Emu Loader v3.9

posted in Site News by narvick on Jun 16th, 2003

Emu Loader is an extremely useful frontend for MAME. This version contains a whole slew of changes. Here they are:
    Fixes
  • With the help of "BarMenu Components" you can finally see if the option is checked or not in the main menu and popup menus...and you get a nice side bar too :)
  • Errors when creating a games list due to the new "biosset" entry in the "-listinfo" output
  • Menu shortcuts are working now (no need to force a function call anymore)
  • The filter type icon on the buttons toolbar was not being set when initializing the frontend
  • Errors on the translation system. Some texts was not being translated


    • Changes
  • Languages selection screen is rewritten
  • Language translation filenames are now fixed. Rename your .lng files to one of the following as described in the readme
  • Put the flag image filename in the new "Flag" entry ("Version Information" section), without the full path, only the file with the extension. The frontend will always search for the file in the "languageflags" folder
  • Language information is shown as a hint in each flag: "country name", "translation author", "author e-mail", "frontend version"
  • Adding a new translation is not possible anymore (no point in doing that). If you want to add a new translation, please contact me
  • File "NoRealIcon.ico" renamed to "NoGameIcon.ico" ("resourcesdefaulticons" folder)
  • Renamed all "real icons" texts to "games icons" on the .lng file
  • New FMOD API used (v3.63)
  • Updated all options for MAME v0.70
  • The progress counter in the status window now shows a percentage value (from 0% 100%). It is used when creating a games list, refreshing games and creating the games list icons (MAMu_ icons)
  • The Games Data Viewing and the Emu Loader / MAME documentation screens are now handled as HTML pages (it may take a little longer to show the "Game Information" text
  • User Profile has a few changes. I recommend you to recreate your profiles (to delete old and unused entries)
  • The languages selection screen is displayed on the first execution of the frontend. Also when the "EmuLoader.ini" file is not found.


    • Removed
  • Top bars were completely removed from all screens
  • The screen captions are back to the window bar
  • Folder "resourcesimagestopwindow" is completely deleted
  • Icon files from the translated languages (replaced by an animated flag in .gif format)
  • "M.A.M.E. Keys Info" screen
  • Shadowed .png icons from all screens (deleted the entire resourcesimagesicons" folders tree)
  • Font type from "Games Data" and "View Text Files" screens
  • Text "Word Wrap" fron "Games Data" screen
  • "View Text Files" option and screen


    • Optimizations
  • Removed a few redundant coding
  • Language selection screen
  • Rearranged the items in a few screens for better viewing
  • Create Games List feature


    • New Additions
  • New folder: "resourceslanguageflags". This folder contains flags for all translations available
  • All languages now have an animated flag (transparent .gif format)
  • "Animated Flags" option on "Frontend Language" screen to toggle between animated and static flags. This option is not saved anywhere
  • Two new components are used to compile Emu Loader: TGIFImage and BarMenu Components
  • New games and pictures options: "Hide Bios", "Hide Navigation Panel", "Hide Picture Hint"
  • Updated "gclinebios.ini" file with the Neo Geo clones and BIOS filenames changes
  • Automatic Game Information appearance order
  • New set of default icons, made by "D3CA", an EL user
  • Preliminary support for "User Manual" (HTML Help format). See readme for supported filenames
  • New folder: "Help"
  • New option: "Open Game's Internet Page"
View the What's New for the entire list (yes, I had to shorten it a tad).

Download it at the MAME Frontends page!