new mamedox arcades!

[Lurker]

Per game button configuration for us cabinet users. Hate having to rewire my controls each time I switch back to a real Jamma board.

[fumanchu]

how work coming along bs?

[BritneysPAIRS]

OK im in the testing of rom phase this takes about 6 hours and im about half way though so far no errors.

 

I added in many things then remost it as people can click buttons and stuff happens, have left in sort by number of players and removed left right selecting fav status. Stuff I had is was press left or right did a superscroll up or down eg A B C D or 1988 1989 1990 step without holding down Y but decided it was a bit confusing any ideas on this stuff let me know

 

I dont understand alot of the request so far... but after this i will listen to people with cabinets as I dont have one and add a mode to make it work correctly. I am unsure of the issues at present sure it will be to do with keymapping alot of it.

 

Here is the stuff I added and then removed

Autofire (painfull like cruise control IMO)

Light Gun (very rare people use this so its bad for them)

Left / Right change fav status ( white / black does this and is labeled there)

Left / Right superscroller up/down

X launches a random game (had a little issue but thinking of adding this back again)

 

let me know if you want HK features in but you will need a better agument than I want it if it doesnt help me choose my games its just clutter IMO

Edited December 1, 2007 by BritneysPAIRS

[fumanchu]

OK im in the testing of rom phase this takes about 6 hours and im about half way though so far no errors.

 

I added in many things then remost it as people can click buttons and stuff happens, have left in sort by number of players and removed left right selecting fav status. Stuff I had is was press left or right did a superscroll up or down eg A B C D or 1988 1989 1990 step without holding down Y but decided it was a bit confusing any ideas on this stuff let me know

im just geussing but is this to make it easier for cabinets seems like a complete new config layout!!

[BritneysPAIRS]

at the moment its for xbox people I have keys left over I can use

Left / Right

X and B any ideas for these will be great

 

the rule I have that has made it bad for adding stuff is that I dont want lists jumping all over the show when newbes press buttons randomly like little children do. So im thinking of making it hold left for 2 seconds then it will start jumping though Z Y X W ..... or right for 2 sec A B C D depending on what sort mode you have it would jump differently

[fumanchu]

at the moment its for xbox people I have keys left over I can use

Left / Right

X and B any ideas for these will be great

 

the rule I have that has made it bad for adding stuff is that I dont want lists jumping all over the show when newbes press buttons randomly like little children do. So im thinking of making it hold left for 2 seconds then it will start jumping though Z Y X W ..... or right for 2 sec A B C D depending on what sort mode you have it would jump differently

well if you hit left or right on the rom you are about to select would it be possible to have the screenshot that is on display for the rom appear as a full blown image on screen maybe even a little bit of info abut the game you are about to play possibly!!

[BritneysPAIRS]

what kind of info.... I did have hold right and it would jump into full detailed info and screenshot and when you let go it would return to list but didnt like this after using it

[fumanchu]

what kind of info.... I did have hold right and it would jump into full detailed info and screenshot and when you let go it would return to list but didnt like this after using it

mainly general info but there was one thing call it a comparision as in games that were of a same type as the one you are about to play.

 

eg if you are on progear and you pushed right say it would give you a list of games that are of the same type ie gradius 3,salamander 2,p47 aces.

just a thought.

[BritneysPAIRS]

ummm thats what sort by type is for

[fumanchu]

ummm thats what sort by type is for

yes i know but its just really narroring down the search to an exact genre!!!

with games that are say vertical shooters or horizontal shooters its like saying if you like this game try this one call it reccomendations if you want.

there are lots of games that a lot of people havent played and its easy to skip past them.when i first dicovered mame on xbox i would just play the ones i know and it wasnt until i did a bit of research that i discovered other gems.it might be good for kids or people who are new to mame.

[BritneysPAIRS]

thats alot of work unless you make an xls for every game with what is like it... thats 1000 odd gakmes you will have to list

[fumanchu]

thats alot of work unless you make an xls for every game with what is like it... thats 1000 odd gakmes you will have to list

true i just thought it would be a cool option to have.

 

ps well why not make the genre selection with left and right,

[BritneysPAIRS]

i did that when sorted by type....

[BritneysPAIRS]

Well ive done and tested a full version of Arcades now and cant find any bugs.... Let me know any testers and from here on I may make another patch to make the life of Cab users easier.

 

100 or so extra games a bit of tidy up in areas and a couple of new features

 

http://www.thraxen.com/BritneysPAIRS/roms.txt is the full list of roms let me know if some are in plat 2 please

[BritneysPAIRS]

OK all done and tested.....maybe a small patch for cab version soon

 

http://www.thraxen.com/BritneysPAIRS/roms.txt is new 100 or so games see if there is any double ups from plat 2 please

 

 

Edited December 2, 2007 by BritneysPAIRS