******************************************************** This is the history and What New file for version 2.xx ******************************************************** MultiFe 2.09.2b Released (March 26, 2009): - Rotation using iRotate utility, so emu movies can been rotated too (it have still little flicker issues under rotation, but looking on that later). Software rotation is still in, if you are NOT plan to use mame movies and is flickerfree. - Rotation Issues if desktop is rotated in vertical is fixed. - MultiFE can been show on any choiceable monitor (but still only use one monitor). - MultiFE do now auto check if a desktop resolution have been changed and then countinue working in the new resolution. - video.html was missing and hence emumovies diddent work. - Some External application was started after a game is doing launching, which might cause some emulators to fail (still need testing, hence beta). - Windowred is temporary removed. MultiFe 2.09 Released (February 28, 2009): - Ask Quit method now works in Jukebox GUI. - Added the blank background method for easier to use the Sk-Jukebox style GUI. - Few other minor unamed bugs fixed. MultiFE 2.09 Beta Released (February 22, 2009): - EmuMovies support for Arcade GUI (howover no rotation support yet for movies) for mame. Snapshots is still needed, if you want thumbnails. - Windows title is now sync with the game/song selected and hence can been checked by external applications. ***************************** MultiFE v2.08.2 Released: - The various Info at the bottom now works as intended (there was missing a lots of info). - The same info is now shown in the mini window (Jukebox GUI) MultiFE v2.08 Released (January 17, 2009): - Wrong resolution in Daphne config (640x440 should have been 640x480 of course). - Sega CD games now works again (it happens when I lost some runprogram.exe code for some ago). - New Mini Window feature in monitorless feature in Jukebox GUI instead of start in minimized mode (I got it disable, but now enabled again). - Revoked Jukeplugin system so it does not need the jukeplugsys.dll (lost source for it) anymore, but the plugins directly. That seen that help on the memory leak problem. - jukeplugsys/jukeplugsys.dat is moved to data/jukeplugsys.dat, so you might need to reconfig plugins. - JukeboxEvents.jps removed, but replaced CommunicationEvents.jps (does the same). ***************************** MultiFE v2.07.11 Released (January 16, 2009): - Queue screen got stuck in Arcade GUI mode, so it diddent correctly go back to frontscreen. MultiFE v2.07.10 Released: - Changed a bit how the startup in applications work. It does not wait for the application to finish (unlike the rest of events), which is needed for applications like XPadder. - AHK and AU3 should now finally run in Explorer Library. MultiFE v2.07.9 Released (More bug fixes): - Some bugs when launching extern applications (like programmering the U360) did not work correctly. - Mame database creating did not work if MultiFE was installed in a directory if a space was found (forgot " around folders) - Some missing icons added (like game icon). Howover it did not crash, but just not shown that. - Few other unnamed bugs fixed (including some crash). MultiFE v2.07.8 Christmas Released (More bug fixes): - Mame Thumbnail logo diddent show in list, only on maincover. - Now possible to browser by Year (but it might with some games pickup the moest recent version of the same game, like Amidar). MultiFE v2.07.7 Christmas Released (More bug fixes): - Genre & Category in Mame library did not work when creating database. - Mame database Optimizing should now finally work as it was intended. MultiFE v2.07.6 Christmas Released (More broken code fixed): - F1 -> F4 shortcuts (can been remapped) do now works again. - Gui Switch, including flipping works again (if you want to use a Jukebox & Arcade GUI combo). MultiFE v2.07.5 Released: - Library Choice now works again In Jukebox Mode. - Show Coverarts now works again in Touchscreen GUI when using albums. - Various other small unnamed bugs. MultiFE v2.07.4 Christmas Released: - Little delay before loading coverart, so navigation now not fell slow (optimized). - Various major and minor bugs in Touchscreen GUI fixed (like genre, select library and show coverart). - Genre Fixed in Jukebox GUI Mode. - Coverart might not load in a unicoded folder in some Gui's. - Few profiles added and updated (AAE and Zinc is now v1.1, which was outdated). MultiFE v2.07.3 Released: - Trackparser never got invoked under id3 scanning and hence no tracknr info added to database (issue happens in 2.07.2) fixed. Refresh (F5) needed. - Filemask problems in Future Pinball profile fixed. - Database did not cleared when System dabatase got rebuild. - Few System Profiles added. - Various unamed bug fix. MultiFE v2.07.2 Released: - Some Tracksorting problem with tags fixed (refresh library if it show tracknr wrong). - When sorting by Albums, the albumnr was sent to the queue as they was sorted by the artist order (hope it work?). Most no-ticable in Jukebox GUI. MultiFE v2.07 Released (December 16, 2008): - Finally enabled system emulators with these profiles I have created by now !! - Various coverart fix in all albums when unicode is used. - Varous MAME library fixed and need to been reconfigurated. ***************************** MultiFE 2.06.10 Released (December 15, 2008): - A track sorting problem in Jukebox GUI with some tags fixed. - Only init LCD once at start and when change ini. - Do no longer load all coverarts in one frame, so MultiFE dosent fell slow under navigation. - Fixed a issue so NO ENTER feauture on Jukebox GUI, so it require full SONG Insertion now (leading zero is now required in that mode). Warning: - Mame database create from a exe file is broken, but you can still use a external xml file (created by example romlister or mame.exe -listxml >gamelist.xml from commandprompt). MultiFE 2.06.9 Released: - Arabic and other language with unicode should now work in Explorer Library with fixed alignment coverart problem. - Installation should now set correct permissions for some folders, but not checked with Vista UAC turned off. MultiFE 2.06.8 Released: - Select and Parent in "How to Move" in config allways got a "not remapped" status, regardless you remapped it or not. By default its ALT and CTRL. MultiFE 2.06.7 Released: - Language got screwed in the last version. - Coverarts should show in frontscreen again, even when screensaver occur. MultiFE 2.06.6 Released: - default values for the new thumbnail got screwed when you update MultiFE (Texture size set to 0 and mightbeen Thumbnail filename was set to nothing). - Songs suddenly got sorted in when songs in album library is listed (effected only in Arcade mode) and hence add wrong songs to the queue. - windowed contra fullmode should remember their resolution, when you set back it back to windowed mode again. - Logfile can now been disabled (look in other settings). MultiFE 2.06.5 Released: - Act like a CD Player got auto enabled when new song was added to the queue in Explorer Library, which it should not do that. MultiFE 2.06.4 released (December 01, 2008): - Just small changes to few LCDMatrix settings (read the docs for more info). +++ There was really no reason to still call betas, so I removed beta (B) and updates (U) versions now. Hopefully easier to understand. So the number of beta was changed to as a minor version instead. +++ MultiFE v2.0b6u3 Released: - Credits support for one line LCD display's. - More configuration options in thier ini files (like shutdown, screensaver.on and screensaver.off). MultiFE v2.0b6u2 Released: - Song Info only version was never sent to the serial and instead it have sent a empty line instead. - in LCDMatrix folder, when you create new LCD profiles, #LINE# is now same as #LINE1#. MultiFE V2.0b6 Released (November 20, 2008): - Search might crash on Mame Library and mightbeen music Library? (otherwise it should not crash anymore). - When F5 to refresh libraries, all libraries is rebuild ONLY if you are on frontscreen, if you are in a library, only that would been refreshed. - Only changed libraries got saved. - redesigned thumbnail system which is now similar that system Barcrest's Freebox Jukebox use (another great jukebox software). - Thumbnails do now only scanned when refreshing a library and never on start-up (which was too slow). - Primary Serial Matrix LCD support for Jukebox GUI mode {Need more work to been done, but enabled}. - Command line emulator support {YES, but still need more work to been done} {disabled}. - Fixed up the screwy full LCD support, which could crash some points or diddent work correctly. Thanks to heffe2001 for the serial code, hopefully it should finally work (elsewice pm me), even I today did found the post in the blitzmax forum, but thanks for the sample :-D ***************************** MultiFE v2.0b5 Released (November 13, 2008): - Jukebox GUI: LCD config was screwy in Jukebox GUI config. - Jukebox GUI: Possible to write to the LCD smartie file with only the user input number. - Jukebox GUI: Enter can now been disabled so MultiFE just auto add song after a little delay. This works best when using NumPad, but the control panel does not have a Enter. - Touchscreen GUI: "Show SongList" did not work correctly if "Use Combo GUI" was enabled (that feature is now auto disabled). - Configuration is now saved directly after a fullscreen command. MultiFE v2.0b4u2 Released: - The number insertion in Jukebox GUI got screwed MultiFE v2.0b4 Released: - Action Buttons remapping did not work correctly and still rely on their old names. - The Find feature might crash if your scrolled down and tried to find something. - (hopefully) fixed "Check various" in albums. Artists should now show correctly in all gui's. MultiFE v2.0b3 and v2.0b3.2 Released: - Cursor placed left in Jukebox GUI (did not check for left or right handend language. - Can now press Enter to jumb to album (example 500 + enter instead of 0500). - Few minor language colon bug - Various artists in each folder do no longer show as multiple albums when using ID3 tags (disabled by default, not 100% tested yet). - Main coverarts in each library in Jukebox GUI is now checked. - Auto Go Home idle feature for Arcade (Home), Jukebox (Show song 000) and Touchscreen (Hide songlist) GUI. Find it under other settings under idle features. - Album, Singles, Explorer path could not been defined (was broken) [from b3.2]. MultiFE v2.0b2 Released: - No Cache thumbnail bug is fixed. - Priority issue on displaying CDG in some resolution. - Show and Hide coverart is now show correctly in Touchscreen mode. - Songlist and any mouse collision on buttons is hided/disabled in Touchscreen mode when screensaver starting. - Some Visual bugs in Touchscreen fixed. MultiFE v2.0b1 Released (October 07, 2008): - Fixed parent issues in some config issue (which could been blocked) ***************************** These was wips for Version 2.xx Even more Bug Fix Wip 13d Released (October 03, 2008): - Better Remap system hence <> and some help is added, so it better show you can change page. - Picture screensaver might crash if you change images while it show the pictures. More Bug Fix Wip 13c Released: - Act as CD Player could mesh up and skipping the first user song. More Bug Fix Wip 13b Released: - Various touchscreen visual issues (example Player Controls now works again as well other things). Bug Fix Wip 13 Released: - Wait Time now show correctly. - Save library sometimes fails after a rebuild (write to a file sometimes fails after deleting the database, so it now retry some attempt now). - Sorting option did not read correctly from config, and allways started to sort list after artist/titles. - Sort have now a shortcut (default F8). - CDG files in separate file did not show, but the zipped one did. Major Wip 12 Released: - Black is added as a selectable color to the toolbar (Arcade GUI, Touchscreen GUI). - Back didn't work in Show SongList in simple mode. - Various issues n Config which might not could changed by the user. - More multife.Log info to Database creation of Explorer. It got a crash report here, but I guess it due with empty folders (which should now removed from view). - The donate Nag (which as gone) is now back, but its only show in the config. So no nag in real use. - Bottom Information scroll might hide before it was scrolled finished. - Some slowdown issue with many files at once (like singles) is fixed (or was broken somewhere changing engine?) - FMOD as SoundEngine. Removed (temporary): - Only primary soundcard is used. Wip 11 Beta released: - Near finished slideshow screensaver featuere. - Added more logs around albums save code (since it might crash here for some reason). - Song Queue could not parent. - Vertical Split diddent work (forget to remove some code). Wip 11 Released: - Finish off picture slideshow screensaver. - Fixed few language bug. - Included Arabic lanugage with 90-95% done (thanks Messiah). Wip 10 Bug fix release: - Added some GCCollect() to clear up under database building. - Changed few default settings to use less memory (example using 128 pixels thumbnails). - CDG now works again (it was just show a black screen). - Some wrong message under tag reading to the log file is fixed. Wip 9 Releaased (Bug Fix release): - There was some communications problems with BASS 2.4, which cause playing to crash and under database building. These should been fixed now. I didden't notice that since it did run fine in debugger mode. - A scrolling problem in song info in bottom information should been fixed. - Missing various chars and space is fixed (Danish & English). - Missing song artist / song information is back again. Wip 8 Released (Quick Fix): - Mame games refused to run, a major bug slipped in in Wip 7. Depite of this major bug I release tomorrow. - Possible to optimize the database on the games you have and on the filter to a much load and cheaper memory use. Wip 7 Released: - Launch external applications on contain events (only exe, but runprogram.exe can been used to launch bat files). + Possible to use in a auto rotatable monitor cabinets. + Possible to programmering your joystick, like U360 or such. + Possible to run LCD application to show a title or use a Control Viewer utility. + Possible to launch LedWiz commandline utility for contain events (but a JPS plugin would been much better). + Possible to launch a Control Viewer before a game. - Only the rotate setting set in config is now saved, not the current rotate when used a keyboard shortcut. - Albums Genre got broken and is now fixed. - Windows Icon for the application is back. - id3v2.4 should not crash MultiFE anymore, but instead output to the logfile. It might even read some of the id3v2.4 files, but unicode is only supported in id3v2.3 tags. If it can't read it, it would been show to the log file. - Right to Left language support (there can still been some Arabic issues left, but a arabic langauge text file is being made by a user). Wip 6: - reading external xml gamelist diddent work at all (forget to trim a line). - from romlister's merged set now read instead of mame own info if found. Wip 5: - Fixed some JPS commands not working as they should (songlist events). - Support for external mame gamelist xml files. - Show History works again (but it did save to history.dat as it should) - Show Popular feature, based on history entries (it not a alltime top20 or such). - Simple mode now works very well in Touchscreen GUI (for music). - Simple mode can beeen remapped. - Various small bug fixes, some featuers was not selectable in config (like you could not set a password). Wip 4: - added PLUGIN_EVENT_FEA_GAME_START Plugin command. - MultiFE countinue to use the new resolution, if a game did not change the resoulution back. - runcommand.exe checks for desktop resolutions before quit (used by runing PC Games). - Fixed a another major bug where song diddent skip to the next song in queue when the current song is played finish. - Updated to bass 2.4, but I have limit extensions to play this time. Wip 3: - You select now your GUI and its setting under Interface GUI in Config (more accessable). - Fixed a major crash bug when selected a game before you select a rom. - Added full text search feature (search in all libraries at once). - Some shortcuts still stated as MultiJuke, but is now fixed (you might need to delete these manual). Wip 2: - Bat and Lnk files now supported for Explorer Library. AHK and AU3 do show in the list, but do not starting them. - Possible to change mame exe (if you example use a another version of mame). - Removed a 250 game limit when creating mame database (it was a internal development limit). - Move Left and Move Right in Touchscreen GUI might hang when used. ---- First release since MultiJuke --- Key Frontend features: - Cocktail and Rotation support. - Launch Mame (Using Mame Libray) and PC games (using Explorer Library). - Launch Precommand line applications before and after MAME and various other points. - Rom Filter Support (like the excellent RomLister). - Smart Gamelist filter based using catver (category and Genre) and number of buttons (Mame XML). - Support MAME and PC Games. - No ini edit. ===== For v1.xx release see the other history file =====