MAME gameinit.dll Viewer 1.0.0

View game specific "Initialization(s)" and/or "Tip(s)" from MAME's gameinit.dat

Inspired from MAME's built in feature in the main UI and via their in-game Tab menu.

Not all MAME games require any initial setup to run, but some do. Currently, the DAT file contains 1439 entries.

A  badge will be displayed if there is an entry in gameinit.dat for that game.  (See below for Enabling Badges)

Currently only available in LaunchBox (not BigBox)

Prerequisites

• Requires LaunchBox 13.3 or newer

Installing

• Download and then open the plugin file using 7zip.
  • if you don't use 7zip, first unblock the file (Right click, select Properties, and click Unblock) then open it as you normally would.
• Extract the main folder from inside the zip file into ..\LaunchBox\Plugins\
  • i.e. D:\LaunchBox\Plugins\MAMEgameinitDAT\ 
• Start LaunchBox

Included Files

• MAMEgameinit.dll
• /Data/gameinit.dat  (v0.263 [latest available] - downloaded from https://www.progettosnaps.net/gameinit/)

Using

• Right-click on a game and select View MAME gameinit.

Updating gameinit.dat

• When loading the plugin, it will check the local version of gameinit.dat against what's available from https://www.progettosnaps.net/gameinit/.
• If a newer version is available, you will be given the option to Update the local copy.
  • Updating will attempt to download and then replace the existing file.

Enabling Badges

• To enable the badge, click Badges, Plugin Badges, MAME gameinit
  • The Badge image can be changed by replacing the image ../LaunchBox/Images/Badges/MAMEgameinit.png

As always, all thoughts, views, opinions, suggestions, comments and accolades are welcome. 😎

If you like this plugin, you may also enjoy some of my other MAME related plugins:
View game specific commands from MAME's command.dat
    https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/4913-view-game-specific-commands-from-mames-commanddat/
MAME History.xml Viewer
    https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/5228-mame-historyxml-viewer/
MAME Hi-Score Display - A plugin for BigBox
    https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2173-mame-hi-score-display-a-plugin-for-bigbox/
MAME Software Lists Import Tool
    https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2080-mame-software-lists-import-tool-plugin/

See all my plugins here:
    https://forums.launchbox-app.com/profile/102158-joeviking245/content/?type=downloads_file