MAMEWAH v1.51

posted in Frontend News by mfc on Sep 22nd, 2004

MAMEWAH, a frontend for MAME mainly suited for homebuilt cabinets, has been updated recently. Here is what's new:
    Bugs Fixed:
  • 'keep_movie_preview_aspect 0' would not work
  • Run Time Error 52 may occur for various reasons
  • Run Time Error 91 may occur for various reasons
  • If the blank screen saver was launched by fault (eg if a scr screensaver was not found) then it would be un-exitable
  • If the blank screen saver was launched by fault and 'enable_music_in_screensaver 0', music would incorrectly continue
  • Screen saver would sometimes launch right after a game was quit
  • 'show_dos_box auto' would not work with certain list_generation_method's (fixed)
  • Emulator-specific music would not work
  • Clone info would not be removed from games added to a list with 'display_clone_info 0' set
  • Games may not have been correctly added to most_played / longest_played custom lists
  • Preview movie may not have played after switching emulators
  • Main form would disappear leaving options menu visible when exiting via menu
  • Closing options menu (if above a movie preview) would cause part of movie to be cut off
  • Holding up/down at top/bottom of list would cause image(s) not to update (but movie does)
  • Screensaver may have attempted to kick in while or after 'exit' sound was playing
  • controls_dat_viewer_options would be added twice to commandline
  • Big font / crashing problem (Run Time Error 13) with regional settings which use ',' as decimal seperator or non-English language setting (fixed at last!)
  • Un-neccessary refreshment of current game images/text when activating (non-used) input
    Improvements:
  • Made Options menu disappear after generating custom lists, as per previous versions
  • Adjusted initialisation sequence for a 'cleaner' look
  • Ctrlr files now accept regular pipe '|' as well as '¦'
  • Hiphens (-) may now be used in 'emuname's
  • Changed screensaver delay unit to seconds for increased accuracy (UPDATE YOUR MAMEWAH.INI FILE!!)
  • DirectSound is now fully released when launching a game/scr saver/wrapper in order to prevent problems with DOS apps
  • Settings in ini files (excl. ctrlr) are no longer case-sensitive
  • Improved 'show_dos_box auto' to show box if roms have bad checksums
  • Improved keep_movie_preview_aspect to allow for correct game aspect ratio (nb dependant on movie_artwork_no and keep_image_aspect, thanks Howard_C :) )
  • Removed 'Select Emulator' option from menu when 0-1 emulators exist
  • Removed 'Select Games List' option from menu when 0-1 games lists exist
  • Removed 'Find Game' and 'Select Random Game' options from menu when 0-1 games exist
  • Removed (Games List Options > ) 'Add Game to List' and 'Remove Game from List' options from menu when no games exist
You can download this from our MAME Frontends section.