Where Do You Install .gpe Files?

[TelcoLou]

So, in eager anticipation of my new toy, I've D/L'd the latest stuff, and see that the executables have the .GPE extension. So where do these files go on the SD card?

 

[sam fisher]

I think anywhere, judging from the videos.

 

[TelcoLou]

Thanks

 

[woogal]

Yep, put them anywhere you like. With my stuff the main executable has to have it's data in the correct relative location (eg, quake.gpe must be in the same folder as id1), but the folder where those things are can be anywhere you like. The good thing about the gp2x using linux is that you can also use shell scripts, so if you want you can create shortcuts to apps by creating a text file with a .gpe extension which contains something like this -

cd /mnt/sd/full/path/to/the/actual/executable
./exename.gpe

Then you can put that text file into a games folder along with all your others to create a nice tidy menu. This is the method I'm currently using with things I'm working on, but I throw a few more commands in there to try and make sure data is written to the card (saved games etc) and to return to the menu when the app exits.

 

[TelcoLou]

Yep, put them anywhere you like. With my stuff the main executable has to have it's data in the correct relative location (eg, quake.gpe must be in the same folder as id1), but the folder where those things are can be anywhere you like. The good thing about the gp2x using linux is that you can also use shell scripts, so if you want you can create shortcuts to apps by creating a text file with a .gpe extension which contains something like this -

cd /mnt/sd/full/path/to/the/actual/executable
./exename.gpe

Then you can put that text file into a games folder along with all your others to create a nice tidy menu. This is the method I'm currently using with things I'm working on, but I throw a few more commands in there to try and make sure data is written to the card (saved games etc) and to return to the menu when the app exits.

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Wow. Super-duper-ultra-mega-thanks³

 

[DaveC]

Yep, put them anywhere you like. With my stuff the main executable has to have it's data in the correct relative location (eg, quake.gpe must be in the same folder as id1), but the folder where those things are can be anywhere you like. The good thing about the gp2x using linux is that you can also use shell scripts, so if you want you can create shortcuts to apps by creating a text file with a .gpe extension which contains something like this -

cd /mnt/sd/full/path/to/the/actual/executable
./exename.gpe

Then you can put that text file into a games folder along with all your others to create a nice tidy menu. This is the method I'm currently using with things I'm working on, but I throw a few more commands in there to try and make sure data is written to the card (saved games etc) and to return to the menu when the app exits.

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Have you looked into giving us some joystick config options such as the vert/horiz bias one with no dead zones? That would be cool too.

 

[Vimacs]

ehm.... digital?

 

[AireTamStorm]

So is the .gpe an executable format? Or is it a package format like the stuff we see in Mac OSX (They put the exe and all its dependencies into a disk image, click it and it installs/runs after mounting the image correctly)

 

[woogal]

.gpe is an executable (or script).

 

[nickerous]

So, could we use the same folder set up as the GP32?

GAME
GPETC
GPMM
GPSYS
MOVIE
MP3

Or, can it be anything?

 

[TelcoLou]

So, could we use the same folder set up as the GP32?

GAME
GPETC
GPMM
GPSYS
MOVIE
MP3

Or, can it be anything?

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As I understand it, any setup should work, as long as you set up a shortcut pointing to the right folder.