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Request for a plug-in / functionality for front ends
Space Fractal:
Yep Q-Bert use option 5.
fatfingers:
Yes, I see there is a diagonal mode, but mame (and mala) will report the controls for that game as being 4-way, not diagonal. So, there must be a way for the plugin to know that for qbert it needs to use diagonal instead of the 4-way that mame/mala told it to use.
In the U360 plugin we have the notion of map files (which are necessary to be applied by the UltraMap tool that the plugin uses -- similar to the 49way tool, but it takes a map file as a parameter and reads the mode to apply from the map file). Since files were necessary for the U360 plugin to work the logic is to look for a game-specific file first, then the clone-of file, and finally the mame reported controller type. The first one found is used. It seems we need the notion of a 'map file' for this plugin as well, but what should the format be? Should it just be a number? Should it just be a string that is well-known and that the plugin can map to a number?
Is that clearer?
Space Fractal:
You could create a couple of bat files a same way you did with ugc files. Instead launching GPWIZ49.exe directly, you can simple launch the bat file (so this bat file can run the correct number).
Kaytrim:
I think a single coma delimited file or table file might do the trick. First column will have the rom name, second column have the DRS number. If the game is not listed in the file use the same logic as the U360. Then all we need is someway to edit the file to tell the plugin what DRS to use for the odd games like q-bert, sinistar, etc. Eventualy a master file could be created holding this information that could be distributed with the plugin. I don't know how many of these oddball games there would be so I am not sure what the demands would be for searching the file. If you see a more elegant or simple way of doing this feel free to use it.
fatfingers:
--- Quote from: Space Fractal / Denmark on February 07, 2007, 04:57:35 pm ---You could create a couple of bat files a same way you did with ugc files. Instead launching GPWIZ49.exe directly, you can simple launch the bat file (so this bat file can run the correct number).
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At the moment I am liking this idea. I'll think about it for a while before implementing it. That will give other wise people time to propose their ideas.
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