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MAWLER: A MAWS Recreation
ids:
Trying to get back to this, the changes in the mame.xml after the MESS merger are non-trivial. I'm currently working on compatibility with MAME 0206. Just thought I let people know it's not dead, it's just coming out of a long coma. And new filters will likely be required, such as: is this a MAME game or other? (non-trivial filter). Sorry for the long hiatus, life has ways of sending you sideways for a while. I really hope to post an updated binary before long. I've been reviewing the to-do list and am eager to knock off some of the listed items. Please feel free to hit me up for prioirties. Can't promise anything until I complete support for the latest mame.xml though :-\
Appreciate all the support along the way, and hoping to find time to maintain this going forward.
SORHP:
--- Quote from: ids on February 19, 2019, 09:36:25 pm ---Trying to get back to this, the changes in the mame.xml after the MESS merger are non-trivial. I'm currently working on compatibility with MAME 0206. Just thought I let people know it's not dead, it's just coming out of a long coma. And new filters will likely be required, such as: is this a MAME game or other? (non-trivial filter). Sorry for the long hiatus, life has ways of sending you sideways for a while. I really hope to post an updated binary before long. I've been reviewing the to-do list and am eager to knock off some of the listed items. Please feel free to hit me up for prioirties. Can't promise anything until I complete support for the latest mame.xml though :-\
Appreciate all the support along the way, and hoping to find time to maintain this going forward.
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Way to go, keep up the good work!
ids:
OK, think I got it going with 0206 and all related files. Consider this beta and please let me know if you find any issues. New link: mawler0206.zip
Note that, unlike in the past, I've not replaced the previous binary. I've left the old version where it is to support the pre-MESS merger if anyone needs that. Going forward, the download filename will include the mame version it supports.
Changes are many. Some key changes:
* Added full support for cheat.7z, you can see what cheats are available, search/filter on them, etc (do not unpack this file, leave it as is)
* Added support for progetto's "arcade.ini" and "mess.ini" so you can filter based on this distinction, and some other filter options
* Performance - working on it, but since the merger, files are much, much bigger. I've got longer term plans for this, but please bear with it for now
If you wish to maintain configuration settings from your old version to this one, keep a copy of "MAWLER.properties" and make sure to put it in the same place that you unpack the new zip file.
Please let me know if you run in to any issues, have any requests, know of other data sources to incorporate, ideas for additional search/filter criteria, etc.
8BitMonk:
Great news, thanks for the update!
ids:
Big Update: Startup time is now very fast. Updated zip file here mawler0206.1.zip
Loading of data is done in the background so the UI comes up fast. First time in, however, some indexes need to get built. Subsequently, start up should be quite respectable. Depending on load time on your computer, and how fast you can fire off a search, you may not notice any loading at all.
Other stuff in this build:
* Since we no longer start with a random game, a toolbar button was added to select one at random.
* Search criteria drop list in the toolbar now has a "Custom.." entry which takes you to the criteria configuration dialog.
* Sound sample support added. Samples shown on game screen, and can be played if you have them. Samples are expected to be under the samples directory where your mame executable is found.
* Searches optimized in certain cases.
* Some minor improvements in various areas, and some minor bug fixes (realted to the MESS merger).
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