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Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: SirPoonga on October 24, 2002, 01:32:12 am

Title: Do you want to help with controls.dat?
Post by: SirPoonga on October 24, 2002, 01:32:12 am

Hello,

Are you interested in helping out with controls.dat.  WE NEED HELP!

If you are not a programmer and want to be (ie you work on a frontend) PM me at fe.donkeyfly.com (http://fe.donkeyfly.com).

If you just want to help inputting game control info PM me.
Thank You
SirPoonga


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Title: Re:Do you want a controls.dat?
Post by: SirPoonga on August 18, 2003, 03:08:08 am

Could use beta testers to test submitting games.  PM me.

If you help out the faster FE devs will be able implement it :)

for more info goto:
http://www.fe.donkeyfly.com/yabbse/index.php?board=10 (http://www.fe.donkeyfly.com/yabbse/index.php?board=10)

For those that don't know what it is.  It's a standardized dat file, like the history.dat, that will be available to FE devs in two forms as discussed among the FE devs.  XML and INI.  The purpose is to document controls of games in mame.  This includes what type of controls the games uses and labelling (like button 1 being 'Jump').  Also the format allows FE devs to use the dat file with your ctrlr file definitions so an FE might have the ability to display labels laid out like your control panel.