Emu Loader 2.6 beta 5
posted in Emulator Release by xip on Jun 11th, 2001
Emu Loader is a good frontend for MAME. Here's what's new:
Added the missing "decocass.ini" custom options for WinMAME
Cleaned the source a bit (delete some variables that are not used anymore)
Fixed practically all hints in the frontend (there was a lot of wrong hint, mainly on WinMAME configuration screens)
Fixed the "is not a valid floating point value" error message when trying to select added custom games
Added a new option in Preferences screen: "Minimize Frontend" Now when running a game, the frontend can be minimized before the game starts and restored after quitting the game The option is on "Miscellaneous" tab
Fixed the "is not a valid integer value" error message after quitting the game (caused by the "Total Play Time" feature)
Fixed an error on the Emulators Setup screen when you select an emulator executable. It was generating a "File not found" error due to a variable error
Fixed a bug that was generating "access violation" error on frontend's initialization when option "Show Parent Pictures" is disabled
Second attempt to make long folder names work (I tested a few times and it appears to be working now) :-))) This feature is not perfect yet, but it works...
Made some changes in Emulators Setup screen. The emulator detection function is more accurate
The "Debugger" menu item is moved from "Tweaks" main menu to "View" main menu
Added a new feature: columns hiding. This does not delete columns from the list, just hide them. There is also a new screen to show/hide column. It's called "Filter Game Columns" and you can access it from a menu item "Show/Hide Games List Columns" in "View" main menu or from the games popup menu item with the same name
The columns size are now saved on "EmuLoader.ini" in "Columns" section (this info is also used by the hiding columns feature)
Files update: "el-guide.txt", "el-bugs.txt", "el-readme.txt", "el-setup.txt" and "el-todo.txt"
Adapted the color depth and resolution information to the new "-listinfo" output format (for MAME 0.37 beta 16)
The [driver] section on "catver.ini" file is not needed anymore This column is created with MAME's "-listdetails" output
Get it at the arcade frontends page. Thanks to Now Inc for the news.