pupdate

What's Changed

• woops. dont rush by @mattpannella in https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/pull/178

Full Changelog: https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/compare/2.32.1...2.32.2

What's Changed

• store installed cores to use in sponsor messages by @mattpannella in https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/pull/176

Full Changelog: https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/compare/2.32.0...2.32.1

I probably need to come up with a better solution, but I finally at least started surfacing dev sponsor links on the menu
also a special message about save states

What's Changed

• Jt beta key support by @mattpannella in https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/pull/171

Now that Jotego is releasing his beta cores publicly (and requiring a beta key to play them), you can just drop the jtbeta.zip file from patreon onto the root of your sd card and run Update All, and it will automatically copy the beta key to the correct folders for the cores that need it. Make sure you don't rename the file, it's going to look for exactly jtbeta.zip

Full Changelog: https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/compare/2.30.2...2.31.0

What's Changed

• quote paths in param list by @mattpannella in https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/pull/169

Full Changelog: https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/compare/2.30.1...2.30.2

Fix for windows and linux game and watch rom builder

The gnw rom builder tool was written by @agg23, I'm merely bundling it in here to make it easier to run. but he did all the work on that and the core itself, so please go donate to him. https://github.com/agg23/fpga-gameandwatch

How to build game and watch roms that are compatible with the pocket

Create 2 new folders.
/Assets/gameandwatch/agg23.GameAndWatch/artwork and /Assets/gameandwatch/agg23.GameAndWatch/roms

Place your [artwork].zip files into the artwork folder and your [rom].zip files into the roms folder

Should look like this:

/Assets/gameandwatch/agg23.GameAndWatch/artwork/gnw_dkong.zip
/Assets/gameandwatch/agg23.GameAndWatch/roms/gnw_dkong.zip

Now just run the new menu option in the updater and it will build your games

How to build game and watch roms that are compatible with the pocket

Create 2 new folders.
/Assets/gameandwatch/agg23.GameAndWatch/artwork and /Assets/gameandwatch/agg23.GameAndWatch/roms

Place your [artwork].zip files into the artwork folder and your [rom].zip files into the roms folder

Should look like this:

/Assets/gameandwatch/agg23.GameAndWatch/artwork/gnw_dkong.zip
/Assets/gameandwatch/agg23.GameAndWatch/roms/gnw_dkong.zip

Now just run the new menu option in the updater and it will build your games

when using -a on the cli the process shouldn't stop early, anymore

woops, forgot to push this change for 2.29.0. added 1 more parameter
CLI Parameters

 -u, --update    Skip the main menu and just run the update process automatically
 -c, --core    Only update this core, when used with -u. Use the core identifier (ex: boogermann.bankpanic)
 -a, --assets  Run the asset downloader. Include a core identifier to only check assets for that core or 'all' for all cores
 -i, --imagepack  The name of the repo containing the image pack you want to install
 -o, --owner   The github username that the image pack repo is owned by
 -v, --variant   Optional variant for the image pack   
 -d, --firmware Check for firmware updates

examples:

/path/to/pocket_updater -u -c boogermann.bankpanic

/path/to/pocket_updater -a jotego.jtcontra

/path/to/pocket_updater -i pocket-platform-images -o dyreschlock -v home

What's Changed

• new cli parameters by @mattpannella in https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/pull/160

CLI Parameters

 -u, --update    Skip the main menu and just run the update process automatically
 -c, --core    Only update this core, when used with -u. Use the core identifier (ex: boogermann.bankpanic)
 -a, --assets  Run the asset downloader. Include a core identifier to only check assets for that core or 'all' for all cores
 -i, --imagepack  The name of the repo containing the image pack you want to install
 -o, --owner   The github username that the image pack repo is owned by
 -v, --variant   Optional variant for the image pack   

examples:

/path/to/pocket_updater -u -c boogermann.bankpanic

/path/to/pocket_updater -a jotego.jtcontra

/path/to/pocket_updater -i pocket-platform-images -o dyreschlock -v home

Full Changelog: https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/compare/2.28.1...2.29.0

What's Changed

• fixed condition in asset setting check by @mattpannella in https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/pull/157

Full Changelog: https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/compare/2.28.0...2.28.1

What's Changed

• delete platforms directory from zip before copying files by @mattpannella in https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/pull/156

Full Changelog: https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/compare/2.27.0...2.28.0

• Boring Change: The way new firmwares are detected and downloaded has been updated. Should be no changed in experience
• Exciting(?) Change: You can disable asset downloading and JT Platform renaming per core, in the settings json file

Included a 32-bit arm build for linux

Added a Linux Arm build

What's Changed

• show download progress by @mattpannella in https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/pull/145

Full Changelog: https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/compare/2.24.0...2.25.0

attn pc engine fans

What's Changed

• copy directory structure for instance json generator by @mattpannella in https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/pull/144

Full Changelog: https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/compare/2.23.0...2.24.0

New stuff

If the default archive site for downloading assets is too slow(especially for cps1/2 roms), there is a new option available to use a custom site that hosts the roms. It will have a site already in as a default, graciously hosted by @RetroDriven
Long story short: if your roms are downloading slowly, try switching the setting use_custom_archive to true (or just run the settings menu option in the app)

• moved stuff by @mattpannella in https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/pull/140
• Changed error message that is not always true. by @ManeFunction in https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/pull/141
• Support for custom archive sites by @mattpannella in https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/pull/142

New Contributors

• @ManeFunction made their first contribution in https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/pull/141

Full Changelog: https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket-updater-utility/compare/2.22.0...2.23.0

if a core dev places asset jsons in a directory called _alternatives they will be ignored by the updater unless you turn off the option to skip them. this should help with cps1 and cps2 cores, more than anything, once they are updated to use this directory structure

This should help resolve timeouts when downloading larger assets