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Which is the better MAME version?
Richardgregory:
Thanks! I checked out MAMEUIFX - I think it's better than the MAMEUI64. Maybe I'll switch over to this for the back end.
--- Quote from: PL1 on November 09, 2013, 12:52:03 am ---Since you like MAMEUI, check out MAMEUIFX.
I wouldn't use it in a dedicated cab, but it works great on the living room big screen with a portable CP. ;D
For a vertical widescreen cab or widescreen cocktail, look into MameLayPlus.
Scott
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Richardgregory:
By the way, why would the command line be preferred over to a MAME application that offers a Graphical User Interface, which one can selection the game options from there? Maybe I'm missing something.
Haze:
--- Quote from: Richardgregory on November 09, 2013, 08:59:02 am ---By the way, why would the command line be preferred over to a MAME application that offers a Graphical User Interface, which one can selection the game options from there? Maybe I'm missing something.
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because the command line version is the official more stable version..
the UI code has been falling apart for years now and you'd be best avoiding it. There will almost certainly come a day when you can't even launch half the games from it, so moving away now is wise.
If you're running a frontend you'll be doing the configuration etc. from the frontend anyway so I can't understand why you'd even want a UI build.
There are fancy frontends like the ones mentioned then more powerful ones like QMC2 that aren't as pretty but expose all the options.
PL1:
--- Quote from: Richardgregory on November 09, 2013, 08:59:02 am ---By the way, why would the command line be preferred over to a MAME application that offers a Graphical User Interface, which one can selection the game options from there? Maybe I'm missing something.
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Like Haze mentioned, the official release is more stable and usually several days to several weeks ahead of the GUI releases which have to be at least recompiled and some parts may need to be rewritten.
That said, I haven't noticed any instability problems with MAMEUIFX. :dunno
For now, I like it because it is so easy to search for a game mentioned on the forum, view the related history/screenshot/cab/marquee/CP on the right, copy the ROM (and parent) from the archive folder up to the roms folder, right-click on game title to audit, and launch.
If you're changing your game list often, a GUI version makes it a bit easier -- otherwise the official release is your best bet.
Scott
Richardgregory:
My thought was that a backend such as a GUI would allow me and easier way to configure each game as necessary. Ie. control keys, etc. no?