-------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.9.8.6 (21/04/2020) -------------------------------------------------------- BUGFIXES/CHANGES - game start fix (issue on unanimated after animated layout) - music params changed to not optional - change emu sound - copyright 2020 -------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.9.8 CE (R-T delta) -> 1.9.8.1c (03-13/06/2017) -------------------------------------------------------- NEW FEATURES - **** directory recursion on rom search: support for multi-directory emulators **** - rom extra-data management - "restore explorer on exit" menu item - richer test mode info (menu key names => menu icon names) - fulltext search toggle on find game menu BUGFIXES - keyboard repeat time not reset bug (re-issued.. now it should be busted!) -------------------------------------------------- Version 1.9.7 CE (charly) - (01/05/2017) -------------------------------------------------- NEW FEATURES **** FEEL Community Edition first release (charly) **** Welcome to FEEL Community Edition. After almost 6 years of project (and my) life, I'm releasing FEEL under LGPL, for any of you loving it.. ..enjoy, cheers! dr.p -------------------------------------------------- Version 1.9.6 (30/10/2016) -> 1.9.6.2 (21/12/2016) -------------------------------------------------- NEW FEATURES - **** added new actors layer (actors.png) **** - **** animated main.png, actors.png and bezel.png management: dynamic layouts **** - **** added MAME (thx to adolfo69), WWFeel & WWFeel91, SFeelII (thx to barito) new layouts **** - main workflow optimizations BUGFIXES - placeholder replacement fixes - keyboard repeat time not reset bug - occasional crash upon network error (only reported on Win10) -------------------------------------------------- Version 1.9.5 (23/06/2016) -> 1.9.5.4 (30/09/2016) -------------------------------------------------- NEW FEATURES - added setup script (setup.vbs) - **** autostart screensaver **** - guided startup messages for new emulators - screensaver selection from menu - disable stars from menu, fast list filter change - added exit_from_menu_enabled (enables/disables exit item in main menu) - added disable_alt_f4 parameter (enables/disables alt-f4 block) - new UI rendering engine (nested layouts, borders, auto-resize, more accurate wordwrap, others) - menu icons (FEEL logo or custom images) - advanced game info window (sums up all available game data + snapshot on a single view) - incremental (md5sum-based) layouts download on new version update - page scrolling on text viewer window - more friendly statistics - show/hide menu icons - show/hide mouse pointer - network tasks optimization: much faster! - UX, UI & graphical transition refinements BUGFIXES - Hook locking up FEEL if emulator not found fix - empty "TOP GAMES" crash fix - mp3 music directory bug on layout change - HOT: default config management fix (default values restore at change) - video update during network & async tasks - immediate messages fix - Feeledit: path search fix - videosnap wrong resizing fix (v.1.9.5.1) - snapshot wrong resizing regression fix (v.1.9.5.2) - layout MD5 hashing fix (v.1.9.5.2) ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.9 (19/10/2015) -> 1.9.3 (25/4/2016) ------------------------------------------------- NEW FEATURES - cross-fading transitions - updated FeelEdit version to 1.9.2.8 (i.e.: aligned to Feel: simpler!) - pre/post_emulator_wait_for_exit parameters (added to FeelEdit too) - **** Video/snap loaded in background => max. UI responsiveness -> upgraded in 1.9.2.8 **** - black background on/off available for rom snap, marquee, cabinet images - **** FeelEdit 0.9.2.5: added management for all missing parameters since 1.2.x + many upgrades and fixes **** - **** ArcadeDB (http://adb.arcadeitalia.net) integration!!! Rom history fetched ADB API **** - **** "check for updates" feature -> fixed in 1.9.2.6 **** - **** service mode **** - **** MAME/MESS 0.162+ machine support (-listsoftware integration) **** - **** all parent images used on clone games (if clone one is missing) -> fixed in 1.9.2.5 **** - rom description cleanup - search toasts - changelog (shown after update or from menu) - new menu organization and design - new UI widgets (scrollable text) - async tasks complete refactoring - snapshot black background enable param - emulator start parameters auto-fix - show/hide clock - show/hide search key hint BUGFIXES - FeelEdit: "last line bug" fix - menu sounds minor refinements - videosnap after game play fix - videosnap repeat fix - unprintable chars crash fix - missing custom image fix - missing emulator_path fix - toast display fix - list build fix - bad videosnaps exception trap - rom list correctly positioned after order change - "back to normal list" bug on unique platform config fix ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.8 (18/05/2015) -> 1.8.1 (12/09/2015) ------------------------------------------------- NEW FEATURES - **** added support for vertical screens **** - **** MAME 0.162+ support (i.e.: new XMLinfo format) **** - recently played sort-mode - explorer shell autostart if not running at FEEL close - hide mouse cursor when running - images on-scroll optimization - LED transitions & fx upgraded - window focus-forcing (avoid background starts or focus lost after emu runs) BUGFIXES - stretched videosnap bug - minor fixes - resolution management optimizations and bugfixes - more complete placeholder parsing on paths - joypad optimizations - MAME multiple command types handling - better error messages management ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.7 (08/02/2015) -> 1.7.0.4 (02/05/2015) ------------------------------------------------- NEW FEATURES - **** added SmartASD (LED buttons hw board) support **** BUGFIXES - autostart on top games list bug ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.6 (11/09/2015) -> 1.6.0.2 (16/01/2015) ------------------------------------------------- NEW FEATURES - **** all emu TOP GAMES list **** - cab & marquee fade-in transitions BUGFIXES - rom_path missing on build list bug fix - removed crash on not printable chars in mame XML ("weird" MAME builds support) - minor fixes ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.5.2 (21/06/2014) -> 1.5.6 (28/10/2014) ------------------------------------------------- NEW FEATURES - ** single rom configuration support (i.e.: multi-emu data stored in "cfg" directory, under emu config dir) ** - ** high speed scroll optimization (secondary images are loaded only when scroll is over) ** - menu key params configurable separately - minimum scroll time configurable via param - support for .lnk files (via emulator_useshell param) - auto-adaptive menu - multi-font support via additional .xnb files - QWERTY keyboard on Find Game BUGFIXES - added case-insensitive match on .nms files - changeres hotfix - add game positioning bug fix - minor fixes - added adolfo69 credits ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.5.1 - 14/06/2014 ------------------------------------------------- NEW FEATURES - **** rom auto-start on FE load (monogame, last played, last selected) **** - configurable images (snapshot, marquee etc.) extension (.png, .jpg, etc.) BUGFIXES - font management improvements (default to 6px, fontstyle support) - minor fixes ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.5 - 03/06/2014 ------------------------------------------------- NEW FEATURES - moved to .NET framework 3.5, XNA Game Studio 3.1, DirectShowLib, SharpDX - added transparencies on all layout elements - complete graphics code refactoring - layout refresh code refactoring - simpler stats - fade-in transitions - automatic performance tuning - status and confirm (toast) messages - joypad HAT support & optimizations - layout bezel management - romlist_disable_stars (star ratio list removal) parameter added ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.2 - 03/10/2013 ------------------------------------------------- - marked stable ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.2RC0 - 15/09/2013 ------------------------------------------------- NEW FEATURES - *** added FEELEdit module *** - sound on videosnap - background music shuffle - start process fixes - added watch on main menu - list sort by year, manufacturer, category, input control BUGFIXES - removed videosnap on commands custom image - fix label sizing - support for mame.xml version < 0.106u12 - fix path errors in mame.xml building - cursor position fix on add/remove game - support for sound volume change on all config levels - fix for enhanced find game crash ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.1 - 08/03/2013 ------------------------------------------------- - find game refinements (status bar, full-text search) - previous platform, emu, gamelist options - menu scrolling ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.9 - 22/02/2013 ------------------------------------------------- - enhanced find game mode (letter matrix) - fixed crash on screensaver - hardening and fixes ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.8.2 - 17/02/2013 ------------------------------------------------- - new find game mode (filtered list) - fixed crash on starting video coming from a layout with no videos - refactoring ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.8.1 - 12/02/2013 ------------------------------------------------- - fixed regression on [rom_path] substitution - fixed [space] not working on find games ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.8 - 10/02/2013 ------------------------------------------------- - marquee and cabinet images management - new "space-ext" layout added - "layout_test_mode" parameter added - "Reload config" in test mode now refreshes the whole layout - support for older MAME listxml format - cleanups and refinements ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.7.1 - 04/02/2013 ------------------------------------------------- - fix for mame -listxml generation on mame spinoffs with different exe names (mameuifx.exe, etc.) - fix for layout label deactivation - friendly error messageboxes - minor bugfixes ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.7 - 09/05/2012 ------------------------------------------------- - ranking algorithm adjustment - bug fixing ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.6 - 28/12/2011 ------------------------------------------------- - scrollable menu - credits ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.5 - 03/12/2011 ------------------------------------------------- - sound fix on scrolling list - sorting algorithm fix - automatic save last sorting list - rating alignment center - optional parameters management - screensaver empty list fix - show/hide clones only in the all-games list ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.4 - 24/11/2011 ------------------------------------------------- - full support for Windows XP/Vista/7 x64 - sound fix in layout change ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.3 - 18/11/2011 ------------------------------------------------- - sound fx and background music support (.wav and .mp3): + add new params in feel.ini (see it for more info) - video support (.avi): + add [video_speed] param in in feel.ini (see it for more info) + add [video_path] param in [emulator].ini (see mame.ini for more info) - joypad support, dead zone for analog axes, max 15 buttons - Rom Stats (MostPlayed list with weighted sort algorithm) - set last value for another default level params in ini tree (fix) - set not found values in ini files (as rem) ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.2 - 06/11/2011 ------------------------------------------------- - ini files params and folder tree revisited (need to re-configure previous version) - refresh all objects and layout itself in runtime test_mode (new menu items) - add support for single emulator layout (adding current_layout param in [emulator].ini) - screen saver with shuffle support (previous and next random game selection during screen saver) ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.1 - 29/10/2011 ------------------------------------------------- - hi-quality filter for snapshot scaling - snapshot stretching (configuration set in layout.ini) - better change resolution system - sigle-instance check - snapshot saving activated by Print key (working on all emu): fixed or stretched mode (parameters in feel.ini) ------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.0 - 24/10/2011 ------------------------------------------------- - F.E.E.L. - first version