Tips and tricks - lantzelot-swe/PCUGameManager GitHub Wiki

  • When navigating the game list you can start typing the first letters of a game on the keyboard to jump to that game in the list.
  • You can select multiple games with CTRL + left click or SHIFT + left click to operate om multiple games at once (edit view tag, change primary joystick port, delete or mark as favorites). CTRL + A selects all games in the list.
  • In the export games dialog you can select multiple games in the lists by pressing CTRL + left click or SHIFT + left click. Press CTRL + A to select all games in the list.
  • Use the "Config" fields for joystick configurations and system settings to copy/paste between games if you want the same settings.
  • Use drag and drop for adding screenshots/covers you have locally on your computer. You can also drag and drop images from a web page in a browser directly.
  • Double-click on a game in the game list will run it in VICE.
  • All text fields support undo/redo (CTRL+Z and CTRL+Y)
  • Add "basic" to the config field for system settings to create an entry without a game file. No game file is required when saving if basic is added to the config field. This is useful for creating title entries for different carousels.
  • Some options can be configured in the preferences (File/Preferences... menu item), including if checks for new versions of the manager and PCUAE shall be done at startup and the number of favorites gamelist views to use.
  • If you want to create a clean, empty version of the manager you can copy the folders "jre" and "vice" and the file PCUAEManager.exe to a new folder. Just start the manager in the new folder and you get an empty instance you can fill with games.