FistyDollars Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 So MAME just announced it's going full open source, after obtaining permission from all the developers involved in it. http://mamedev.org/?p=422 Which is good. But MAME also announced that any future "derivative builds" of MAME, i.e. MAMEUI, MAMEUIFX etc. will require THEIR authors to go through the same amount of work and get their version relicensed. http://mamedev.org/?p=423 Which is awful. In response, the author of MAMEUIFX has quit development permanently. http://mame32fx.altervista.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=288&sid=35bc383e6b203e9fe1f98d890a0ba85f Which is CATASTROPHIC. It was the best version of MAME, and now it's gone, just like that. This makes me really hopeful that we get a better Arcade database going in Launchbox, because I'm NOT just using standard MAME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Damn that does suck I just started using it guess its back to MAMEUI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Yea we need to get a better scraper in for MAME, and this might be a big push for us to do so. We can utilize just regular MAME or a no nag MAME and market that you don't need the UI versions anymore. Though we're probably not going to go towards auditing or anything like that. I mean, never say never, but clrmamepro is already perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromlostdays Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Pardon my ignorance, I've never really used Mameuifx. At least, not to its full potential, it seems. What benefits does it have over standard Mame if you're launching through a front-end like LaunchBox already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 They do offer some features that regular bare-bones MAME doesn't offer. It is all to someones taste though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I prefer the UI versions since it makes it easier to set things up how you want. I have all vertical games launch on my Vertical monitor and the horizontal games on my 50 inch Samsung. I wouldn't have a clue how to accomplish this with MAME but it is extremely easy to set up in MAMEUI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I'm not so sure you could do something like that in regular MAME unless you used BAT's or did custom settings for certain games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriticalCid Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Oh no, I love MAMEUIFX… But I agree that because of that we will need to get better MAME metadata support ASAP, so we can use LaunchBox as a suitable alternative. Like I mentioned several times before I think it’s finally time to get the Arcade-History database integrated. http://www.arcade-history.com/index.php?page=download It supports almost every arcade game ever made and includes the mandatory filename scheme which MAME uses. It also has a lot of trivia and extra Info’s for the games. And of course metadata scraping for other arcade emulators which require mandatory filenames like DEMUL would finally work with this database in LaunchBox too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I've never tried this but couldn't you use the options to use MAME naming on the second to last form to scrap games for Demul. Edit Just tested this and yes this will get you proper naming for Demul Arcade games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriticalCid Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I’m such an idiot... You’re totally right! I completely forgot that MAME has all the games as well even if they can’t be emulated within MAME. So forget what I wrote about DEMUL. But the rest of my post is still valid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybonz Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Apparently, if you check the new posts in the original MAMEUIFX thread in the OP, he is now deciding to try to continue development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FistyDollars Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 Good, I hate to see it die, especially over something like licensing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Let's hope it continues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriticalCid Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Thanks for the newsflash! I’m really glad that we don’t have to say goodbye to MAMEUIFX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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