Post#64 » Sat Apr 27, 2019 10:55 pm
Hi, all. I'm sorry for the delay of RC4_REV1, but i do come with good news.
RC4_REV1 won't be released; Instead, i'm going to go full force and just push out RC5, which will contain all of the RC4_REV1 additions and of course, every other patch thus far. If you're interested in DreamPi Companion, i implore you to wait for this release and not download RC4, unless you want to see if the software at least runs on your system.
As you can see by the many forum posts, RC4 and earlier versions have a rare but nasty little bug that prevents the app from even opening. This was due to a debug command trying to link itself to a non-existent terminal. How it got compiled in, i don't know, but it's tamed now.
Anyways, onto the good news. As i've mentioned in an earlier post, i've been thinking about a 'favorites' idea, which will allow you to 'watch' users libraries from a 'favorites' list. Roareye suggested this instead be a 'friends list' idea, and i generally agree, but not to the full extent.
It will remain favorites, but i will indeed add a notification mode, at some point; I have to figure out how i want it work, first. Currently, i have the basic framework for favorites functioning. Simply click on a user to view their library and the right hand side will have a little star icon. Clicking the star will add that player to your list and a little star emblem will be displayed on their player card. I'm still not sure if i want the favorites screen to be a player-list like mode or to just make it like the library mode, but with the ability to flip pages. We'll see.
Just an update on the progress.
Also, i want to stress that given prior posts, the fact the DreamPi Companion crashes is due to a debug command with an invalid link goal. It has nothing to do with the actual Companion software itself; It's strictly a fluke from the compile and i've fixed it. -- Companion does not affect your actual DreamPi and any display issues, unless noted by 'unsupported(xx)', is an issue on the DREAMPI side of things, not my tool. Thank you.
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Windows9X on Sun Apr 28, 2019 8:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Author of original DreamPi Companion..