MaLa v1.0 RC6 available

[swindus]

Improvements
- Changed the LED triggering. Now it's possible to define more than one LED for the same button/function.
- Added an optional and configurable LED flash on game start
- Added the ability to launch external apps (e.g. start explorer when running MaLa as shell or launch a jukebox app)
- Added launch external app to the controller set
- Added the ability to launch an application on MaLa exit
- Added letter up/down commands to the controller set
- Added play buttons on the gui sound tab
- Added video display to the screensaver
- MaLa Menu now available in tree mode
- Added an option to save the last background music position on quit and restore it on start
- Sub directory search of mame roms optimized. Works faster now.

Bugfixes
- MalaGamelist: Error ("Zu wenig Arbeitsspeicher") when removing brackets from names on huge lists
- Index out of range error when using a tree and switching to a sub menu node in some cases
- Game list overwritten when using auto start of a game on MaLa start and the last selected game list is not the auto start game list
- Index out of range error when opening the info window and no games are in the list
- Mouse input in MaLa still active when running an emulator
- Error on next/previous game list in jukebox
- No tracking of the selecting game when using 'Auto Gamelist Switch' on orientation switch or cocktail mapping
- Switch to the 'All Games' game list when closing the options dialog with 'OK' in some cases
- Starting picture still visible when quitting an emulator
- MalaTree: Check tree function not working correctly when using a jukebox node
- MalaLayout: Absolute path for some sound files not set
- Movement sound plays twice when not using the scroll delay exception on sounds
- Background music starts from beginning when quitting a game
- Wrong game selected on next/previous emulator command when tracking of selected game is on
- Sub directory search of mame roms not working correctly

Thanks to all of you reporting bugs!

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How to update?
Please perform a fresh install due to some file format changes (emulators, game lists) if you use a MaLa version prior v1.0 RC3.  If you are using v1.0 RC3 or greater just replace all files with the RC6 files. Have fun.

[leapinlew]

Awesome! Can't wait to check it out.

[Quarterhorse]

Tomorrow afternoon will be a landmark day on my cocktail cab after installing this new version. 

Love your product!

[loadman]

- Changed the LED triggering. Now it's possible to define more than one LED for the same button/function.
- Added an optional and configurable LED flash on game start

And the LED's go 'blink' 'blink' 'blink'..And the LED's go 'blink' 'blink' 'blink'..And the LED's go 'blink' 'blink' 'blink'..And the LED's go 'blink' 'blink' 'blink'..And the LED's go 'blink' 'blink' 'blink'..  Can't wait to get home from work and try that out. (If I can get the kids off the Mame table)

[loadman]

- Added an optional and configurable LED flash on game start

That works well.

Suggestion: If it is not too hard to implement, could you have the option of selecting a LED sequence (constructed in the malaattractmode editor) rather than just a flash option.
 The reason is I had a cool idea of contructing a LED sequence that would match the 'beat' of the sound wav I have set to play for game launch.

Just an idea... 

[swindus]

In german we say: "Zwei Dumme, ein Gedanke!"
I had the same idea yesterday ....