This version includes quite a number of interesting improvements, some new features and a set of important bug fixes. Users of older versions will most likely notice the drastically improved startup performance (about 50% of what it took before).

The most important changes since 0.2.b13 include:

• Nice performance improvements for ROM state filtering and loading of all cached data
• The ROMAlyzer now has built-in support for chdman which can be used to deeply verify, automatically fix and/or update CHDs
• New context menus for the main-widget’s horizontal and vertical splitters to allow for orientation flipping and swapping of their sub-widgets/sub-layouts — this enables the user to freely layout all major widgets!
• X11-only: the embedder now includes a toggle switch to maximize the emulator window
• MAME targets only: added a demo mode to run random games from the overall list

This version is in sync with SDLMAME/MAME/MAMEUIFX 0.137 and SDLMESS/MESS 0.136 (as always, template updates for (SDL)MESS 0.137 will be posted here later when required).

See the change-log for more information.

Have fun,

The QMC2 dev-team

Updated templates for (SDL)MESS 0.136 have been committed to SVN. Here are the quick links to the updated templates (use save link as in your browser):

• SDLMESS: data/opt/SDLMESS/template.xml
• MESS: data/opt/MESS/template.xml

Replace these files in the QMC2 0.2.b13 source tree and reinstall it, or put them in the paths where they have been installed. The default installation places them below /usr/local/share/qmc2/opt/… on UNIX and Mac OS X; on Windows, just replace these files within the sub-directory structure of where QMC2 has been installed or extracted.

PPA page URL: https://launchpad.net/~mmbossoni-gmail/+archive/emu

The download section contains instructions on how to install from that repository (see Ubuntu 9.10).

Today we proudly announce the release of QMC2 0.2.b13. This version incorporates a number of interesting new features as well as a major overhaul of great parts of the code to get rid of some long-standing bugs and restrictions.

The most important changes since 0.2.b12 include:

• Emulator configuration widgets now use check-boxes (instead of the former combo-boxes) for all boolean settings — thanks to Bill Blake for the suggestion
• During a session, the item expansion state and scroll bar values of game- or machine-specific emulator configurators are preserved
• Except for icons in menus, all static icons are now adjusted to the size of the current application font (even icons on the tool bar)
• You can now specify a separate font for all log browsers (mono-spaced fonts are recommended)
• X11 & SDLMAME/SDLMESS only: optional / on-demand embedding of emulator windows through XEmbed (includes related features such as an easy snapshot tool — additional features are planned or under consideration)
• Support for additional (foreign) emulators which can be used on a per-game/per-machine basis (among others, this includes support for XMAME/XMESS for those who may still care )
• New Portuguese translation — thanks to Marcelo Bossoni
• Quite a number of important bug-fixes, work-arounds and further improvements

This version is in sync with SDLMAME/MAME/MAMEUIFX 0.136 and SDLMESS/MESS 0.135 (as always, template updates for (SDL)MESS 0.136 will be posted here later when required).

See the change-log for more information.

Have fun,

The QMC2 dev-team

Regarding QMC2… we’re already prepared for the release of the next version. As soon as SDLMAME 0.136 is available, QMC2 0.2.b13 will be released! Stay tuned… and merry X-mas!