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MAMEWAH's Options Menu
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--- Quote from: Minwah on July 02, 2004, 04:11:38 pm ---
1) Well currently I am re-writing the entire input system (so control mapping etc. is being removed from the menu anyway due to the new system). Actually I have a heck of a lot of stuff to do...and every time I add a feature I have to code it into the CFG structure (easy), and then add to the options menu (not difficult but takes a little while). The biggest pain I guess is making sure after an option is changed, whatever has changed takes effect.
2) Do you know about the clones filter? ;)
3) OK. Certainly development of features is not stopping, but with a better (more intelligent) config system I think the menus would be somewhat less required.
Thanks for posting, lets see what some other's think...
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1) Makes sense.
2) Come on now, you have to give me some credit. What I meant is there are so many variations of games. But even after using the clone filter going back and adding PAC-MAN instead of PUCK-MAN and the english version of games instead of the Japanese versions. There just isn't a convienent way for locality. I remember first time setting up MAMEWAH, got rid of the clones and played Pole Position. I got a little freaked when the announcer started speaking Japanese. But I'm digressing from the topic of your thread.
3) Sounds good. Seems like a no brainer on which way to go, can't wait to see it.
Onji:
When i started using mamewah i found using the menu's wasnt the easiest thing in the world. Everyone was a newbie at one point. Then i discovered mamewah setup, and ive been hooked ever since. Ive only recenly found myself using the menu just because i have a better understanding of how mamewah works because of mamewah setup.
I guess my point is, if you do choose to take the menu's out, please be sure make it clear to the visitors of your site that its best they use mamewah setup if their starting out. If they just download mamewah, and try to use it, it may turn them away from finding out how great this frontend is due to having to do everything manually (yes i know they could rtfm, but lets face it, not everone does that). Heck, even having a version that has mamewah setup bundled with mamewah would rock.
Just my 2 cents worth :)
Minwah:
Thanks for the input chaps :)
Just to explain a little better on the 'Yes, except games list stuff' option in the poll (& to answer your question Alcohol), what I had in mind was to leave the select emulator / games list stuff, the add/remove games to/from custom list options, and filtering stuff. ie The stuff you (usually) only need to setup once, would be gone.
I thought about making a very simple wizard for setting up the basic options and emulators...that way people can use that or MAMEWAH Setup for more advanced stuff...
Orclord:
Well since I started with Arcadeos and AdvanceMame...I just always edit the.cfgs.....Not used to all these fangled menu thingy's
Only time I have used it is for the Exit....
Ohh BTW......Oook...Oook. ;D
Seems like you're attracting them of late....
TalkingOctopus:
I have always found editing the config files to be easier than navigating through all of the menus. I think it would be ok to slim down the options menu. However, in addition to the game list stuff, I hope a few more functions stay in the menu.
1) The ability to toggle the default MAMEWAH exit action, (i.e. shut down, exit to windows, restart)
2) The ability to remap MAMEWAH controls.
Thanks for all of your hard work on MAMEWAH!