front end suggestion

[dreamcastninja]

Anyone know of a really easy to use front end that looks professional for my cab? I've been using mamewah for about 2 or 3 years now, and yes it's nice, it works, and it's fast, but I just want a change.

Out of my 2900 games i filtered 238 of them (the ones I always play)

so it's got to be able to filter games like that

if anyone has any suggestions let me know

[SirPoonga]

Just start trying them.

[lucindrea]

Personaly i like DK , you can setup a hot key to mark games as "favorites" and they will be listed in their own section , not to mention you can sort by game type , year , mfgr , etc .. whatever feild is in the dat files ( cmpro type of dats ) , not to mention the default skin looks cool as is , but it's fully customizable , you can even switch skins when you change catagories ( i.e. one skin for mamy games , another for snes ones etc )

[anthonylitz]

Try Ultrastyle.  I looks great!  It has a favorites key but not alot of sorting options yet.

Anthony

[dreamcastninja]

Just start trying them.

I would but I hate working on my cab that's why I asked. It freezes up when using windows for some reason to update stuff because it's a copied install or something. I changed mobo's but dind't format or something i dunno i'm not sure why it does that, works fine for mame , but if i fiddle in windows too long it freezes, lol

[dreamcastninja]

ultrastyle looks awesome but I don't have the marquees

[dreamcastninja]

i've read it has probs on win98 as well... i'll just search and find something good, maybe i'll stick with mamewah, just skin it differently or something

[danny_galaga]

i've read it has probs on win98 as well... i'll just search and find something good, maybe i'll stick with mamewah, just skin it differently or something

now you tell me!! i've just found that out myself!! :

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=26914

real pity because on xp it's pretty easy to set up (i'm hopeless with this stuff) and looks quite good (doesn't look windowsy), even without using the marquee feature...

[PacManFan]

Check out Kymaera, It's simple to set up, and it looks great. You can also import MameWah skins.

www.sourceforge.net/projects/kymaera

-PMF

[dreamcastninja]

screenshots? if it uses mamewah skins that means its the same thing

[PacManFan]

screenshots? if it uses mamewah skins that means its the same thing

?? What do you mean "the same thing?"
Kymaera is a different FE than MameWah.
-PMF

[dreamcastninja]

yea but if it uses mamewah skins then it will look the same
blah

[Howard_Casto]

screenshots? if it uses mamewah skins that means its the same thing

?? What do you mean "the same thing?"
Kymaera is a different FE than MameWah.
-PMF

Hate to tell you I told you so, but I warned you that if you added mamewah skin support many of our less intelligent patrons would feel this way.  I feel your pain.

[dreamcastninja]

less intelligent? excuse me? you don't know me so how can you assume something like that? I have no information on that front end that's why I asked and made that assumption based on what I know. Intelligence and lack of information is two different things, don't be an ass.

[anthonylitz]

Regaurdless of any of our IQs   It is really easy to setup compared to alot of FE.  

I am suprised there aren't any more flashy skins out there, I am no artist so I am not volunteering.  Just with all the fancy metal looking websites, I can't find anything like that.  I guess its because people are into retro and more of a plain 80s look.

Anthony

[screaming]

less intelligent? excuse me? you don't know me so how can you assume something like that? I have no information on that front end that's why I asked and made that assumption based on what I know. Intelligence and lack of information is two different things, don't be an ass.

  Every troll deserves an ass.

-Steve

[PacManFan]

Regaurdless of any of our IQs   It is really easy to setup compared to alot of FE.  

I am suprised there aren't any more flashy skins out there, I am no artist so I am not volunteering.  Just with all the fancy metal looking websites, I can't find anything like that.  I guess its because people are into retro and more of a plain 80s look.

Anthony

Kymaera is a still a relatively new Front End. With MinWah's help, I was able to write a layout to skin importer. It works for the main screen fairly well. The only thing it doesn't do is vertical skins and preserving the fonts(sometimes).

Kymaera can do a lot. This importer is there to help leverage the time and effort that other people have put into making MameWah skins. I'm not a graphic artist myself, so I didn't try to design too many skins. Joymonkey is the one who created all the default skins for Kymaera so far. I made the vertical skin based off of some of his horizontal layouts.
-PMF

[dreamcastninja]

hey steve, you weren't in the convo at all and you come in here for the sheer purpose of trying to insult me, why don't ya go get a life?

[dreamcastninja]

steve and howard, stop the idiotic flaming, no need for that when someone asks for help...

[KHAN]

steve and howard, stop the idiotic flaming, no need for that when someone asks for help...

Hey dreamcastninja!  You are trying to be smart .

Steve and Howard are here just for help you out, they have no enough time to waste.you don't have a respect of seniors.

You have to apologise .

[KHAN]

Why you are thinking kymaera and mamewah are same.

kamaera has a game list at its left and mamewah has at its right side,are these looks same.

frontend should be customiseable.MameWah and Kymaera are fully compatible.You can disign your own skin as you like.

when I composed a mamewah skin it was just only a JPG file,i modified it in Adobe Photoshop and simply open it in Mamewah layout disginer as a background image.No need for main logo and and backdrop after this.

if you still confuse   than wait for God's help

[dreamcastninja]

"if you still confuse?" do you speak English?

"kamaera has a game list at its left and mamewah has at its right side,are these looks same."

you can move the mamewah gamelist wherever you want, if you're going to make an informative post, at least get the info correct.

and believe me I know how to use photoshop man, I do graphic arts stuff on the side to help pay for college...
LMFAO

[KHAN]

ok/----
 
plz don't talk about my english, i know it is very poor.The reason is
that English is not my mother tung.
But i am also taking a guidence at this forum....Many people belongs
to english countries.....
Time will come when i also be able to speak good english.

day and night are not equal.

You have a good english that is why you are not getting response of
your queation as you desire.

[dreamcastninja]

i don't desire any answer

i asked for suggestions

they gave assnine comments

[SirPoonga]

Well, you got the best possible answer.  You really won't know what you like unless you try them.

[dreamcastninja]

that's true, I appreciate everyone helping though, everyone who was respectful that is...  

[Howard_Casto]

steve and howard, stop the idiotic flaming, no need for that when someone asks for help...

Hey dreamcastninja!  You are trying to be smart .

Steve and Howard are here just for help you out, they have no enough time to waste.you don't have a respect of seniors.

You have to apologise .

Agreed.... I didn't like the way he backhanded pmf.  Comparing his fe to mamewah simply because of looks is ridiculous.  Just shows his lack of appreciation for all of our hard work.  

[dreamcastninja]

no it doesn't show lack of appreciation... it shows that if it uses the same skin, that means it looks the same as mamewah, therefore it isn't worth a change if i wanted a change from the normal mamewah fe screens...

please don't pretend like you understand my ideas and what I'm thinking...

I see that you have idiot police next to your name...shows that you look to pick internet fights with people to compensate for your lack of real life social skills...

see I can make things up about you too  

[Magnet_Eye]

ultrastyle looks awesome but I don't have the marquees

get them!

I have them up on my site here:

Arcade Images

 

[dreamcastninja]

THANKS MAGNET! that's awesome! I appreciate it but I'm using mamewah I just changed the skin and stuff, but thanks for trying to help

[ErikRuud]

DreamCastNinja,

Because they look the same they must be the same???

They are both good FE's, but they do not have the same features and they do not work the same way.  The skin importer in Kymaera is a new feature that will let people choose from the many Mamewah skins that are out there if they do not like the look of the default Kymaera skins and do not have the skills to do it themselves.

I don't see any disrepect coming from Steve at all.  Howard is .... well..just being Howard. He tends be brutally honest.  Aside from that, you seem to be the one with a bad attitude in tis thread.

[dreamcastninja]

no i don't have a bad attitude, thanks for explaining the difference in a civil manner

I'm a really easy going person but when people give me ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- like that I'll speak my mind, I held back so I wouldn't get banned or something...but there's no need for behavior like theirs on a forum... if you notice I don't speak ill of anyone except those two.

[ErikRuud]

I won't make excuses for Howard because i do feel he goes to far sometimes.

I still don't see where Steve said anything disrespectful.

On the other hand,

hey steve, you weren't in the convo at all and you come in here for the sheer purpose of trying to insult me, why don't ya go get a life?

if you still confuse?" do you speak English?

"kamaera has a game list at its left and mamewah has at its right side,are these looks same."

you can move the mamewah gamelist wherever you want, if you're going to make an informative post, at least get the info correct.

These two comments don't seem very respectful to me.

[Howard_Casto]

I won't make excuses for Howard because i do feel he goes to far sometimes.

Excuse me?  I've made two, one sentence replys in this thread neither of which are directed towards the poster.  If you want me to "go to far" I can, but considering this kid's insolent tone I feel I was being extremely civil.  

And for the record and only for the record my past posts on other threads would have absolutely nothing to do with my reply on this thread.  That would be considered holding a grudge.  

You know my only rule... Don't poke the bear!!!

[danny_galaga]

wow, this is more hardcore than the political threads in 'everything else'!!

[danny_galaga]

ultrastyle looks awesome but I don't have the marquees

get them!

I have them up on my site here:

Arcade Images

 

just downloaded some to try. they look awesome on ultrastyle!! pity i can't install it on my cab  

[KHAN]

ultrastyle looks awesome but I don't have the marquees

get them!

I have them up on my site here:

Arcade Images

 

dreamcastninja wrote :
THANKS MAGNET! that's awesome! I appreciate it but I'm using mamewah I just changed the skin and stuff, but thanks for trying to help  

have u try TURBO MAME, PARTYON , these two are unique having nothing
similar than MameWah and Kymaera.

[ErikRuud]

Howard,

I'm not holding a grudge.  Why would I, you contribute an a lot to this community and I have personally benefitted from some of your contributions.

It is just my opinion that somtimes you are to harsh.  Truth and politeness can coexist.  

[dreamcastninja]

yea i read this thread again... so sorry steve, i apologize...

and i just made a rude comment to you in another thread before this taht was uncalled for... sorry for that too...

I guess howard put me in a bad mood so i took what you said as being another smartass comment. Sorry steve.

but howard... no excuse for that stuff... i was a man and apologized to steve for my actions...can you do the right thing as well?

[KHAN]

but howard... no excuse for that stuff... i was a man and apologized to steve for my actions...can you do the right thing as well?

Dreamcastninja! If you are confident here to blaim Mr.Howard just mention
all the irrelevent comments posted by him...
I don't think so that he made any thing out of law.He always follow the right
way and never use irritating thoughts for others....
HOWARD has an open face to talk every one he is not a Ninja.

[dreamcastninja]

i don't feel like wasting ten minutes to figure out what you just said in that post

[Magnet_Eye]

THANKS MAGNET! that's awesome! I appreciate it but I'm using mamewah I just changed the skin and stuff, but thanks for trying to help

Well, you can use the marquee images with any frontend. they are just images. I use them with Mamewah.

 

[dreamcastninja]

I know, I'm just lazy... right now I'm trying to figure out how to remove clones from mamewah lists haha

[Crazy Cooter]

wow, this is more hardcore than the political threads in 'everything else'!!

Heheh, that's what i was thinking too.