[Release] Battery Percentage at the XMB (BatteryInfo v0.1)

[placo23]

Well, I know it's yet another battery information display at the XMB.

Yesterday a friend asked me how to blit text at the XMB and I've made him an example (thanks for introducing me vshblit coolJ)

As I was bored today and someone asked me about blitting the battery percentage at the XMB, I decided to write this quick app.

It's pretty simple and written in a few lines.

So, if you still don't have such thing, I recommend using mine.

Basically it displays the battery percentage at the top on the left hand side of the XMB, so it won't bother you at all.

I shall be doing some font and colour updates in the next version

Also, there's a read-me in case you don't know how to install it.

Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/69981856/placo23Battery.rar

UPDATE:
This is the verson without the black bakground
http://rapidshare.com/files/70164342...phaBattery.rar

Cheers

[Odd_Sam]

what firmware is this for?

[Anti-QuickJay]

Good Job.
But isnt their an app that did the same thing? I think someone named vodkka or something like that did it.

[ian1001]

love it. voddkas was annoying because it was a big battery icon in the top right corner. this is awesome that its in the top left. i hope you keep making new versions of this

ps:when i plug in my psp the plugin gets a really large random negative number. ill post a screen in a second

[Odd_Sam]

meh it works on 3.52-4 fyi and also suggestion, make it possible for users to change the position of the plugin because it might interfere with some peoples custom themes

[placo23]

Originally Posted by ian1001

love it. voddkas was annoying because it was a big battery icon in the top right corner. this is awesome that its in the top left. i hope you keep making new versions of this

ps:when i plug in my psp the plugin gets a really large random negative number. ill post a screen in a second

Yes, I've just realized that. I guess it's because the PSP takes sometime to "understand" how much battery it has.

I'll put a milisecond or two in the delay and it should be fixed

Thanks for the comments guys

[EvilSeph]

Although that might fix the bug (I highly doubt it), it is definitely not the best way to conquer this one.

Accounting for every possibility of power state returns is a better way to fix this bug not simply adding a silly delay.

Never do a half-assed job at fixing bugs or you'll end up making more sooner or later. If you start off with good form you will find your programs less prone to error and easier to fix if a bug does jump up.

[placo23]

Originally Posted by EvilSeph

Although that might fix the bug (I highly doubt it), it is definitely not the best way to conquer this one.

Accounting for every possibility of power state returns is a better way to fix this bug not simply adding a silly delay.

Never do a half-assed job at fixing bugs or you'll end up making more sooner or later. If you start off with good form you will find your programs less prone to error and easier to fix if a bug does jump up.

Do you even know what we're talking about?

I think you should try to read everything again. I'm not saying I'm gonna fix the bug with bubble gum and duct tape.

Of course it's good to find a solution, but sometimes, this "silly delay" might be the solution.

So.. Don't bull s**t me with your messages if you're not sure about what you're saying.

Cheers

[BigSanFrey]

how do you make PRXs? (sorry if this is "thread stealing")

and am about to test your plugin

[placo23]

Originally Posted by BigSanFrey

how do you make PRXs? (sorry if this is "thread stealing")

and am about to test your plugin

Hehe don't worry. Basically if you want I can send you a "Hello World" example later on. It's pretty much the same, but your makefile changes a bit.

Cheers

[BigSanFrey]

oh that would be sweet :-o!!
I was going to make a game then my ubuntu stuffed up so i had to reinstall everything.

(It was going to be a simple move the object game and not touch the squares..)

I love your plugin, works on 3.71-3

[EvilSeph]

Originally Posted by placo23

Do you even know what we're talking about?

I think you should try to read everything again. I'm not saying I'm gonna fix the bug with bubble gum and duct tape.

Of course it's good to find a solution, but sometimes, this "silly delay" might be the solution.

So.. Don't bull s**t me with your messages if you're not sure about what you're saying.

Cheers

I'm not so sure I want to respond to this. If I do decide to, I will respond later. Maybe by then you'll have thought things through.

Anyway, you should include a screenshot (with your release announcement) so people know what they're getting.

[vodkkaa]

Originally Posted by placo23

Do you even know what we're talking about?

I think you should try to read everything again. I'm not saying I'm gonna fix the bug with bubble gum and duct tape.

Of course it's good to find a solution, but sometimes, this "silly delay" might be the solution.

So.. Don't bull s**t me with your messages if you're not sure about what you're saying.

Cheers

lol, evilseph is a member of ToC (iirc) and they were the original battery 1nfo PRX creators so i think he knows what hes talking about

[Sturmeh]

Originally Posted by EvilSeph

I'm not so sure I want to respond to this. If I do decide to, I will respond later. Maybe by then you'll have thought things through.

Anyway, you should include a screenshot (with your release announcement) so people know what they're getting.

Originally Posted by Nielkie

http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-developme...v05-82913.html

Seph, don't bother, he's just started to play with programming let him do what he can, unless you plan to mentor/tutor him. xD

Knowing my battery percentage bothers me, I prefer to maintain the full battery, and have it appear FULL for a variable time. ( Hehe! )

Originally Posted by vodkkaa

lol, evilseph is a member of ToC (iirc) and they were the original battery 1nfo PRX creators so i think he knows what hes talking about

He sure does, but FWi > ToC. ( xD - no worries Seph )

[placo23]

Originally Posted by vodkkaa

lol, evilseph is a member of ToC (iirc) and they were the original battery 1nfo PRX creators so i think he knows what hes talking about

I know who Evilseph is, and I don't wanna confront him at all. But I just don't think that it's very constructive to come and say people are doing "Never do a half-assed job". If you have some constructive thing to say, I'd accept it. I also mentioned in the very beggining of the thread that it's still version 0.1 and that I should be doing some updates along the time. I'm always very happy to accept constructive opinions, or even good ways to improve it.

Evilseph I'm sorry about the "harsh" talking on my previous post, but I just don't find it very constructive to receive this kind of comment.

I'd be very happy to have some advices of you about how to fix that "bug".

Originally Posted by Sturmeh

Seph, don't bother, he's just started to play with programming let him do what he can, unless you plan to mentor/tutor him. xD

Knowing my battery percentage bothers me, I prefer to maintain the full battery, and have it appear FULL for a variable time. ( Hehe! )

Indeed, I just started with PSP Programming, and am always learning new stuff. As mentioned on my first post

I'm not asking anybody to be my mentor/tutor, but as it's a Developer forum, it's always nice to have some mentoring from more experienced PSP Developers.

I see some developers here like Matiaz, Raphael or yaustar who are usually more than happy to help people around. And they get nothing for that.

Cheers

[vodkkaa]

not trying to sound mean or like a d1ck head so please dont take it that way, but how do you have dev status.

[placo23]

Not at all. I do have dev status because one of the admins thought I was cappable of that, by releasing some HB's.

Don't you think it right? Also, I have to ask.. How come you don't have?

Cheers
-= Double Post =-

Originally Posted by EvilSeph

I'm not so sure I want to respond to this. If I do decide to, I will respond later. Maybe by then you'll have thought things through.

Anyway, you should include a screenshot (with your release announcement) so people know what they're getting.

Right, I shall do it later. I don't have my PSP with me right now.

[Sturmeh]

Originally Posted by vodkkaa

not trying to sound mean or like a d1ck head so please dont take it that way, but how do you have dev status.

It takes one release, regardless of how pety it is, even if it's LUA.

That's how I got my developer title, :/...

But i justified that later with my work in FWi, and CASUAL FW. Hehe...

[placo23]

Originally Posted by Sturmeh

It takes one release, regardless of how pety it is, even if it's LUA.

That's how I got my developer title, :/...

But i justified that later with my work in FWi, and CASUAL FW. Hehe...

Yeah, that's right. But honestly I don't think people should care about dev status, as the name says, it's just status. I don't develop to have status. I develop 'cause I like it, and occasionally I release when I think it can be of someones use

Well that's just my opinion

[vodkkaa]

do you get premium with dev stat? i might have to whip up a LUA flasher

[placo23]

Originally Posted by vodkkaa

do you get premium with dev stat? i might have to whip up a LUA flasher

Of course not. You get premium if you pay for premium

My advice is:

Develop something for you first, and if you think it's worth releasing, do it.

I have like 50+ HB's at home I'd never dare to release.

Cheers mate!

[Coolj]

Originally Posted by placo23

Of course not. You get premium if you pay for premium

Hmm...I think you get premium with the dev statz

[placo23]

Originally Posted by Coolj

Hmm...I think you get premium with the dev statz

Well you do get some of the special things, but not all them.

Premium Accounts

[vodkkaa]

Originally Posted by placo23

My advice is:

Develop something for you first, and if you think it's worth releasing, do it.

I have like 50+ HB's at home I'd never dare to release.
Cheers mate!

thats like me. if you look at my "releases" you will see that they are ****!!! that was a while ago when i was first getting into programming and i think i just released them because i wanted to release something. but now Im deving for myself and not because i want people to see me as a developer.

[placo23]

Originally Posted by vodkkaa

thats like me. if you look at my "releases" you will see that they are ****!!! that was a while ago when i was first getting into programming and i think i just released them because i wanted to release something. but now Im deving for myself and not because i want people to see me as a developer.

To be very honest, I always feel very happy when developing HB's for the PSP. I've been a developer for 10 years already. I've done everything, from programming languages where you had to put number in lines

10
20
30

To languages where you just open a console and tell it what to generate

But I find it always very exciting to crawl again. It's nice having to look for documentation again, asking question in forums, be happy when a "hello world" goes well etc...

And it's also cool to be able to help people sometimes with some nifty apps

Ohh shoot.. I'm feeling a bit old today

Cheers

[SilverSpring]

Originally Posted by placo23

Yeah, that's right. But honestly I don't think people should care about dev status, as the name says, it's just status. I don't develop to have status. I develop 'cause I like it, and occasionally I release when I think it can be of someones use

Well that's just my opinion

Well you get to post in the "Developer's Dungeon" forum. A bit annoying having to ask for dev status just to be allowed to reply to something there.

Speaking of which, who exactly grants dev status around here?

[brethren]

yeah, who exactly grants dev status? there must be more to it than releasing apps or voddkaa would have been granted dev status a while ago, i mean how many of his apps have made front page - 4? 5?

[Dark_Moon]

Good work Placo23

[Kouenzan]

the default psp font will make the app cooler! thanks!

[placo23]

Originally Posted by Kouenzan

the default psp font will make the app cooler! thanks!

What do you mean? This is the default