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EmuCR: Test7Test7 v20110503 is released. Test7 is a multi emulator frontend. Instead of a list of game names, it displays a tiled view of thumbnails (one for each game).

Test7 is a multi emulator frontend.
Instead of a list of game names, it displays a tiled view of thumbnails (one for each game).

It's based on the library "Slick" (http://slick.cokeandcode.com)
and use the Apache Batik SVG Toolkit (http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/).

The config file is in JSON format (http://www.json.org)

To start the front-end (requires Java version 6 at least):
java -jar test7.jar

At launch, Test7 unzips the necessary natives libraries in the current directory.
Linux:
You must include this directory in the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Windows:
The current directory is normaly automatically added to the PATH.

If it doesn't exist, Test7 creates a template config file test7.json

The config files is divided in three parts:
- display
- emulators
- games

Summary of the display configuration:
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
- screenWidth and screenHeight : sizes in pixels of the screen.
- fullscreen : true/false.
- keyDelay (optional 500ms by default): time in ms for key repetition.
- nbColumns and nbRows : number of thumbnails displayed on a page.
- percentRowSpacing and percentColumnSpacing (optional 1% by default): blank space between rows and columns
in percent of the screen size.
- pageScrollTime (optional 300ms by default): time in ms of the page-scrolling effect.
- cursorMoveTime (optional 100ms by default): time in ms for the cursor to move from one thumbnail to another.
- rotate (optional no rotation by default): rotate the display. -1 = -90°; 1 = +90°; 0 = no rotation.
- multiThread (optional true by default): true/false; By default Test7 load the thumbnails in a separate thread.
So you can start your navigation through the games while the thumbnails are loaded.
But it seems there's a bug which sometimes freezes the application (occures in fullscreen with Vista)
- svgMaskFilename (optional test7/mask.svg by default) : filename of the svg file used as a mask on each thumbnail.

Emulators:
""""""""""
- id : reference used in the game part.
- command : command used to start the emulator (with options if needed).
Exemple: "c:/temp/znes/zsnesw.exe -m" to start the ZNES emulator in command line mode.
- romsDirectory : directory containing the roms of this emulator.
- picturesDirectory : directory containing the pictures used to create the thumbnails.

Games:
""""""
- file : name of the file. Exemple : "superGame.zip"
The directory is the one associated with the emulator (see above).
- name : displayed name of the game.
- picture (optional): By default Test7 uses the filename of the game with one these suffixes : "bmp,jpg,jpeg,png,gif"
to construct the filename of the game.
Exemple: "superGame.zip" becomes "superGame.png"
This parameter permit to use a totally different filename for the picture.
The directory is the one associated with the emulator (see above).
- emulatorOption (optional): add some options to the command line of the emulator.
- emulatorId : Identifiant of the emulator used to launch this game.

Exemple of a configuration:
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
{
"screenWidth":1680,
"screenHeight":1050,
"fullScreen":true,
"nbColumns":6,
"nbRows":4,
"emulators": [
{"id":"znes", "command":"c:/temp/znes/zsnesw.exe -m", "romsDirectory":"c:/temp/znes", "picturesDirectory":"c:/temp/znes"},
{"id":"mame", "command":"c:/temp/mame/mame.exe", "romsDirectory":"c:/temp/mame/roms", "picturesDirectory":"c:/temp/mame/snap"}
],
"games": [
{"name":"Super Ghost'n Trolls ", "file":"Super Ghost'n Trolls (Europe).zip", "emulatorId":"znes"},
{"name":"Super Subway", "file":"Super Subway (Europe) (En,Fr,De).zip", "emulatorId":"znes"},
{"name":"Year of Kung-Fu", "file":"yearkf.zip", "emulatorId":"mame"}
]
}

Usage:
""""""
Use arrow keys or joystick to move the cursor.
Use space or a joystick button to select a game. A full-size picture of the selected game is displayed.
Confirm your choice with space or a button again or use arrow key or joystick to cancel.
Type 'Q' to quit Test7.


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Download: Test7 v20110503
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