version 5.8.5 change log - February 12, 2010

Fixed

MAME game titles ending with ", The" were being wrongly parsed and the following game titles are fixed:
ssideki4
lastblad
lastbladh
lastbld2

HazeMD and PinMAME game titles ending with ", The" fixed. The full title is now parsed correctly

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Game title fix not needed for systems based on ClrMAME Pro .xml database files (ZiNc, SEGA Model 2, AAE)

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version 5.8.4 change log - December 26, 2009

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Support for MAME v0.135u4 new feature: "Number of Processors" (3rd video tab, "MAME Settings" screen, "Performance")
In Emu Loader, this feature lists all CPUs that Windows detects. Info taken from Windows registry:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\"

version 5.8.3 change log - September 28, 2009

Fixed

Some weird user messages in "Not Used Zip Files" feature (main menu "Settings" / "Maintenance")

Delete/move selected files in "Not Used Zip Files" and "Not Used Game Config Files" features was freezing after removing items from the list

User selected bios was not being added into the command line (MAME, multi-bios games)

Front-end freezing after running "BlinkBkEdit() function". It was using "GetTickCount()", not accurate on new CPUs (Core2Duo, PhenomII, etc). "No one reported this since the function was added... FATALITY!"
Replaced by "Sleep()" function that can handle microseconds. Other functions do not require this.

Function "Export Games List" was only working for "standard" and "grouped" view modes (left panel popup menu)
Again, no bug reports :_((

Changed

Updated EasyListView/CommonLibrary to latest SVN source (August 10, 2009)

File "\docs\el-readme.txt" updated with latest changes

FastMM library updated to version 4.94

Improved

Minor tweaks in the user interface and source code

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New feature: "Delete Game Config" (access on games popup menu or "Sift+DELETE" hot-key)
Use this to delete CFG/NVRAM files from MAME based emulators, NVDATA file from SEGA Model 2, CFG file from ZiNc and Another Arcade Emulator (AAE)
When selecting one game, you are able to check/uncheck files. When in multi-selection screen, all games will be listed and you will be able to check/uncheck what files you want to delete or keep. Also, use the "Check All CFGs" / "Check All NVRAMs" buttons to check/uncheck all files for all games
Daphne system is not supported by this feature, and there's no recycle bin support!

New feature: "Not Used Game Config Files" ("Settings" main menu, "Maintenance")
Scan all systems for not used configuration files (cfg and non-volatile RAM). It works similar to the "Not Used Zip Files" feature. All systems supported, except from Daphne

version 5.8.2 change log - July 16, 2009

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Support for MAME v0.132u5

version 5.8.1 change log - July 04, 2009

Fixed

EL standard game icons were not being reset after disabling MAMu_ icons (EasyListView view modes only)

Adding .zip files as folder in the select directory screen is back... :_((
I thought I had it fixed but I was wrong. The only way to really get rid of this annoying bug is to disable the "zip as folder" feature in Windows (who uses this annoying feature anyway ???)

MAMu_ icon was not being loaded at startup on the selected game

Changed

Not used 24x24 icons removed from several .ico files ("\resources\main_icons\arcade_filters\" folder)
Some icons in "resources\main_icons\" folder also changed

Improved

ImageIndex value is not assigned directly into main games list anymore (game icons)

Minor and invisible bug fixes

Removed

Play custom from arcade controller layouts since it has been removed from the front-end quite a while ago

Support for the hidden "\arcade\customgames.el" file

Added

"Triforce" main games filter

New thumbnails setting: "Show Game Title". Disable this option to hide game titles while in thumbnails view mode (main menu "Settings" / "Thumbnail Settings")

Added some missing widescreen resolutions to MAME and ZiNc settings screens (resolution drop-down buttons)

Move folder up/down buttons on the following screens: "MAME Settings", "ZiNc Settings", "SEGA Model 2 Settings", "MAMu_ Folders"

version 5.8 change log - June 02, 2009

Fixed

Taito G-NET games being set as found with missing ROMs/CHDs when the bios set if found and ok, but the CHD is missing
This is a special case to avoid all G-NET games being set as missing ROMs/CHDs since this system only use a bios set. The Konami Viper system is similar but some of its games have a game set...

View game details was being called while multiple games selected

Left panel editor not working if MAME binary file is not defined

Selected game not visible on screen when switching between windowed/full screen modes

Wrong system being scanned: "Scan For Missing MAMu_ Icons / Images";

Columns width in hidden games editor were not being updated correctly after manual resize

Changed

Delete game files improved (single/multiple selection). Now you have a files list of the game (Game .zip and CHDs). CHD files are unchecked by default for safety (enable the "Always Select CHD Files" checkbox so they are checked automatically).
Only files that are found will be listed, even if the games is set as available. You can uncheck any file(s) you want to keep :-))
NOTES:
-> for single selection, the amount of CHD files is unlimited but for multiple selections, they are limited to 3 (three) CHD files per game. If appear a game in MAME with more than 3 CHD files, the front-end will be updated...
-> the multiple selections screen is a little more complex, but filled with hints all over it
-> Recycle bin is NOT supported so, be very careful on the game files you want to delete!
-> only available games and found games with missing ROMs are supported
-> This feature is accessed by selecting one or more games and hitting the "DELETE" key or using the "Delete" option in games popup menu

Replaced all select folder dialog calls by EL's custom folder dialog

Updated EasyListView component to latest SVN sources

Moved debug.ini custom options (Set/Delete) to "M.A.M.E. Only" sub-menu (games popup menu, "Custom Options")

Improved

No more zip files or hidden folders in browse for folder dialog

Generate .ini files for left panel is now based on the main games list, except "Refresh Rate" (still depends on MAME's -listxml output)... they are lightning fast too (main menu "Left Panel")

Minor UI optimizations

Removed

Option "Enable Multiple Selection". Multi-select is always enabled

Daphne v0.99.7 pre 5 support removed

Added

New file when creating MAME/ZiNc games lists: "mame_chd.ini" and "zinc_chd.ini" ("frontend\arcade\" folder)
It contains a list of all CHD files for each game and the specific media type for each CHD (in case a game use more than one CHD file and each of these files are in different formats (hard-disk, CD-ROM, GD-ROM, flash cards, etc...)
This file is used when deleting game files and might be used on other features for a quicker access (acessing "\arcade\systemname_roms.el" is slow if the file size is too large!)

Support MAME 0.131u3 new .ini files "horizont.ini" / "vertical.ini" (games popup menu, "Custom Options" / "M.A.M.E. Only")