Just sitting at me desktop looking for a machine to play when i thought of this idea...probably not a new thought but suggest ye shall
Everyone should already be keeping their "play roms/layouts" seperate from their "storage roms/layouts". In order to play a game it must be unzipped, preferably in its own named folder, before it can be played.
This could be a tedious process if you have a nice collection...especially when you add multiple emultors to the equation.
How about a nice little program that gives you the following abilities ::
::Naming convention::
All files are syncronised with the fruit-emu files by CRC/MD5 check and when adhered to will force the correct name for the file and extracted foldername.
::Auto-unzip::
Files matching the naming convention are shown in an Unzip browser ready to auto-unzip to correctly named folders.
::Torrent-based downloads::
Users can share any legal files without a drain on the fruit-emu.com bandwidth (keeping it "reel" for as long as possible
) but only between registered members with no torrent "save-as" option and no torrent cache (to avoid misuse of torrent files).Files can be downloaded via a browser that lists active member files shared on the tracker and gives the user the possibility to get in on the download.
::Snaphots::
Any snapshots shown on the site are added to the program and shown in the Unzip Browser for any roms adhering to naming conventions.
So many game names it's sometimes hard to remember the odd one or two (but im GA friendly so I know a fair few more than the average person..would like to see it though).
Thats about it for now.....
Any of these ideas would be, I think, beneficial in the whole schema of FME.
I don't have time to code anything till after January (and C++ isnt my main language) but if no-one picks up these ideas before then I will set about making these ideas real (in the cyber-sense
) but im hoping someone else can do this already as I would be learning a few bits of new info to do this in C++ :oops: .I've added a poll for feedback.
Hope you like my ideas...i'll probably be back with more as time goes by
*f00n walks off with hand in pocket and smoking a cigarette whistling to themes from black and white films*
