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TALK ME OUT OF MAME32!!!
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--- Quote from: thelevin8r on August 24, 2002, 01:59:17 am ---
Ala Micr$oft, create a Wizard that will step the nube(me) through each step. Lets say I want to add Dafnie with the wizard. The wizard puts the files where they need to go. It then gives specific instructions on what file chsnges need tp be made abd where they should go
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Actually it seems there are a few people working on making such wizards for both howard's and mine fe...
It's just those take a lot of time to make them just right and we prefer to add stuff to the fe and solve issues then doing that...
Also if you get used to using cfg files you will discover it is much easier then you think and gives you much more power and flexibility then any wizard would be able to do. A wizard look then as a lot of time to invest for something I won't never use and and neither most experienced users...but that is just my opinion and there are users that think differently about this issue and some are working to make their own cfg utility and want to share it... :D
Peter
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: )p( on August 24, 2002, 02:33:38 am ---
--- Quote from: thelevin8r on August 24, 2002, 01:59:17 am ---
Ala Micr$oft, create a Wizard that will step the nube(me) through each step. Lets say I want to add Dafnie with the wizard. The wizard puts the files where they need to go. It then gives specific instructions on what file chsnges need tp be made abd where they should go
--- End quote ---
Actually it seems there are a few people working on making such wizards for both howard's and mine fe...
It's just those take a lot of time to make them just right and we prefer to add stuff to the fe and solve issues then doing that...
Also if you get used to using cfg files you will discover it is much easier then you think and gives you much more power and flexibility then any wizard would be able to do. A wizard look then as a lot of time to invest for something I won't never use and and neither most experienced users...but that is just my opinion and there are users that think differently about this issue and some are working to make their own cfg utility and want to share it... :D
Peter
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What he said. :)
Also with the wizards... The wizards being made for my fe aid you in setting up search strings, not the actual setup of the emulators themselves. The reason is even noobs have no problem adding new emulators. The problems come with setting up the wrappers and understanding the search string. If you'll read the manual there is only one cfg file that you actually have to edit and it's in the cfgs folder named after the emulator. It has a whopping total of about 4 entries, each of which is clearly named and easy to understand. How much easier can you get than that?
As for the wrappers, it's impossible to make a wizard.... Why? Well first off every emulator needs special attention and tweaking until it launches properly. It's not an exact science, you have to play around with the settings until you get it working right. This is something that you simply can do via a wizard. Secondly I feel that in order for a user to understand the principal behind the wrappers they need to learn for themselves. If a wizard was made I woudl get a bunch of stupid questions that wouldn't even be asked if they even halfway understood how the wrappers worked. Again the only way to teach people that is to make them set it up manually.
Raging Dragon was designed to make setup easy. Lazarus is designed to make setup possible for emulators that otherwise couldn't be supported. You notice I left the easy out this time around. :)