My Emulators 2.0
CHANGELOG
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v2.0
-Filter for showing files made case-
insensitive
v1.9
-Support for Windows Vista and MP RC1
-Execute PC games, or other programs without
arguments. See USAGE below for instructions.
-Support for using .bat files as emulators
-Added a column for genre, or type of game,
which can be used to filter games via the
context menu in MP. The translation files
will have to be updated with two new
strings, shown in the TRANSLATION section
below.
v1.8
-A couple more skin files are now included
-More flexible passing of arguments, see USAGE
-Use delete key in Emulator list in setup
v1.7
-Built for MP 0.2.3.0
-Fixed bugs with paths to thumbs and data-
base, fixing error with SQLite: CANTOPEN
v1.6
-Solved problem when returning from
a launched emulator
-Added support for translations, see below
-The ROM images must now be placed in a
subfolder of thumbsmyEmulatorsgames
named as the emulator it belongs to
v1.5.1
-Fixed compability issues with MP
v1.5
-A ROM Database accessed from the
configuration that lets the user:
-Change the name of each game
-Write a description
-Set a grade that is displayed in the
plugin (can also be set from the
context menu inside MP)
-Change and view a play count and the
latest date the game has been launched.
-Buttons to sort the ROMs according to grade,
number of times played or the latest date
launched.
-Thumbnail support! After the first run,
directories will be created in the thumbs-
directory. Name the image exactly the same
as the emulator or game to make it visible.
-An option to change the label of the plugin
-Switched to rar file format for the
distribution file, and included source code.
Most of the comments are in Swedish though.
-Loads of GUI improvements to the setup...
-...and a much better looking skin...
-...with animations and different views.
v1.0.2
-Option to not use quotes on ROM paths,
which should solve some compability
issues
-All settings are now stored in a
database (which means the plugin
must be reconfigured)
-Tabbed configuration layout
-New header logo
v1.0.1
-Added an option to not close MediaPortal
after launching a game
PURPOSE
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This plugin lets the user in a quick and
easy way list and launch the ROMs on the
harddrive in an installed emulator.
It also features a database function that
can hold information about how many times
a game has been played, a grade and more.

The main screen

After an emulator is selected, the ROMs are listed

Main setup screen

The game database

The options screen
REQUIREMENTS
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The plugin has been build from and tested
to work with MediaPortal version 0.2.2.0,
but it may work just fine for older
versions too (if the animations in the skin
file is commented). No guarantee though.
INSTALLATION
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Extract all the files in the archive to
the folder where Mediaportal.exe is located.
Remember to keep the directory structure.
(Alternatively, you can extract only the
neccesary files:
-myEmulators.dll to pluginswindows folder,
-myEmulators.xml to current skin folder.
-myEmulators_logo.png to the Media folder
in current skin folder
-hover_myEmulators.png to the same folder).
SVN
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The latest version will always be found at
https://mp-plugins.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/mp-plugins/trunk/plugins/MyEmulators
THUMBS
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Download emulator thumbnails at
http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2448&d=1168379310
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