Emu Loader v4.0

posted in Frontend News by narvick on Oct 25th, 2003

Emu Loader is an excellent frontend for MAME by Ciro Alfredo Consentino with tons of features. Here's what's new:
    Fixes:
  • Games sorting bug if the first letter was in lower caps
  • A few memory leaks


    • Changes:
  • Updated FMOD component to v3.70 (core fixes and new DLL)
  • Games .zip files are no longer scanned when creating a new games list
  • Bios Set list is loaded automatically (from file "biosset.ini")
  • The BIOS entry in "mame.ini" needs to contain the name of the BIOS. Numbers are no longer supported by the frontend
  • Merged "MAME Default Options" and "Game Custom Options" screen into one :)
  • BIOS list in "MAME Options" screen is updated to meet main screen's list
  • "Delete gamename.zip" and "Delete Audio File gamename.mp3" items were moved to the new "Delete Selected" group menu item ("Games" main menu and popup menu)
  • Language files are now in the main screen's main menu "Advanced Tools" / "Language" menu item
  • Language filenames can have any name you want now (as it was before)


    • Removed:
  • Component "zTreeView"
  • Component "Text Fader"
  • Component "GIF Image" (for animated gifs)
  • "Game Custom Options" screen
  • DOS MAME deleted features: (EL will only support WinMAME from now on...sorry) Default Options, Custom Game Options, Create Games List, Refresh Games, Audit Games, etc.
  • Folder "dosgamecfg"
  • The entire Languages Selection screen
  • Animated flags for languages


    • Optimizations:
  • Create games list feature
  • Languages selection
  • MAME options (default options and custom game options)


    • New Additions:
  • File "biosset.ini" with all the "bios sets" of all games with BIOS. This file is now generated automatically when you create a new games list
  • File "bios.ini" with the contents of the now obsolete "gclonebios.ini" file, which is now created automatically every time you create a new games list
  • New options to delete MAME configuration files:
    -Delete Config File (for gamename.cfg files)
    -Delete NVRAM File (for gamename.nv files)
    -Delete Hi-Score File (for gamename.hi files)
    -Delete Input File (for gamename.inp files)
    -Delete Save State File (for gamename.sta files)
  • Added a new entry in the language file, "Version Information" section. This entry must be used, if you want your language to have a description in the selection list
Grab a copy at the MAME Frontends page!