2011 BYOAC User Choice Awards Software Contribution category voting poll

[Le Chuck]

Welcome to the 2011 BYOAC User Choice Awards Software Contribution category voting poll!

Each user gets one vote so pick the project that best fits the broad definition below and really captured your attention.  Feel free to post why you chose a certain piece of software but don't feel obligated to reveal your vote.  

Software contributions are defined for this competition as any code written or significantly updated this past year that created or improved emulation capability or generally increased software flexibility to include software hacks.

This year we had some great software releases that brought emulation closer to the realworld arcade counterparts and offered some flexibility for hardware automation. The following projects recieved one nomination and as such are awarded an honorable mention as one of the best small projects of 2011:

DrVenture's ControllerRemap Utility
Headkaze's Utilities
DaOld Man's Mrotate3
Calamity's Groovy MAME and drivers - this is a late entry that definitely deserves attention with all the development it has received this past year. 

And now, the confirmed nominees for the 2011 BYOAC UCA Best Software Contribution in no particular order:


DaOld Man's JoyChoose

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/* Center disc */
/* X1, X2 LETA inputs */
PORT_MODIFY("LETA0")
PORT_BIT( 0xff, 0x00, IPT_DIAL ) PORT_SENSITIVITY(50) PORT_KEYDELTA(10) PORT_REAL("Rotation", fake_leta_r) PORT_NAME("Center")

/* Rotate disc */
/* Y1, Y2 LETA inputs */
/* The disc has 72 teeth which are read by the hardware at 2x */
/* Computer hardware reads at 4x, so we set the sensitivity to 50% */
PORT_MODIFY("LETA1")
PORT_BIT( 0xff, 0x00, IPT_DIAL_V ) PORT_SENSITIVITY(50) PORT_KEYDELTA(10) PORT_FULL_TURN_COUNT(144) PORT_REAL("Rotation", fake_leta_r) PORT_NAME("Rotate")

PORT_START("FAKE_JOY_X") /* not direct mapped */
PORT_BIT( 0xff, 0x80, IPT_AD_STICK_X ) PORT_SENSITIVITY(100) PORT_KEYDELTA(10) PORT_FAKE("Rotation", "Joystick")

PORT_START("FAKE_JOY_Y") /* not direct mapped */
PORT_BIT( 0xff, 0x80, IPT_AD_STICK_Y ) PORT_SENSITIVITY(100) PORT_KEYDELTA(10) PORT_REVERSE PORT_FAKE("Rotation", "Joystick")

/* Let's assume we are using a 1200 count spinner.  We scale to get a 144 count.
 * 144/1200 = 0.12 = 12% */
PORT_START("FAKE_SPINNER") /* not direct mapped */
PORT_BIT( 0xffff, 0x00, IPT_DIAL ) PORT_SENSITIVITY(12) PORT_KEYDELTA(10) PORT_FAKE("Rotation", "Spinner")Derrick Renaud's 720 Spinner Hack

Please be sure and check out the four other categories and cast your vote on each:
2011 Forum Contribution Voting Poll
2011 Full Size Voting Poll
2011 Hardware Contribution Voting Poll
2011 Small and Non-Standard Voting Poll

[ahofle]

Why isn't Groovymame/CRT-Emu Driver on here?
It's the BYOAC software contribution of the decade in my opinion.

[yotsuya]

Why isn't Groovymame/CRT-Emu Driver on here?
It's the BYOAC software contribution of the decade in my opinion.

I suppose no one nominated it.

[Le Chuck]

Why isn't Groovymame/CRT-Emu Driver on here?
It's the BYOAC software contribution of the decade in my opinion.

When was it released?  2011?

The nomination windows were open for a month.  I will definitely add it to the honorable mention list if it was left out.    

[Le Chuck]

Why isn't Groovymame/CRT-Emu Driver on here?
It's the BYOAC software contribution of the decade in my opinion.

When was it released?  2011?

The nomination windows were open for a month.  I will definitely add it to the honorable mention list if it was left out.    

ahofle, I added an entry to the honorable mention list as it is deserving.  Please let me know if my attribution or link is inaccurate.  Unfortunately it would be unfair to add it to the voting poll because the program/drivers did not receive any mention during the open nomination period aside from Calamity being nominated for forum contribution.  This was bound to happen as this is the first year of the BYOAC UCAs, despite multiple posts to try and get the word out, we haven't weedled our way into the BYOAC zeitgeist yet.  Thanks for bringing it to our attention!       

[ahofle]

Sorry I didn't even notice this poll until today or I would have gladly nominated it.  I can't believe no one else did.

[jimmy2x2x]

Sorry I didn't even notice this poll until today or I would have gladly nominated it.  I can't believe no one else did.

I thought it was older than 2011, didnt check 

I did nominate Calamity for forum contribution though

[Le Chuck]

Sorry I didn't even notice this poll until today or I would have gladly nominated it.  I can't believe no one else did.

This poll was just recently opened, all the sausage making went on here.  None the less for next year we'll get the nomination thread stickied right from the start so there is less of a chance of it being missed. 

[BobA]

Just a bump to bring this back up to the top.

[Le Chuck]

We're a week out from the polls closing on the 2011 BYOAC User Choice Awards and naming this years winners.  Get those votes in if you haven't already.  This has been a public service  for the Software Contribution Category.