PlayerUp 3.08

posted in Frontend News by outsider on Aug 21st, 2001

CAccess just informed us that he released a new version of his Multiple System Frontend , PlayerUp. This new version includes the following enhancements & fixes:
  • New Rule: All Description names of Emulators must be unique, if they are not, this will have unpredictable results.
  • Ability to start an Emulator in Maximize Mode
  • Ability to Select a Font to Use in Arcade/Dialog Text Mode (Arcade Mode)
  • Border Select in Arcade Mode to different Color (Arcade Mode, Selected Button)
  • Switch for Ingame/Title Screenshots (F10)
  • Latency Time on Drag/Drop on Options (Bug in In-Game Drag & Drop)
  • Use of a keystroke to switch to other game in Arcade Mode (Use CTRL + Movement Keys)
  • Auto-counter was being updated even on failed Spawns of Games and Debug Terminations (Fixed)
  • Search Criteria in Dialog Mode not being cleared after Refresh (Fixed)
  • Library Selection in Dialog Mode does not Refresh Image Selection in Mini-Preview Window (Fixed)
  • Flicker Reduction in Dialog Mode
  • When typing in search criteria: games icons change in the roms list. (Fixed)
  • User Definable No Preview Screenshot
  • Spacing of Screenshot and Gamename
  • User Definable Borders for Images
  • Added Sorting for Emulator List
  • Emulator Information Tab (in Library Tab in Dialog Mode), will now read the filename emulator.dat, which must be in the same format as the history.dat and located in the information directory. Tags in the emulator.dat file must match the emulator Description name in order for the program to display the information.
  • Added an Emulation Name Checker (checks for Multiple Description Names and prompts you for new names).
  • Arcade Objects can now be calculated to fill in Image width/height Automatically, based on columns & rows.
  • Tile Locking, on Resizing of Windows, always remains on x columns by y roms if activated.
  • Emulators will no longer Remember Window Sizes, the Application will Remember it's Window Size.
  • CD Serial Recognition Abilities are now in PlayerUp, you can use this to have PlayerUp change the emulator based on a CD that you put in your Computer.
  • History.Dat routine updated to match current version.
  • Temp Copy/Delete Added (Advanced Users Only). Forces PlayerUp to Copy Launched Rom to be copied into the temporary directory and running the rom from there. After completion, it will delete the rom from the temporary directory. Please use with care, make sure that your temporary directory and rom source directory are not the same directory.
  • Copy Emulator Added
  • Screen Capture Utility
  • Icons for newly added Emualators (Bug Fix)
  • Bug in Create new Emulator, Icon Missing in Dialog Mode (Fixed)
  • Image Converter Added (Image type -- new Image Type) for 24bit images only.
  • Utilities Moved to their own Tab. Grab it from the Multiple System Frontends page.