PS3 LaunchPad (Unofficial addon for webMAN MOD) v0.17

[DeViL303]

Have you tried linking the local images as hxxp://127.0.0.1/dev_hdd0/GAMES/covers/BLUS30303.JPG ?

Of course it should be possible to generate the xml locally on the PS3. An standalone homebrew would be ideal, but webMAN already has a set of functions that could be re-used (although adding that feature would increase the size of the plugin, thus it would have a larger memory footprint).

The most difficult part is to design a simple method to select the 12 favorite games. Some options could be:

1- Generate the xml from the 12 last mounted games.
2- Create a web form to define the path and image of the 12 games.
3- Create web notepad form in webMAN and allow edit the xml file directly.
4- Let the user select the "favorite" games from the web game list (/index.ps3)

None of these options are rocket science, but aren't a piece of cake either.

Yes tried the 127.0.0.1 links for the covers, ill try again incase I messed something up, I cant see why it doesn't work tbh. It wont accept local links in this text file for some reason but it does in the sprx as I have redirected the call to the whats new xml to dev_hdd0 in there.

it could be due to the formatting and the type=1 reference in the webman_launchpad file: "<url type="1">https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/oj8s3j97lnjw8cn/eject.png</url>" , I could try some other numbers but its hit and miss. there seems to be lots of types of links, sometimes changing them allows for a png to be used instead of a jpg, or .swf , in this case jpg or png works with type1.


And Yes I was thinking a standalone homebrew for reading the game.html, it would be better than an online converter anyway. the last 12 played games idea is really great. and this might be easier to do as this already keeps track of recently played games.

Also like the idea of letting user choose games from list. Thanks a lot as usual for the info/ideas.


EDIT [MENTION=89]aldostools[/MENTION] : I wonder would it be easier if it added ALL PS3 games instead of just 12 favourites, that way there is no simple method needed to choose which ones. the covers problem would have to fixed first though.

It is easy to scroll through lots of stuff with this interface as you are scrolling 3 items at a time instead of just one like normal XMB.

 

[aldostools]

I wonder would it be easier if it added ALL PS3 games instead of just 12 favourites, that way there is no simple method needed to choose which ones. the covers problem would have to fixed first though.

It is easy to scroll through lots of stuff with this interface as you are scrolling 3 items at a time instead of just one like normal XMB.

Yes, it would be much more easier to add ALL the scanned games. The selection of a subset is what makes it more difficult.

Only the module games_xml.h has to be adapted to generate the xml for the launchpad.

BTW I suggest to use a path like: /dev_hdd0/tmp/wm_lauchpad.xml instead of /dev_hdd0/WebMAN_Launchpad (I don't like the idea of having many files in the root of hdd0, and the extension .xml is useful to open the file on PC)

 

[DeViL303]

Yes, it would be much more easier to add ALL the scanned games. The selection of a subset is what makes it more difficult.

Only the module games_xml.h has to be adapted to generate the xml for the launchpad.

BTW I suggest to use a path like: /dev_hdd0/tmp/wm_lauchpad.xml instead of /dev_hdd0/WebMAN_Launchpad (I don't like the idea of having many files in the root of hdd0, and the extension .xml is useful to open the file on PC)

Yes I will try that. I did try to add it in a folder but it didn't like if the path was too deep (or maybe I had something else wrong) so I moved it for convenience and should have moved it again before release. that path should be ok. I will also try to change the file to an xml but I left it this way for the reason the file was like that from sony servers and I didn't know why when most are xmls, it is clearly an xml when its opened so not sure whats going on there.

I will change the path to your suggestion in the next release and add the ".xml" if it works ok.

 

[DeViL303]

Is there already a good reliable host with all the ps3 covers hosted for one of the game managers or anything like that, its about 700MB in total? or I can set one up as i need to anyway for other things. Because if all the jpgs were hosted with direct links and named the same as the content ID, it should be easy enough to add that info to the launchpad xml dynamically too, so that would solve the cover problem and turn it into a feature, auto cover sync

BTW: the video only shows 3 functions and it shows covers already installed, when you initially install this now it looks like this, with place holder cover pics in the 12 slots, and 6 functions look like this, you can change the function icons too if you wish, just change the link.

6 Functions added are:
- WM Setup
- Unmount
- Clear Recently Played
- Refresh Game list
- Reboot PS3
- ShutDown

Another "feature" of this GUI people might be interested in is this, The games that are viewable can be filtered to show depending on age limit set, AND by country, so if you was to make a different user account for your child that is in a different region to your own, then you can have separate game lists showing up for that user account. So you get your 12 favourites, and they get theirs etc.

Edit: Sorry about double post.

 

[xDpt]

Thx *.* excelent work

 

[DeViL303]

Question: When a game gets mounted by WebMAN it adds some characters to the end of the path in the browser, EG "?random=5422" , it doesn't seem to make a difference if the game is mounted without those characters so whats the story, do I need to worry about adding that when putting my paths into the launcher text file?

 

[TheDemon]

I love the gui when showing the games with covers side by side, hoping for a realse that works on habib 4.78 cobra. nice work

 

[aldostools]

Question: When a game gets mounted by WebMAN it adds some characters to the end of the path in the browser, EG "?random=5422" , it doesn't seem to make a difference if the game is mounted without those characters so whats the story, do I need to worry about adding that when putting my paths into the launcher text file?

The ?random=* parameter was used by Dean to help to prevent the ps3 browser use cached content, which would bypass the access to webMAN's server processing (e.g mount a game).
However, the parameter is optional due all the responses returned by webMAN have the http header "Cache-Control: no-cache" and html: <meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache">

I suppose he had to use it as a workaround at some point where the browser was using the cached content instead of mount the games. But now it should work fine with or without it.

In regards to the auto generation of the xml, I made some modifications to games_xml.h. I haven't tested them yet, but it could help you to achieve your goal.
http://aldostools.org/temp/test/games_xml.h

I left <url type="1", but I don't know if that is correct.

At the bottom I added only 3 commands (/setup.ps3, /mount_ps3/unmount and /refresh.ps3). You can add the reset and use better icons.

The code needs the following line in the flags.h file: #define LAUNCHPAD 1

 

[DeViL303]

Wow, thanks, I will do some playing around. need to test out using .xml extension and a few other things. That is really amazing. You work so quickly.

Don't really know what to do with those files either but im sure I can ask for some help on here.

 

[0_obeWAN]

There an exemple of box art

 

[DeViL303]

There an exemple of box art

That is very very nice and it would be a workaround for the fact that all the systems games will be in one panel. But it would be easier to just use the multiman cover pack files or one of the already existing cover databases. We could have custom covers like that and it would be really great, but we would have to choose, there are some drawbacks to bigger covers, slower download time, and 12000 images to be modified?

but if there is a way for someone to batch convert all the images adding the correct background for each system, and the filesize can be kept small (jpgs can be used) then I think its a good idea.

What do others think?

I love the gui when showing the games with covers side by side, hoping for a realse that works on habib 4.78 cobra. nice work

Thanks, for the interest and request, I will make a version for habib 4.78 asap, next day or 2. I don't think I will be supporting older FW anymore. So im thinking the next release will just add support for CEX CFW.

[MENTION=16840]0_obeWAN[/MENTION]: I wonder could you make an XMB icon for the next version? Something themed like WM icon but different/modified. (320x176 png with rounded corners is what I need to get). I just used the WM icon for poc/beta release. Im crap with photoshop/illustrator.

 

[Death_Dealer]

Great job man this is cool.

 

[STLcardsWS]

[MENTION=16840]0_obeWAN[/MENTION]: I wonder could you make an XMB icon for the next version? Something themed like WM icon but different/modified. (320x176 png with rounded corners is what I need to get). I just used the WM icon for poc/beta release. Im crap with photoshop/illustrator.

Will see what i can do if i get a moment today as well, [MENTION=6]bitsbubba[/MENTION] is good with images as well.

 

[0_obeWAN]

[MENTION=16840]0_obeWAN[/MENTION]: I wonder could you make an XMB icon for the next version? Something themed like WM icon but different/modified. (320x176 png with rounded corners is what I need to get). I just used the WM icon for poc/beta release. Im crap with photoshop/illustrator.

Inspired from webMAN

Or I can try from this one ? Do you like ?

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[STLcardsWS]

Inspired from webMAN

Or I can try from this one ? Do you like ?

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very nice, i like both

Edit:
Small edit to yours @0_obeWAN


Edit 2:


(Does not look as good on a white bg)

edit 3: (just playing)


Nice images (hope you do not mind me editing them (i think i like the originals best [MENTION=16840]0_obeWAN[/MENTION] ). Will tinker with some more stuff later on

 

[DeViL303]

Inspired from webMAN

Or I can try from this one ? Do you like ?

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Yes I like them both, nice job, prefer the first one for now as don't want the devil on everyones xmb . I want the icon choice to be a community effort so will see what others think too, and maybe a plainer simpler icon is better so it matches the standard themed XMB icons, like the webman games folder icon does, im not sure though?

I will wait and see what happens for now. Im busy today so wont release anything for a few days at least.

 

[STLcardsWS]

Yes I like them both, nice job, prefer the first one for now as don't want the devil on everyones xmb . I want the icon choice to be a community effort so will see what others think too, and maybe a plainer simpler icon is better so it matches the standard themed XMB icons, like the webman games folder icon does, im not sure though?

I will wait and see what happens for now. Im busy today so wont release anything for a few days at least.

A logo like this perhaps (launchpad)
http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/05/AppleLaunch.png
http://karavanlists.com/img/nyuslp_logo.png
https://boilingpointdev.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/launchpad.png

but in the same folder type image of what you were talking about.

 

[Sdw100]

For me i like edit number 3 by stl
NICEEE

 

[STLcardsWS]

Another quick one (i forgot to upload,)




Edit: BTW added a new smiley to the forum

 

[bitsbubba]

Another quick one (i forgot to upload,)

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Edit: BTW added a new smiley to the forum

i like this one and love the new smiley