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New Frontend - yet another...
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Hehe ;D ...but seriously I actually like rewriting or better optimizing code to make it more elegant and efficient... I have not reached that stage yet with Emulaxian....it is pretty messy... stupid stuff like this: marquees= getAProp(getAProp(emucfg,symbol(lijst.item[((glisttemp-1)*gameoptions) + 12]) ),#marquees) ... ;-)
Peter
Frobozz:
:P I don't wanna hear it >P<, you got one of the coolest FE's that I've seen in a long while! ;)
So, how is the work going on Emulaxian? You havn't updated your page lately :)
Frobozz:
Oh, and jmark, here's my request:
Able to run from Windows 2000.
Look like ArcadeFX (list by screenshot + name, list by marquee, list by flyer, list by cabinet, etc...)
Able to quickly switch between lots of customized lists.
Able to build said lists quickly from a Windows interface (because I HATE typing up configuration scripts!)
Able to be able to tweak default options for ALL games.
Able to be able to tweak default options for all HORIZONTAL and VERTICAL games seperatly (for us with rotating monitors in their cabinets).
Able to be able to tweak default options for all VECTOR games seperatly.
Able to tweak options for each game individually.
Mameinfo.dat and History.dat support somehow.
Able to select games from a joystick.
Able to run full-screen w/o any ugly windowframes.
and if you want to be crazy...
Virtual arcade mode similar to Emulaxian, but rather than just lining the machines up side by side, have a virtual "room" that can be walked through. Might have to limit it to "X" number of games though per "room" setup. Maybe doorways to other "rooms" (i.e. other lists of games). Sounds of machines, attract mode on their screens, maybe some art in the room (like an old Pizza-Time Theatre?) Signs above the doorways to the other "rooms" would be neat too. Thus, If I have a list called "1982 Classics" with 25 games on it, and I'm currently in the "1983 Classics" room, the exit to the other room is clearly marked with a neon texture reading "1982 Classics". Ability to select between different 3D cabinet designs would be cool too (Galaxian style, Centipede style, Tron style, Tempest cabernet style, Cocktail table style, Cockpit style... etc.)
...but that would be if you're crazy. It's something I'd pay pretty decent money for though. ;)
Lilwolf:
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Lilwolf:
Well, I've had my cabinet running at home for almost a year now. So thats all I've done. I get somethign slapped together and working... then as soon as I need to change something... I rewrite it.
Example. Skins. I got a skin editor going 2 days after arcadeFX came out (so I could copy his look/feel... blatent ripoff I know). Worked just fine for me.
Then... I wanted to add favorites. So I wrote a graphic bean to represent the current setting. Added it to the default skin by hand and everything worked great. This took me 15 minutes. Then it took me 2 hours to add it to the skin application... so now my skinner is rewritten so that I can add something in 15 minutes. The rewrite took me 4 days.... so I could have just added the 3 other objects at 6 hours and been done with it.... sigh...
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