HowTo: Adding to the games database

[skeezix]

Wow, and got MEdway alreayd sent to me.. nice one ldaneels

Lets see.. I already had Flame of Finland...

Hmm. We're getting pretty complete

DBug has the games list already in the database, but no CRC32's. Anyone want to tackle them?

I'll post a new database tonight with all the changes and updates merged in. Should be quite spectacular, and I'll start on the by-game game listing mode.

jeff

 

[skeezix]

Just uploaded version 1.6 of the games database. Wow, we've really come far fast!

Over the last few days, we've managed to add about 3000 entries to it or more

(approx 1000 super gau .ST, approx 1000 supergau .MSA, approx 1000 original disks, approx 112 Pompey, 8 Cynix, and what.. 50 or 80 Medway? Not to mention others I've forgotten

Take a look in the latest database for things like "::" which should locate disks and groups that have entries, but no CRCs. Also take a look for groups that are missing.. I think we've covered the major groups (like Automation, SuperGau, MEdway, DBug, etc), but theres a lot of smaller groups. Make sure we've filled in all the DBug, etc.

Maybe try CRC32'ing your own collection.. maybe we've got ST or MSA, and you've got the others so we could dobule up to make good and sure.

But I think this is a big success! Congrats all! Lots more to do, but we've come a very long way!

Grab 1.6 (or latest) here:

http://www.codejedi.com/shadowplan/gp32.html

jeff

 

[EvilDragon]

I have some problems with the database...
I just CRC32ed all my files (mostly single game disks), and gave proper names.
Trying the database, the Castaway correctly identified the images by their checksums, but spit
out a game name like "%§§$&§"

Here's a copy of the first lines of the database:

OR:1:1f6f315c:Buggy Boy
OR:1:bcfda601ouble Dragon
OR:1:4bd90ba:International Karate
OR:1:8bb66721:Klax
OR:1:ffad215b:Impossamole; E-Motion
OR:1:269d8e3d:Great Giana Sisters
OR:1:f975338c:Fire and Ice - Disk 1
OR:1:8db2b221:KULT
OR:1:ddbf2cd9:Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh
OR:1:c75a3bf:Nebulus; Mouse Trap

I copied ALL my files onto the SMC and tried the database line by line.
The first few entries were correct, but when I got to the Nebulus entry, Castaway told me
there was
Nebulus
Nebulus
Nebulus
on that disk... I don't know why.

Okay, I thought for myself, I'd just kill that faulty Nebulus-entry and everything worked fine.
But after deleting, also the first few lines, which were working correctly until that time, spit out unreadable
names... so I think it's something else.
Any ideas what this could be?
I'm using the latest Batch CRC32. And I'm always deleting the STCACHE1.TXT before trying again...

 

[stickofjoy]

could it be something to do with the EOF? Perhaps you need an extra carriage return in there?

edit: I was also thinking about contacting Joe who runs the FTP site and asking him if he'd be interested in doing a btach CRC of all the discs on his server? All we'd have to dio then is collate. h34r:

http://www.freelists.org/archives/steem/03...ullthread4.html

matt

 

[skeezix]

Strange.. looks good. Checking the code .. it looks good, too. What it does essentially...

Calculate CRC or pick it up from Cache.
Look for CRC in the database.
Search for newline so it knows where end of line is.. it never goes past end of line.
Search for semicolon and newline; whichever comes first is gamename.
If it was semicolon, repeat the above test.

When it has a game name, it dupes it into a return list; perhaps the GP32 is failinfg to get memory for the return list, though that should be fine and I've never had a problem myself.

The fact it can vary though is odd.. items work, then next time do not.

I need to see that occuring :/ If I coudl see it, I could fix it asap :/

So hang on.. I'll see it eventually

jeff

 

[stickofjoy]

Have people stopped doing CRCs? Come on folks, there's tons more discs to do!

:rolleyes:

 

[skeezix]

Yep; grab the current stgames##.txt file off the site (just click on it) and search for "::" and usually you'll find disks that are known and all type din but need CRCs. Those are easy to fill out.. I've aslready got all the game names in for you

Theres also groups missing.. like Zuul, etc, and the megademos and such are all missing..

jeff

 

[stickofjoy]

I'll do ZUUL, as many as I can.

edit: 1 to 58 inclusive (37 discs from JOE'S FTP) DONE

I don't have them but I may as well abuse the work T1 connection to get them. I'll do MSA and ST CRCs and take the data home to format.

COME ON PEOPLE! Give as well as taking!

 

[stickofjoy]

ZULL 60 to 170 (inclusive, 60 files from JOE'S FTP) completed

 

[Bonks]

Correct me if im wrong but i take it doing single disks (not compilations) is required here too?

If so, is anyone doing the 'Atari ST Pirate Gold' set? if not, ill do them, these are single disks but would be nice to see them in the new list in 12.1

little confused on this but ill give it a shot tomorrow

 

[stickofjoy]

Correct me if im wrong but i take it doing single disks (not compilations) is required here too?

If so, is anyone doing the 'Atari ST Pirate Gold' set? if not, ill do them, these are single disks but would be nice to see them in the new list in 12.1

little confused on this but ill give it a shot tomorrow

that is correct.

i'm still working on the Fuzion set.

 

[skeezix]

Correct me if im wrong but i take it doing single disks (not compilations) is required here too?

If so, is anyone doing the 'Atari ST Pirate Gold' set? if not, ill do them, these are single disks but would be nice to see them in the new list in 12.1

little confused on this but ill give it a shot tomorrow

I've not looked, but aren't the St Pirate Gold disks actual programs, not disk images? (ie: You'd open the .zip and find a bunch of files there.. not disk image.s To make them work with catsaway, youd' first have to make them into a disk image, right?) If this it the case, theres not much you can do for the database with them.

If they are disk images (ST, MSA) you can put 'em in the database.

(ie: With progam files, you could put them onto a .ST image and submit that to the database, but then if someone else makes them into a disk, will it match? Maybe maybe not, depending on how they do it :/)

jeff

 

[mccyril]

Hi,
I have some DBUG.MSA disc images that wont work with the game database, when i press select it says "cannot find in database".
Please if anyone gets time could you add them.

 

[skeezix]

Debug are listed in the DB, but no one has done CRC32's yet.

mccyril -- you could do it.. all the hard part is done; someone just needs to have the debug disks and run the crc tool on them, and then paste the crc's into the database.

Let us know if you're up to it..

jeff

 

[Bonks]

I've not looked, but aren't the St Pirate Gold disks actual programs, not disk images? (ie: You'd open the .zip and find a bunch of files there.. not disk image.s To make them work with catsaway, youd' first have to make them into a disk image, right?) If this it the case, theres not much you can do for the database with them.

Some of them, yes, but most are just ST/MSA, there the set i use the most

Ill only do the ones that are already ST/MSA, no point doing the rest like you say (and also cause i dont know how to )

 

[mccyril]

Hi,
I have done DBUG001-157, I dont have the rest of the DBUG discs.
The ones i havent done are at the bottom of the list

you can get it from Here
it only contains the dbug list

 

[Lina_Inverse]

It's a good idea if you own a Zodiak cause it's made for palm os support not GP32

I still need people for my Project I get 1-2 people only (for battle graphics/music)

spots still need filling
alpha/beta testing
main programming
sound de-bugging
sprite creating
software check
vice president
backup programmers
backup graphics makers
ect