Bootleg Configurator UI

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Hello everyone,

since i am working on the new user interface ( UI ), i am interested in your current pc specs, to be precise your current operating system where you are playing ff7 on and what resolution are you using. In the end, everyone shall be able to use the interface to its full limits.
You have two options, one for the operating system and the other one is about the resolution.

The configurator is mainly done for windows users so far. There is no intention about doing a direct port to different operating systems (for now).

To give you a current state about the UI, i'd say it is done by 30%. All that's missing is logic and fine tuning. There is still quite a lot to do.

If you have any additional questions, feel free to ask.


Thank you for your patience regarding everyone who is working on that great tool.
 
I added Vista to the 7/8 option. Should be functionally identical for these purposes, and probably almost nobody is using it, but completeness is always a good thing :P
 
Thank you. You're right, I have forgotten to add it. :) Vista is just crap ^^
 
I added Vista to the 7/8 option. Should be functionally identical for these purposes, and probably almost nobody is using it, but completeness is always a good thing :P
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Win8.1 may need to be it's own option. I'm not familar with Windows 8 much at all, but apparently somethings work differently and may not be compatible. So that maybe worth noting.
 
I play on Linux in wine 1.7 currently ..
my resolution depends on what display im using.  its at least 1680x1050
 
Win8.1 may need to be it's own option. I'm not familar with Windows 8 much at all, but apparently somethings work differently and may not be compatible. So that maybe worth noting.
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Nah, that is okay, since the operating system will influence for example the usage of the framework version i use. everything above xp is great, because i can use the latest one ;)
And i don't know much about 8 as well, but we will test the tool on various platforms to ensure that it is working fine.
 
Nah, that is okay, since the operating system will influence for example the usage of the framework version i use. everything
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why not just use Qt for the GUI . it works everywhere. (trust me i know)
 
I am developing the next app in C#.To be honest, i won't start from scratch and learn a new language. I am much faster in a language i know and which i am using nearly everyday, so thats why to be exact. After we copied the functionality into the new UI, the next step is to merge the Configurator with the actual Bootleg.exe, but thats still a bit far away ^^
 
I am developing the next app in C#.To be honest, i won't start from scratch and learn a new language.
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thats cool Qt is not a language its a toolkit.Its native language is C++ but it has binding for many languages not sure if its still useable but one of them was for C#.  the nice thing about Qt is you code once you can almost always just recompile for another os with no code changes (even most platform specific stuff happens automagicly). althought with C# you will prolly need to use mono on non windows.  you may even be able to use mono to build your application already for linux/ mac os (althought i think its only .net3.0 or lower still)
 
I see. I am gonna check it out, when we have merged successfully UI  with bootleg. Doing it before creates too much overhead. It is better to touch the complete solution,  not something half baked. It will be a long time until it may be compatible with other OS. Cannot say for now if it will ever happen, but as I have said, I will take a look later on.
 
Ewww C#  :evil:
Depending on my mood I'm using either latest ubuntu and latest wine or win 8.1 with scaling OFF.
I'll test it out in wine when you get it all together... who knows what could happen lol
 
If you put it this way, yes. You can do pretty much everything with C++, not with C# though. C# is convenient and easy to use. Especially useful if you don't want to create drivers, related stuff for operating systems.

When i am not mistaken you have to do extra work in C++ like cleaning up your code, being careful about memory leaks and so on. I really don't know C++ very well, but for this kind of application, C# is sufficient.
 
When i am not mistaken you have to do extra work in C++ like cleaning up your code, being careful about memory leaks and so on.
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The Programmer's goal should always be clean working code.  Memory leaks they can happen when you write bad code in just about any language. here an example leak that can happen using C#'s event system. It looks like an easy trap to fall in also..

I'm not quite sure, but is C++ not the modern version of C# ?
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C# is the Microsoft version of C++ Heavly influenced by java. Because its a microsoft language the target platform is windows and everyother is an after thought or has to be created by 3rd partys (mono) and as a result can easily be stoped by microsoft they only promise to not. and will never be feature parity with .net . There are also parts of .Net that are not covered by the promise preventing some things from even being used on other platforms.

The modern verions of C++ is called C++11 (and next will be C++14). Unlike the properitary languages of .Net when you learn c++ you can use it anywhere on anything with a c++ compiler And since C++ is the best language ever the first compiler usually built for a new os  or hardware is for C++. The other benifit to C++ is that usually you can just recompile your code to a new platform with little to no porting woes.
 
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thank you for your enlightment. i never cared so much about other languages nor do i have the need to look on others (as of now). c++ is still interesting though, but i am just too lazy to get the hang of other languages as long it is not needed... ^^"

and yes, you are absolutely right about the "clean working code" part.
 
I only had therefore demand, because I've already tried to learn c++ (the accentuation is on tried).
But I have found that it requires a large amount of concentration and endurance, especially for someone who has previously learned nothing comparable.

It would sure be nice if we could write Bootleg entirely in a high level language, batch has in many places some restrictions ...
 
Yep, batch is no option on the longterm. We will integrate bootleg later on in the UI. You can do more with C# as of now . C++ is tough and after you read my previous posts, I am quiet lazy....  ^^" haven't looked at the bootleg source files. Will do after 0.41 (new UI).
 
*Update*
Just wanted to mention that we are making good progress. The UI is about 70% or so done. For the UI, there is still to do some stuff:

- Applying new content (mods). Updating the mods to a newer version and add new mods. Also removing mods which are not being supported anymore.
- The modlist. The list itself must be created first, then it will be linked to the content of the UI.
- Logic for selecting mods. Think about selecting the nightmare mod in the old UI, you couldn't apply some options after that. Something like that is missing.
- Filling the credits and help sections with information ;-)
- Some routines for first time initializing. There is some plain logic as of now, needs to be improved.
- Assigning the configuration of the UI to the bootleg process.

This will be version 0.50. New additions or changes to the mods will be updated regurlarly in the bootleg configurator.
Next goal is 0.60, to integrate the bootleg itself into the UI. Don't know when we will be at that point, but it needs to be done later on.

Yeah, thats it. After completing the new UI, it can be tested.

Stay tuned!
 
God, I can not wait to view the release of the new Bootleg.  The update listings are just so Adrenaline rushed they drive me nuts. Keep up the good work. :O
 
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