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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