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MALA vs Hyperspin
edin_dave:
INteresting to see everyone's opinions.
I myself have tried Maximus Arcade, MALA, Hyperspin and GameEx to see which suited my needs/tastes best..
Maximus Arcade was in the lead until I found out I couldn't buy ot anymore, GameEx was too much media centre oriented for me. Hyperspin looked great as well, but took too much configuring to download the fonts and game titles etc for everything.
Mala won. After reading the Wiki and getting things straight in my head, it offered the ease of development that suited me. There are options in Maximus Arcade that I really liked that I haven't found in Mala yet, but it offers all the main tweaks that I need.
It really is down to personal preference - how much custom artwork you want to create, whether you want I make all your own templates etc.
All of the front ends had good points, all of them had downers.
I realise that this post ultimately doesn't resolve anything for you ,but I'd recommend at left giving Mala a go. I had a basic version of my vision up and running in literally 10 minutes. I couldnt do that with any of the others.
Just my opinion.. Everyone in different :)
Good luck, and let us know how you get on!
Dazz:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on May 24, 2012, 10:11:40 pm ---Why does HS only recognize 2 joystick devices? :timebomb:
Sorry, not trying to jump on the bandwagon here, but this was an annoyance when setting up the Beast.
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Why would you need more than 2 joystick devices in HyperSpin? HyperSpin is used to ONLY select the games. Do you really need more than 2 devices to select games? Once the game is selected it's up to your Emulator to support the necessary controls.
--- Quote from: TheShaner on May 24, 2012, 11:01:24 pm ---Awesome, I am glad I have opened a can of worms and have gotten people talking.
I was initially drawn to hyperspin because of its robust nature, and honestly the themes looked neat. But after messing with it for a while I realized that having the whiz bangs flying around was a little too cartoony for the feel that I am trying to accomplish. I am a somewhat special case though I think. It sounds like I can go in and create a good theme to do what I am looking for, but there are two problems I see with that, and they are probably just my ignorance. Ease of customization and more importantly the core cartoony interface. That wiggling joystick that keeps popping up is just annoying. Like I said, I'm sure I am just ignorant, bit I haven't figured out a way to make that cool.
Dazz, I'm not trying to rip HS, I think it is super cool, and appears to be coded rock solid, I've even donated to become a gold member, but I cannot create a creepy experience with a cartoony core interface.
Please correct me if Im wrong, I would like to use your front end.
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If you have the images or graphical skills; then creating a custom theme to fit your needs is extremely easy. You can remove all of the "core cartoony interface". The animated joystick can be removed by de-selecting the "Special Artwork A" from the Special Art tab of your well settings. "Special Artwork B" is the "Free Play" / "Press Start" text which can also be disabled. These are on a per-wheel/emulator basis so you can have them enabled for one wheel, but removed on another.
--- Quote from: DrChek on May 24, 2012, 10:03:15 pm ---Also in HS you only have like 4 choices of text font, MALA can use any font on the system.
For example I think it would be impossible to recreate the racing cab design that was posted above with those fonts.
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In v1.x there are 5 font styles. I think in v2 we have 10 currently. We can take suggestions for fonts to add.
--- Quote from: Los Abrazos Rotos on May 25, 2012, 05:56:28 am ---Hyperspin just felt like a giant mess to me, way too much going on! Mala didnt really grab me, though I liked it much more than hyperspin. Gameex works best for me, its regularly updated, very professional, clean, simple to use and setup - it ticks all the boxes.
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Game Ex is great... if you want that Windows Media Center look. Most people that have a cabinet want a more "arcade" like experience and want to loose the Windows aspect. Game Ex is good with what it does and I'd use it if I had a media center type setup, but I don't see how anyone would like it in a dedicated cabinet setup.
TheShaner:
Dazz is there any other way to filter your game list other than only applying themes to the ones you want in the list and selecting themes only?
Le Chuck:
Dazz, you didn't address either of my posts with HS questions. Can you please answer them?
--- Quote from: Dazz on May 25, 2012, 08:18:17 am ---
--- Quote from: Nephasth on May 24, 2012, 10:11:40 pm ---Why does HS only recognize 2 joystick devices? :timebomb:
Sorry, not trying to jump on the bandwagon here, but this was an annoyance when setting up the Beast.
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Why would you need more than 2 joystick devices in HyperSpin? HyperSpin is used to ONLY select the games. Do you really need more than 2 devices to select games? Once the game is selected it's up to your Emulator to support the necessary controls.
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I would want this feature as well, to make sure that the FE is as guest proof as possible. On a machine like The Beast or any 4P panel I would want every joystick to do the same thing in the FE so whoever walks up to my panel, no matter which joy they walk up to can select a game and get going. Ideally I would think you would want your FE to meet the needs of the user rather than admonishing the user for wanting something outside the limitations of your FE.
Nephasth:
--- Quote from: Dazz on May 25, 2012, 08:18:17 am ---
--- Quote from: Nephasth on May 24, 2012, 10:11:40 pm ---Why does HS only recognize 2 joystick devices? :timebomb:
Sorry, not trying to jump on the bandwagon here, but this was an annoyance when setting up the Beast.
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Why would you need more than 2 joystick devices in HyperSpin? HyperSpin is used to ONLY select the games. Do you really need more than 2 devices to select games? Once the game is selected it's up to your Emulator to support the necessary controls.
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Well, LeChuck gets it. :cheers:
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