Main > Main Forum

Filtering Games/Game Lists/Catver.ini/Front End *found a good FE for me*

Pages: << < (2/4) > >>

Buddabing:

FYI there's an unofficial catver file that is current.

Link to file




Mark70:

I just tried that new catver with MCM.  Doesn't work.

There's a file called ZipDLL.dll with MCM.  I assume this helps MCM see zip archives.  I have my roms in TorrentZip format.  Is it possible that this file can't find the different zip format.

Does anyone know enough about .dll files to be able to tell?

Minwah:


--- Quote from: Mark70 on March 07, 2006, 07:21:51 am ---There's a file called ZipDLL.dll with MCM.  I assume this helps MCM see zip archives.  I have my roms in TorrentZip format.  Is it possible that this file can't find the different zip format.

--- End quote ---

AFAIK the zip format is standard and therefore shouldn't be a problem.  However I have heard of problems even unzipping files with things like WinRar.  Personally I use WinZip for zipping/unzipping - never had any probs with that.

Mark70:

The torrent zip format is not standard.  The people who created torrent zip changed regular zip format so that every archive created would be the exact same regardless of where it was created.

I'm sure from the torrent portion of the name it's obvious why it was created, but I doubt that I'm supposed to discuss that here.

So, because this is something that was created to be specifically different than standard zip format, that's why I was wondering if MCM was having trouble seeing the zip files.

Mark70:

I've finally found a front end that works well, filters well, and allows me to create a favourites list very easily.  It's also customizable to a certain amount.

GameEx.  It's the front end for me.  It ties in seamlessly with Windows media and has it's juke box function set up so that if you had songs listed in WMP, it uses the same playlists etc.  The documentation is extensively commented and easy to figure out, plus it has wizzard like configuration if you don't want to edit INI files.

Second is Mamewah.  I like it a lot.  Mamewah's layout editor is unparalleled for ease of use.  If mamewah had better filtering and game list functions I'd use it.


I also tried: Turbomame, game extender, mame32, and a few others.

Pages: << < (2/4) > >>

Go to full version