... I get crashes on startup occasionally and crashes on launching Mame still.
Right now I'm still using the last pure QT version because it's the most stable for my build. No crashes on startup or exit and only issues with Mame on initial lauch
I'll tell you tho, I've launched dozens of times through MALA and never been able to replicate the crashes so I don't think it has anything to do with MAME itself.
I expected nothing different when launching MAME, because the last QT build and the new version have NO difference in this part (the code is the same)
However, the occasionally crash on startup
(apparently you mean when you startup the FE) is new and it may be fixable.
If you provide me more information, I will be able to fix it!
For example... When it crashes? When it is loading the index.html page or the main.html page
(the main.html contains the actual FE code with the carousel and all the stuff. The index page is the startup page and it contains the startup video etc)Is the UIplayer.exe loading? You will notice an icon on the traybar. If the FE crashes when is loading the UIPlayer, try this:
Start the UIplayer first
(double click on it) and then load the HTMLFrontEnd.exe. Check if you have crashes on startup
I will check the software on my game machine (windows XP SP3 32bit)
PS. About the launcing crashes. I haven't implemented the new code yet
(the last version and the new version share the same code), because I wanted to make sure everything with the sound was OK
With the new code the UIPlayer will be the program launching the games and for that reason it's important to fix the startup issues