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MAWLER: A MAWS Recreation - 0.206.5 - by ids
06/27/19 11:48 PM


We haven't been following BYOAC news too closely, and so missed that MAWLER came back from the dead in February. Its latest release, 0.206.5, was June 19, 2019. It should be able to load MAME 0.206 and MAME 0.207 XML and support files, not certain about newer versions.

What's MAWLER?

MAWLER is a recreation of a MAWS-like MAME database experience, offline, running on your computer in a Java window. But also with the ability to launch MAME!

"It is a stand-alone app, written in Java, so it should run just about anywhere (windows, mac, linux, r-pi, etc)."
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"To work, it needs to load all data files"
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"The coding was done largely without looking at the original MAWS code, so differences may exist. I've attempted to recreate the GUI, based on images from the wayback machine, with some tweaks to make better use of screen real-estate. The current feature set is largely due to BYOAC member feedback, with artwork from 8bitmonk, et al."

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,136193.0.html

Download: http://www.ids.ca/mame/mawler0206.5.zip

(Unofficial) Changelog:

Code:

mawler0206.5.zip - June 19, 2019
- Includes a number of bug fixes and various improvements.

mawler0206.4.zip - May 2, 2019
- Can print the search results table
- External data files have a download link, and a "go to site" link
- Can request MAME to generate the XML with the click of a button
- Mouse back/forward buttons work now

April 22, 2019
- Updated code, removed dependency on the commons-lang3 library.

April 4, 2019
- Some small bug-fixes (found issues in csv export, custom queries, etc).
- Added ability to include header line in csv.
- And etc.

mawler0206.3.zip - April 4, 2019
- various improvements

mawler0206.2.zip - April 2, 2019
- Added "tags" - when you've got a list filtered just how you like it, "tag" it for future reference.
- Added fully scriptable queries - you can nest criteria, wrapped in parenthesis, with deep levels of AND'd and OR'd logic.
- Added the ability to copy or move images as well as ROMs (untested, but the code looks ok :) )
- ROM dialog also has new options: overwrite files in destination directory, include Parent file (useful for split roms, as an example).
- Fixed a number of issues with prior version, more performance improvements, ....

mawler0206.1.zip - March 3, 2019
- Loading of data is done in the background so the UI comes up fast. First time in, however, some indexes need to get built. Subsequently, start up should be quite respectable. Depending on load time on your computer, and how fast you can fire off a search, you may not notice any loading at all.
- Since we no longer start with a random game, a toolbar button was added to select one at random.
- Search criteria drop list in the toolbar now has a "Custom.." entry which takes you to the criteria configuration dialog.
- Sound sample support added. Samples shown on game screen, and can be played if you have them. Samples are expected to be under the samples directory where your mame executable is found.
- Searches optimized in certain cases.
- Some minor improvements in various areas, and some minor bug fixes (realted to the MESS merger).

mawler0206.zip (beta) - February 23, 2019
- Note that, unlike in the past, I've not replaced the previous binary. I've left the old version where it is to support the pre-MESS merger if anyone needs that. Going forward, the download filename will include the mame version it supports.
- Added full support for cheat.7z, you can see what cheats are available, search/filter on them, etc (do not unpack this file, leave it as is)
- Added support for progetto's "arcade.ini" and "mess.ini" so you can filter based on this distinction, and some other filter options
- Performance - working on it, but since the merger, files are much, much bigger. I've got longer term plans for this, but please bear with it for now.



Edited by Stiletto (06/28/19 01:02 AM)







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