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Release History
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2017/01/29
* Window.ahk (Class) updated to v1.2.5
- Added Center method
2017/01/28
* Registry.ahk updated to v1.0.2
- Added Delete and SetRegView methods
2017/01/23
* Pause.ahk updated to v1.2.18
- Added variable to differentiate emulator and master sound mute state to deal
with auto playing pause music bug
2017/01/16
* Bezel.ahk updated to v1.2.11
- All log entries now use Log class
* Fade.ahk updated to v1.2.3
- Refactored lib for future upgrades
* 7z.ahk updated to v1.1.4
- Added is7zExtension method
2017/01/15
- Fixed bug with Front End not resuming process when an error occurred and RL had
to end early
2017/01/11
* File.ahk (Class) updated to v1.6.4
- Added GetVersion method
* Shared.ahk updated to v1.5.1
- StartModule() now handles when roms are found by extension and no longer
reverts romName to dbName.
2017/01/05
* RocketLauncher.ahk (Class) updated to v1.7.6
- Added all XML read/write DLL wrapper methods
2017/01/04
* Process.ahk (Class) updated to v1.5.3
- Added ProcessClose and ProcessWaitClose methods
- HideWindowDecorators was being called with the wrong variable for multi screen
bezels
2017/01/03
* StringUtils.ahk (Class) updated to v1.5.5
- Defaulting TitleCase parameter in Lower and Upper functions
* RocketLauncher.dll updated to v1.1.0.0
- Updated to use .NET 4.0
- Added several new methods to handle XML reading/writing using XPath expressions
2017/01/02
* RocketlauncherUI, HyperSpin and HyperPin plugins (version 1.0.2)
- Added support for xml game name search using either escaped or unescaped xml
invalid characters on the database files.
* ArchiveFile.ahk (Class) initial release
* FileUtils.ahk (Class) initial release
* XmlFile.ahk (Class) initial release
2016/12/18
* ArrayUtils.ahk (Class) initial release
* LocaleUtils.ahk (Class) initial release
- Moved i18n method here
2016/12/02
- Added new getFileInfo method
2016/11/28
* RocketLauncher.dll updated to v1.0.1.1
- Fixed bug causing pdf conversion to fail on fails containing the % on their
name
- Added new getFileInfo method
2016/11/25
- Fix for bug on pause media object construction that in under circumstances
caused items on pause submenus to be incompletely defined.
- Fix for pause video start when pause menu launches directly to the video menu.
2016/11/23
- Added translation of Open and Start to StartModule() so it is no longer needed
on each module it's needed in
- Removed i18n function in favor of MiscUtils class method
* MiscUtils.ahk (Class) updated to v1.1.3
- TaskBar method now supports i18n translations from
\Data\Language\Localization.ini so hiding of taskbar button should now hide it for
non-english systems
* Localization.ini updated
- Added translations for "Start"
2016/11/22
* Pause.ahk updated to 1.2.15
- Extra logs added.
* LaunchBox, RocketlauncherUI, HyperSpin and HyperPin plugins (same version as
before)
- Updated wrong CRC values
* Xhotkey.ahk updated to 1.0.6 and XHotKeyInit.ahk updated to 1.0.4
- Improved Keyboard hotkey code
2016/11/21
- Added customizable pause main menu labels for Change Disc
*** Users need to include the new Change Disc label to the pause main menu labels
field or follow the warning instructions in their logs to adapt their settings to
the newly added customizable Change Disc label feature.
- Added log warnings for possible errors on the pause main menu labels
definition.
- Removed statistics menu extra leading double quote on game statistics and
trailing double quote on average time played.
2016/11/19
- Refactored some functions
* CLR_L.ahk (extension) updated
2016/11/18
* LaunchBox plugin updated to v1.0.3 and RocketlauncherUI, HyperSpin and HyperPin
plugins updated to 1.0.1
- Fixed bug on database search for games with apostrophe in their names
- Fixed bug on the help text placement and size calculation
- Added support for help text bottom and right margins
- Fixed bug with pause menu logos not being properly parsed
- Added support for pause menu logos at game, system and default levels. They all
share the RocketLauncher default media structure, for example, the pause menu logos
for an specific game should be located at: RocketLauncher\Media\Pause\Menu
Logos\SystemName\GameName\Artwork - Selected.png
*** Adding support for the extra pause menu logo folders require to the users to
move their previous pause menu logos location to the following folder:
RocketLauncher\Media\Pause\Menu Logos\_Default
2016/11/15
* RocketLauncher updated to v1.2.0.1
- Added support for PropertiesFile Class
- Changed log about missing user functions from Warning to Info
- Adjusted behavior and logging during launches where a frontend path is supplied
but not found
- Archive extensions now get automatically added into the romExtensions when 7z
is enabled so they don't need to be defined for each system
- Added new setting: 7z_Extensions - The supported archive extensions
RocketLauncher will search for when 7z is enabled. These extensions do not need to
be added to the emulator's extension list as they will automatically be added to
the front of searched extensions only when 7z is enabled for that system.
- Fixed module header in log from not showing correct MAuthor, MSystem, MURL and
MID
2016/11/12
* PropertiesFile.ahk (Class) initial release
* DemulShooter.ahk (Class) updated to v1.0.1
- Fixed parameters string construction on Launch method
- Automatically add leading space to params when constructing the parameters
string, right now user was forced to type a leading space in params which was
confusing
2016/11/11
- Added GetSize method
2016/11/10
- Fixed bug avoiding the user to disable the save and load state pause menus
2016/11/07
* LaunchBox plugin updated to v1.0.2
- Fixed bug causing images and info not to display when there were special
characters in the game path
- Added ControlSend function
2016/11/06
- Version change to 1.2.x.x series
2016/10/14
- Added support for the Wait functions to silence errors when you simply want to
wait for a window and not react to it not showing.
- Changed Maximize function to always remove the menubar rather than toggling
which in some scenarios may re-enable the menubar if previoulsy removed.
- Updated SplitPath function to not require outFileName
2016/10/05
- Added support for the option 7z_Delete_per_System. If attach system name is
true and this option is enabled, the last # played games will be kept at a system
basis (where # is the number of games defined on the 7z Games to Keep option)
* pause.ahk updated to 1.2.11
- Fixed bug with IPAC loading profile.
- Fixed bug with multigame compressed discs.
2016/09/22
- Added support for deleting games extracted, except for the last # games, were #
is a number defined by the user. Just set the option 7z_Games_to_Keep to any number
in order to define the number of files to be kept.
2016/09/22
- Fixed bug with PauseMediaObj not being created when some pause menus were
disabled by the user.
2016/09/21
- Added support for main menu bar logo images. Images should be placed at
RocketLauncher\Media\Logos\Pause\_Default folder, and follow the naming convention:
"[menu item label] - selected.png" and "[menu item label] - disabled.png". For
example: C:\RocketLauncher\Media\Logos\Pause\_Default\Artwork - selected.png. The
disabled logo image is not required.
- Fixed bug with save states description wrong displayed for non existent inis.
2016/09/21
- Added support for defining alternative main menu bar label names.
- Fixed bug with ini settings loading and saving.
2016/09/20
* LaunchBox.plugin updated to v1.0.1
- Added support for new database info location. LaunchBox version 6.10 or up is
required to use the plugin.
2016/09/19
- Added support for setting a custom aspect ratio on the Extra_FullScreen_Bezel
option.
- Values admited: true, fill or an aspect ratio in the format "numberXnumber".
True or fill forces the game window to fill the monitor area. 16x9, 4x3, 21x9, or
any other aspect ratio resizes the game window to match the desired aspect ratio.
2016/09/18
* Logger.ahk (Class) updated to v1.1.1
* MiscTools.ahk (Class) updated to v1.1.2
* MessageUtils.ahk (Class) updated to v1.0.1
* Registry.ahk (Class) updated to v1.0.1
* TimerUtils.ahk (Class) updated to v1.0.1
* IniFile.ahk (Class) updated to v1.0.1
* Folder.ahk (Class) updated to v1.0.1
* Emulator.ahk (Class) updated to v1.1.1
* RIniFile (Class) updated to v1.1.3
* KeyUtils.ahk (Class) updated to v1.0.2
* Control.ahk (Class) updated to v1.2.2
* WindowTitle.ahk (Class) updated to v1.0.1
* Fade Animations.ahk updated to v1.2.5
* Fade Init.ahk updated to v1.0.4
* Keymapper Init updated to v1.0.7
* Keymapper updated to v1.1.6
* MultiGame Init.ahk updated to v1.0.1
* MultiGame.ahk updated to v1.1.1
- Fixed 7z not extracting files on games chosen from MG
* MultiPlayer.ahk updated to v1.0.9
* Password.ahk updated to v1.0.5
* Pause Init updated to v1.0.4
* Rom Mapping Launch Menu.ahk updated to v1.0.8
* Shader Init updated to v1.0.2
* Shader.ahk updated to v1.0.3
* Statistics.ahk updated to v1.0.5
* Virtual Drive.ahk updated to v1.0.7
* XHotkey Init updated to v1.0.3
* XHotkey updated to v1.0.5
- Removed global declarations and refactored function parameters for all above
libs/classes
2016/09/12
* Updated all RL plugins to add CRC and Version info
2016/09/07
* RIni Extension Library updated
- Created new function (RIni_GetRLKeyValue) that will return better error codes
than the default ones
- Currently it wasn't possible to use ini key values of -2,-3 or -10
* RIniFile (Class) updated to v1.1.2
- Modified Read function to use the new RIni_GetRLKeyValue from RIni
* CustomFunction.ahk (Class) updated to v1.0.3
- Updated methods to call the new class based custom user functions
* UserFunction (Class) created
- Base class that all custom user functions should extend
* GameFunction (Class) created
- Base class that game specific user functions should extend
* User Functions (Example) updated
- The User Functions feature was expanded to use a class based hierarquical file
system instead of relying on a single file
- Check the new User Functions (Example) folder for examples
*** All users will need to manually move and rename their User Functions.ahk file
located in RocketLauncher\Lib\User Functions.ahk to RocketLauncher\Lib\User
Functions\Global.ahk. Besides that the actual code also needs to be updated, make
sure you read about all the details BEFORE updating at:
www.rlauncher.com/forum/showthread.php?4039.
2016/09/06
- Fixed bezel offset bug
- Updated code to use shared.ahk moveWindow function
- Added extra logs and adjusted log levels
2016/09/05
* LaunchBox.plugin updated
- Fixed disable media search bug
2016/09/02
* LaunchBox.plugin updated
- Moved FE media assets not required at fade to the function
loadAdditionalFEAssets() to be called when necessary
- Replaced relative path function with dll call
- Added call to function loadAdditionalFEAssets.
* Shader Init updated to v1.0.1
- Removed A_ThisFunc reference from log call
* CustomFunction.ahk (Class) updated to v1.0.2
- Added new wrapper methods: PreBezelDraw, SetFullscreenPostLaunch,
SetFullscreenPreLaunch, HaltGame and RestoreGame
2016/09/01
- emuFullPath is now converted to absolute even when skipchecks is Rom and Emu
and PCLauncher is used
- Added new settings: Cursor_Size, 7z_Games_to_Keep, 7z_Delete_per_System
- Now checks for crc on Front End Plugins
2016/08/30
* RocketLauncher DLL updated to v1.0.1.0
- Added new methods to hide window borders and title bar
- Fixed unhandled condition in getDisplayScalingPercentage where a registry key
might not exist
- Updated BezelDraw to use new hide methods from the DLL instead of using AHK
WinSet commands
- Extracted code to hide window decorators and menuBar to a single function
- Added CustomFunction.PreBezelDraw() call
- Added hideWindowBorder and hideWindowTitleBar methods
* CustomFunction.ahk updated to v1.0.1
- Added new wrapper methods: PreStart, PostStop, PrePauseStart and PostPauseStop
- Using CustomFunction class for Start/Stop Pause user functions instead of
calling them directly
- Using CustomFunction class for Start/Stop Global user functions instead of
calling them directly
2016/08/29
- Improved RemoveTitlebar function
2016/08/23
* Control.ahk (Class) updated to v1.2.1
- Added support for TopMost controls
2016/08/22
- Added support for Damon Tools Lite 10.4
2016/07/17
* DemulShooter (Class) initial release
- Still in development
* AttractMode plugin initial release for RL and RLUI (ArcadeBliss)
2016/07/10
- Added new setting: DemulShooter_Path
- Added getRelativePathFromFull method
2016/07/05
- Defaulting Replacement parameter to empty string in RegExReplace and
RegExReplaceX functions
- Fixed FadeSounds setting not always having an effect when set to false
2016/07/04
- Fixed scenario when rom was not compressed and fade would not show correctly
when enabled.
- Changed some logs to show correct info
2016/07/03
- Fixed scenario when fadein/out were disabled and 7z was enabled that extraction
sounds would play.
2016/06/27
* MiscUtils.ahk (Class) updated to v1.1.1
- Added SetErrorMode method
2016/06/26
- Updated base ahk version to 1.1.13.0
- Fixed layer bug with extra fixed width bezel used for VMU display
2016/06/25
* RIniFile.ahk (Class) updated to v1.1.1
- Fixed Read method condition causing the function not to work properly when
default value was 0
- Fixed Read method bug that was causing ini values not to be read when they
contained some specific strings
2016/06/24
* KeyUtils.ahk (Class) updated to v1.0.1
- Forcing WaitCommandOffset to 0 when set to an empty string in SendCommand
- Fixed regression causing Fade-In to freeze when using
Fade_7z_Progress_Mode=custom
- Forcing WaitCommandOffset to 0 when set to an empty string in SendCommand
* RIni Extension Library updated
- Updated library to support trailing spaces on ini keys (Read function)
2016/06/21
* LaunchBox plugin updated
- Update to take into account additional media folders add by the LaunchBox
developer.
- Warning: if you get slowdowns while launching games through LaunchBox disable
some of the artwork labels on the plugin options. The LaunchBox plugin checks for a
huge amount of possible media file locations because the way that the frontend was
designed, what could cause delay when launching games.
- Warning 2: the current plugin does not support user defined media paths.
2016/06/16
* File.ahk (Class) updated to v1.6
- Changed order of parameters for Copy function
2016/06/11
- Added the key modifier ~ to all bezel and IC keys automatically
2016/06/05
* RocketLauncher updated to v1.1.0.7a
- Removed Shader_Change_Key as it's not ready yet.
- ExitScriptKey can now be disabled by setting it to "none"
- Fixed settings made in Game Options.ini not taking effect
- Fixed LaunchLock working opposite when DirectOnly mode was set on a specific
game
2016/06/04
- Fixed bug with clone game use of parent media.
- Added restriction to avoid exiting pause while disabling keys to avoid problems
with the pause keys disabled when returning to the game.
* LaunchBox.plugin added
- Added first version of the LaunchBox FrontEnd RocketLauncher plugin.
2016/05/24
* Process.ahk (Class) updated to v1.5
- Added option to use RunWait with RunDirect function
2016/05/23
* Window.ahk (Class) updated to v1.2
- Added titleMode option to some of the methods
2016/05/22
- Fixed bug where defining a relative path to a module in an emulators ini was
not being converted to absolute properly
* Emulator.ahk (Class) updated to v1.1
- Adjusted __New log order to be before Process
- Will now error if you try to create an emulator object when skipchecks is set
to skip the emulator and no path was also provided
- Adjusted __New log order to be immediate
- Adjusted __New log order to be before File
* RocketLauncher.ahk (Class) updated to v1.7
- getFullPathFromRelative will now allow usage when just the relativePath is
absolute in case the basePath needs to be tacked on as well
* StringUtils.ahk (Class) updated to v1.5
- IsRelative method returns no value instead of 0 when a path is not relative
2016/05/18
- Fixed jpg supported images bug
2016/05/17
* Control.ahk (Class) updated to v1.2
- Added GetPos method
2016/05/15
- Fixed wrong romname sent when Match Extension is enabled and Delete Temp is
false
2016/05/14
* Emulator class initial release
- Added support for PostLoad()
* MiscUtils.ahk (Class) updated to v1.1
- Added a couple new functions
* User Functions (Example).ahk updated
- Added 4 new functions that can be called from any module at certain points.
This is the same as PCLauncher PreLaunch/PostLaunch/PostExit scripts, but on a
global basis for every module.
2016/05/12
- Fixed double log triggering on Process method
- Added ParsePCTitle method
* Steam.ahk updated to v1.0.3
- Steam now reports when it's not isntalled and will not attempt to launch it if
it is not
* CustomFunction class initial release
2016/05/09
* RIniFile class initial release
- Changes to support new Rini Class for all class-based modules
2016/05/07
- Fixed exception when debug console enabled
- Fixed missing ini keys not being written to file
- Updated some default Fade settings
- Removed ModuleIniFileFinder class lib as it is no longer used
- Added CustomFunction Class which is ran from all modules that were rewritten to
be class-based
- Fixed getFullPathFromRelative triggering exception when there are none
- Fixed fade mp3 sound bug.
*** All users should rename their fade sounds located on
RocketLauncher\Media\Fade\ folders to follow the naming convention: Loading
start*.mp3 and Loading complete*.mp3 for sounds to be played on normal fade
screens. 7z extracting*.mp3 and 7z complete*.mp3 for sounds to be played on fade
extraction screens. '*' represents any string defined by the user.
2016/05/05
- New setting: Logging_Include_DLL_Logs, which when enabled, includes DLL logs
into the RL log
- New setting: Error_Sounds, which when enabled, plays a random sound effect when
an RL error occurs
- Fixed splitpath exception thrown when skipchecks set to "Rom and Emu"
- Fixed Log not appending [code] brackets to the top properly
- Fixed SplitPath exception caused by rom mapping not finding your db's rom name
and inserting it into the rom map table
- Front End will no longer magically disappear from this dimension when Fade In
is disabled
- Added logging for most methods when DLL logging is enabled
* Logger.ahk (Class) updated to v1.1
- Added new logging level for DLL logging only
- Fixed FixResMode bezel and shader bug
- Fixed FixResMode bezel and shader bug
- Changes to support error sound toggling
- Fixed Process() Method to return PID properly when Wait is used
2016/05/02
- Added logging for splitPath, setLogMode, and setLogFilename methods
- Updated SplitPath method to use new array return from DLL, which is faster than
old loop method
2016/05/01
- SplitPath calls now use class method
- Moved DLL log to address DLL errors on launch when logging is enabled
* Control.ahk (Class) updated to v1.1
- Added Send method
- Fixed GetText and SetText methods from looking for invalid wintitles
- Added splitPath method
* Window.ahk (Class) updated to v1.1
- Fixed OpenROM method parameters, did not need a wintitle passed to it
- SplitPath() remapped to use StringUtils class
- GetFullName() remapped to use DLL method
- AbsoluteFromRelative() remapped to use DLL method
- Will now error out if a blank parameter is sent to to instantiate the class
2016/04/30
- Now using DLL method to convert relative paths to absolute
- Fixed potential wasted I/O operations when using a base rom path and no system
rom path
- Fixed shader bug on bezel change
- Improved bezel change code
- Fixed instructions card not displaying bug
- Removed Bezel "fake" fullscreen from bezels aleatory choosen at startup
- Updated code to restore new bezel GUIs properly
- Added getFullPathFromRelative method
- Now using DLL method to convert relative paths to absolute
- Added IsBoolean method
- Changed regex on SplitPath method with paths to fix whdload issue (agent47)
2016/04/29
- Added warning to log when System Local is set to Japanese due to this being a
Unicode locale which RL does not support.
- Fixed Rom Mapping Launch Menu not showing when enabled
- Changes to start supporting new ini class functionality
- Many plugins updated with these ini changes as well
- Changes to start supporting new ini class functionality
2016/04/28
- Fixed showing command window that logging option is enabled. Will no longer
give an error about not creating a window correctly.
- Fixed OpenROM function not selecting the correct Edit1 field (agent47)
2016/04/25
- Log is now created before dll is instantiated
- Removed debug log
- Now uses SplitPath from StringUtils class on initialization which is more
reliable than ahk's built-in command
* Folder.ahk (Class) initial release
- Updated SplitPath method
- Updated for Class support
2016/04/22
* File.ahk updated to v1.1
- Fixed CheckFolder method
2016/04/21
* Fade.ahk updated to v1.1.7 & Pause.ahk updated to v1.2.0
- Fixed conflicting var name causing all File instances to fail when Fade was
enabled
2016/04/20
- Start of code restructure
- Added new kill option to HideTaskbar which will kill it instead of just hiding
it.
- Shortened CRC logging lines.
* Fade Init.ahk updated to v1.0.3
- Changes required for mouse buttons to interrupt fade
- Added support for Front End process suspending/resuming
- When detecting fade interrupts, mouse buttons will not be taken into account if
you have "anykey" as your fade interrupt key.
- Using DetectHiddenWindows from class now
* BinHexRW updated to v1.0.2
- Removed some unnecessary logs
2016/04/06
- Fixed WinIPAC not wrapping profile in double quotes
2016/04/01
* Scanlines
- Added new default Scanlines-1080p in Media\Shaders folder (Sub-Zero)
2016/03/22
* Global Emulators (Example).ini
- Fixed Save/Load keys for MAME (abique)
2016/03/03
* Shader.ahk and Shader Init.ahk released (v0.0.1) and Pause.ahk updated to v1.1.9
- Added rocketlauncher shader support to bezel screens.
- Fixed bezel change bug, background change bug, and improved bezel overlay code.
- Added changes to support shader on bezel.
2016/01/22
* RocketLauncher updated to v1.0.1.5b (Internal release)
- RocketLauncher now records Compatibility Flags set by the user to the exe
- RocketLauncher now records DPI scaling set globally in windows
- Setting changes: 7z_Sounds is now called Fade_Sounds and found in the [Fade]
section
- Setting changes: Fade_Bar_Non_7z_ProgressTime is now called
Fade_Progress_Duration
- New Setting: Fade_7z_Progress_Mode
- Module checks will now pass again when required function calls start with some
whitespace
- BaseRomPath will no longer tack on the systemName to the end when this setting
was never set
- Logging changed so Debug1 is now Debug, and Debug2 is now Trace
- Much of the logging that was formerly Debug, is now Info level. This will give
default logging a bit more robust flavor!
- Added BezelEnabled() function
- Added changes to support the new custom fade 7z progress bar
- WriteProperty now logs the key and value it changed to
- Toggle cursor hotkey will again correctly toggle the cursor!
- Global IniRead function now showing correct value in log
- Added changes to support the new custom fade 7z progress bar
2016/01/20
- Fixed issue with VMU bezels extra fixed res bug caused by the last monitor
handling bezel update
2016/01/18
- Fixed WinIPAC not loading correct profiles
2016/01/17
* RocketLauncher updated to v1.0.1.5a
- Fixed mouse cursor not restoring right on exit
- Fixed bug with preferred controller list not using the correct profile
- Fixed bug where keymapper would unload when it was never loaded due to another
error occurring first
- Added check for a proper full path to chosen keymapper
- Fixed bug where keymapper would unload when it was never loaded due to another
error occurring first
2016/01/11
- JoyIds will no longer error if field is blank in RLUI. It will automatically
populate use_global so the global setting is used instead.
- DLL calls now use Lib
2016/01/09
- Fixed description text position when an offset is applied to the main pause
menu bar.
- Added option to choose the pause sub menu appearance speed.
- Adapted pause force resolution code to new resolution functions.
- Fixed bezel background being draw above game window.
- Fixed bug on bezel change background switch not happening when the ini
coordinates didn't changed between bezels.
2016/01/08
- Added support for Fade aleatorily chosen mp3 files. The file name should follow
the naming convention: Loading*.mp3, Loading complete*.mp3, 7z extracting*.mp3 and
7z complete*.mp3, where * could be any string defined by the user.
- Added support for Fade aleatorily chosen mp3 files. The file name should follow
the naming convention: Loading*.mp3, Loading complete*.mp3, 7z extracting*.mp3 and
7z complete*.mp3, where * could be any string defined by the user.
- Renamed RINI related variables to avoid conflict with RL variable names. This
change demanded a huge code line replacement so we ask please any user to report if
they find any pause or statistics settings that does not hold their values.
* Statistics.ahk updated to v1.0.4
- Renamed RINI related variables to avoid conflict with RL variable names. This
change demanded a huge code line replacement so we ask please any user to report if
they find any pause or statistics settings that does not hold their values.
- updated CheckForNearestSupportedRes function to work with new monitor functions
- Added support for bezel game monitor setting. If bezel is enable and a valid
bezel is found the game screen will be displayed at the user selected monitor
defined on this option. By default, the game will be displayed on the primary
monitor.
2016/01/04
* Fade Animations.ahk updated to v1.1.11, Shared.ahk updated to v1.3.7 and
HyperSpin, GameEx, HyperPin and PinballX plugins updated
- Added support for new RL media folders: Genre, Publisher, Developer, Rating and
Year media support
- Removed Manufacturer media references on RL in favor of Publisher.
*** All fade image found on the RocketLauncher\Media\Fade\_Default\Genre should be
moved to the RocketLauncher\Media\Genre folder. The same is applied to the
Manufacturer, Rating, System and Year sub-folders.
*** The RL Manufacturer media folder is deprecated in favor of the correct
Publisher and Developer terms. Any user that had a custom fade animation that makes
use of the deprecated Manufacturer info, should now refer to it as the Publisher,
and also move any Manufacturer logo to the RocketLauncher\Media\Publisher folder.
*** Invalid file name characters are now replaced by hyphen or removed from the
file names in order to be able to have media assets for them. For example, the
database genre named Sports\Baseball will have its logo found on:
RocketLauncher\Media\Genre\Sports-Baseball.png file. Details about the replaced
chars can be found on the RocketLauncher update announcement thread.
2015/12/28
- Added support for Daemon Tools 4 Ultra
2015/12/20
* Gdip_Alt.ahk updated to v1.0.3
- Fixed invalid function declaration in Gdip_Alt_DrawImage
2015/12/08
- Now logs how much time it took to perform an extraction
- Added some logs when bezels windows are moved
- Fixing punctuation on ahk commands
2015/11/17
- RL Dll version now logged
- Added WinIPAC and UltraMap support
- Added new feature to restore resolution on exit
- New settings: Base_Rom_Path, WinIPAC_Path, WinIPAC_Enabled, UltraMap_Path,
UltraMap_Enabled, Restore_Resolution_On_Exit, Fade_Rom_Info_Developer,
Fade_Rom_Info_Publisher, Fade_Rom_Info_Text_7_Options
- RL now logs these system settings to assist with troubleshooting: System
Locale, Windows UI Language, Formats Locale, Text Encoding
- -o CLI switch added to always restore cursor on exit even if HideCursor is set
to an option to prevent it
- HideCursor and HideTaskbar now have additional options to not restore on exit
- Quite a bit of refactoring done to support future upgrades
- Fade_Rom_Info_Order default value changed from "Description|SystemName|Year|
Manufacturer|Genre|Rating" to "Description|SystemName|Year|Developer|Genre|Rating|
Publisher"
- Show_Info default value changed from "HistoryDatDescription|
HistoryDatTechnical|HistoryDatTrivia|HistoryDatSeries|HighScores" to "Cloneof|Crc|
Developer|Publisher|Year|Genre|Rating|HistoryDatDescription|HistoryDa tTechnical|
HistoryDatTrivia|HistoryDatSeries|Histo ryDatSources|HighScores"
- Removed this setting as it's not longer needed: Fade_Rom_Info_Manufacturer
- Added log on exit letting user know what RL sees as active window
* MultiPlayer.ahk updated to v1.0.8
* Rom Mapping Launch Menu.ahk updated to v1.0.7
2015/11/16
- Fixed mistype variable bug introduced on previous version that caused games to
launch miniaturized if the bezel option save last selection was set to false.
2015/11/15
- Fixed bug with transparent full screen bezel when it is the first
RocketLauncher bezel loaded.
2015/11/14
- Improved bezel background handling to avoid the use of bezel specific
backgrounds on other alternative bezels.
2015/11/13
- Fixed ledblinky not working on start and exit of module thread
2015/11/08
- Added MaximizeWindow function
- Changed DxwndRun function to start DxwndRun in the system tray
- Added DxwndUpdateIniPath function. Dxwnd will now search for cfg files named
after the system before using the default dxwnd.ini
2015/11/05
* Fade animations.ahk updated to v1.1.10
- Replaced RocketLauncher Wheels folder references by the updated Media\Logos
folder and fixed frontend logo images bug.
2015/10/31
- Updated VCDMount (Clone Drive) support so it works with any version in the 5.x
series
2015/10/22
- Fixed bezel fullscreen bug
2015/10/15
* BinHexRW updated to v1.0.1
- Small update to logging to be more descriptive.
* Fade Init updated to v1.0.2; Fade updated to 1.1.4; Fade animations updated to
1.1.9
- Add support for new option to allow fade guis to be "transparent" to mouse
clicks allowing some problematic post launching scripts to work.
2015/10/13
* Shared updated to v1.3.3
- New functions to globally support split screen and moving windows
- LEDBlinky now supports sending an alternate system name than the one sent from
your Front End
- LEDBlinky now supports sending Game Start and Game End events with the new
"All" option. Use this instead of your Front End's ledblinky handling for these
events.
* 7z updated to v1.0.2
- Added ToolTip for extraction percentage when troubleshooting logging is enabled
* MultiPlayer updated to v1.0.7
- Added local-link support
- Can now go back a menu by using your exit key. You can also exit this menu to
close RL by pressing your exit key from the main menu.
2015/10/04
- Fixed bug with ahk and JSON when there were too many alternates on Rom Mapping
inis
- Added new Rom Mapping settings: Game_Name_Text_Font, Game_Name_Text_Options, &
Hide_Parent
- Added new Fade setting: Fade_Click_Through
- Added new LEDBlinky setting: LEDBlinky_System_Name
- Added new Dxwnd setting: Dxwnd_Path
- Fixed an AHK bug that was thinking your FE was active when it was not
- Added new Module Extension to help debug objects and arrays: Array.ahk
* Rom Mapping Launch Menu updated to v1.0.6
- Fixed broken Rom Mapping Launch Menu
- Added support for user to choose between using HiToText or hi2txt programs for
acquiring High Scores
* Pause updated to v1.1.5
- Fixed save and load state not working when statistics were disabled
- Fixed clone media support
- Fixed bug preventing High Score menu to be displayed
- Added support for user to choose between using HiToText or hi2txt programs for
acquiring High Scores
* Fade updated to v1.1.3
* Bezel updated to v1.1.3
- Added support for looking at emulator specific folders for bezels
* HyperSpin.plugin updated
- Filled the variables frontendDatabaseFields and frontendDatabaseLabels to
support the rom mapping menu changes
- Fixed a log bug on HyperSpin plugin
2015/09/28
* RocketLauncher DLL updated to v1.0.1
- Added support for RAR5
- Fixed bug in validateCUE function, track names no longer need to be enclosed in
double quotes
2015/09/20
* Virtual Drive updated to v1.0.2
- Added support for Daemon Tools 6 Pro
2015/09/13
- Fade Interrupt Key behavior changed so interrupting fade is only possible when
this key is set to the specific key you want to use or when set to "anykey"
2015/08/05
* Virtual Drive updated to v1.0.1
- Added support for Daemon Tools 10!
- ServoStik updates for new methods and setting
- COM Refactoring
- Fixed bug in SendCommand
- COM Refactoring
* Pause Init updated to v1.0.3
- COM Refactoring
* MultiGame updated to v1.0.8
- COM Refactoring
- COM Refactoring
* Fade Animations updated to v1.1.7
- COM Refactoring
* Passwprd updated to v1.0.2
- COM Refactoring
- COM Refactoring
- Removing Exit_Emulator_Key_Wait and Force_Hold_Key references
* XHotkeyInit updated to v1.0.2
- Removing Exit_Emulator_Key_Wait and Force_Hold_Key references
* 7z updated to v1.0.1
- COM Refactoring
- Fixed bug in the Transition Animation "LegacayFadeInTransition" and
"LegacayFadeInTransition" preventing Stretch and Lose Aspect mode to work
2015/07/27
- Added logging for XHotkeyAllKeysPressed
2015/07/27
- Now if a frontend or plugin sent over CLI was not found, defaults to the
Default plugin. Which does not use a database at all.
- Fixed - RocketLauncher will no longer hide your Front End when the setting Hide
Front End is not enabled on the Settings->Main Settings tab in RLUI. Previously it
would hide it when troubleshooting logging was enabled.
- RLUI will not be restored on exit if the Front End path was defaulted because
your Front End exe was not found or the supplied plugin from CLI was not found.
- Added ServoStik_Exit_Mode setting
- exitEmulatorKeyWait now has a minimum of 1000 milliseconds
- Now logs latest .Net version installed
- Trying to put the FE back in focus but failing will now timeout after 5 seconds
- Moved Exit_Emulator_Key from General Settings to Global/System settings
- Removed Exit_Emulator_Key_Wait and Force_Hold_Key settings because these are no
longer needed with the Exit_Emulator_Key change
2015/07/19
- Fixed logging command windows when exe had spaces in it
- Added logs to ToggleMenu
2015/07/11
- Added LEDBlinky support to NumberOfPlayersSelectionMenu function used in some
modules
2015/07/07
- Fix for another HyperSpin 1.3 scenario using romonly HS setting and a full path
gets sent to RL
- Fixed bug when no 7zExtractPath is set but it triggers the error that rompath
and extract path are the same
- Fix for wrong broadcast messages (bleasby)
- Added LEDBlinky support to change to the RL profile and back
- Fix for wrong broadcast messages (bleasby)
- Added support for system and game messages (bleasby)
- Updated LEDBlinky support for proper CLI to change profiles when loading RL
features and back to the game (jonnieboyrevel)
2015/06/29
- Fix for not being able to enter pause after resuming game
2015/06/27
- Fix for HyperSpin 1.3 launching and not trimming the . from the rom name
2015/06/17
* RocketLauncher updated to v1.0.1
- Restore Frontend On Exit, Restore selection, was not working as designed. Now
selecting Restore will restore a minimized front end as well
- New setting: JoyIDs_Preferred_Controllers_On_Exit
- Fixed when using HyperSpin 1.3.x with romonly option, RL would trim extensions
when it shouldn't be
- Fixed when using HyperSpin 1.3.x and using a proper -f switch and no -s and -r
switches, will not check for legacy cli mode (bleasby)
- Support for JoyIDs_Preferred_Controllers_On_Exit
- Initial broadcast Messaging support (bleasby)
- Support for setting Pause to use an alternate monitor (bleasby)
- New setting: Pause_Monitor & Pause_Screen_Rotation_Angle (bleasby)
- Added broadcast messages (bleasby)
* Gdip_Alt updated to v1.0.2
- Updated dependencies for Pause (bleasby)
- Fixed issue when IC was enabled, but default IC artwork did not exist and a
".ini" file was created in root of drive. (bleasby)
- Default IC artwork is now created in code if missing from media folder
(bleasby)
- Fixed missing console layer (bleasby)
2015/05/29
- Removed file check for your VD application on all launches where VD is used but
not enabled.
- New setting: Virtual_Drive_Drive_Letter, The drive letter you want your defined
virtual drive software to use. This does not apply to Daemon Tools 4 as you define
the letter in the Daemon Tools application.
* RocketLauncherUI updated to v1.0.0.2
- See its changelog for complete changes
* UserFunctions
- StartPauseUserFeatures and StopPauseUserFeatures are 2 new areas where users
can inject their own code to run before Pause starts and after Pause ends.
- Run command default options were not being set correctly to "useerrorlevel".
Default changed to no options used.
- Added RunWait RL command
- Removed duplicate gdip cleanup which has the chance to cause random crashes on
errors
- Removed a legacy HS XML function no longer used
- 7z moved to its own lib file
- Virtual Drive moved to its own lib file
- Implemented StartPauseUserFeatures and StopPauseUserFeatures support
* Plugins
- Added basic AttractMode plugin for RocketLauncher launching only
2015/05/21
- Fixed a scripterror window size from now showing the entire error when
preferred controllers were defined and no profiles found.
- Fixed when your defined keymapper application was defined, but not found on
disk. RL would still attempt to run it causing an AHK error.
- Uncommented a log that shows what profiles will be searched for. Not sure why
it was commented to begin with.
2015/05/11
- Added new Bezel_Delay setting to give time for emu to draw itself before bezels
take over
2015/05/03
* v1.0.0.0 - RocketLauncher initial release!
- Many modules that did not have "Hide Emulator" support now do
- DaemonTools is now known as VirtualDrive so future support can be added to
other applications in the future
- BetaBrite_Params setting changed default to "usb {AUTO}%FRONTEND%" which will
replace FRONTEND with the plugin name so it can be used across any FE
- Fixed a bug when ServoStik_Enabled & Hide_Cursor were set per-game, would take
affect for other games
- Fixed direct launching system selection not showing due to new system xml
structure changes
- Fixed bug in direct launch where it would show values that were not system
names in drop down box
- Exit_Script_Key default value changed from Q+S to PageUp+PageDown
- Fade_Layer_4_W (Animated Image - Image Width) default changed from 128 to 200
because it was making the Rating image too narrow on default Fade
- Fade_Layer_4_X (Animated Image - Animation X) default changed from 1792|952 to
1715|952 so the animated image would be on screen by default
- Fade_Layer_4_Y (Animated Image - Animation Y) default changed from 891|1596 to
720|1596 so the animated image would be on screen by default
- SaveProperties changed so it does not cause delays and only writes to HDD once.
- Added systemDbName as it comes from the Front End in case media needs to be
loaded from that name when an alternate systen name is mapped
- PacDrive and DXwnd file checks moved into their functions and only verify
existance when those features are used.
- Added ability to trigger ScriptError w/o closing the module which can let the
module handle errors and exiting properly from its environment
- Now automatically copies example inis over to their working versions when
CheckFile() is used to check their existence. Note, this is not used on example
module inis because those inis are never required.
* HyperLaunchHQ.plugin
- HyperLaunchHQ.plugin (now known as RocketLauncherUI.plugin)
* HyperPause renamed to Pause and updated to v1.0.9
* HyperPause init renamed to Pause Init and updated to v1.0.2
* Password updated to v1.0.1
* Statistics updated to v1.0.3
* User Fade Animations
* Module Extensions
- RocketLauncher.dll
- Origin updated to v1.0.2
- Steam updated to v1.0.2
* Updated Daemon
- HyperLaunchDaemon renamed to RocketLauncherDaemon
2015/03/01
* HyperLaunch (updated to v3.1.0.5)
- HideCursor was changed to a globally allow per-game control over it. Set it by
configuring settings on that game in the Games tab.
- Fixed Keymapper_FrontEnd_Profile_Name was always writing the first pluginname
sent to HL, this is supposed to by default be empty to allow HL to work with
multiple FEs.
- Added new CLI switch "-c" which changes the context of HL on exit an option of
giving focus to your FE or load an FE keymapper profile on exit.
- Fixed ahk error when bezels are turned off using the NullDC module and
ExtraFixedResBezelGUI() was called.
- Added WMI check and will not attempt to use the WMI service if it is not
running.
- Added file check for your emulator/application executable. Previously you would
get an ahk error if the path was wrong.
- Fixed decrypting Steam/Origin credentials
* HyperLaunch.dll
- Updated to support WMI check
* Keymapper.ahk (updated to v1.1.0)
- Updated to support the -c switch
* Shared.ahk (updated to v1.2.2)
- Added a few checks to HideEmu to make sure the windows that it is trying to
hide, actually become hidden
- Updates to remove PCLauncher HideCursor control, which now can be controlled
per-game globally
- Added ability to hide logs when running executables
- 7zCleanUp will now be triggered when an error occurs
* Origin.ahk (updated to v1.0.1)
- Will no longer show credentials in log
* Steam.ahk (updated to v1.0.1)
- Will no longer show credentials in log
2015/01/21
- Rom names with [ or ] in them will no longer error, but instead give a warning
in the log
- Warning logs added when showing and logging command window settings are enabled
- Added a few more res batch files for nircmd in module extensions
- New method of creating default inis and writing missing settings, which allows
far less disk writes than before
- Daemon Tools is now set to false by default to keep it in line with other 3rd
party tools support
- ServoStik support was not mentioned in prior update notes (oops), but it is
there now and allows adjusting your Ultimarc ServoStiks automatically. Latest MAME
module already has automatic support when this is enabled.
- ServoStik support can now be set on a per-game basis as well as global and per-
system.
- LEDBlinky support was another one I forgot to mention and support for it was
added when launching any of the HL features, like HyperPause, MultiGame, etc, when
Navigational keys are used. The ledblinky dev was supposed to add support for
directly switching to profiles w/o using all the animations but I don't think this
has been added yet.
- JoyIDs_Preferred_Controllers key now sets use_global for the system
HyperLaunch.ini when the key is created.
- Custom user fade animations should now be placed in the file Lib\User Fade
Animations.ahk. They will no longer be looked for at the bottom of Fade
Animations.ahk. This is to be more consistent with how User Functions works. Also
Fade Animations.ini was renamed to User Fade Animations.ini
- HyperLaunch.dll updated to reflect the above change
- HyperLaunchHQ also updated to reflect the above change
* Fade Animations.ahk (updated to v1.1.0)
- Removed 7zSounds from a conditional it wasn't needed on
- xpadder and joytokey automatically have command windows skipped if they are
enabled because they do not work right with them
- This fixes some users have posted when having this window enabled and getting
stuck when xpadder was launched
- Run() added ability to bypass command windows if enabled
- rIniIndex was not global, preventing default plugin key values from being
written to plugin inis
- Rewrote handling and fixed command windows not closing properly
- Fixed SendCommand Up never working (wahoobrian)
- Fixed SendCommand when spaces inside commands were used, command would become
invalid (wahoobrian)
- Fixed ExitEmulatorKey from working when a ScriptError was triggered
- 7z now logs when system name was attached to your extract path
- Added logging for cursor changing
* Bezel (updated to v1.0.8)
- Improved bezel GUI destroy code that was not being called in certain cases,
what could cause a very small memory leak if the user had bezel enabled and no
bezel image.
- Added three functions to handle a extra fixed resolution bezel image (used on
the VMU draw on NullDC and demul modules).
- Fixed bug with initialization of instruction cards (thanks dustind900
http://www.hyperlaunch.net/forum/showthread.php?432-Help-displaying-single-IC)
- Added support for _Default\Vertical and _Default\Horizontal folder use on
system and global search for bezels and backgrounds.
- Removed unnecessary functions from the code.
* HyperPause (updated to v1.0.7)
- Added code to avoid moving the menu is last rendering is not complete
- Fixed bug showing only the first of multiple images originated from the
frontend media
- Fixed bug in menu up and down navigation for multiple images and pdf files
- Changed resolution scaling to improve profile sharing between different
resolutions
- Added support for four new hyperpause options to disable the extra label for
displaying the file name or page number on the artwork, controller, manuals and
guides menu while displaying multiple images, pdfs, CBR and CBZ files (requested by
brolly).
- Fixed HP hide FE code. Hides FE even if the monitor resolution changes.
system and global image search for the cases where the user choose a screen
portrait or landscape rotation.
* Fade animations.ahk (updated to v1.1.1)
- Fixed scaling bugs on layer 3, layer 3 static image and layer 4
- Added width and height settings to layer 3, static 3 and 4.
* Fade.ahk (updated to v1.0.9)
resolutions
- Fixed scaling bugs on layer 2
- Fixed fade out resize bug
- Added width and height settings to layer 2.
system and global image search for the cases where the user choose a screen
portrait or landscape rotation.
* MultiGame.ahk (updated to v1.0.6)
resolutions
* MultiPlayer.ahk (updated to v1.0.2)
- Currently selected field now has a highlight around it to make it easier to see
what number you are currently editing
- Added a wait screen used on modules when a server needs to wait for clients to
connect so the host is aware what's going on. For now only used in Retroarch
- Modified what variables are filled when using multiplayer
- gdip_alt.ahk module extension updated to support the above change
* Fade Profiles
- default.ini and legacy.ini fade profiles updated (need to be revised after HLHQ
has being updated to include the new keys)
* Plugins:
- Added HyperPin plugin (bleasby)
2015/01/06
- Rom names with [ or ] in them will no longer error, but instead give a warning
in the log
- Warning logs added when showing and logging command window settings are enabled
- Added a few more res batch files for nircmd in module extensions
* Fade Animations.ahk (updated to v1.1.0)
- Removed 7zSounds from a conditional it wasn't needed on
- xpadder and joytokey automatically have command windows skipped if they are
enabled because they do not work right with them
- This fixes some users have posted when having this window enabled and getting
stuck when xpadder was launched
- Run() added ability to bypass command windows if enabled
- rIniIndex was not global, preventing default plugin key values from being
written to plugin inis
- Rewrote handling and fixed command windows not closing properly
2014/12/31
* MultiPlayer.ahk (updated to v1.0.1)
- Fixed Keymapper not switching to HyperLaunch profiles when Player Select Menu
was used
- Fixed Keymapper not switching to HyperLaunch profiles when Player Select Menu
was used (thanks Ghutch)
2014/12/29
- Rom Extension are now allowed to have a period in the middle of an extension,
but will still error if it starts with one
- New Feature - HyperLaunch Daemon - See Wiki
http://www.hyperlaunch.net/wiki/index.php?title=HyperLaunch_Daemon
* Fade
- Added logs to show when fadeInExitDelay starts and stops
2014/12/24
* HyperLaunch (updated to v3.1.0.0 BETA):
- Add support for different screen orientations for vertical games, rotating
monitors and cocktail cabs. HyperPause, fade, instruction cards, password,
multigame and rom mapping launch menu works on 0º, 90º, 180º and 270º.
- HyperLaunchLog shows a warning when User Functions.ahk or User Functions
Init.ahk are missing.
- i18n localization support: Non-English users now have certain parts of the
modules converted automatically in memory to their language. For example "Open"
converts to "Abrir" if you use a Portuguese Windows.
- New file that provides the translation mapping:
HyperLaunch\Data\Language\Localization.ini
- HyperLaunch now supports launching the MultiGame feature on launch. This gives
you the ability to only have one disc for example, in your database and give a disc
selection instead. You must have MG enabled, and also the new setting
MultiGame_On_Launch.
- HyperLaunch will error if you set your keymapper to something other than
xpadder or joytokey (like if it's blank)
- Log now states if the User Functions.ahk is not found
- Fixed a bug that HL would think a rom was picked from rom mapping when it
wasn't
- Fixed a bug when Fade was enabled but Statistics was not, would cause a missing
function error.
- Fixed a couple RomTableCheck scenarios that would stall HL when it shouldn't
be.
- 7z will no longer try to determine if you have enough free space on a network
drive to extract to as this number is not visible to windows.
- 7z now creates the 7zExtractPath if it does not exist already and reports
correctly when the drive does not exist or it couldn't write to that drive.
- When debug or greater logging is enabled, the extraction progress of 7z gets
dumped to the log.
- ExitModule now declares when it has started to prevent other functions from
starting during the exit routine when they shouldn't be.
- The default font is now automatically installed if it was not installed
already. This will also install any fonts residing in the HL Media's Font folder
too if they are used.
- PCLauncher uses its own HideCursor setting, so when using this module and you
want to control the mouse visibility, it must be set in PCLauncher module settings.
The normal HL setting will not apply.
- CreateRomTable will no longer be created on exit. This should speed up exiting
in some scenarios when it was unnecessarily being created.
- Fixed a bug when using the Rom Map menu and a valid extension was not found
from your defined extensions.
- Player Select Menu GUI now can be called from any module
- HyperLaunch now accepts a system xml when a default (Hyperspin Main Menu.xml)
is not found. File should be located in .\Data\Databases\Systems.xml. For
convenience, it should be the same format as the Hyperspin Main Menu.xml
- When a Hyperspin Main Menu.xml nor a HyperLaunch Systems.xml can be found and
direct launching the HyperLaunch.exe, the system selection drop down list is
replaced with an edit box where user can type in a system name manually.
- HideEmu now logs each unique window it finds and hides as a debug log entry.
- HideEmu now hides emus on exit when enabled.
- Replaced all Includes with FileReads. This should eliminate the bug where ahk
would randomly try to include a file with the wrong path. No performance hit in
this change.
- Only files are allowed by default when a CheckFile() is called.
- HyperLaunch now skips checking for romPaths and a romExtension if a fullpath to
your rom was supplied via CLI. This can speed up launching slightly, especially if
you have a lot of paths and extensions defined in HLHQ. Some FEs support this.
- HyperLaunch now errors if the rom name contains the characters [ or ]
- Version info for libraries are now reported to the log when troubleshooting
mode is enabled.
- New protection in place to prevent users from setting their 7zExtractTemp
anywhere inside (above) their romPath. This would cause someone to delete their rom
folder.
- New Function - OpenROM - standardizes and replaces the old loop method used to
interact with an emulators "Open" rom window. Module authors can call this method
instead of recreating the lengthy and confusing loop method.
- New Function - SetKeyDelay - standardizes and logs the use of SetKeyDelay and
also allows HL to keep track of the current pressDelay in effect.
- New Function - SendCommand - TBA
- New Function - SplitPath - Supports UNC/SMB paths and multiple periods in the
filename.
- New Function - GetHLMediaFiles - Standardizes and logs gathering of all the
media files HL uses.
- New Function - Steam - Steam was removed from PCLauncher and made into its own
function and able to be called from any module
- New Function - Origin - Origin was removed from PCLauncher and made into its
own function and able to be called from any module
- New Function - DxwndIniRW/DxwndRun/DxwndClose - DXWnd can now be called from
any module as it is considered an extension and has been provided its own set of
functions to control it.
- New Function - Rotate - Allows global support for rotating your screen on any
module that calls it.
- New Feature - HyperLaunch now has a Debug Console to show the log in real-time!
- New Feature - HyperLaunch will validate cue and gdi files when using Daemon
Tools support. It will also not allow mounting of images with mp3 audio tracks as
DT does not support these.
- New Feature - HyperLaunch now accepts proper CLI switches and in any order to
better support other FEs simultaneously and multiple methods of launching. -s
<System_Name>, -r <Database_Name>, -m <HL_Mode>, -p <Plugin>, -f <FE_Path>
- New Feature - HyperLaunch now accepts a new CLI switch "-e", which will force a
game to load via the sent mapped Emulator name or full path to a Emulator you want
to load. Usage -e <Emulator_Name> or -e "<Emulator_Full_Path>"
- New Feature - HyperLaunch now accepts a new CLI switch "-d", which will force a
game to load via the sent mapped Module name or full path to a module you want to
load. Usage -d <Module_Name> or -d "<Module_Full_Path>"
- New Feature - Custom cursors can now be loaded by placing a cursor file into
your HL Media Cursor folder. (ex. HyperLaunch\Media\Cursors\Nintendo
DS\_Default\stylusred.cur)
- New Feature - Lock Launch - Can be applied globally, per system, or per game.
- Standard (true) lock - Prevent games from launching that you want to keep in
your database but do not want to remove. Will simply return to your FE if you
launch one of these.
- Password lock - Need to input a password to launch. Password is any combination
of directional keys (your HyperLaunch Navigation keys) up to 15 keys in length.
- DirectOnly - Prevented from being launched normally, but can launch HP, MG, or
Fade normally to view those features without actually launching the game.
* HyperPause (updated to v1.0.6):
- Fix to bug avoiding multigame to use hyperlaunch artwork located at
HyperLaunch\Multigame\systemname\gamename folder.
- Support for media\_Default folders on videos, artwork, controllers, guides and
manuals (requested by potts43).
- Improved save state overwritten images code (made a list of images to be
deleted and try to empty the list at every HyperPause exit).
- Changed screenshot function. (thks horseyhorsey, http://www.hyperspin-
fe.com/forum/sh...en-grabs/page3).
- Added support for saving screenshot as
BMP,DIB,RLE,JPG,JPEG,JPE,JFIF,GIF,TIF,TIFF and PNG (the default now is jpg because
the smaller footprint) (If saving as jpg (JPG,JPEG,JPE,JFIF) then quality can be 1-
100 with default at maximum quality). Controlled by the hyperpause ini keys:
Screenshot_Extension and Screenshot_JPG_Quality (these should be moved to
HyperLaunch ini files on a final release).
- Improved code to make sure that bezel is restored well after HyperPause exit.
(thks horseyhorsey, http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/sh...-after-HP-exit).
- Added support for creating a color behind the HyperPause background, for
filling the screen if a background image is smaller than the screen resolution.
(requested by wiggles http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/sh...kground-images).
(controled by hyperpause ini key Background_Color on ini section: [Main Menu
Appearance Options].
- Fix to statistics game names overlap.
- Updated. If no HyperSpin game video is found, HyperPause will look for its
parent video (http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?34389-HyperPause-
Videos)
- Updated. Changed HyperPause mute when start code to only mute the sound coming
from the emulator (only supported at Windows Vista and above, on XP the master
sound will be muted instead).
- Updated. Added font exist check.
- Small changes in the code for diverse motives.
- Updated. HyperPause now only mutes the emulator sound while loading if this
option is selected. It works for vista and above. For XP and bellow it still works
like previously mutting the master sound instead of only the emulator sound.
- General description:
- HyperPause is now completly FrontEnd independent.
- In order to do it I had to complete rewrite the code that handles the assets to
be shown on the HyperPause Menus.
- I REALLY NEED A HUGE BETA TESTING EFFORT FOR FINDING ANY ISSUES BECAUSE OF TE
HUGE AMOUNT OF CHANGES THAT THIS REQUIRED.
- Added support for using parent media on all HyperPause media assets. Set
HyperPause_Use_Parent_Game_Media_Assets to true to enable it. (Requested by
Turranius http://www.hyperlaunch.net/forum/showthread.php?187-HyperPause-media-for-
clones&p=2143&viewfull=1#post2143 )
- Added support for automatically use any plugin defined FrontEnd Assets on
HyperPause (backgrounds, wheels, artwork, controller images, manuals, guides,
videos).
- Added support for the Moves List sub menu to enter in full screen mode from the
submenu entry directly (Requested by Dogway).
- Added support for the History sub menu to enter in full screen mode from the
- Added support for the Video sub menu to enter in full screen mode from the
- Added support for render PDF pages only when you are above the respective
label. Set HyperPause_Load_PDF_On_Label to true to enable it. (Requested by
Dogway).
- Screenshots are now showed for last on the artwork menu. (Requested by Dogway).
- Added changes to create the screenshots folder only when necessary. (Requested
by Dogway).
- Changed wheel code on HyperPause to use only game wheels defined by the
AssetType
- Changed background on HyperPause to use only game (fe and hp media), and if not
found, use system files
- NEW - Added CBR and CBZ support for menus on hyperpause (manuals, guides,
artwork, controller).
- NEW - Updated pdf ghoscript call to use the maximumHeight parameter
- FIXED - bug on 7z images compressed not working
- FIXED - HyperPause bug with pdf entire conversion code.
- NEW - Added support for hyperpause disc change to use fe media assets.
- FIXED - HyperPause multidisc multiple entries bug. Thanks rfancella for finding
and reporting it.
- NEW - Added pdf page layout support. Now you can define how your pdf files will
be displayed on HyperPause. (Requested by Dogway). Brolly did most of the hard work
for adding that. Options are:
- 1page - Displays 1 page at a time (what we have now)
- 2pages - Displays 2 page at a time horizontally
- coverup - Same as 2pages, but the first page will be displayed as a single page
- frompdf - Reads page layout info from the actual PDF file and follows that
setting
- Changed the temp hyperpause folders to include the systemName (requested by
brolly).
- Added: while loading a new pdf page that is not yet converted, the previous
page will remain in the screen and a centered text message will say "Loading New
Page" while the page is being loaded (requested by brolly).
* Fade (updated to v1.0.5):
- Added support for Zero Dreams fade animation. Make sure that you have the
required files on your media folder, and just load the hyperlaunchhq fade profile
named "Zero Dreams fade.ini" to use this fade screen instead of the default one. To
reload the default one you just need to load the profile named "Default fade.ini".
- Added support for showing extraction remaining and elapsed time on fade screen
(Requested by Sir Cyrano: http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?33512-
Progress-Bar-With-Timer&highlight=remaining)
- Added support for producing the efects introduced by Unknown50862 on the fade
loading screen automatically for any system. (Controlled by the option
Fade_Layer_3_Shadow_Image_Transparency. http://www.hyperspin-
fe.com/forum/showthread.php?33058-Unified-Megatheme-Fade-Loading-
Screens&highlight=Unified+Megatheme+Fade%2FLoading+Screens).
- Updated. Added support for mute emulator sounds while fade is active (only
supported at Windows Vista and above, on XP the master sound will be muted
instead).
- Updated. Complete GUI code and fade animation rewrite to support fade
animations to work during the fade in delay and fade in exit delay.
- NEW - Added the possibility to use the background images on the
HyperLaunch\Bckgrounds folder as fade layer 1 background. Controlled by ini key
named: Fade_Use_Backgrounds, default = false (Allows use of media placed in the
Backgrounds folder for Fade backgrounds.).
- NEW - Added support for using plugin defined feMedia background assets.
* Bezel (updated to v1.0.7):
- Fixed bug with layout mode.
- Fixed multiscreens bug with Pico drive.
- Added support for overlay on multiscreens mode.
- Added screen offset support for multiscreens bezels.
- Fixed bug with games that have numeric names being wrongly considered as
multiscreen games.
- A few improvements to avoid running code without need to speed up a little
things.
- Fixed bug with instruction card scrolling text showing after exiting
instruction card menu.
- Changed the IC menu scale factor to be calculated from the height of the screen
because it made more sense than using the screen width.
- Added option to start game with ICs showing, randomly or not. Requested by
mmg1design ( the instruction cards maker ) (http://www.hyperspin-
fe.com/forum/showthread.php?29509-Instruction-Card-with-Cheats-Info-Display-
question)
- Added option to enable ICs random Slide Show. The default value is 0
(=disable). You can change it for the amount of milliseconds that you between ICs
changes. If you press any of the IC change keys the slide sho will stop. Requested
by mmg1design. (http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?29509-Instruction-
Card-with-Cheats-Info-Display-question)
- Added support for defining ICs scalling through file name.
- Added support for new file name convention
- Updated. Background and overlay files named equal and at the same folder of the
currrent selected bezel have priority to be showed. Requested by rfancella.
- Updated. Added support for saving bezel selected (if true, everytime that you
open a game the last choosen bezel will be loaded at beginning)
- Updated. Added support for saving ICs selected (if true, everytime that you
open a game the last choosen ICs will be showed). You should combine it with
enabling the "display on startup" option to take advantage of it.
- Updated. Added support for option Extra_FullScreen_Bezel. If true, it creates
automatically a transparent bezel that fills the entire screen. This is useful to
simulate a full screen windowed game. (this is very emulator dependable, and it
will work better with emus that support normal bezel mode).
- Updated. Added support on clone games for looking for bezel and ICs on parent
folders.
- NEW - added the possibility to use the background images on the
HyperLaunch\Bckgrounds folder as bezel background. Controlled by the bezel ini key
named: Use_Backgrounds, default = false (Allows use of media placed in the
Backgrounds folder for Bezel backgrounds.).
- NEW - Bezel now supports more image files: png, gif, tif, bmp and jpg (before
it would only support png files). New ini key: Bezel_Supported_Image_Files, limits
the image extensions that should be searched on the bezel code.
- NEW - Added a if statement on the beginning of all bezel functions for checking
if bezelEnabled = "true". This will allow to change at any time before the
bezelDraw function call the bezel state at a game basis. In the future this could
be handled either directly by hyperlaunch or through a module code settings (in
order to work on a module, it requires that the bezel is enabled on HLHQ, because
the bezel files will be only included on hyperlaunch on that case.
- NEW - Added support for using plugin defined feMedia background assets.
- NEW - Added setting to enable/disable IC cards from being used, even if they
exist. Default is disabled. So for those who use ICs, be sure to enable this option
globally or for just those systems you want to use them on.
* MultiGame (updated to v1.0.5):
- The Multigame menu is now Frontend independent.
- Replaced the hyperspin window class reference for the plugin defined variable.
- Removed the obsolete mgArtworkDir option.
- Added support for using plugin defined feMedia background assets.
- Added support for using plugin defined feMedia disc asset.
* Keymapper (updated to v1.0.6):
- Updated Keymapper.ahk. Fixed a bug with controller names that have trailing
white spaces in their names in the registry. Fixed a dllcall that would prompt the
uac when running from a shared drive. (thanks Ghutch)
- All uses of "Process" are now using the HyperLaunch function and now the
straight ahk command.
- Fixed unloading of ahk profiles
* XHotkey (updated to v1.0.2):
- XHotkey library updated to show some basic logs on when it is used and what
keys use standard or extended hotkey support.
* Rom Mapping Launch Menu (updated to v1.0.3):
- Fixed some bugs
- Added support for game info details and HyperSpinXML on rom mapping HyperSpin
naming scheme.
- NEW - added support for using plugin defined feMedia background assets.
* Statistics (updated to v1.0.2):
- Fix for tracking when MultiGame is used
* Statistics Init (updated to v1.0.1):
- Removed all code as it's not necessary anymore
* Fade Init (updated to v1.0.1):
- Removed all includes
* HyperPause Init (updated to v1.0.1):
- Removed all includes
* Plugins
- Added AssetType atribute to feMedia and hpMedia
- Replaced wheel references to use the word logo instead on the plugin file and
HyperPause
- Added plugin ini media labels to the HS plugin
2014/06/01
* HyperLaunch (updated to v3.0.1.0):
- Added - Checks for some required dll files.
- Fixed - Some languages still reporting letter codes, rather than actual
language in log.
- Fixed - When Direct launching HyperLaunch.exe, the system selection would not
parse out some system names correctly from the main menu.xml and in certain
scenarios allowed extra text to sneak in.
- Fixed - Missing HyperLaunch.ini were not being written to the file.
- Fixed - Moved ToggleCursor label to the module thread as it didn't seem to work
in the HL thread. You can now toggle your cursor again with your toggleCursorKey if
you have it set. This also now is an xHotkey key and can be configured multiple
methods like all the rest (needs an HLHQ update to support this change)
- Changed - romPath is always sent to module now even if no rom is found and
skipchecks is enabled.
- Changed - Hiding of mouse cursor is now done entirely in the module thread. The
method used to hide a cursor is not practical to have both threads control its
visibility due to many static variables to keep track of when it's hidden and when
not. When HideCursor is enabled, the initial hidden state now gets triggered in
StartModule() instead of right before the module is built. Tests show this made no
visible difference on launch.
- Changed - Zinc as a System Name has changed and NO LONGER SUPPORTS NUMBERED
ROMS IN THE XML. Yes you heard that right. The module now maps the correct short
rom names in the updated xml to the numbers which zinc needs to launch each game.
This means for anyone running zinc now, they need to get the new xml and module and
change all their media to match the updated rom names in the xml.
* Bezel.ahk
- Added - Support for bezel key change (thanks to Manson and Thooperman for the
help and ideas)
- Added - [COLOR="#FF0000"]Full support for Instruction Cards (thanks to Manson
and Thooperman for the help and ideas)[/COLOR]. See attached image to see it in
action
- Fixed - GUI drawing problems with fade in and fade out (thanks Noshgar for the
help)
* HyperPause.ahk
- Added - New HyperPause menu to show contents of history.dat. If you have
HyperLaunch already installed you will need to change in the
Hyperlaunch\Settings\Global HyperPause.ini files, in the section [Main Menu
Appearance Options], this key value: Main_Menu_Items=Controller|Change Disc|Save
State|Load State|HighScore|Artwork|Guides|Manuals|Videos|Sound|Statistics|Moves
List|History|Shutdown (requested by jkonami - [url]http://www.hyperspin-
fe.com/forum/showthread.php?26074-HyperPause-Feature-
Requests&p=252228&viewfull=1#post252228[/url])
- Fixed - HyperPause Moves List Incorrect Icon Names. Don't forget to update the
"HyperLaunch Update Media and data files.zip" contents to your hyperlaunch media
folder. (tahnsk brandsizzle - [url]http://www.hyperspin-
fe.com/forum/showthread.php?27345-HyperPause-Moves-List-Incorrect-Icon-Names[/url])
- Changed - HyperPause Moves List folder structure to follow HL media structure
and support different moves list icons per system or game. Please delete the folder
HyperLaunch\Media\Moves List\Icons and copy the contents from the file "HyperLaunch
Update Media and data files.zip".
- Fixed - Shutdown bug on DrawSubMenu (added workaround to avoid it - requested
by Cruel Moose and HillJackBob - [url]http://www.hyperspin-
fe.com/forum/showthread.php?26201-Nintendulator-and-
HyperPause&p=251337&viewfull=1#post251337[/url] and [url]http://www.hyperspin-
fe.com/forum/showthread.php?26862-Small-High-Score-Issue-Found-in-HyperPause[/url]
- Added - HyperPause videos and music volume control. You need to set the volume
level on HLHQ, the default is set to 100%. (requested by windowlicker11 -
[url]http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?26074-HyperPause-Feature-
- Added - Pause on music playing while in videos menu (reuqested by NEODAN -
- Changed - Default screenshot saved to png file instead of bmp files (requested
by horseyhorsey - [url]http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?27301-Some-
questions-about-saves-amp-their-screen-grabs&p=260296&viewfull=1#post260296[/url])
- Added - Support for call to save and load state scripts from HyperPause menus.
If the emulator module have the labels SaveSateSlot1, SaveSateSlot2,.. and
LoadSateSlot1, LoadSateSlot2,... HyperPause will call these labels whenever you
choose the save or load state buttons instead of trying to use the key send
commands defined on the emulators.ini files. (requested by horseyhorsey -
[url]http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?27301-Some-questions-about-
saves-amp-their-screen-grabs&p=260296&viewfull=1#post260296[/url])
- Added - Option to disable saving screenshots on save state. You need to choose
to not save the screenshots on HLHQ, the default is set to save them. (requested by
horseyhorsey - [url]http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?27301-Some-
questions-about-saves-amp-their-screen-grabs&p=260380&viewfull=1#post260380[/url])
- Fixed - Statistics last time played bug (requested by mameshane -
[url]http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?27273-statistics-Error[/url])
- Fixed - Multigame artwork bug (requested by wiggles, jvlk and jbsoum -
[url]http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?27514-HyperPause-Freezes-
When-Highlighting-Change-Disc[/url] and [url]http://www.hyperspin-
fe.com/forum/showthread.php?27514-HyperPause-Freezes-When-Highlighting-Change-
Disc[/url])
- Added - Option to set HyperPause own independent resolution. This is not
recommended, use it at your own risk. Default is set to not change current
resolution. You must provide a monitor compatible resolution in the format width|
height|colors|frequency (for example: 1280|1024|32|60 for 1280x1024 pixels with 32
bit colors and 60Hz frequency). (requested by Hi! and alexd74 -
Requests&p=258661&viewfull=1#post258661[/url] and [url]http://www.hyperspin-
fe.com/forum/showthread.php?26074-HyperPause-Feature-
- Changed - Default context font value to be a fixed width font in order to avoid
any misalignment on txt guides. If you have HyperLaunch already installed you will
need to change in the HLHQ the Content Text Font at Hyperpause -> Appearance 2 tab
to Lucida Console. If you don't change that, it is possible that some contents of
the guides txt files would be cropped when useing the Arial font instead.
(requested by LapRocket and Brolly - fixed by wiggles - [url]http://www.hyperspin-
fe.com/forum/showthread.php?27589-Hyperpause-txt-docs-for-guides-question[/url])
- Fixed - Multigame issues on HyperPause (requested by brolly and djvj).
- Fixed - HyperPause gamepad control bugs. (requested by lank.g01 and
urbangangsta101 - fixed by windowlicker11 - [url]http://www.hyperspin-
fe.com/forum/showthread.php?27394-Weird-glitches-with-Hyperpause-and-xpadder-
profiles[/url])
- Added - Changes to support the new bezel features.
- Added - Progress bar support for multigame changes that requires 7z extraction.
- Added - Support for selecting a control profile different from the default
loaded from all available profiles on your folders. You just need to go to the
controller banner and press left (or right) to show a list of possible profiles.
Pressing select you will choose the profile that you want to be loaded on the
hyperpause exit. Many Thanks to ghutch for the implementation of necessary changes
both on keymapper.ahk and hyperpause.ahk files. Keymapper must be enabled in order
to access the controller config menu. (requested by bob.records - added by ghutch -
* Shared.ahk
- Added - Another scenario with rom mapping when 7z is enabled, and there is no
valid rom names or extensions, so you have skipchecks enabled. Previously this
would error out in 7z, but now it gets through. The scenario for this would be when
you wanted to use alternate archived names for an arcade or scummvm game, where the
archive contains no roms or extensions that match the name in your db.
- Added - 7z extractions now check for free space before performing an
extraction. Will error out if you run out of space in your 7zExtractPath. This
prevents a 7z.exe error that you might of not known the cause.
- Added - IniReadCheck in the module thread now accepts multiple sections
separated by |. The function will read each section in the ini and treat each
consecutive section checked as the preferred value if it exists. Most commonly used
to allow Global/system/rom or Global/rom module settings by only needing one
function call in the module.
- Fixed - Log in Shared.ahk StartModule() not showing correct romName.
- Fixed - Log in Shared.ahk CreateRomTable() not showing "*."
- Fixed - When 7z is enabled, yet wasn't needed because rom was either not
compressed or already extracted in temp folder, you would get an ahk error about
your animation label not found.
- Fixed - When logging command windows, because all applications ran are logged,
this would cause an issue with logs already being used. Now command logs are
sequential. You may notice multiple command logs in your HL root folder if this is
enabled.
- Fixed - When showing command windows and multiples were open, HL would only
close the first one. I now keep track of all of them and close each one on exit.
- Changed - Module settings in log now include section name.
- Changed - Rewrote how Fade finds it's Layer 1 and 2 images, shrinking code down
by about 50%.
- Changed - GetFadePicPosition() moved from Fade.ahk to Shared.ahk so the MFME
module can use it when Fade is disabled.
- Changed - Closing the module thread on ScriptError's now calls ExitModule()
instead of ExitApp which has a very small chance to cause multiple errors if you
have multiple problems, but no need to duplicate code to clean up on errors.
Before, it would close after the first error and that's it. Now it will cleanly
exit and restore proper keymaps if enabled.
- Changed - Cancelling a 7z extraction now closes the module thread through
ExitModule() instead of ExitApp. This should help prevent any issues with things
lingering around after a cancel.
* XHotkey.ahk
- Fixed - Bug with hold key option.
* Multigame.ahk
- Changed - MultiGame now behaves exactly like HyperPause menus drawing.
- Changed - Complete rewrite of how MultiGame finds Game Art, removing all
duplicate code. In order to properly log everything, this was required. This will
also speed up MG launch by a few ms, as less I/O checks are taking place.
- Changed - AHK remaps are now independent from the other keymappers (xpadder and
joytokey) and can be used on its own or in conjunction with the others. This means
you can now use AHK and xpadder if you wish. See the new key Keymapper_AHK_Enabled.
(needs an HLHQ update to configure this new option)
- Added - Automatic resize multigame options for different resolutions. Set the
image adjust scale to "0" (zero), and all multigame components will be resized to
your current screen resolution assuming that the original values were made for a
1920x1080 resolution.
- Added - Progress bar support for multigame changes that requires 7z extraction.
This means that when you swap discs, and 7z is used for extraction, you will now
see a progress bar.
- Added - MultiGame now logs everywhere it's looking and the images it finds that
will be used.
- Fixed - One path where MultiGame scans for Game Art images was not correct.
* Fade.ahk
- Added - A brief window when exiting an emu that runs fullscreen to attempt to
prevent your front end or desktop from flashing in before your fadeOut image
appears. See the new setting Fade_Out_Extra_Screen.
* Fade animations.ahk
- Fixed - Changes to fix statistics last time played bug
- Fixed - Progress Bar text 1 options using incorrect variable
- Fixed - Statistics extra line jumps bug appearing when launching a game for the
first time.
* Statistics.ahk
- Added - Changes to fix statistics last time played bug
2014/05/01
* HyperLaunch - v3.0.0.9
- Fixed - VJoy profiles, was using a variable that was removed awhile back and no
vjoy profiles could be found.
- Fixed - 7z bug introduced from 3.0.0.8 that would try to extract a rom already
found in the 7z temp folder.
- Fixed - IniFileEdit was not replacing some values that got confused for regex.
- Fixed - Left in some MultiGame settings I had hardcoded in to test, this
prevented you from being able to customize a lot of MG's font parameters.
- Fixed - MultiGame did not support multiple rom paths, it does now!
- Fixed - Bug in Fade Animations.ahk that caused an ahk error in a specific
scenario with MG and HP enabled and after selecting a game in MG.
- Fixed - Bug in FadeInStart that would not pre-load locations of multiple discs
into the table (at launch) if HP or Fade was disabled.
- Fixed - Double creation of romTable when MG was enabled.
- Added - Logs to show each VJoy profile HL is looking for.
- Added - Logs to show your screen's current resolution and emu size before
MultiGame draws it's screen.
- Added - Logs added in MultiGame to show where it's scanning for background
images.
- Added - More MultiGame logs to give more info on what it is doing.
- Added - More Rom Mapping Launch Menu logs to give more info on what it is
doing.
- Added - Daemon Tools now logs the file it received.
- Added - Logs to show what GetFadePicFile is looking for for your Fade Layer
images.
- Added - Check if HyperLaunch was used correctly and sent a systemName and
romName.
- Added - When RestoreFE is used, will now send a mouse click to your front end
on exit. Should fix issues when a simple left click was needed to put focus back to
Hyperspin.
- Added - Player 2 navigation keys.
- Added - Support for Player 2 navigation keys in MultiGame, Rom Map Launch Menu,
and HyperPause.
- Added - Rom Mapping and Launch menu support for Having a list of mame clones
where only your parents are show in your wheel. You would define all the clones on
the rom map ini.
- Changed - Log now shows the actual OS language rather than a language code. I
had to remove 2 language code translations as it made the expression too long for
ahk: (0443 = Uzbek_Latin and 0843 = Uzbek_Cyrillic), I
- Changed - Always logs errors
* Shared.ahk:
- Added one line change (line 528), to reset the description value when the game
is not found on the database.
- Fixed the statistics reset bug, after passing 24 hours of gameplay.
* Rom Mapping Launch Menu.ahk:
- Added code to avoid running filters and additional info functions if there is
no naming scheme defined on the rom map ini file.
* Fade.ahk:
- Changed GetFadePicFile function to support random choice of all Fade Layer
images (images should be named layer 1*.png, e.g. layer 1 - balblabla.png, layer 1
second options.png,...).
* HyperPause.ahk:
- Added support for save and load state screenshot show (brownvim request -
http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?26074-HyperPause-Feature-
Requests&p=250127&viewfull=1#post250127).
- Added support for highscores with more then 3 columns (HillJackBob request -
http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?26862-Small-High-Score-Issue-
Found-in-HyperPause).
- Added support for main menu bar verticall offset (Angelus_EV request -
http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?26173-
640x480&p=250243&viewfull=1#post250243) (controlled by Bar_Vertical_Offset ini
option).
- Fullscreen images now uses the most of the screen available size at 100% level
of zoom (requested by DrMoney - http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?
26074-HyperPause-Feature-
- Added option to hide the full screen help text after some time, or disable it
completly (requested by Gikachon - http://www.hyperspin-
fe.com/forum/showthread.php?26892-Question-about-controls-
- Added support for restoring HyperPause to exactly the same point were you left
it for the last time while in the same game session (requested by lank.g01 -
http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/sh...l=1#post258708).
- Small fixes to menu drawing bugs.
- Corrected folder path on the error message when the default HyperPause font is
not used.
2014/04/01
- Added - Log which shows the run (CLI) command sent to BetaBrite and another
when exiting HL
- Added - Log which shows the run (CLI) command sent to CPWizard and another when
exiting HL
- Added - Log which shows the run (CLI) command sent to VJoy and another when
exiting HL
- Added - Logs to identify what method of the Main thread HyperLaunch used where
it branches off depending on what SkipChecks is used.
- Fixed - CLI for BetaBrite support on launch, removed an extra path being sent
to betabrite.
- Fixed - SkipChecks method was looking for "Rom" not "Rom Only"
2014/03/01
- Fixed - StopGlobalUserFeatures moved to FadeOutExit instead of FadeInExit. It
would not trigger if emu closed w/o pressing the exit emu key. Also if fadeOut was
disabled, would not trigger.
- Fixed - IniFileEdit bug that would not correctly locate the end of line
characters on all ini-type files.
2014/02/01
- Added - A new method to troubleshoot launching emus. For the most part, this
eliminates the need to create batch files when you need to test running an emu
directly to read the output in a command window.
- Added - New setting to control showing the command window,
Logging_Show_Command_Window. See the HL site for more info:
https://sites.google.com/site/hyperlaunch2/home/first-steps/keys?pli=1#TOC-Logging-
- Once HLHQ is updated with the new setting, you can set this in the Logging
section. For now, you can only turn it on/off manually in the
Settings\HyperLaunch.ini.
- Changed - WinClose function now also does a winwaitclose with a quick timeout
so it can properly return errorlevel if required in the module.
- Added - A library I had to create to read from INI-type config files w/o any
[sections] defined. I made this so I can read/write to the RetroArch cfg as it uses
an assinine method to store settings. New function calls available for use include
ReadProperty, WriteProperty, and SaveProperty. See how to use them in the new
RetroArch module or by reading them in shared.ahk.
2014/01/01
- 7z has been completely rewritten and optimized because of a couple bugs found.
This gave me the opportunity to remove a lot of duplicate code (shrunk by 50%) that
I just didn't want to bother doing before, but now I had to in order to fix said
bugs.
- 7z should no longer create 3 romName folders deep if your rom is inside a
folder in the archive. Yuck, I know...
- 7z now does a size compare of the contents of an archive and what's already
extracted in your temp folder. If they differ, it will extract the game again,
otherwise it loads the already extracted rom.
- 7z has had many more logs added/changed to track what's going on.
- Keymapper will no longer error if an AHK profile is not found. It will instead
give a warning in the log. This will make it so you don't have to create profiles
for every game once enabled or a blank default one.
- "Rom Extensions" is now a working choice for Skip Checks. It is used for
systems like scummvm when your games are zipped and the file matches the database
but roms inside do not.
- romExtensions variable is now send on every launch even when Skip Checks is
used. On some scenarios it was still needed by the module or some features.
- Rom Mapping now logs the rom it found rather than only the files it looks for.
It also logs if and how many roms it found for the map table.
- Fade Animation's default animation logs when a sound is played.
- Fixed bug in Rom Map Launch Menu that it would not destroy the gui when FadeIn
was disabled
- Fixed bug in Rom Map Launch Menu that it would not restore your exit emu key to
control CloseProcess on its exit and would trigger ExitModule() prematurely when
key was pressed.
- MultiGame's table creation call moved so it doesn't only trigger when FadeIn is
enabled
2013/12/01
- Module Extensions\HyperLaunch.dll updated to add some new functions used in the
near future.
- If Skipchecks is enabled in any way, will convert romPaths to absolute if
relative
- Added a new Setting in HL to turn on or off the 7z extracting and complete
sounds on a global or per-system basis
- Fade option "Detect Error" has had some additional functionality added. If true
(default), will error if there is a problem with the module and waiting for a
window to appear. If you disable this, it will not error, but the module may get
stuck if something is wrong like an incompatbile error.
- All WinWait and WinWaitActive calls in the modules will log detailed
information about the currently active window before and after the command is run.
This is only done when debug or higher logging level is set.
- The log will now warn you if you have a different system name than what is
supported by the module.
* HyperPause
- Esrb has been changed to Rating in your HyperPause Game Info Item List options
(If you were using this choice, please fix this otherwise you will not see Ratings)
- All Data\Game Info\*.ini files have been changed to reflect the above change
- Added Earth Bound (USA) (Proto) rom info in the Data\Game Info\Nintendo
Entertainment System.ini (Thanks Cruel Moose)
* Libs
- Lib\xhotkey.ahk - had a wrong crc number
- Fixed errorlevel being set and causing problems in the ePSXe module and
triggering a scripterror because HL thought errorlevel was set when it shouldn't
be.
- Lib\Shared.ahk - added some screen manipulation functions and an updated
togglemenu function
- Lib\HyperPause.ahk - contains a fix for the xp bug that brolly and others were
having. Also fixed some bugs reported by windowlicker11.
- Lib\Bezel.ahk - contains functions to deal with three window emus (Sega Pico).
- Lib\Fade Animations.ahk - updated to now search for wheel images in in
Media\Wheels folder as a primary source and HyperSpin Media folders as a secondary
source. Further detaching HL from HS.
- Media\Fade\_Default\System folder can be deleted if you were using it. Use the
above folder instead now.
- Lib\Keymapper.ahk - Fixed incorrect path for AHK and JoyToKey system profiles
- Lib\User Functions.ahk - Added StartGlobalUserFeatures() and
StopGlobalUserFeatures().
- These Functions now allow you to define code that will run globally in every
module. You would use the Stop function if there is something you need to do on
exit.
* Media
- Media\Bezels\Sega Pico - contains bezel images for the Sega Pico system
* Keymapper
- System JoyIDsPreferredControllers key changed to a default value of
"use_global"
2013/11/01
- Bug Fix - If CPWizard and BetaBrite were enabled but had empty paths,
checkfiles would return blank.
2013/10/01
- Bug Fix - now erroring after finding correct rom because loop was not ending
and continued searching for a rom.
2013/09/01
- Quick hotfix to address an issue where no error thrown when Match Extension =
true and rom was not found, it would still load emu with no rom.
2013/08/01
- Initial Release

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