Emu Loader v4.3.3

posted in Frontend News by mfc on Jan 13th, 2004

Emu Loader, a nice and relatively powerful frontend for MAME, was updated again recently. Here is what's new:
    Fixes:
  • Games List not being focused when starting in full screen mode
  • Main menu showing when in full screen mode... but it shows up again after using a popup menu or opening a window (only if you restart with full screen enabled)
  • The last column was being ignored when applying changes, no matter what data you putted there (Columns Editor)
  • A few systems with bios were not being correctly handled because the bios name is different from the driver name, preventing certain games from running
  • The index of the last selected game filter was not being correctly updated
  • Feature "Update favorite games", it's working again (Favorite Users Manager) :)
  • Columns sorting routine now works at it should :)
  • "Check for Missing Icons" and "Check for Unneeded Icons" duplicated folder... (sorry MAMU_)
  • Games with .chd files are working again. It broke when I was trying to fix the Win9x freezing bug
  • A bunch of functions being execute over and over again, on every language changed (those functions were ment to be executed only once, when initializing)
  • "Stretch Pictures" toggleing bug
  • All games lined-out
    To fix this, delete all .dat files from "resources" folder (games files) and recreate the games list
  • Viewing parent images on clone game selection works again :)
    Changes:
  • Favorite games are now loaded from the game filters list
  • Language file updated
  • Game filters, refresh games and parental lock features unlocked when viewing favorites lists
  • Toolbar icons updated
  • Arcade controllers drop-down list, in buttons toobar (main screen), now displays the controller description
  • All .dat files from "resources" folder are deleted before creating a new games list (only necessary files, not all files)
  • Added progress counter for a couple processes when creating a games list, to better display the progress of parsing files, since they take a few seconds
  • Enabled the title bar's close button in a few screens
  • File "EmuLoader.exe" is not packed with UPX anymore (it uses more memory anyway)
  • File "bios.ini" now has a complete list of all games that use bios.
    They are in section "games" (only master, not clones)
    This is necessary since the same driver has more than one bios set:
    eg.: "SegaC2" driver has "Megaplay" and "MegaTech" bios / "ZN" has "Capcom ZN1", "Capcom ZN2", "TPS" and "Taito-FX1" bios
    Removed:
  • "Show Favorite Games" button from buttons toolbar, main menu "View" and "Games" popup menu
  • A couple of pointless private variables that are not needed anymore (and were wasting memory)
  • "Favorite Games" option from "User Profile Editor"
  • Button "Close" from a few screens
    Optimized:
  • Bios / CHD files detection
  • Games list loading (game filters)
  • Favorite games loading (game filters)
  • Moved two variables from public to private section (saves memory)
  • Removed a few unused codes and variables which were using memory
  • Games sorting routine
  • Create games list rountine
    New Additions:
  • New game filter: "Favorites"
    Favorite games option is now grouped into the game filters list (first button in buttons toolbar)
You can download this in our MAME Frontends section.