PM

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😛

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Nice

pliant elbow Sep 10, 2023, 9:05 PM

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Jelos doesn’t use xbox mode

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They use mapper.txt, you have to change your button settings in emulationstation.

violet chasm Sep 10, 2023, 9:08 PM

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yeahnice

potent geyser Sep 11, 2023, 8:46 AM

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Ah right. Does their special version of PM do something differently then? I don't have a setting there to change button order either, but it's locked in xbox button mode

pliant elbow Sep 11, 2023, 8:47 AM

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So they have a different control.txt

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You have to set you buttons in emulationstation, then that gets translated into the right format for SDL to use with gamepads

potent geyser Sep 11, 2023, 8:50 AM

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I'll do some tinkering. Thanks for the pointers 👍

pliant elbow Sep 16, 2023, 1:59 PM

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@everyone Hi all, its been a bit hectic this week so not much has happened. New version is out that adds a runtime manager and secret developer options. In other news @hasty blade and I have finally tracked down the audio bug in ArkOS so sound will work properly when that is fixed. This was aided by our dear friend RetroGFX who has gone AWOL, but his past work helped narrow it down. ❤️

You can fix it yourself via ssh by doing: sudo cp -v ~/.asoundrc /dev/asound.conf

pliant elbow Sep 17, 2023, 11:18 AM

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@everyone New PortMaster:

First of all there is an annoying bug where requests is incorrectly identifying the version check file as the wrong encoding, so it is displaying a bunch of random chinese characters, if this happens you have to manually update from here:
https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-GUI/releases/download/8.4.7_1110/PortMaster.zip

added the ability to download/verify all runtimes, added new tags for the runtime scenes
added the initial version of Port Lists, it is however hidden behind developer mode atm. With this new we will be able to create lists of ports that can showcase great ports for people to try out. Currently it doesnt have theme support but @misty orchid will be sorting that out shortly ❤️ 😄

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Oh i also fixed it so it doesnt render too many frames during downloading/installing. Which can drastically slow down installation on the 351 devices.

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Downloading / Checking all the runtimes has never been so easy. 😄

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OH! also when you install / remove ports, if it changes it will restart emulationstation so you dont have to refresh it yourself.

pliant elbow Sep 18, 2023, 1:18 PM

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@everyone just a quick little update, fixed a bug for determining if it’s time to check for new updates, turns out that was all kinds of broken and I’m surprised it took me this long to figure it out. 😅

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Also the renamed the confusingly named “port lists” to “Featured Ports”.

charred fern Oct 1, 2023, 3:51 PM

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For some reason almost every time I try to download something with the GUI it gets hung up in the middle of the download

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I have an RG353P, which doesn't have great wi-fi connectivity, but this never happens when scraping, updating ArkOS, using Thememaster, or even with the old Portmaster UI

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I can be literally next to the modem and the download still stops at some point

violet chasm Oct 1, 2023, 3:59 PM

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@pliant elbow

charred fern Oct 1, 2023, 4:23 PM

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Also seems to get stuck verifying runtimes, both in runtime manager and when downloading ports

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More specifically some Godot runtimes

charred fern Oct 1, 2023, 4:47 PM

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At some point it seems to just stop verifying

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2023-10-01 13:21:37.720 | DEBUG    | __main__:set_data:961 - system.progress_amount: 0 / 8728576
2023-10-01 13:21:37.886 | DEBUG    | __main__:set_data:961 - system.progress_spinner_5: 15
2023-10-01 13:21:37.891 | DEBUG    | __main__:set_data:961 - system.progress_spinner_10: 30
2023-10-01 13:21:37.894 | DEBUG    | __main__:set_data:961 - system.progress_spinner_20: 60
2023-10-01 13:21:37.895 | DEBUG    | __main__:set_data:961 - system.progress_spinner_25: 75
2023-10-01 13:21:37.949 | DEBUG    | __main__:set_data:961 - system.progress_text: 
2023-10-01 13:21:37.952 | DEBUG    | __main__:set_data:961 - system.progress_amount: 
2023-10-01 13:21:37.954 | DEBUG    | __main__:set_data:961 - system.progress_spinner_5: 0
2023-10-01 13:21:37.956 | DEBUG    | __main__:set_data:961 - system.progress_spinner_10: 0
2023-10-01 13:21:37.957 | DEBUG    | __main__:set_data:961 - system.progress_spinner_20: 0
2023-10-01 13:21:37.959 | DEBUG    | __main__:set_data:961 - system.progress_spinner_25: 0```

thorn raft Oct 1, 2023, 6:09 PM

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WiFi signal interrupted marioblock

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📶

charred fern Oct 1, 2023, 6:11 PM

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Could be, the wifi connection in this device kinda sucks, but using the old PortMaster UI it didn't have any problems downloading

thorn raft Oct 1, 2023, 7:05 PM

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charred fern Could be, the wifi connection in this device kinda sucks, but using the old Port...

Outa curiosity, where is your pm installed, inside tools or ports? Not sure if it would have anything to do with it at all but just wondering 🤔

charred fern Oct 1, 2023, 7:22 PM

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Tools, in roms2

pliant elbow Oct 1, 2023, 9:11 PM

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Weird. Does downloading other ports work fine?

tall agate Oct 2, 2023, 1:46 AM

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running on the rgb30 (1:1 screen). the images overlap the description, but otherwise looking good

pliant elbow Oct 2, 2023, 1:46 AM

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Oh nice. I don’t think I have added support for that resolution yet.

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Any chance you can post your pugwash.txt ?

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Or even run the hardware script for us.

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https://github.com/kloptops/harbourmaster/blob/main/tools/dump_info.py this one.

GitHub

harbourmaster/tools/dump_info.py at main · kloptops/harbourmaster

Package manager for PortMaster. Contribute to kloptops/harbourmaster development by creating an account on GitHub.

tall agate Oct 2, 2023, 1:49 AM

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rg30 pugwash

📎 pugwash.txt

pliant elbow Oct 2, 2023, 1:52 AM

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Hrmmm

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Is that running amberelec ?

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DEVICE INFO: {'device': 'rg351v', 'name': 'AmberELEC', 'version': '20230203', 'resolution': (640, 480), 'analogsticks': 1, 'cpu': 'rk3326', 'capabilities': ['4:3', '640x480']}

tall agate Oct 2, 2023, 1:52 AM

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📎 dump_info.txt

pliant elbow Oct 2, 2023, 1:53 AM

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Nope. lol

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I’ll add it tonight.

tall agate Oct 2, 2023, 1:53 AM

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pliant elbow Is that running amberelec ?

no -- jelos. i think that's because i coped my roms right over from my rg351v

pliant elbow Oct 2, 2023, 1:54 AM

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Maybe. 🤔

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Oh

tall agate Oct 2, 2023, 1:54 AM

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... or my i've ssh'd into wrong device ........

pliant elbow Oct 2, 2023, 1:54 AM

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Might be an old log

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Might need to look at the end of the log.

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2023-10-02 00:57:37.266 | DEBUG | harbourmaster.hardware:nice_device_to_device:121 - nice_device_to_device -->> 'powkiddy rgb30' <<--
2023-10-02 00:57:37.273 | DEBUG | harbourmaster.hardware:nice_device_to_device:121 - nice_device_to_device -->> 'rk3566' <<--
2023-10-02 00:57:37.277 | DEBUG | harbourmaster.hardware:device_info:291 - DEVICE INFO: {'name': 'JELOS', 'version': '20230919', 'device': 'default', 'resolution': (640, 480), 'analogsticks': 2, 'cpu': 'unknown', 'capabilities': ['opengl', 'power', '4:3', '640x480']}

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Yeah it’s there about 12,000 lines down. 😄

tall agate Oct 2, 2023, 1:58 AM

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2023-10-02 00:51:31.895 | DEBUG    | harbourmaster.hardware:device_info:291 - DEVICE INFO: {'name': 'JELOS', 'version': '20230919', 'device': 'default', 'resolution': (720, 720), 'analogsticks': 2, 'cpu': 'unknown', 'capabilities': ['opengl', '1:1', '720x720', 'hires', 'wide']}

pliant elbow Oct 2, 2023, 1:58 AM

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Oh nice.

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I did make it work automatically

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Go past kloptops

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Good job. 👍

violet chasm Oct 2, 2023, 5:49 AM

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Does @misty orchid also need to make adjustments?

pliant elbow Oct 2, 2023, 6:23 AM

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Probably does.

pliant elbow Oct 2, 2023, 9:06 AM

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Added rgb30 to the hardware specs, just waiting on confirmation as to whether it has opengl or not. I have no idea where to look for if it does. f_TurtleThink

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Looks weird as. 😄

tall agate Oct 2, 2023, 10:08 AM

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pliant elbow Added rgb30 to the hardware specs, just waiting on confirmation as to whether it...

i assume the rgb30 does have opengl? if there's something you need me to do to verify, just let me know

i'm predicting a proliferation of square-screen devices; i reckon the rgb30 made enough of a splash for all the other manufacturers to start pumping out their own. after all, you're not a retro handheld company if you don't release at least five new devices a year

pliant elbow Oct 2, 2023, 10:13 AM

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I dunno. I just go off what jelos say. 😄

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I think you can check for Weston but I’m not sure.

pliant elbow Oct 2, 2023, 11:29 AM

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charred fern Could be, the wifi connection in this device kinda sucks, but using the old Port...

i think i know what the problem is, it'll be fixed today.

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Some idiot left a lot of debugging info running and its filling up the log files with stuff 😄

tall agate Oct 2, 2023, 11:51 AM

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pliant elbow I dunno. I just go off what jelos say. 😄

pliant elbow Oct 2, 2023, 11:52 AM

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Yeah OpenGL ES

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i have for now just left it as no opengl

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theres only a few ports that require it

pliant elbow Oct 2, 2023, 12:11 PM

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So I am making portmaster a bit less verbose with its logging, most of the info it is logging is just noise. It's useful for me when i am testing, but other than that it is mostly useless. I have however added some flags to re-enable the more verbose logging if its needed.

Now instead of installing a port resulting in a 700-800 line pugwash.txt, its now about 10 lines. 😄

pliant elbow Oct 2, 2023, 12:57 PM

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@everyone Hi all, i know its been a while but i have been working on things bit by bit. We are nearing public release and while there a few things i still need to square away, its getting very close.

I have now removed most of the useless logging info, but it can be enabled if needed. I have also added the hardware info for the rgb30.

Please if you have any issues with your install post your logs here, or tag me here and i will accept a DM from you for your logs. If you don't do that I will probably miss it because I'm terrible at checking for them. ❤️

I'm always open for requests for features, but i wont promise anything... 😄

charred fern Oct 2, 2023, 6:04 PM

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pliant elbow So I am making portmaster a bit less verbose with its logging, most of the info ...

That seems to have fixed the verifying runtimes issue, who woulda thought

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It didn't fix freezing in the middle of a download, but turns out it might be just my setup, I have two wifis (2.4 and 5ghz) with the same SSID and password, and combined with the weak wifi connection of the 353p, that might just be killing the connection in the middle of download

pliant elbow Oct 2, 2023, 9:09 PM

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Are you able to post a log when it fails to download a port?

charred fern Oct 2, 2023, 9:28 PM

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I'll test it out again later and see what comes out

pliant elbow Oct 2, 2023, 10:24 PM

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Sure thing. If you can run it via ssh it would be better for diagnosing the error.

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I think I need to play around a bit with the timeout on the downloading. It’s very resilient but it also means that it’ll hang for ages waiting for more data.

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You literally can turn off wifi, wait 5 minutes and turn it back on and it will continue downloading.

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But at the same time it is stuck waiting to download. 😅

charred fern Oct 4, 2023, 12:33 AM

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Well, after many tests, it seems it's now downloading everything fine as well 1007675243726381086

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I guess it was just the bad connection on my device after all

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But thanks for all your help!

pliant elbow Oct 4, 2023, 12:34 AM

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Yeah I started working on having it timeout. But my code really didn’t like that so I have to fix a bunch of things. When that happens. 😅

pliant elbow Oct 7, 2023, 2:37 PM

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@everyone Hi all, its been another busy work week for me, but i have some new PortMaster stuff done.

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whoops

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We now have a PortMaster installer script. It comes in two flavours, Install PortMaster.sh and Install Full PortMaster.sh

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These scripts will install PortMaster into your device, saving you from having to do the usual stuff of "Unzip, copy files, place it in the right location".

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The difference between the two versions is that the "Install Full PortMaster.sh" comes with mono and all the godot runtimes ready to go. This is to help people with limited internet or devices without wifi. 😄

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This was only quickly thrown together to test if it works, in the next few days i will try it out with clean installs of OSes, i will need to add some code for JELOS, and i will also need to sort out logging for the installer. 🙂

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https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-GUI/releases/latest

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Here's a link to the Installers if you'd like to give it a whirl

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Small warning, it will delete your PortMaster install (not your ports). 😄

pliant elbow Oct 8, 2023, 8:05 AM

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Hi @everyone !

Exciting news PortMaster now uses the new ports.json file with it comes some great new features:

faster port info downloading (all port info is in 1 file)
faster port downloading (no need to fetch the md5sum of the port before downloading)
more in depth port information:
- sort by recently added
- sort by recently updated
- filter by updates available
- filter by godot runtimes (and whatever new runtimes we create)

And so much more!

This has been months of work in the making and is part of our final goal of making ports easier to create, discover, install and setup.

Now for even better news, PortMaster is even easier to install with new Install PortMaster.sh and Install Full PortMaster.sh

With this script i have refined it to work seamlessly on JELOS. No more messing about by running "Start PortMaster.sh" then unzip it, then go into EmulationStation settings and show all hidden files and run it from within the ports directory. The installer now takes over the "Start PortMaster.sh" and allows you to run PortMaster directly from the Tools section via "Start PortMaster.sh".

This is now the new how to install PortMaster instructions:

Download either:

https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-GUI/releases/latest/download/Install.PortMaster.sh (8mb, no runtimes included)

or

https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-GUI/releases/latest/download/Install.Full.PortMaster.sh (320mb, all runtimes included)

Place it in your roms/ports directory, then on your device navigate to the ports section and run "Install.PortMaster.sh" or "Install.Full.PortMaster.sh" depending on which one you downloaded.

Thats it! You can now use PortMaster as normal.

thorn raft Oct 8, 2023, 8:09 AM

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pliant elbow Oct 8, 2023, 8:10 AM

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I'm quite excited about these updates. 😄

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This is a huge quality of life, you can now open portmaster and see what the latest ports are. 🙂

thorn raft Oct 8, 2023, 8:12 AM

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Portmaster is exploding with greatness here of late! You guys are incredible!

pliant elbow Oct 8, 2023, 8:13 AM

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Its so close to release. i can taste it.

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https://tenor.com/view/shaquille-oneal-taste-test-shaq-yummy-delicious-gif-25076549

Tenor

thorn raft Oct 8, 2023, 8:14 AM

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Hot chick'n wangs 😂

violet chasm Oct 8, 2023, 8:15 AM

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@pliant elbow script gets deleted upon instal?

pliant elbow Oct 8, 2023, 8:15 AM

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Yep

thorn raft Oct 8, 2023, 8:15 AM

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pliant elbow Its so close to release. i can taste it.

Anymore theme plans?

pliant elbow Oct 8, 2023, 8:15 AM

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i dont do themes 😄

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except the basic theme

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which is very basic

thorn raft Oct 8, 2023, 8:16 AM

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Got ya

pliant elbow Oct 8, 2023, 8:16 AM

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very

thorn raft Oct 8, 2023, 8:20 AM

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ancient parrot Oct 8, 2023, 8:26 AM

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just tried it with a clean install on jelos, worked perfectly 🙂

pliant elbow Oct 8, 2023, 8:27 AM

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Yay ❤️

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I have tried it on JELOS, uOS, ArkOS and AmberELEC on my 353v and 351v

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not all clean installs, im not that insane

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😛

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you can now check your installed ports for updates

ancient parrot Oct 8, 2023, 8:28 AM

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its just I had an extra card setup for oga, but I havnt done anything with it until now, because I had no wifi dongle 😄

pliant elbow Oct 8, 2023, 8:28 AM

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Now for the most part it will list a lot of older ports as having updates, but thats because i added a port.json file to them.

pliant elbow Oct 8, 2023, 8:29 AM

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ancient parrot its just I had an extra card setup for oga, but I havnt done anything with it un...

good news, the Install.Full.PortMaster.sh will add all runtimes. So then you can just install whatever port you want via zip. ;D

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If i get around to it, i'lll re-add the autoinstaller so you can just throw the zip into the PortMaster/autoinstall folder and it will install the ports for you

ancient parrot Oct 8, 2023, 8:30 AM

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yeah, I went with full port. But I also bought that odroid dongle, because I expect christian will switch to mainline kernel eventually as well, so I will need it anyway

dire zodiac Oct 8, 2023, 9:37 PM

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something is off on my end, not sure if its because i have a bunch of wip ports, but it seems to crash when checking for port update info. Tried updating from portmaster first, then tried both scripts, neither of which run from ES, but both run over ssh. Same issue however as when updated from gui, makes it to checking for port update info, then crashes back to ES.

📎 log.txt

violet chasm Oct 8, 2023, 9:39 PM

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dire zodiac something is off on my end, not sure if its because i have a bunch of wip ports,...

Currently broken on ark I think

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Not sure about the other os

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Since today

dire zodiac Oct 8, 2023, 9:40 PM

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im jelos/353p, and yes started since todays update, yesterday was running ok

charred fern Oct 8, 2023, 10:01 PM

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Yeah, it's broken here too, ArkOS 353P with the 353M image

violet chasm Oct 8, 2023, 10:02 PM

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charred fern Yeah, it's broken here too, ArkOS 353P with the 353M image

The destroyer will wake soon 😛

thorn raft Oct 8, 2023, 10:06 PM

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Broken on 353m arkos

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Thought it was my doing so I'm currently re-imaging😂

pliant elbow Oct 8, 2023, 10:12 PM

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Hrmmm

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It seems it broke somehow.

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Sorry guys I’ll fix it this afternoon. 😅

violet chasm Oct 8, 2023, 10:16 PM

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pliant elbow Sorry guys I’ll fix it this afternoon. 😅

Totally worth it for the awesome installer script

thorn raft Oct 8, 2023, 10:16 PM

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pliant elbow Oct 8, 2023, 10:17 PM

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I named something wrong in the json generator.

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😦

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https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/439148753/6f7b9b7f-d8b4-4f43-b1c9-b0e835dac5b6?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20231008%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20231008T221633Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=d0f623a0f4f8032d1ca5325ec327cdb2a40918f4db0cb39a2539c86def839e64&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=4617076&key_id=0&repo_id=439148753&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B filename%3Dports.json&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream

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It should be “source” not “status”. 😅

violet chasm Oct 8, 2023, 10:18 PM

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Whoops

pliant elbow Oct 8, 2023, 10:40 PM

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Fixed it via the website. It should update in a few minutes.

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If it won’t update you might have to reset the settings. To do so do the Konami code on the main menu, which will enable secret mode. Then you can go to Options -> Reset PortMaster config. It’s the second to last option.

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It’ll restart and you’ll have clean options.

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@violet chasm are you able to test it?

violet chasm Oct 8, 2023, 10:54 PM

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pliant elbow <@576856879586738206> are you able to test it?

Once I wake up in 7 hourd

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https://tenor.com/view/tired-sleepy-gif-27609170

Tenor

pliant elbow Oct 8, 2023, 10:55 PM

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Damnit for not bringing mine to work. 😒

violet chasm Oct 8, 2023, 10:56 PM

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charred fern Yeah, it's broken here too, ArkOS 353P with the 353M image

Try again soon please:)

charred fern Oct 8, 2023, 11:33 PM

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violet chasm Try again soon please:)

Now everything's running!

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I haven't tested the new installers yet, but I will soon

pliant elbow Oct 8, 2023, 11:34 PM

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New installer is only really useful on jelos if you have the beta installed.

dire zodiac Oct 8, 2023, 11:39 PM

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working well now on jelos/rg353p, except you removed the "not installed" filter. Im probably the only one who used it anyway

pliant elbow Oct 8, 2023, 11:39 PM

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Oh

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That wasn’t intentional. I was changing things around and that probably broke. 😅

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I’ll fix that tonight.

dire zodiac Oct 8, 2023, 11:41 PM

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No worries at all, at the rate im going i will have every port installed before long

pliant elbow Oct 9, 2023, 4:03 AM

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Damn. lol

ebon umbra Oct 9, 2023, 5:07 PM

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I just wanted to say that I updated to the beta on my new x55 and it’s incredible. Beautiful, easy to use and the screenshots and info really encourage trying out some games I’ve never considered playing. Huge leap from the early days on my ODROID. Kudos.

violet chasm Oct 9, 2023, 5:07 PM

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ebon umbra I just wanted to say that I updated to the beta on my new x55 and it’s incredibl...

Exactly this was the reason or one of the biggest reasons

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So many undiscovered games

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just not fair reading a name

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You 100% skip over it if you have no idea what that means

ebon umbra Oct 9, 2023, 5:12 PM

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For sure. Back when there were only a few games, it was easy to research them myself online and figure out what I wanted to play and what was worth the setup time. Even the QOL update that split out “ready to play” ports into their own group was a huge win. This update takes it to a new level, almost a full “app store” experience running on rk3326 devices! You’ve all done an incredible job, thanks again.

thorn raft Oct 9, 2023, 5:36 PM

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We need a MegaMan theme🤩

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Maybe even an adventure time theme

violet chasm Oct 9, 2023, 5:39 PM

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thorn raft We need a MegaMan theme🤩

#🎴｜theme-chat will help you get started

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dogflex

pliant elbow Oct 10, 2023, 2:06 PM

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thorn raft Maybe even an adventure time theme

Adventure time would be sweet.

thorn raft Oct 10, 2023, 2:17 PM

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She's hot!☺️😂

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..😐

hasty blade Oct 10, 2023, 2:56 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/bmo-beemo-adventure-time-adventuretime-gif-9787153

Tenor

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Gotta be Beemo if doing Advernture Time

pliant elbow Oct 10, 2023, 9:10 PM

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100%

violet chasm Oct 12, 2023, 12:28 PM

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@pliant elbow

Trying to start pm without network connection throws me abck to ES

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rn_image_picker_lib_temp_0ce2a5b7-d6b2-4385-b0cd-a1220e073b2f.jpg

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And this

pliant elbow Oct 12, 2023, 1:20 PM

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violet chasm

Fekkin blank. 😒

pliant elbow Oct 12, 2023, 1:20 PM

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violet chasm <@449527391157485568> ```No network connection available. ``` Trying to start ...

Good

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😄

violet chasm Oct 12, 2023, 1:20 PM

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Where did that come from lol, null right?

violet chasm Oct 12, 2023, 1:20 PM

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pliant elbow Good

How is that good lol

pliant elbow Oct 12, 2023, 1:22 PM

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violet chasm Where did that come from lol, null right?

I dunno. I’ll fix it.

pliant elbow Oct 12, 2023, 1:23 PM

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violet chasm How is that good lol

It needs an Internet connection.

violet chasm Oct 12, 2023, 1:23 PM

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pliant elbow It needs an Internet connection.

Not if i want to manage my ports while on a plane

pliant elbow Oct 12, 2023, 1:23 PM

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🤔

violet chasm Oct 12, 2023, 1:23 PM

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🤣

pliant elbow Oct 12, 2023, 1:23 PM

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Ffs. Stop having good ideas

storm forge Oct 12, 2023, 2:48 PM

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interesting

violet chasm Oct 12, 2023, 2:49 PM

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storm forge interesting

Was a bug in the json generator was fixed

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should be now null when generating

storm forge Oct 12, 2023, 2:50 PM

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alright, I will create a fixed MR

night fox Oct 12, 2023, 9:09 PM

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pliant elbow Fekkin blank. 😒

It's been fixed for a while in the new json generator

pliant elbow Oct 12, 2023, 10:11 PM

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Probably a ghost.

violet chasm Oct 12, 2023, 10:12 PM

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pliant elbow Probably a ghost.

https://tenor.com/view/vampire-awake-gif-13648027

Tenor

storm forge Oct 13, 2023, 6:39 AM

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night fox It's been fixed for a while in the new json generator

yep, the fixed version is already merged, no worries

unreal field Oct 13, 2023, 11:35 PM

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Feedback: I think the autoinstall does not work

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I used the older version to install GTA3 zip autoamtically through the autoinstall folder and it worked

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feedback: What means ready to run? Does it mean that I have all the runtimes or does it mean that there is no need to install additional files?

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ok, I installed Dome.. it worked out of the box, I thought I had to install Steam files. confused

Edit: it is the itch io version, TIL it existed!

night fox Oct 13, 2023, 11:51 PM

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unreal field feedback: What means ready to run? Does it mean that I have all the runtimes or ...

Ready to run means there are no additional data files needed to run but they may need a runtime. Runtimes should install with the game if it's not already on the system but if your device does not have a network connection you could manually add the runtimes or use the new installer to install portmaster with all the runtimes.

unreal field Oct 13, 2023, 11:54 PM

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thank you!

pliant elbow Oct 14, 2023, 1:47 AM

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unreal field I used the older version to install GTA3 zip autoamtically through the autoinsta...

Yeah I am in the middle of re-adding that. It’s about 95% done. I just gotta iron out a few edge cases. 🙂

pliant elbow Oct 15, 2023, 7:09 AM

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Whaaat

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the autoinstaller worked first go

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https://tenor.com/view/wtf-david-shittscreek-gif-15625591

Tenor

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@everyone Hi all, its been a busy week as usual and i dont have much to show... except the new fancy PortMaster autoinstaller. You can now place any port zips, runtime squashfs, the lastest PortMaster.zip, or even the newly created (but not mentioned anywhere) runtimes.zip into the <toolsloc>/PortMaster/autoinstall directory and it will correctly install the ports. This is really handy for people testing ports or for people without wifi (either on device or at home!), or people trying to install ports via the web filebrowser.

Speaking of the newly created runtimes.zip, ever wished you could have all the runtimes on your device so you dont have to have a surprise download when you're installing the latest ports? Well we now create a zip file that has all the runtimes, all you have to do is unzip it into the <toolsloc>/PortMaster/libs/ directory or just place it into the autoinstall directory mentioned above and PortMaster will install it for you! No fuss, no muss.

Hopefully it works, as usual let me know if there is any issues. ❤️

thorn raft Oct 18, 2023, 3:13 PM

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Hi all. Anyone else experiencing low theme music volume inside portmaster? My Zelda theme sound is low on both of my devices after updating pm

storm forge Oct 18, 2023, 3:40 PM

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in another thread there was a discussion that one of the themes was too loud when compared to another

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so now the theme is quieter, I bet it was Zelda

misty orchid Oct 18, 2023, 4:29 PM

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thorn raft Hi all. Anyone else experiencing low theme music volume inside portmaster? My Ze...

One is quieter than the other , but if the volume changed after the update there's something more

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That said, some devices have two speakers or very powerful mono, so if a theme has too high volume anyone feel free to tell ahaha
That technically I guess I can also use custom volume settings based on the device like any other options

pliant elbow Oct 25, 2023, 12:08 PM

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Hi @everyone, new PortMaster-GUI beta is out.

There was a small issue with the Install.PortMaster.sh scripts on AmberELEC which has now been fixed, and i have added better logging so it will be easier to diagnose issues in the future.

I have redone the UI around installing/uninstalling ports. It now lists the main categories as:

All Ports
Ready to Run Ports
Manage Ports

You can now search for ports with updates, not installed, and if they are broken (only in the Manage Ports section).

You can now uninstall ports from any of the main categories, and uninstallation is done via "Y" button now, not "A".

It also now confirms before it uninstalls the port, so no more accidentally uninstalling ports even when you the creator should know better.

There was some code changes under the hood which appears to be slowing things down when filtering the ports lists, I will fix it in a day or so. Unfortunately the jank is piling up and i am trying to work around it, but i might have to bite the bullet and fix it properly. 😄

pliant elbow Oct 26, 2023, 9:00 AM

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Good news, i have fixed the performance issues. So i can continue fixing things. \o/

pliant elbow Oct 26, 2023, 10:53 AM

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Alright theres a new PortMaster beta out, it just fixes a few isseus with the runtime manager and fixes the performance issues in the port filter view. Nothing major, but hopefully in the next day or so i can implement the port source manager. 😄

pliant elbow Oct 29, 2023, 9:27 AM

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@everyone Hi all a small update to PortMaster, it now includes the Multiverse source by default, and will remove the older portmaster runtimes source.

Multiverse is the new source for ports that might lead to issues with copyright, but by no means are meant to be used for copyright infringement.

Ports like GTA 3/VC, Zelda3, and wipeout will live on the multiverse source.

It also includes some fixes to themes and updates to translations. ❤️

storm forge Oct 29, 2023, 9:30 AM

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let's see what happens when GTA ports are available in two repositories (nosro & PV-MV) 😈

sage frost Oct 29, 2023, 9:32 AM

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@pliant elbow How do I download the Port master GUI? 😅

charred fern Oct 29, 2023, 9:32 AM

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sage frost <@449527391157485568> How do I download the Port master GUI? 😅

https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-GUI/releases

GitHub

Releases · PortsMaster/PortMaster-GUI

PortMaster GUI Repository. Contribute to PortsMaster/PortMaster-GUI development by creating an account on GitHub.

charred fern Oct 29, 2023, 9:37 AM

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pliant elbow @everyone Hi all a small update to PortMaster, it now includes the Multiverse so...

Speaking of translations, as this beta progressed I might have translated the same terms with different words, I hope that when it goes official you give us a chance to standardize stuff, cause I can't remember how all the like 600 lines went 😅

storm forge Oct 29, 2023, 9:39 AM

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storm forge let's see what happens when GTA ports are available in two repositories (nosro &...

GTA ports show up once in such case and point to nosro repo (most likely because it is loaded first, since .json file starts with "010"), good job!

sage frost Oct 29, 2023, 9:51 AM

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charred fern https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-GUI/releases

Thank You

pliant elbow Oct 29, 2023, 10:01 AM

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charred fern Speaking of translations, as this beta progressed I might have translated the sa...

Well I can’t verify your translations so I’ll just take your word that they’re correct. 😄

charred fern Oct 29, 2023, 10:26 AM

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pliant elbow Well I can’t verify your translations so I’ll just take your word that they’re c...

lol I mean, they're acceptable and understandable, but probably far from consistent

pliant elbow Oct 29, 2023, 10:33 AM

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I appreciate the work you do anyway! ❤️ 😄

pliant elbow Nov 4, 2023, 10:13 AM

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@everyone this is the final Public Beta of PortMaster, Its got a few bug fixes and I have uploaded the latest translations from our awesome translators (except for Italian, French and Spanish is missing some translations @misty orchid 👀).

misty orchid Nov 4, 2023, 12:16 PM

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For Spanish I can't help ahaha

pliant elbow Nov 4, 2023, 12:16 PM

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I can do some really bad italian

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realllllllly bad

misty orchid Nov 4, 2023, 12:37 PM

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Kek
Jokes aside, I'll probably fix it in the nexts hours

misty orchid Nov 4, 2023, 12:38 PM

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pliant elbow realllllllly bad

Worst than Brad Pitt in Inglorious Bastards?

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Pardon, little confusion on the actor ahaha

pliant elbow Nov 4, 2023, 12:38 PM

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Its fine, i wouldnt know 😄

solid oasis Nov 4, 2023, 12:39 PM

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pliant elbow I can do some really bad italian

hi I am new and italian

misty orchid Nov 4, 2023, 12:39 PM

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pliant elbow Its fine, i wouldnt know 😄

True that ahaha

misty orchid Nov 4, 2023, 12:39 PM

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solid oasis hi I am new and italian

Me too lol

pliant elbow Nov 4, 2023, 12:39 PM

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Yeah i am not good with actors/movies 😄

misty orchid Nov 4, 2023, 12:39 PM

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We are like 3 Italian atm officially btw ahaha

pliant elbow Nov 4, 2023, 12:39 PM

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3.0001 if you include my italian skillz

misty orchid Nov 4, 2023, 12:39 PM

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pliant elbow 3.0001 if you include my italian skillz

True

solid oasis Nov 4, 2023, 12:39 PM

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lmao

misty orchid Nov 4, 2023, 12:43 PM

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Anyway, I expect an Italian moment in the nexts days

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Literally 10 messages in Italian for no reason from all of us ahah

misty orchid Nov 4, 2023, 1:35 PM

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@pliant elbow italiano finished

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Need to check a few terms if it's too long/shorts

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French will be made after going to the supermarket ahah

pliant elbow Nov 4, 2023, 1:37 PM

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I will try not to make any derogatory comments about the french. 😄

misty orchid Nov 4, 2023, 1:40 PM

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I was resisting too

pliant elbow Nov 4, 2023, 1:41 PM

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I will say the latest french backpacker has set a new low for useless. 😄

zealous brook Nov 5, 2023, 10:58 AM

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Sorry for stupid question. How do I go about and install this in Jelos (rg353vs)?

pliant elbow Nov 5, 2023, 10:59 AM

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its not a stupid question 🙂

pliant elbow Nov 5, 2023, 10:59 AM

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zealous brook Sorry for stupid question. How do I go about and install this in Jelos (rg353vs)...

http://portmaster.games/installation.html

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your best bet is to download the Install.PortMaster.sh script, it is the easiest way 🙂

zealous brook Nov 5, 2023, 11:00 AM

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Thank you! Seems easy enough

pliant elbow Nov 5, 2023, 11:01 AM

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thats the idea 🙂

zealous brook Nov 5, 2023, 1:30 PM

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Very nice GUI and software! well done! This whole PortMaster area of these handhelds is something very special. More and more of my dosbox games now runs natively on this hardware making a somewhat low specced device now feel very powerful. I sense this might be a beginning of something golden in handhelds. Can imagine so many different ports can end up here going forward. So fun to follow!

pliant elbow Nov 5, 2023, 1:30 PM

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That’s why we spent so much time making the gui as good as possible.

foggy jacinth Jun 22, 2024, 11:22 AM

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Hello Sir, I tried to install (Install.Full.PortMaster.sh, 300+ MB), but I couldn't install it. So, I decided to download the 11 MB zip file, which works. However, my concern is that I want to get the updated files include runtimes because my device doesn't have Wi-Fi. I'm using the RG35XX 2024.

violet chasm Jun 22, 2024, 11:25 AM

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foggy jacinth Hello Sir, I tried to install (Install.Full.PortMaster.sh, 300+ MB), but I could...

Afraid that device is not supported

#PortMaster GUI - Public Beta

PortMaster - Public Beta

Features (it has them)

Nerdy features

Installation

Cebion out