Deux mises à jour consécutives pour ce frontend multi-système ont été publiées. Les améliorations sont les suivantes:
v2.6.1:
Fixed
- App crash when adding/removing games to/from custom favorites profiles
- Hidden games filter was not restoring on restart
v2.6:
Fixed
- I forgot to set the natural sorting to mount multiple floppy lists (1, 2, 3.., 10,11)... it was 1, 10, 11, 2, 3
- Reselect a game after game filters change was not actually selecting anything and sometimes causing the frontend to crash
- Systems list sorting was a little off
*Commodore 64 should be listed before Commodore 128
*Game Boy Color should be listed after Game Boy and before Game Boy Advance
*Atari 400/800/XL should be listed before Atari 2600
*3DO was showing before "All Systems"
- Some functions were executing multiple times in the same task, specially at frontend startup
- Game not executing when "Play With Associated Application" option is selected (games popup menu)
- Index out of bounds / access denied errors after manual create games list if using zipped images
- Zipped images fixes/changes/optimizations from Emu Loader
- Icon for batch files ".cmd" not showing correctly (visual bug only)
- Emulator settings loading twice in Emulators Setup screen when selecting a system or emulator filenames
- Select emulators tool bar button would always leave one system out of the list
- Updated PPSSPP parameter to exit with ESC key from "--escapeexitsemu" to "--escape-exit" (required for new builds)
- Reselect last game was not working if you have two games of different media types but same game title
Changed
- Documentation files updated
- Extensive improvements to 'emulator_parameters.ini' handling (most changes/tweaks for Emulators Setup screen)
*file 'emulator_parameters[default].ini' is now part of the frontend and CANNOT BE DELETED OR MODIFIED, or vital frontend features will malfuncion!!! (do NOT edit this file)
*if emulator parameters are not found in 'emulator_parameters.ini', they are read from 'emulator_parameters[default].ini' (Emulators Setup screen and when running games)
*no need to keep unused emulator entries in 'emulator_parameters.ini' anymore
*unused emulator entries is NOT auto-deleted by EmuCon, no current data is lost in your file
*no need to overwrite your 'emulator_parameters.ini' file on new EmuCon builds anymore
*emulators titles are no longer available in 'emulator_parameters.ini'; they are parsed directly from 'emulator_parameters[default].ini'
*section [Emulator Title] is auto-deleted from 'emulator_parameters.ini' file every time you open Emulators Setup screen; to keep file clean
- Split/tweaked an important function into smaller functions to prevent executing them multiple times in the same task
- New folder selection dialog (no Unicode support)
- Buttons are back to normal size and font format
- Replaced game size string generator by a more accurate function (from Emu Loader)
- Preferences screen redesign
- Updates to main menu/popup menu drawing functions
*smaller height for "Play With Emulator #n" menu items if emulator is not bein used (emtpy)
*each item in the same menu can have a different height
*games popup menu can have icons of different sizes; 24x24 for "Play With Emulator #n" ; 16x16 for "Add to Favorites" (experimental)
*grayscale icons on disabled menu items (experimental)
*changes/fixes/tweaks from Emu Loader
*extra minor tweaks
- Function uMain.ELV_SelectItem() adapted to search 'Item.Caption' in lists other than main games list (EasyListView)
- Function uMain.RunProcess() updated to include tweaks from Emu Loader and to support CreateProcessW() API for Unicode handling
- All date/time strings are now in 24 hours format (no more AM/PM)
- Replaced all message boxes by EmuCon's custom message box... because I'm sick and tired of the 'bling' sound every time a msgbox pops up
- Custom message box updated
*used by all messages in the frontend
*dynamic height according to text length and screen resolution
*interface tweaks
*URL detection; click on URLs now possible, using default internet browser
*Generic messages show a generic icon
*Top bar color turns red on fatal error messages (experimental)
- Last played games UI optimizations
- A lot of source code optimizations. I hope I didn't break anything
- Splash screen replaced by a regular opaque screen
- Setting 'Run Game Confirmation Dialog' is now disabled by default
- EmuCon games database files have changed due to Unicode support
*files are updated by the frontend at startup, you don't have to do anything. Backup copies are created in 'emucon_dir\games\backup\' folder in case something goes wrong, or if you need the old database for some reason...
*files now have a .txt extension insted of .ec
*there is no title entries anymore; they are the same as filenames (no custom game titles support)
Removed
- File 'mru.ini' is obsolete and won't be used anymore
*last played games info stored in 'emucon_dir\played_games\system_name.ini' files and they use game filenames, not game titles like older EmuCon builds
*contents of your mru.ini cannot be transfered to new files
- Tiles view mode is gone. Only details view is available from now on
- File 'ec_extras.ini' no longer required
Added
- Core update: Unicode game filenames support
*Unicode filenames detection when searching files
*show Unicode texts in games list
*emulator folders, game folders, emulator filenames file extensions must still be in ANSI format
*favorites profile title and filename must still be in ANSI format (might change in the far future)
*not all emulators can run Unicode filenames from the command line, specially from their config files
*feature 'Run With Associated Application' cannot read Unicode strings from Windows registry (Delphi 7 limitation)
*run game confirmation dialog does not show Unicode texts in the RichEdit control (Delphi 7 limitation) :(
*the following emulators do NOT support Unicode (tested by me):
.MESS / UME (no Unicode filenames in command line for any system)
.WinVICE (Commodore 64, 128, VIC-20)
.Kegs32 / GSport (Apple IIGS)
.WinAPE (Amstrad CPC)
.AppleWin / JACE (Apple II)
.Atari800 / Atari800Win Plus / Atari++ (Atari 800)
.Bsnes / higan v0.94 / Zsnes (Super Nintendo)
.puNES / RockNES (Nintendo 8-bit)
.JPCSP: JAVA PSP Emulator (Sony PSP) - zipped image files cannot have Unicode names; they must be unzipped (ZipForge + Delphi 7 limitation)
*several new WideString functions were added to the source code to handle Unicode strings (uCommon.pas)
*The following emulators can load Unicode files from command line (tested by me):
.WinUAE / FS-UAE (Amiga)
.PPSSPP latest svn builds September 2014+ (Sony PSP)
.Dolphin Emulator (Nintendo Wii and GameCube)
.Altirra (Atari 800)
.Snes9x latest builds (June 2014+) / higan v0.93 (Super Nintendo)
.Nestopia Undead Edition (Nintendo 8-bit)
- Support 2K / 4K standard cartridge mappers (type 57 and 58) for Atari 800 emulators "Altirra", "Atari800", "Atari++"
- puNES Emulator support: http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?t=6928
- Favorites lists, ported from Emu Loader
*profiles are stored in new 'emucon_dir\favorites\' folder
*system_IDs must have leading zeros (valid IDs from 001 to 063)
*Unicode filenames are encripted with Delphi 7's Utf8Encode() function (only ANSI strings allowed in fav files)
*add/remove games to/from favorites list using games popup menu (mouse right-click) or with hotkeys Shift+F / Shift+D
*show only favorites filter; new favorites tool bar button
*create as many favorites profiles as you want with the favorites manager (favorites tool bar button)
*profile titles and filenames MUST be ANSI format (no Unicode names... at least for now)
*profile title entry MUST be placed at the top ('favorite_title=your_fav_title')
*setting "Show Favorite Icon In Games" (favorites tool bar button) to show a small fav icon in each game tagged as favorite; useful when Favorites filter is disabled
- New "Show Games Status Bar" setting, enabled by default (main menu "View"); uncheck it to hide the bar
- Menu item "Select Random Game" in games popup menu, if the tool bar button is not visible
Main tool bar buttons improvements (main menu "View" / "Tool Bar Buttons")
*small tool bar ...to save some space
*customize tool bar; to hide buttons you don't wanna see, including the search bar
- New games filter "Hide Games", disabled by default; hide games the main filters cannot; MESS/UME bios sets ?
*add/remove games to/from hidden games list using games popup menu (mouse right-click) or with hotkeys Shift+H / Shift+R
*enable/disable hidden games with the new filter button in main tool bar buttons
*remove games from hidden list with games popup menu
*filter "Show Hidden Games Only" in the new filter button so you can remove games from hidden list easier
*only one list can be created, no multiple profiles
*new 'hiddengames.ini' file
- Play a video preview of your games using a media player of your choice (external player)
*settings located in preferences screen, 'Video Preview' tag
*auto-search feature (EmuCon exclusive): search for video/audio files in 'Game Snapshot' folder without the need to select a folder for video files ('snap_dir\' and 'snap_dir\videosnap\' folders)
*any video/audio format can be used; limited only by the media player your using and/or codecs installed in Windows
*any media player that load files from command line can be used, but this feature was coded for/works best with 'Media Player Classic Home Cinema'
- New game data:
*'Times Played', 'Last Played' and 'Playtime' game columns
*info stored in a new folder '\played_games\'; each system have its own file
*recent played games are always moved to the top of the list
*file format is 'GameFilenameMediaType IsUnicode TimesPlayed¬PlayedDateTime¬TotalPlayTime'
*Last played info is also shown in 'Last 25 Played Games' screen
*these files replace the now obsolete 'mru.ini'
- Games sorting routine is now using an undocumented Windows API called "StrCmpLogicalW", for a more natural sorting (like Windows Explorer does)
- New setting "Disable Natural Sorting (1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 20)" (preferences screen)
*for the purists that want to enjoy the full ASCII sort glory (1, 10, 11, 2, 20, 3)
*sort disks for multiple games loading still use natural sorting
- Delete Selected Games (games popup menu). Delete games from the list and/or the actual game files. Recycle bin is not supported!
- Select one or more games to delete. A list of all games will be shown so you can remove games from that list and confirm the operation
- Modify image layouts; assign an image category to the panel you want
*only the current layout can be edited... for easier and quicker usage
*you cannot hide panels; pointless as there are only 3 categories
*single image layout cannot be modified. Image category is always 'game snapshot'
*access in images popup menu or layout selection button in images tool bar button: 'Change Layout Settings'
*data saved in 'screenshot_layouts.ini'
- Customize images panel background color and splitters; preferences screen, 'Images' tab
*only one bkcolor for all images categories
*splitters color is not customizable, it's the same as the panel color
*splitters 'mouse hover' color can be customized; to work with the new bkcolor setting
*splitter style 'Office 2007 Luna' removed; only solid single color is supported from now on
- Load multiple floppy disks improved:
*new multi-floppy dialog so you can change the disks order before loading the emulator
*Read .rtf files in 'docs\special_rules\' folder to more details and for supported emulators |
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