Little Thanks to make this emulator more simpler to use.

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Comment # 1 originally posted by ekeeke31 on 2009-06-16T07:37:24.000Z:

Need to make games selection screen big with biger font so we can see

the games list better.

As I already said, this is still work in progress and subject to changes. The idea was to code the ROM selection engine first then do tiny adjustments later.

Make a scroll bar for faster finding of games.

Did not plan to do this as I think the current arrows already let you navigate the ROM list pretty fast. You can quickly go the end of the entry list by hitting the UP arrow (it loops back) and also still use -/+ button to shift pages. It might be implemented some day but is very low priority.

Add a location option so I don't have to keep changing the source file to

ponit to usb:/Genesis Roms/.

Never understood what prevents people from simply moving their favorite ROM directories into /genplus/roms. Is that really so constraining ? You have to do it only once and it's really not so complicated to do... Also, note that if this directory does not exist, the browser will start at the root of the device.

Anyway, I have many ideas to make this more configurable while staying user friendly: the most straight idea is to always save the last accessed location and use it by default each time you access the device (like it's done actually, except it will be restored on restart as well). Another idea would be to have a key/button to mark a folder as the default one but this will probably overcomplicate the interface.

Get rid of the return to homebrew channel button as most forwarders crash

when used (are option to get rid of it like nes emulator).

Never gonna happen. First I've no clear idea what a "forwarder" is, I imagine it's another silly name used by people to decline channels concept. Anyway, most people still use the Homebrew channel and this is the recommended method, I don't want to have them reconfigure the exit option each time they want to choose between HBC or System Menu (this for example is totally NOT user-friendly). You have the choice for both in the Exit window, not my fault if "forwarder" user choose the "return to loader" when then don't have one. Again, it's not complicated to pick the correct option so that's a definitive NO. If you don't like to have buttons that have no use for you then live with it, don't look at it, etc... it still have use for many people, including me.

Make it only load zip or sms files as this thing will try to load any

file.

I already think implementing this one before and it was indeed implemented in the very first versions. I get rid of it because some people had the "good" idea to change the default Genesis ROM file extension (which is .bin by the way, NOT .sms) by others they think were more suitable (.gen, .md, etc) then other people came complaining their roms won't load. Again, this would not make the interface easier (only a little safer maybe) and it's not complicate to be careful and load appropriate Genesis roms. Could be easily done though if I got report people loading constantly wrong roms and having the wii crashing, which don't seem to be the case.

Make game list the first thing you see, with option button and home

button.

Set location as usb or sd or dvd in options so it knows where to load from.

No, it's a design choice and will stay that way. I know tantric implemented it like this in his emulators but I prefer my way of doing menu navigation, it gives direct access to everything available from the start and let you choose the loading device without changing the options everytime. I will not redo the current design because you get used to other emulators design choice or want an "uniformized" design, never gonna happen, so better learn to like it ;-)

As a general comment, I understand that most of your features request directly come from snes9xgx/fceugx/vbagx emulators. However, you will be eventually disappointed that my goal is not to reproduce something already existing but instead code everything (well quite) myself, in the way I like it. As stated, I'm not against user suggestions, as long they don't go against my personnal design choices and remains compatible with the majority of users. Same goes for stuff that are faster accomplished by users, with a bare minimum effort.

I leave this "issue" open for further references/merging.

2009-06-16T07:37:24+00:00

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Comment # 1 originally posted by ekeeke31 on 2009-06-16T07:37:24.000Z:

Need to make games selection screen big with biger font so we can see

the games list better.

As I already said, this is still work in progress and subject to changes. The idea was to code the ROM selection engine first then do tiny adjustments later.

Make a scroll bar for faster finding of games.

Did not plan to do this as I think the current arrows already let you navigate the ROM list pretty fast. You can quickly go the end of the entry list by hitting the UP arrow (it loops back) and also still use -/+ button to shift pages. It might be implemented some day but is very low priority.

Add a location option so I don't have to keep changing the source file to

ponit to usb:/Genesis Roms/.

Never understood what prevents people from simply moving their favorite ROM directories into /genplus/roms. Is that really so constraining ? You have to do it only once and it's really not so complicated to do... Also, note that if this directory does not exist, the browser will start at the root of the device.

Anyway, I have many ideas to make this more configurable while staying user friendly: the most straight idea is to always save the last accessed location and use it by default each time you access the device (like it's done actually, except it will be restored on restart as well). Another idea would be to have a key/button to mark a folder as the default one but this will probably overcomplicate the interface.

Get rid of the return to homebrew channel button as most forwarders crash

when used (are option to get rid of it like nes emulator).

Never gonna happen. First I've no clear idea what a "forwarder" is, I imagine it's another silly name used by people to decline channels concept. Anyway, most people still use the Homebrew channel and this is the recommended method, I don't want to have them reconfigure the exit option each time they want to choose between HBC or System Menu (this for example is totally NOT user-friendly). You have the choice for both in the Exit window, not my fault if "forwarder" user choose the "return to loader" when then don't have one. Again, it's not complicated to pick the correct option so that's a definitive NO. If you don't like to have buttons that have no use for you then live with it, don't look at it, etc... it still have use for many people, including me.

Make it only load zip or sms files as this thing will try to load any

file.

I already think implementing this one before and it was indeed implemented in the very first versions. I get rid of it because some people had the "good" idea to change the default Genesis ROM file extension (which is .bin by the way, NOT .sms) by others they think were more suitable (.gen, .md, etc) then other people came complaining their roms won't load. Again, this would not make the interface easier (only a little safer maybe) and it's not complicate to be careful and load appropriate Genesis roms. Could be easily done though if I got report people loading constantly wrong roms and having the wii crashing, which don't seem to be the case.

Make game list the first thing you see, with option button and home

button.

Set location as usb or sd or dvd in options so it knows where to load from.

No, it's a design choice and will stay that way. I know tantric implemented it like this in his emulators but I prefer my way of doing menu navigation, it gives direct access to everything available from the start and let you choose the loading device without changing the options everytime. I will not redo the current design because you get used to other emulators design choice or want an "uniformized" design, never gonna happen, so better learn to like it ;-)

As a general comment, I understand that most of your features request directly come from snes9xgx/fceugx/vbagx emulators. However, you will be eventually disappointed that my goal is not to reproduce something already existing but instead code everything (well quite) myself, in the way I like it. As stated, I'm not against user suggestions, as long they don't go against my personnal design choices and remains compatible with the majority of users. Same goes for stuff that are faster accomplished by users, with a bare minimum effort.

I leave this "issue" open for further references/merging.
- 2009-06-16T07:37:24+00:00
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Comment # 2 originally posted by dborth on 2009-07-05T19:28:21.000Z:

a suggestion - you can check if you loaded from HBC by looking for 'STUBHAXX' at 0x80001804. If the signature is not present, you could hide the 'return to HBC' option
- 2009-07-05T19:28:21+00:00
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Comment # 3 originally posted by ekeeke31 on 2009-10-22T09:23:21.000Z:
- 2009-10-22T09:23:21+00:00
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