Releases: AtomFry/BigBoxAutoPlay
BigBoxAutoPlay v1.0.6_beta
Added new settings that give you the ability to not launch a game but only select it. Also added settings to support a TCP server that can receive messages from external applications that will allow you to call into the plugin and select or launch a game.
Launch game
Will only launch the game if this is set. If you have the select game setting checked then the game will be selected but not launched.
ShowPlatformsBeforeSelectingGame
After sending several messages to the plug-in to select a game, to get back to the main menu you need to press escape and go back through each of the games that were previously selected in reverse order. Checking this box or sending this value will cause the plugin to briefly show the platform list before selecting the game so that if you press escape you'll be at the platform list and won't have to walk back through all the selections you've sent.
Create server
If you want to create a TCP server that will allow external applications to send messages to the plug-in so that games can be selected or launched via a TCP message.
Server IP
The IP address for the TCP server
Server port
The port for the TCP server
For some sample code that could send a TCP message to invoke the plugin, see this simple console app that makes a TCP connection to the plug-in and sends messages to the plugin to select and launch games with a variety of inputs:
BigBoxAutoPlay v1.0.5
BigBoxAutoPlay v1.0.4
Added a setting to allow you to select whether to select the game before launching. By selecting the game before launching, if a marquee screen is in use, it will automatically update the marquee screen as this happens on selecting the game.
BigBoxAutoPlay v1.0.3
Added configuration UI, accessible in LaunchBox
BigBoxAutoPlay v1.0.2
Added a configurable delay in seconds before firing the auto-play. This allows big box to take focus after a startup video completes and hopes to avoid the auto played game opening behind bigbox
BigBoxAutoPlay v1.0.1
Does not pick broken or hidden games
BigBoxAutoPlay v1.0.0
See the readme for details
https://github.com/AtomFry/BigBoxAutoPlay/blob/master/README.md