Play button missing in Gamebrowser3 after latest update

[Redshirt 1487]

Which I think is great because it provides a graceful way to display windows games that haven't been configured without playing them causing issues.

[Drexyl 4]

Hey guys, any progress with loading Windows games?  I only ask because I'm bored at work, waiting for 5:00pm to roll around and not looking forward to having to actually get up off the couch to play South Park: Stick of Truth over the weekend.

[Tester 45]

Yes I see this same issue now as well, I only use the plugin for windows game so I cannot comment on the rest.

It is trying to launch the game as external disc as well.

[Redshirt 1487]

OK guys. I've uploaded version 3.0.0.34 of GameBrowser-Classic. It will require your plugin update level set to beta before you can install it and is dependent on MediaBrowser-Classic version 3.0.143.0. The reason this update is beta is because I'm trying to make the necessary changes without destroying existing settings files. So please let me know

1. settings are preserved and

2. play button exists if windows/dos game has indeed been configured to launch a local file.

[Drexyl 4]

Hey Redshirt,

 

Just some preliminary observations here (as my setups probably a bit of a mess at the moment)

 

No games are showing up after reboot (emulated games are missing too)

Config won't save locations of Windows games exe's or emulator paths.

 

They still show in the web interface though

 

I'll rebuild my server to make sure it's all clean and report back with more details.

 

Thanks,

 

Drexyl

[Redshirt 1487]

What version of server are you running

[Drexyl 4]

Server: 3.0.5192.19560

MBC: 3.0.144.0 3-21.1 (currently, but was 3.0.143 earlier)

GB: 3.0.0.34

 

Drexyl

[X-Raid 0]

FWIW, this happened to me as well and I uninstalled and reinstalled GB3 from both the server and the client.  They all reappeared after the reinstall.

 

Hey Redshirt,

 

Just some preliminary observations here (as my setups probably a bit of a mess at the moment)

 

No games are showing up after reboot (emulated games are missing too)

Config won't save locations of Windows games exe's or emulator paths.

 

They still show in the web interface though

 

I'll rebuild my server to make sure it's all clean and report back with more details.

 

Thanks,

 

Drexyl

[Drexyl 4]

EDIT:  It seems it was my Media Center that has the issue.  I installed MBC on another clean client, Windows games work, but my emulators now throw an "unknown error prevented this game from launching."

 

Think I might go back to bed...

 

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Thanks for the tip X-Raid, unfortunately that didn't work for me.

 

I've just reinstalled a clean copy of Windows 2012-R2 and Media Browser Server.  I also reinstalled Media Browser Classic on my Media Center, after deleting associated files.

 

Problem still persists.

 

Games show up in MBC 3.0.143 with plugin version 3.0.0.32, but after installing 3.0.0.34 all the games are gone, and when configuring Game Browser in Media Center Classic Configurator, all the settings are blank, and no settings are saved.

 

While writing this post, I went and did some more checking of what was going on and discovered that %ProgramData%\MediaBrowser-Classic\Plugins\Configurations\GameBrowser.xml was blank.  So I grabbed an old copy and threw it in there, and games now show up in MBC.

 

However, I still can't load Windows games and it says "CANNOT PLAY - Item is an external disc, please insert the proper disc".  Even with the latest Dev server update.

 

Here are the versions I ended up with.

 

Media Browser Server - 3.0.5192.41485

Game Browser Server - 2.9.5184.24602

 

Media Browser Classic - 3.0.144.0 3-21.1 (Although while installing it, it said 3.0.143.0)

Game Browser Classic - 3.0.0.34

 

Hope some of this information is useful.

 

Drexyl

Edited March 22, 2014 by Drexyl

[blixt99 1]

As of 03/23 @ 1:30 PM

 

Server Version 3.0.5192.41485

MBC Version 3.0.144 3-21.1

Chocolate Theme 3.0.4.8

GameBrowser-Classic  3.0.0.34

GameBrowser III Server 2.9.5184.24602

 

Up-date to GB 3.0.0.34 didn't help. Still no play button for my PC games.

All games played perfectly from MBC a week ago. Even my Steam library games

played without a hitch. What happened?

Why the External Disk ribbon overlay on the game covers?

 

 

 

 

 

When I hit Ctrl and P keys on the games coverflow I get this.........

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 23, 2014 by blixt99

[Tester 45]

I concur with blixt99, I still see same issue.

[Redshirt 1487]

I need to see someone's mb classic game browser XML config file.someone who's having the issue with the newest gb

[Drexyl 4]

My gamebrowser-classic.xml is 0 bytes when I try and configure anything for Gamebrowser using MBC 3.0.144.

[ArCaDe 2]

I too updated & i'm now getting the error: "CANNOT PLAY - Item is an external disc, please insert the proper disc". Im running MBC 3.0.146.0.3-24.2, I had to set it to Dev updates since it said it was up to date when I was running 3.0.143 & had beta updates selected. GBC version is 3.0.0.34. Unfortunately my internet is down so I cant provide the requested XML file ATM.

[blixt99 1]

Redshirt, here is my Gamebrowser III xml.

 

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<GameBrowserSettings xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

  <GameSystems />

  <DosGames />

  <WinGames>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Alan Wake</Name>

      <Executable>\\QNAPNAS\Games\Steam\Steam.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Botanicula</Name>

      <Executable>\\QNAPNAS\Games\Steam\Steam.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>F1 2013</Name>

      <Executable>\\QNAPNAS\Games\Steam\Steam.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>game</Name>

      <Executable />

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Legend of Grimrock</Name>

      <Executable>\\QNAPNAS\Games\Steam\Steam.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Portal</Name>

      <Executable>\\QNAPNAS\Games\Steam\Steam.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Quantum Conundrum</Name>

      <Executable>\\QNAPNAS\Games\Steam\Steam.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Team Fortress 2</Name>

      <Executable>\\QNAPNAS\Games\Steam\Steam.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Test Drive Unlimited 2</Name>

      <Executable>\\QNAPNAS\Games\Steam\Steam.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Alan Wake's American Nightmare</Name>

      <Executable>\\QNAPNAS\Games\Steam\Steam.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Burnout Paradise</Name>

      <Executable>\\QNAPNAS\Games\Steam\Steam.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Call of Duty: Black Ops</Name>

      <Executable>\\QNAPNAS\Games\Steam\Steam.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Counter-Strike: Source</Name>

      <Executable>\\QNAPNAS\Games\Steam\Steam.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>The Dream Machine</Name>

      <Executable>\\QNAPNAS\Games\Steam\Steam.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Half-Life 2</Name>

      <Executable>\\QNAPNAS\Games\Steam\Steam.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Mirror's Edge</Name>

      <Executable>\\QNAPNAS\Games\Steam\Steam.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Tomb Raider: Underworld</Name>

      <Executable>\\QNAPNAS\Games\Steam\Steam.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Mass Effect 2</Name>

      <Executable>E:\Games\Mass Effect 2\MassEffect2Launcher.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Mass Effect 3</Name>

      <Executable>E:\Games\Mass Effect 3\Origin.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">

      <Name>Assassin's Creed</Name>

      <Executable>E:\Games\Assassin's Creed\AssassinsCreed_Launcher.exe</Executable>

      <Switches />

    </anyType>

  </WinGames>

  <EnableQuitKey>false</EnableQuitKey>

  <SelectedQuitKey>0</SelectedQuitKey>

</GameBrowserSettings>

[ArCaDe 2]

Below is a copy of the data in gamebrowser.xml on my PC:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<GameBrowserSettings xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <GameSystems />
  <DosGames />
  <WinGames>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>Battlefield 4</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Games\Battlefield 4\bf4.exe</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Program Files (x86)\Assassins Creed IV Black Flag\AC4BFSP.exe</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>Call of Duty: Ghosts</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Program Files (x86)\Call of Duty Ghosts\iw6sp64_ship.exe</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>Batman: Arkham Origins</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Program Files (x86)\Batman Arkham Origins\SinglePlayer\Binaries\Win32\BatmanOrigins.exe</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>Castlevania: Lords of Shadow</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Program Files (x86)\Castlevania Lords of Shadow - Ultimate Edition\bin\CastlevaniaLoSUE.exe</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>BioShock Infinite</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Program Files (x86)\BioShock Infinite\Binaries\Win32\BioShockInfinite.exe</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>Batman Arkham Asylum - Game of The Year Edition</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Program Files (x86)\Rocksteady Studios\Batman Arkham Asylum - Game of the Year Edition\Binaries\ShippingPC-BmGame.exe</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>Batman: Arkham Asylum</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Program Files (x86)\Rocksteady Studios\Batman Arkham Asylum - Game of the Year Edition\Binaries\ShippingPC-BmGame.exe</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>Crysis Warhead</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis WARHEAD\Bin32\Crysis.exe</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon\bin\fc3_blooddragon_d3d11.exe</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>Tomb Raider</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Program Files (x86)\SQUARE ENIX\Tombraider\TombRaider.exe</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>Devil May Cry 4</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Program Files (x86)\CAPCOM\DEVILMAYCRY4\DevilMayCry4_DX10.exe</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>DmC: Devil May Cry</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Program Files (x86)\DMC Devi May Cry\Binaries\Win32\DMC-DevilMayCry.exe</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Program Files (x86)\METAL GEAR RISING REVENGEANCE\METAL GEAR RISING REVENGEANCE.exe</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>Tomb Raider (2013)</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Program Files (x86)\SQUARE ENIX\Tombraider\TombRaider.exe - Shortcut.lnk</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>Strider</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Program Files (x86)\STRIDER\StriderX64_r.exe</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2</Name>
      <Executable>D:\Program Files (x86)\Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2\bin\CLOS2.exe</Executable>
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="GameSystem">
      <Name>Metro: Last Light</Name>
      <Executable />
      <Switches />
    </anyType>
  </WinGames>
  <EnableQuitKey>false</EnableQuitKey>
  <SelectedQuitKey>0</SelectedQuitKey>
</GameBrowserSettings>

[Redshirt 1487]

pushed 3.0.0.35 as a beta. See if it works as expected. Requires MBC 3.0.143 or higher.

 

You guys with 0 byte config files should delete them after upgrading before going back into the configurator to configure games.

[ArCaDe 2]

Just updated to 3.0.0.35 & get the same external disc error.

 

Update: Just went into the GBC Plugin in the Configurator & noticed that all the Windows Games show up but the exe they were linked to no longer show up even though that info shows up in the gamebrowser.xml file? i then went & linked an exe file to a game, closed out of the Configurator, opened it back up & the setting is not saved, even after 3 attaempts, & the XML file stays at 0k even after deleting it & trying to save the game link again.

Edited March 25, 2014 by ArCaDe

[ebr 14923]

A configurator log when you did all that editing would probably help Redshirt a lot.

[ArCaDe 2]

Attached are a few logs.

Configurator-2532014618747b56c864d35a4359419ebb84da9.log

Configurator-25320141b99cdc8c5914d34824e9e5d253d7de6.log

Configurator-2532014964f7c3360814c7cab6cad5646eed68b.log

Configurator-2532014d3652a7a0683489487af4a552ba29a30.log

MBClassic-25320146ccbdd83a33644a2b1399a4996e2b600.log

[ebr 14923]

Looks like some xml formatting errors...

[ArCaDe 2]

Is that something I can fix myself or has to be fixed in GBC, etc?

[ebr 14923]

No, it needs to be fixed by the program.  Red - it looks like your configuration has no root element.  Everything in an XML file has to be under one root.

 

Uhhhh...strike that - the files posted do seem to have a root but the xml reader is getting tripped up somehow...

[ebr 14923]

Redshirt - be sure you haven't added a type to your config file that the xml serializer doesn't know how to deal with.  For instance, most Dictionaries are not handled by the standard xml serializer.

[Redshirt 1487]

I'm using a variation of the settings that was in the old mb2 music plugin that nephylem started. Its worked until recently... Truth be told this is the same issue that's happening with Trakt for MBC.