emuControlCenter 0.9.7 stable released

[Robert]

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Version 0.9.7 (2008.05.01) A NEW LOOK!

 

- Added platforms

- Apple 1

- Apple 2

- Apple Lisa

- Applied Technologies Microbee

- NEC Supergrafx / PC Engine 2

- Nintendo Famicom

- Nintendo Wii

- Nokia N-Gage

- Scumm Virtual Machine

- Sony Playstation 3

- Tiger Electronics Game.com

- Tiger Electronics Gizmondo

- Tomy Pyuta

 

- Added extensions

- Acorn Electron: SSD

- Atari Jaguar: J64

- Atari ST: STX, STC

- Commodore 16: CRT, BIN, D64

- Commodore 64: CRT, D81, G41, G64, LNX, P00, Z64

- Commodore Plus/4: BIN, D64

- EACA/TS Colour Genie: CGD, CGT, TD0

- NEC PC-6001: BIN

- NEC PC-9801: FDI

- Nintendo Gameboy: SGB

- Vectrex: GAM

- Changed file extension for:

- NEC-PC6001: PC6 to CP6

 

- Small Fixes

- Fixed an issue where thirdparty tool fsum.exe would not work with strange characters/space in the pathname

- Fixed an window focus issue when first run of an emulator when not configured correctly.

- Fixed the PC Engine CD factsheet to show correctly.

- Fixed the system name of the NeoGeo CD factsheet.

 

- Update DATFILES

- MAME v0.122 to v0.123

 

WIP 20 (2008.04.30)

- fixed bug, if you direct edit options in detail area (like running, bugs aso)

- Added new ecc-theme/miss-kit-I for girls and boys who dont like blue

- fixed ecc dat file import bug, if usk is string!

- added missing translation for graphics

- added "region" (e.g. hispanic, world, japan, ...) meta dropdown, export, import, romdb

 

WIP 19 (2008.04.29)

- added "arcade board" to media type dropdown

- added imageslots cover_inlay_01-03 and ingame_play_boss

- fixed startup sound bug

 

WIP 18 (2008.04.28)

- added more fields to romdb export!

- Added new imageCenter slot Cover Spine.

- added updated translation (We are searching for more translations!)

-- dutch (by phoenix)

-- french (by cyrille)

-- german (by ecc, blackerking)

-- english (by ecc)

 

WIP 17 (2008.04.20)

- new imagepack tools in platform context menu

-- "Remove images for roms that i dont have in database",

--- Remove all images of roms, that are not available in your romlist. If you want have a smaller imagepack without all the never used images!

-- "Create thumbnails for faster access",

--- Rebuild all thumbails for the imagpack. Use this, if you have downloaded an imagepack from web without thumbs. If using thumbs, emuControlCenter detail view is mutch faster than without thumbs!

-- "Remove thumbnails for imagepack exchange",

--- Use this option, if you want to exchange your imagpack with other people. This will remove all thumbnails and make the imagepack mutch smaller

-- "Remove empty folder",

---- Cleanup function from imagepacks. Remove empty folders.

- Added 500 + 1000 as selection for detail view

-- use this, if you have created thumbs with low quality only!

- added bookmarks and history entries to userdata xml-export!

- added updated translation

-- dutch (by phoenix)

 

WIP 16 (2008.04.13)

- added new dropdown for Medium x of n [1/x] button

-- select only first rom media

-- select first rom media and unknown

- fixed a problem in category dropdown (doubble entries)

- search dropdown

-- removed file extension

-- optimized filename now also can find file extension

- added new Flyer slot + ingame_play_04/05 for imageCenter

 

WIP 15 (2008.04.08)

- Medium x of n

-- Detail and listview now append "Rom name (1/3)", if this metadata is given.

-- New mode "Show only disk 1" button hiding all roms not disk 1

-- Listviews are now ordered by name + medium (x/n)

- fixed emulator commandline parameter bug (default spaces before/after %ROM%)

-- now it is also possible to add parameters like -a:%ROM% (e.g. to start WinX68kHighSpeed)

 

WIP 14 (2008.03.29)

- updated conf/mame/driver.ini

- max per page for list detail new 500 / list 100000

- fixed problem, if you direct edit the roms options in detail area

- hotfixed drag-n-drop of metadata in search mode problem (drop on last record not possible)

- limit stored window states to maximized

 

WIP 13 (2008.03.23)

- gui optimizations

-- shortcut "Strg F" now toggles fullscreen mode (Close in Fullscreen ALT+F4)

-- gui position is now restored at starup

-- gui size is now restored at startup

-- window state (maximized/fullscreen) is now restored on startup

-- show/hide navigation will restore the selected size on toggle

-- main window is now show if all gui settings are done! No flickering at startup!

- fixed problem with the import from online meta-database romDB

- New shortcut keys (see shortcuts.txt)

-- DEL - remove rom from database

-- STRG+DEL - remove rom metadata

-- ALT+DEL - remove rom images

-- SHIFT+DEL - remove rom from harddisk

- fixed little bug if removing images

- full settings are now stored, if you hit the save position button im imageCenter

- romdb datfile now also possible for "# all found"

 

WIP 12 (2008.03.20)

- implemented show last selected game on startup

- implemented select last selected page on startup

- gui settings

-- current state of the navigation/search/detail area is now saved by default.

-- "Save View-Mode settings" store the current selected mode like "roms with metadata"

 

WIP 11 (2008.03.15)

- Added option to backup your userdata (reviews, ratings, personal) to an xml file

-- see topmenu -> options -> backup userdata

-- xml file will be copied to your ecc-user/#_GLOBAL folder

-- import has to be done, export needs optimization !

- implemented autohide for options not needed in emulator configuration

- fixed problem with cached romdb datfile, if #_GLOBAL folder dont exists

- now also emulators containing $ like no$gba are started without problems.

- fixed problem in fsum large file parsing

- fixed window focus bug

- fixed Blank holes when delete images and then refresh

- now OS_TYPE is lowercase

 

WIP 10 (2008.03.02)

- fixed an problem with the new ecc-core-os folder on larger file parsing

- implemented direct unpack of zip files for emus without zip support

- fixed problem for games containing invalid characters like % and &

- fixed problem with F12 - hide info area

- fixed Incorrect parsing string

- fixed bug if rom add for arcade platforms is canceled

- removed some php warnings

- add some fixes for new php-gtk2 2.0

 

WIP 09 (2008.02.23)

- added hidden scrolling for detail area (for resoultion 1024x768) (Jakuchu fix)

 

WIP 08 (2008.02.19)

- added helper for eccLive! 3.x

 

WIP 07 (2008.02.11)

- add label to search reset button

- make file, dir and zip paths elipsed (...) at start

- added theme background to media edit popup

- theme preview now also changes the background of the config-popup for preview

- changed host info ini

 

WIP 06 (2008.02.08)

- Implemented new meta-fields + eccDat export / romDb export

-- Programmer

-- Musican

-- Graphics

-- Media [CD|Diskette|...|Tape] [2] OF [5]

- optimizations for linux port

- fixed some export issues

- eccThemes

-- fixed "none" theme select

-- added themeColor.ini (in eccThemes folder)

-- added theme images for dialogs

- added ecc_host_info.ini for os detection and autoupdate!

 

WIP 05 (2007.01.29)

- ecc-theme images are now png

- removed os check for popup windows

- datfile-import

-- romcenter dat

--- fixed problem with no-intro datfiles

--- added some more regex to datfile stripper

-- CM dat

--- fixed some warnings if datfile is parsed

--- added flat logfile containing eccMergedCrc32 + infos from CM-Datfile (set activate loggin on!)

---- used for image-imports from various mame, cps1-3 aso image-repositories

- optimized logger to write logfiles of your actions (imports, exports aso) to the ecc-logs folder

- removed some php warnings

- added php-gtk2 repository fix (gtk renamed to GObject)

 

WIP 04 (2008.01.24)

- if eccScript is selected in emulator config, path is auto-escaped!

- Rescan all rom folders

-- fixed wrong output, if "all found" was selected

-- fixed wrong output, if stored path isnt valid!

-- implemented auto-optimize for stored paths.

- Added some new icons

- implemented ecc-theme selector in configuration

-- now you can add your own themes into ecc-themes folder

 

WIP 03 (2008.01.20)

- optimized reparsing

- escape path for fsum call

- added new hide option for search-panel

- added background images for better look n feel

- optimized gui

- romDB datfile is now cached into ecc-user/#_GLOBAL folder

 

WIP 02 (2008.01.19)

- Added some missing languages strings

- Icons for context menus + reorganization

 

WIP 01 (2008.01.14)

- New tabs for meta-edit popup

-- Rating / Review

-- Personal for notes + hiscores

- Top menu "View"

-- Added "last played" (same as "history", ordered by launchtime!)

-- Added "most played"

-- Added "never played"

-- Added "bookmarked" (same as "bookmarks")

- Added new buttons to direct access these new view options including context menu

-- Added here also "personal with review"

- added new icons to metaInfo (right)

-- [N] Notes

-- [R] Review

-- Bookmark

- Bookmarks and history are now handled line the normal list views!

- file dialog for "add roms" now starts in ecc user folder!

- Added new option "Silent ROM parsing (no popup requests)" in general config

- store path_selected_last in history ini for dialogs...

- disable double-click on platform-navigation for "all found"

- added new categories... dont find an good name now!

-- "- Moving blocks (Tetris/Klax aso)"

-- "- Finger speed (GuitarHero/DanceTrainer aso)"

- many more

 

- ECC Startup v2.1.5.0

- Added new images and a brand new splashscreen for the 0.9.7 release.

- Fixed an issue where the startup sound did not play or preview didn't work.

 

- 3rd party tool updates

- Notepad++ v4.8.5

 

- Core components

- GTK Core update from 2.12.1.0 to v2.12.8.0

- PHP-GTK v2 beta to v2 full

- PHP v5.2.5 to v5.2.5 NON THREAD SAFE

 

- ECC Installer v1.3.0.3 (ECC v0.9.7):

- Compiled with NSIS v2.36.

- Removed DB overwrite warning (because 0.9.7 is compatible with 0.9.6)

- Updated the virtual box image.

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