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Le Chuck:
I'll grab the imageformats - thanks for the help and hopefully that resolves one issue. As for the launching issue I have no idea why it is giving me trouble. Maybe the new browser version will fix it.
arximidis:
I forgot to write that some emulators (on Windows) require to include the rom in double quotes.
For example mame.exe
ROM = {EXE}
ROMPATH = write_the_full_path_of_the_rom.zip
COMMAND = \"{rom}\"
ROMLIST =
ROMEXT =
WAIT = yes
I include the \ because is the escape character for javascript. IF you write "{rom}" it will not work
(Look at my configurations)
Le Chuck:
I did a fresh install of what I downloaded yesterday and didn't do anything other than point one of your stock emulators at an executable file that I verified works and it still doesn't launch. Really bizarre. Especially since my set worked on your computer. I'm going to transfer it over to another machine of mine and see if I get the same behavior.
I'll edit this thread as I work through different avenues of attack.
The browser won't even launch on my netbook - of course it's kind of a dinosaur. 1.6ghz intel atom W7-32.
Did a fresh download and install - still no dice. No able to launch games. Something must have happened because I'm still able to launch whatever I want using the version from the day before yesterday.
When I run one version and then the other all the cookies get reset each time. Just realized that. Don't know if having multiple versions installed on one PC messes anything up - took them all off and still couldn't run the most recent update so I put them back on.
arximidis:
Hello Le chuck
I am working on the new version now (version 3.0) and I have fixed alot of bugs
One big problem was with multiple versions and I did fixed it (or same versions stored in different directories)
However I am intersted if this is the cause to your problem. Go to the directory where the cookies are stored and delete It!! (it's the file cookies.dat)
The directory is:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\HTMLFrontEnd (for Windows 7 and 8)
Replace username with your username to Windows
Appdata is a hidden directory and you may not be able to see it in explorer. You can enable to see hidden files from control panel
In the new version the cookies file (with is the settings file) will be stored inside the theme directory
Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: arximidis on March 28, 2014, 07:00:10 am ---Hello Le chuck
I am working on the new version now (version 3.0) and I have fixed alot of bugs
One big problem was with multiple versions and I did fixed it (or same versions stored in different directories)
However I am intersted if this is the cause to your problem. Go to the directory where the cookies are stored and delete It!! (it's the file cookies.dat)
The directory is:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\HTMLFrontEnd (for Windows 7 and 8 )
Replace username with your username to Windows
Appdata is a hidden directory and you may not be able to see it in explorer. You can enable to see hidden files from control panel
In the new version the cookies file (with is the settings file) will be stored inside the theme directory
--- End quote ---
I'll do that and report back with what results I get. Let's hope it was just a bug with that version and this new one will resolve the issue.
The intro video is a great option but how about playing an intro sound and showing an intro animated gif or static image set to play the legnth of that sound? I know it's a lot easier for me to make a custom animated gif that looks pretty decent than it is to make a video and it just adds more options for users. If/while you're working on sound issues having the background sound repeat automatically would be good. Combine that with a setting to slowly rotate the carousel after one minute of no user input and you have an instant screen saver.
Also, if you're setting up the sound to change for each emulator I'd recommend to have an option to leave the background sound on. Then one could do music for the background and then maybe game sounds or even movie quotes as applicable for the games. Might be interesting - might sound terrible.
Last thing is joystick use - I haven't tried using a joystick (windows HID) to control the FE yet, if it's implemented already I'll give it a shot. I think it is but haven't toyed with it yet. If not something to think about.