MAME Library Release Notes
MAME Library 0.6.1
24 August 2007
New Features
- Clones now show their parents’ screenshot if no specific one is available
Fixes & Improvements
- Split view now remembers split position between launches
- Ordering games by title now ignores leading ‘The ‘, like iTunes does
MAME Library 0.6
21 August 2007
New Features
- Added collections & preliminary smart collections. There is currently no interface for creating or editing smart collections.
- New Collection & zoom level indicator icons from David Mcleod.
- Preliminary inspector for games.
- New data model version & automatic database migration.
- Added photoview background colour preference (which currently requires relaunch).
- Importing & Exporting user data (File > Import / File > Export…) now includes collections. Advanced users might be able to create new smart collections by importing data in this format. (Here’s an example smart collection property list).
- Added new collection & play selected game buttons
Fixes & Improvements
- Show / hide clones & Show all / available now applies per collection.
- PhotoView now correctly selects indexes & updates visible selection on right click.
- Menu item for ‘my rating’ now works as expected.
- Game ratings now use integer values.
MAME Library 0.5.5
11 August 2007
New Features
- New application icon by David Mcleod
- Added custom header view for grid view which allows sorting
- Added context menus for list & grid views
- Added prettier checkbox for ‘full screen’
Fixes & Improvements
- Search for New ROMs menu item now works as expected, but blocks the main thread for a while
MAME Library 0.5.4
7 August 2007
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed a bug in the MAME OS X importer which truncated some game names
- Switch view menu item title now stays in sync with current view
- The last chosen view is now remembered between launches
- Table view now has vertical grid lines
- Table headers now correctly draw sort indicators
- Tidied the preferences window
- More robust sort by menu
MAME Library 0.5.3
27 July 2007
New Features
- Return key now launches a game irrespective of current view
- Sort By menu now works as expected
MAME Library 0.5.2
26 July 2007
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed photo view scroll arrows (again)
MAME Library 0.5.1
26 July 2007
Fixes & Improvements
- Show / hide clones menu item now works as expected
MAME Library 0.5
26 July 2007
New Features
- Added prettier slider knob
- Added preliminary table view
- User info is automatically saved to Application Support folder on importing from MAME OS X, launching a new game or quitting
- Games also check for MAME OS X generated screenshots in:
/ /000.png
Fixes & Improvements
- Import & Export now save user game info under a dictionary key of ‘games’ rather than at the root object
- Correctly set the Core Data merge policy so that background thread updating from MAME OS X will not cause context merge errors
MAME Library 0.4
23 July 2007
New Features
- Added user game rating
- Added import & export of user info (playcount, rating, lastplayed)
- Added support for screenshots in jpg format
- Added lighter colour panel behind game information
- Added specific search predicates for title & manufacturer title
Fixes & Improvements
- Default search now uses only game title & manufacturer title
- Fixed a bug which prevented the photoview scrollbar arrows working correctly
MAME Library 0.3.1
20 July 2007
- Fixed a bug which caused a crash on launch for first time users
MAME Library 0.3
20 July 2007
- Imports game meta data from MAME OS X
- Refreshed interface with polished metal window style
- Added description, manufacturer, year, last played & play count display
- Added reveal in finder
- Added show / hide clones
- Added show all / available games
- Now records last played, play count & date added for each ROM
- Image size slider position is now remembered in user defaults
- Added dsa signing for Sparkle updates
- Added debug window showing games as a list
MAME Library 0.2
9 July 2007
- Added status file to show total games, currently selected game or number of selected games
- Integrated with Sparkle Framework for automatic updates
- Sensible minimum size for main window
MAME Library 0.1
9 July 2007
First Release