MAMEWorld Forums - MAMEUI & IV/Play - Re: IV/Play suggestions

1. Snaps, icons, extra image files exist freestanding in their associated subdirectories, which is quicker on an SSD and easier for me to maintain as a snap/ico creator. Maybe you had them zipped. You can alter their location in iv-play.cfg if you want them outside the usual default locations.

2. Errors from MAME.exe can go behind the window currently, not sure if that can be programmatically forced to the fore. There is an F1 toggle to ignore them.

3. History.xml and mameinfo.dat are supported. Put them freestanding in the root with the .exes to be found automatically on first run or from different folders by adding them as DAT files in the F1 dialogue. You have to toggle to them w/ whatever their alt-2, alt-3 slot/combo is if you have a bunch image types. Or just click the snapshot area in the upper right to toggle through the art views and 'none'.

4. Random bkground image selection is a toggle in F1.

I designed it and had it coded 5 years before baseline gained its current internal UI, so ui.ini couldn't be keyed off.

john iv
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