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Lightspeed MameLister© - New Version Released
06/09/16 10:11 AM
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Latest Version: Beta v0.7j
Updated on: 6/14/2016
Self-extract: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B23vaxsfSk1yWjdXNlBoaTgwcUU
Zip: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B23vaxsfSk1yaDB1MHFPQjVPVzA
- Added preliminary backwards compatibility with older MAME versions. The oldest I could find for download was 0.100b, so I tested with it. Make sure to point to your older mame.exe and then update your xml file by clicking on "Mame -listxml", under options.
The catch is, not everything is hooked up just yet, so unless you check all the "unknown" checkboxes on both FiltersA and FiltersB tabs, you will not be able to see anything parsed if you are using an older MAME version!
- Preliminary compatibility with the latest changes on Launchbox images folder structure. Images should now be parsed just like before and this should also maintain backwards compatibility with previous versions of Launchbox
- Speed improvements. A complete list (36445 entries) can now be parsed in about 21 seconds in my machine, compared to about 72 seconds in Romlister. Considering that there are many other filters being used, this was quite a bit of a boost, reflected in all parsing methods from now on.
- List can now be matched against the Icons folder as well (in preparation for a new feature requested by John IV)
- Added an "Expand Tabs" checkbox under the export tab, so you can toggle to see all the information parsed under the hood.
- Eliminated the need of ControlsButtons.ini. Thinking about backwards compatibility with older MAME versions in the future, the controls are now being parsed on the fly, with no significant hit in performance
- Fixed a bug that was causing the number of players to be parsed incorrectly (thanks Milky @ Arcade Controls for reporting!).
- Introducing History ReparserTM, a different approach when it comes to extracting notes from History.dat. Games marked as “Export version” will now have a much better chance to have their notes extracted from the original games, so, much more complete notes from now on if you use LaunchBox, for example.
- Updated all support files to the latest versions available.
- Improved controllers metadata. Most games now have a controller associated to them.
- Renamed the default platform from “Mame Arcade” to simply “Arcade”
- Improved auto-fill when selecting MAME.exe
- Improved “reset” functions.
- FiltersA, 3rd toggle now ignores “All Killer” filter, since this is a very specific filter that ends up overwriting all others
- Removed the game descriptions in the status bar when parsing lists. This sped up the process by a few seconds. The progress bar is still present.
- Removed some splash screens. All info related should now be presented at the status bar, which is way faster than splash screens (it's all about speed after all).
- Improved attract-mode generated lists.
Here's a comparison between how MAME and Lightspeed handle the Bio from History.dat. MAME extracts the info precisely, just like it is presented in History.dat. Lightspeed "cheats" a bit, making the notes friendlier to Front-End users who are not that concerned about historical precision, but are rather interested in the most complete Bio available, so it looks good in their FE:
Enjoy and please report anything funky. Thanks.
-Kris
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