RCLONE_SCRIPT in action
So, what does it look like after installation?
Pretty much the same like before. You still use EmulationStation to find a ROM to play and start it. What's new is that this triggers RCLONE_SCRIPT which will try to synchronize your savefiles to the configured remote. Also, you'll get notifications from RCLONE_SCRIPT in the upper left corner of the screen. Here's how these look.
Please note that these examples use a remote to DropBox. If you configured another type of remote, the notifications will reflect that...
Also note that the synchronization takes time. I'm speaking of seconds here, though. I have a 16 MBit connection (real 11 MBit) and use DropBox as a remote. Up- or downloading save files takes about 2 seconds as these are mostly tiny. Save states can be bigger and take more time, naturally. Everything else (actually starting the ROM or returning to EmulationStation) will wait for the synchronization to finish. It will take longer if the remote can not be accessed because RCLONE tries to connect multiple times.
You'll still select a ROM like before
RCLONE_SCRIPT will try to download files from your configured remote now
Downloading saves and states from dropbox... (yellow text)
On success, you'll be notified
Downloading saves and states from dropbox... Done (green text)
There are cases where there simply is no savefile. Could be because you are playing that specific game for the first time or because the game simply doesn't create saves. In these cases, RCLONE_SCRIPT will tell you it couldn't find any remote files
Downloading saves and states from dropbox... No remote files found (yellow text)
If the configured remote can not be accessed you'll get an error message
Downloading saves and states from dropbox... ERROR (red text)
Please note that you'll also get a notification if you disabled synchronization via RCLONE_SCRIPT menu
!!! Synchronization is currently disabled !!! (red text)
Just exit the ROM to trigger RCLONE_SCRIPT
Uploading saves and states to dropbox... (yellow text)
On successful upload you'll be notified
Uploading saves and states to dropbox... Done (green text)
If you played a game which does not create a save file, there simply is nothing to upload
Uploading saves and states to dropbox... No local files found (yellow text)
If the configured remote can not be accessed you'll get an error message
Uploading saves and states to dropbox... ERROR (red text)
Please note that you'll also get a notification if you disabled synchronization via RCLONE_SCRIPT menu
!!! Synchronization is currently disabled !!! (red text)
