* add MAME to OpenAdvanced
* make mame launch games
limited to arcades that only need rom name. other devices require machine name and rom name, and won't run. nor they are meant to be supported anyway: we have enough emulators that do the job better for particular devices.
dunno if direct disk access will be avoidable, there are quite some files it might want to load other than the rom (parent rom, bios, artwork). trapping all of these might be a future task.
it is also known that mame can load "romname.zip" file just as well as "romname" folder, which would represent an unarchived zip. I make use of it to send it zip name with extension. it's easy, and we're not obliged to recognize mere folder paths in the mame-advanced-loader logic.
* ability to run lua code inside mame
Now, ApiHawk can save and load name state. There are also events that
you can attached too. Furthermore, BeforeQuickSave/BeforeQuickLoad
events occurs just after user pressed button. We can react to this and
even override behavior.
Finally, I just allow .bat to take xml files (for ApiHawk doc)
PS: Yeah, I'm still alive
Convertion has been moved to dedicated class
SystemInfo class review
SystemInfo class now instanciate all SystemInfo and stores them in a
static readonly collection (avoid creating a new class each time we call
DisplayName property).
+ EmulatedSystem enum (in Api) renamed to CoreSystem and moved to
BizHawk.Client.Common
+ this enum is used in SystemInfo class
Created a Joypad class that is populated with JoypadButton enum flags
Input get/set throught ApiHawk works for NES only. So many work remains...
Created an enum (and a convertion function) for emulated system. It
provides a more sexy way to work with SystemID.
It also means that convertion function and enum has to be updated if we
add a new system.
We can now specify a context for external tools. Global, specific for a
type of emulator / system or specific for a game (If not specified, a
tool is global). It should avoid loading something unwanted.
Also add ClientApi, a static class that can interract with EmuHawk
window (SetPadding is the only thing implemented currently).
alyosha-tas