@ES Beta7 Released!

[@ruantec]

Hi everyone!

Since am about to move to a new place in one week am not sure how long i´ll stay without internet connection nor how much time i´ll have to work on @ES plus since am planning to re-write the hole thing after Beta7 i thought not to waste more time in the actual code and release the latest build.

Beta 7 Changes:

*Slider bug is definitelly fixed(i thought it was fixed in the last Beta but then i found out it was buggy).
*search functionality(Press CTRL+S to open the layer, type the text to search and if is the correct one just press ESC to close otherwise press ENTER to jump to the next match).
*Search-on-key(Press a key on your keyboard to jump to the next cover starting with the key pressed).
*fixed lots of bugs that caused @ES to crash.
*Console selection menu re-designed(Coverflow).
*Remotejoy support(configure Remotejoy when asked or in the settings file and click the last icon of the main menu).
Note: Remotejoy menu is called by pressing ESC.. in order to close the Remotejoy layer just press ALT + ESC

*Folder scanning function re-written! select single/multiple folder(s) and drop them to the albums layer, each folder will turn into an album if it contains at least a valid file.

*ePSXe is set as Standard emulator in the PSX section
*Daemon-Tools removed(ePSXe doesn´t need daemon-tools anymore but is still required for SSF)
*Naomi support.
*Dolphin Betas support.
*Wii section added and supported.
*Listview mode complete but not implemented yet(am still working on it and it needs some changes in order to be added correctly.. eventhough i´ve added a preview under the "Settings" icon so press this icon after you have some albums added and press ESC to exit.)
*New standard skin "Iphone - Reloaded" made by me


Known issues:
*ePSXe(still a pain for me ) doesn´t get back to normal after you switch to fullscreen.
*sometimes(rarely) some covers aren´t displayed(wait few secs after you load albums/roms to avoid that bug)


Todo:
*Listview mode implementation.
*Gamepad implementation for use with emulators that use the keyboard only.
*Finger-Tracking(control @ES/games with your hands/fingers using a sensor or just a simple webcam).
*Better Video menu/display.
*Better Audio List/management.
*@ES screen/skin Sizes.

Grab Beta7 from here

Grab Beta7 Soundtrack here "@ES - Remix"

Visit my forums here for more information and future updates.

i hope you will enjoy this new Beta just as am doing now


UPDATE:
In case you downloaded the new beta package before you saw this update... please download the package again as i forgot to un-comment a small piece of code that caused @ES to crash if you dropped a folder to the albums layer. also the file size has been reduced from 810kb to 804kb enjoy!!!

sorry for that.

Regards
@ruantec

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Last edited by @ruantec; November 16th, 2008 at 23:41.

[Shendo]

Awesome. Can't wait to see finger tracking in action

Btw: Good luck with a rewrite (I don't know if I would have the motivation to rewrite such a huge project).

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[@ruantec]

Originally Posted by Shendo

Awesome. Can't wait to see finger tracking in action

Btw: Good luck with a rewrite (I don't know if I would have the motivation to rewrite such a huge project).

thanks!

well there are too many places/things that have/can be optimized alot more... also to free the true @ES power i´ll have to change alot of things and by doing this to the actual code i´ll just waste alot of time.

by re-writing the hole thing i mean more of "Optimizing" than "Re-writting" actually because i just found out that alot of old code is still there using un-necessary space and also alot of functions such as Coverflow drawing etc. can be drawed alot faster.

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[Askavenger]

Thank you so much for this awesome piece of software. I'm going to test this version.

[@ruantec]

Originally Posted by Askavenger

Thank you so much for this awesome piece of software. I'm going to test this version.

Sadly i forgot to un-comment a small piece of code and @ES will crash if you add some albums.. the file has been update now so please re-download the file!

sorry for that.

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Last edited by @ruantec; November 16th, 2008 at 23:47.

[Xtreme2damax]

Thanks @ruantec, I will download and try it a bit later.

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[Kaizen]

Brilliant!

Thank you @ruantec

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[Dax]

Grats on Beta7!

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[heatblazer]

What exactly is @ES? Some kind of frontend for emus? Thanx for the update, BTW.

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[@ruantec]

Originally Posted by heatblazer

What exactly is @ES? Some kind of frontend for emus? Thanx for the update, BTW.

well @ES is a frontend YES and NO.. Why? well it´s more like the Frontend concept 2.0. other than frontends @ES is not designed to just configure a simple emu, send commands and launch the emulator. @ES works in a hole different way.. it does configure the emu when required(mostly on the fly) grab the emu and renders the data in @ES main screen.

it also allows you to have a collection of games in different sections and switch between emulators easily. it adds also the ability to play music(for games such as RE series where the enviroment is too quite) and also play video of almost every single format out there(as long as you have the codecs).

after you use @ES you will see why isn´t a frontend at all as it manages emulators that doesn´t even have commands such as Naomi,Dolphin and many others

Regards
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[Phil]

Nice work

[@ruantec]

Originally Posted by Phil

Nice work

Thanks!!!

on a side note... i just forgot to mention that @ES wasn´t designed to be a frontend/multimedia like app.. but a multi-plattform emulator at a later time. am still working on many areas but since i don´t have time to work on it everyday the progress is quite slow

in fact @ES just as my "@ruantec" project back in 1993 was.. it´s here to show innovation and different possibilities at the same time.

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[Phil]

1993?? I was naught but a shrimp!!

[@ruantec]

Originally Posted by Phil

1993?? I was naught but a shrimp!!

was a great year for me.. i was 13 and showed my first project called "@ruantec" which was based on technologies and posibilities of that time and last but not least a nes emulator that didn´t worked propertly(or worked at all ) but it showed what could be done. oh, and btw.. i also won the Street Fighter tournament that year with Ryu too

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[Phil]

I was 6......man i feel young.. i was a big Jurassic Park fan though

[emurex]

thank you, @tec. I will try it out.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Sweet, gonna get it a little later though. Not much sense downloading it to this PC when my new one SHOULD be less than a week away.

Sorry I was not able to help that much with this one @ruantec, hopefully I can kelp you more again in the coming weeks.

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[shafeen]

me gives a non gay hug to @ES .........thanks.....i love this thing

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[heatblazer]

Now I know... it`s a gem into my emu folder. Nice job. Don`t stop updating.

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[Innocence]

Yay! Thanks, @ruantec!!!

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