mGalaxy 4.0 bugs
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:21 pm
I'm starting a new thread on the released 4.0 version (since the previous one I saw was for beta). My apologies if you wanted to use that one instead.
Bug: using mGalaxy Runway to remap navigation keys (Browse 1 up, Browse 1 down, Page up, Page down) does not seem to remap controls within other menus (such as the keyboard entry, or the configuration settings). The main menu successfully used the remapped keys (which allows my joystick to select games on the main screen), but the default arrow keys still work on the other popup menus like the keyboard entry menu. (This is on WinXP SP3).
Install Confusion: When I install the new mGalaxy, it creates a directory with the executable, but does not add program shortcuts anywhere. Took me a few minutes to figure out that it had successfully installed and remember where I had directed it to put the program. Perhaps installation could finish with a message box saying "Successfully installed mGalaxy! Remember to run the runway application next to set you configuration from %path%directory." and offer to open up the folder with the install?
Is "Available ROMS Only" a default selection? I could not figure out how to get rid of the 20,000 game list from Mame until I clicked on this, and then it happily showed me the 41 ROMs I had installed. If this is default, does it needs to be run the first time the program starts? If it's not default, I'd have preferred that it was.
Clarification: "Erase Mame roms database" is a confusing button because it does not indicate that it did something when you push it. Perhaps you could make it report "Database erased." or "MAME database will restart with next MAME load." or something. You could also change the capitalization of that button to "Erase MAME ROMs database".
English Grammar Nit: Message "Useful when upgrading to a new MAME version. To force MAME to rebuilt a new database." could be changed to "This option forces MAME to rebuild its database of available game ROMs. This is useful when upgrading to a new MAME version."
Bug: using mGalaxy Runway to remap navigation keys (Browse 1 up, Browse 1 down, Page up, Page down) does not seem to remap controls within other menus (such as the keyboard entry, or the configuration settings). The main menu successfully used the remapped keys (which allows my joystick to select games on the main screen), but the default arrow keys still work on the other popup menus like the keyboard entry menu. (This is on WinXP SP3).
Install Confusion: When I install the new mGalaxy, it creates a directory with the executable, but does not add program shortcuts anywhere. Took me a few minutes to figure out that it had successfully installed and remember where I had directed it to put the program. Perhaps installation could finish with a message box saying "Successfully installed mGalaxy! Remember to run the runway application next to set you configuration from %path%directory." and offer to open up the folder with the install?
Is "Available ROMS Only" a default selection? I could not figure out how to get rid of the 20,000 game list from Mame until I clicked on this, and then it happily showed me the 41 ROMs I had installed. If this is default, does it needs to be run the first time the program starts? If it's not default, I'd have preferred that it was.
Clarification: "Erase Mame roms database" is a confusing button because it does not indicate that it did something when you push it. Perhaps you could make it report "Database erased." or "MAME database will restart with next MAME load." or something. You could also change the capitalization of that button to "Erase MAME ROMs database".
English Grammar Nit: Message "Useful when upgrading to a new MAME version. To force MAME to rebuilt a new database." could be changed to "This option forces MAME to rebuild its database of available game ROMs. This is useful when upgrading to a new MAME version."
