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step1978 - May 24, 2006 - 01:31 PM
Post subject: Frontends: MaLa v1.0 RC3

MaLa ist ein Multi Frontend für 32bit Windows Betriebssysteme wie Win98, WinME, Win2000 und WinXP. Es unterstützt die command line Version von MAME mit XML ROM Info und von anderen Emulatoren wie VICE, Kega Fusion, FCE Ultra - NES, VisualBoyAdvance und ZiNc u.s.w.


MaLa is a MAME and more launcher for 32bit Windows operating systems like Win98, WinME, Win2000 and WinXP. It supports the windows command line version of MAME with XML ROM info and other emulators like VICE, Kega Fusion, FCE Ultra - NES, VisualBoyAdvance and ZiNc to name a few.


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Important!
Please perform a fresh install due to some file format (emulators, gamelists) if you use a previous MaLa version.

What´s new?

Improvements
• Added the ability to rotate videos in realtime. Now it is possible to display attract videos on rotated screens (90, 180, 270).
• Added the ability to execute commands before and after emulator execution.
• Added a sub folder search for rom files of non mame emulators.
• Added more placeholder for the emulator command line: rom path, parent rom name and rom extension.
• Complete rework of the ´Most played game list´ handling. Now available for each emulator.
• Complete rework of the game list tab in the options dialog. Removed all editing stuff. Added a button to lauch MalaGamelist with the selected game list.
• MalaTree and MalaGamelist can be started with command line parameter: Open these apps from the options dialog to edit the tree or a game list with one click.
• Added the ability to add/remove games to/from game lists from the popup menu.
• Names of roms are temporary saved and loaded again after refreshing the main game list.
• Added the ability to update all game properties of all existing game lists for an emulator with values from the main game list.
• Added an optional message box to show the programming of a keyboard encoder.
• Added display of pre/post commands execution to the starting dialog.
• Added emulator command line presets.
• Added a add/remove by description content (include and/or exclude) function to MaLaGamelist
• Added more GUI sounds: quit game, emu switch, attract mode/screensaver start, orientation switch.
• Added a more generic way to launch control panel viewer like CPViewer, CPMaker or Johnny5.
• Added an option to disable the internal jukebox if you want to use an external one.
• Added a function that tracks the selected game list for each emulator and the selected game of a each game list. So the last selected game list and game will be reselected when switching back to an emulator.
• Added a manifest to all applications so they use WinXP controls now.
• Added a new placeholder for text displays and lcd screens: play count.
• Added a property to the layout to hide the game list text display.
• Added more options to the definable naming: rom + 1, rom + 2, rom - 1, rom - 2. This allows to display a marquee picture list of games for example.
• Added an alternative shutdown method (shutdown.exe)
• Some more smaller improvements.

Bugfixes
• Wrong listing of game list files when using more then 10 emulators.
• Focus problem when using game start on MaLa start.
• Path of video files for other emulators not saved.
• Not possible to edit LEDs greater 16.
• Access violation in MalaLayout, MalaTree and MalaGamelist when saving a new file.
• Names of games not saved after loading a name file.




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