Finally HyperSpin 1.0 is here. Based on user feedback we have made a lot changes. Thanks to all the team members for their help in getting this release out.
Here are the new changes:
Added: Brand new website with a lot of new documentation and video tutorials.
Added: Zip theme support. Less theme clutter now, load themes directly from zip files.
Added: Update to HyperTheme to output to new zip theme structure.
Added: New video transitions feature. Play short transparent flv's that connect with HS to perfectly transition between themes.
Added: Favorites support.
Added: New faster interface. Moving in and out of a wheel is more snappier.
Added: New letter jumping browser. Hold the joystick down to bring up the new letter menu to get to letters very fast.
Added: Wheel images now flip to get to next or previous letters. Faster than the old scrolling method.
Added: Can now launch programs from the Main Menu.
Added: Can now launch multiple emulators from one wheel.
Added: HyperHQ backend is done.
Added: Added new wizards in HyperHQ for easier setup of new systems.
Added: New optimizer settings so you can tweek HyperSpin to run faster.
Added: Built in Betabrite Classic and Betabrite Prism support. You can also use custom png images to display on either sign.
Added: New HyperBrite program to configure your Betabrite signs and custom messages for a variety of different events in HS.
Added: New Flash 10 support.
Added: Can now sort wheel automatically or by the order your database is in.
Added: New xml indexing feature for quick jump games.
Added: You can now filter the wheel by wheels only and parents only.
Added: Finished remainder joystick support, POV and Button controls.
Added: New horizontal wheel style.
Added: Option to return to last game on wheel.
Added: Option to start on random game.
Added: Can now fade out non active wheel items.
Added: New exiting menu sounds.
Added: More navigational sound effects throughout the FE.
Added: Can now skin all the extra menu's such as the exit menu, favorites menu, etc..
Added: Letter Jump and Number Jump are now seperate keys.
Added: Can set the wheel image sizes per wheel now.
Added: New exiting actions such as shutting down the pc.
Added: New 3D wheel features for vertical wheels, tilt the wheel at an agle.
Added: Pointer can now bump when moving through games.
Added: New special artwork C which can show current genre information.
Added: Genre system is now a wheel.
Added: Apply MAME style scanline effects in HS. Uses scanline image files.
Added: New video animations such as TV Zoom Out.
Added: Videos can now have resting animations, have your video float around etc..
Added: Videos can now be delayed.
Added: Videos now have 3D features. Run your vides at an angled rotation. Spin your videos in 3D while animating in.
Added: New video overlay offset feature, no more photoshoping to perfect your overlay positioning.
Added: Image Snap support for those that don't use videos.
Added: No video feature to display the "No Video" default video when you have no videos or snaps.
Added: All new emumovie intro videos for all default systems.
Added: Added new attract mode feature where you can have the attract mode kick in after an emumovie ends, instead of having the video repeat.
Added: All new changes to the Main Menu themes like more animated characters.
Added: New HyperList website at HyperSpin thanks to Lashek.
Fixed: Black screen issues with themes only on.
Fixed: Some themes locking up HyperSpin.
Fixed: Better video looping. had small issues before.
Fixed: HS centering between 2 monitors in windowed mode.
Fixed: Small scaling issue with wheel images.
Fixed: Vertical wheels on the left and center only animating in from the right.
Fixed: Slower wheel on large lists.
Fixed: Special Art B not loading if missing A.
Fixed: issue with last game sometimes not showing up on list
Fixed: Chase animation from right supposed to be flipped.
Fixed: Video overlays not correctly synced with video when animating in.
Fixed: Videos not perfectly restarting at the beginning when looping.
Fixed: Flag animation affecting themes i.e championship sprint
Fixed: Minizing not pausing HS.
Fixed: Hi Score delay setting not working properly.
Fixed: Joystick controls affecting MAME and making MAME run slow.
Fixed: HS drawn video borders had a slight gap betwen the video and the first border, causing you to see the background in some cases.
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