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| seanp:
Very excited about this... I'll be first in line to pick one up! |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: mahuti on October 03, 2005, 01:17:28 pm ---Now that you are down to the finish, can you tell us a bit more about the software, and options you are considering? --- End quote --- The software is still evolving. The internal protocol is now defined, just need to finalize the external protocol for this app. Don't want to lean too far into it yet in case I hit a brick wall on something I would like to do. I'd rather know that it works well than to disappoint by talking about stuff that's not finished yet ;) --- Quote ---1. Will the software accept command-line changes? --- End quote --- Most likely this will be in the form of a text file and the command line will be the filename. This approach may also open up some rudimentary animation possibilities until the fancy GUI is ready down the road. --- Quote ---2. And do so invisibly (as an option, etc) --- End quote --- If you mean no GUI, yes. But there will probably be an icon in the system tools area while it's running. --- Quote ---3. Will there be the ability to load different configurations on the fly? --- End quote --- Yep! But the approach may be a little unusual. It'll probably go like this: One application that talks to the hardware stays active in the background. Another application, which terminates upon completion of its task, sends information to the resident application. BTW, it'll be pretty easy to talk to the resident application. It'll even be possible from notepad ;) My guess is that if so inclined, the MAME team or an enterprising C programmer could hack in all kinds of support with this method. RandyT |
| mahuti:
Finish it up man. I'm almost done adding rediculously complicated junk to my machine, and I'll need to start on something new immediately. Either that, or finish tracing that centipede side art... hm.... myself or the community.... |
| Mark70:
I guess I probably don't need this product for it, but all I'd really want to do is have a flashing police maquee for chase hq. Oh, man. I really do see the value of having translucent buttons lit up for each game to show which are active. That would be invaluable. |
| RandyT:
Here's another quick update: I wasn't sure how well this would work (or if at all) so I didn't want to mention it earlier But I just finished the feature, tested it out and it works great. So here it is: The resident driver app will support NumLock, CapsLock and ScrollLock Keyboard LED emulation at release time. The feature can be selectively enabled by the user, and any output can be easily linked to any of the 3 keyboard LEDs. Sorry this is taking so long. A couple more cool things and I start on the dreaded task of documentation. Predictions are that, unless something serious happens, the units will be in the store by the end of the weekend. RandyT |
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