I can't rebuild after updating

[marioortizmanero]

In the updating tutorial the last step is:

Load Settings.ini in Rainmeter, click Save, click Exit, right-click on the skin, go to Custom skin actions, and click on Rebuild.

But look:

https://youtu.be/W3HWSTRU5dU

I'm really sorry if it's a noob question

[Kapiainen]

You seem to running an old version of Lauhdutin (1.3.2 based on the video) with some files from a 2.x.x release mixed in. Updating is only supported if you were previously using version 2.0.0 or later. If you were using an earlier version, such as 1.3.2 in your case, then you need to completely remove the old version and do a fresh install according to the steps described here.

[marioortizmanero]

Ahhh okay dude you're amazing you're so active and helpful! I love your skin ;D Cheers!!!!!!

How can I keep my games, settings and everything?

[Kapiainen]

It would probably be best to set everything up from scratch. Version 2.0.0 was basically a complete rewrite of the skin and the old settings files are not supported. However, you can use the old Steam banners (copy them to \Lauhdutin\@Resources\Banners\Steam) rather than having to download them all again. The Settings.ini skin should make it easy to set everything up.

[marioortizmanero]

Okay thank you very much

One last thing. It's stuck now at Initializing backend. What have I done wrong? I just deleted the Lauhdutin folder and put the new one, reloaded rainmeter and modified the settings. Python 3.6 is installed and I'm suing rainmeter 4.0

[Kapiainen]

You'll need Python 3.5 (edit: or later version) and there are some specific settings that you should have enabled when installing it. Check the requirements section for the details.

[marioortizmanero]

So I can't use it with python 3.6?

[Kapiainen]

You can, I'm using 3.6 myself.

[marioortizmanero]

Ahh okay thanks.

One last tip: you should make a video about how to installit. Just for stupid people like me. It'd help a lot hahaha

[marioortizmanero]

Aha! Fixed nevermind

[Kapiainen]

Is it still stuck on Initializing backend...? Any errors in Rainmeter's log? Try setting the Python path setting in the Settings.ini skin to python instead of pythonw. If the Python scripts are executed correctly, then you should now see a terminal showing information about what is happening (e.g. parsing Steam files, downloading banners). If the terminal does not show up, then the value of the Python path setting is not correct. At that point you will either have to make sure that Python was added to Windows' PATH system variable or use the absolute path to the Python executable (e.g. C:\Program Files\Python\python.exe).

You can hide the terminal again by adding w to the Python path setting again (e.g. pythonw or C:\Program Files\Python\pythonw.exe if you ended up having to use an absolute path).

[marioortizmanero]

Thanks for your help, It's working now

You deserve the best developer award of 2017

[marioortizmanero]

Hey there, again. I can't manage to show more than 1 game

https://youtu.be/hS8qm-clFkk

[Kapiainen]

The video is set as private.

[marioortizmanero]

Okay sorry its fixed now

[Kapiainen]

Have you tried manually rebuilding the skin? Right-click on the skin, go to Custom skin actions, and left-click on Rebuild skin. The skin should be rebuilt automatically whenever you change e.g. the dimensions of a slot or the number of slots, save, and then exit.

[marioortizmanero]

AHHHHHHH Okay

I was using an old version so I didnt know it hahah Thanks!!!!

[marioortizmanero]

Aand how do I delete a shortcut from steam without uninstalling it from steam? I only find the banners

And how to use a folder as a shortcut? I've done it as if it was a game but it's not working

[Kapiainen]

I'm not sure I understand correctly what you are saying in the first paragraph. Could you explain what you mean? If you want to hide a game in Lauhdutin, then you can right-click on the skin, go to Custom skin actions, and left-click on Toggle hide game. Any game you click on, until you repeat the steps in the previous sentence, will be hidden. You can choose the Toggle unhide game option to show the list of hidden games, and make a game visible again.

Folders are not currently supported.

[marioortizmanero]

Okay first problem solved

And well I'll wait ;D

Thanks for the help, seriously

[Kapiainen]

Version 2.6.0 (currently in alpha) includes a fix for the issue with using shortcuts to folders.

[marioortizmanero]

Thanks! Gonna download it :)