Feature Request: Rom Load Snapshot

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Feature Request: Rom Load Snapshot

Post by shadow_mystique »

If you can find time how about adding a feature that allow the showing of a snapshot of the game in the loading "window" where avaliable?
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I bet this will be a pain in the ass to implement.
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Post by Ichinisan »

I'm sure a feature like this will come anyway when the new GUI materializes...
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Ichinisan wrote:I'm sure a feature like this will come anyway when the new GUI materializes...
and still be a pain in the ass to implement.
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Post by Noxious Ninja »

funkyass wrote:
Ichinisan wrote:I'm sure a feature like this will come anyway when the new GUI materializes...
and still be a pain in the ass to implement.
Not necessarily.
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Post by badinsults »

There are frontends that do that. Use them. I suggest ZFE.
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Post by blackmyst »

Ichinisan wrote:I'm sure a feature like this will come anyway when the new GUI materializes...
I didn't know about that. ;o I hope there'll be an option to keep the old one, or something...
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Post by Ichinisan »

They've been talking of an eventual new GUI that will. of course, be created in C.

This only makes sense. The only real benefit of Asm code is speed, which is completely negligible while emulation is suspended and the GUI is active. Creating a GUI in C will mean starting from scratch, but the current GUI has a lot of room for improvement anyway.
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This would require some kind of picture database, which would significantly increase zsnes' size.
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Post by hydr0x »

grinvader wrote:This would require some kind of picture database, which would significantly increase zsnes' size.
why? it wouldn't, you could offer a seperate dl or let people make their own screens, just tell them how they have to name the files and where to place them...
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Post by illegal eagle »

ZSNES could show the picture of the first available savestate, or leave it blank.
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Post by Nightcrawler »

Good idea. I like that.

As far as the new GUI. I don't think we have to worry about that for quite some time. It's been talked about for such a long time now, I can't even remember when.
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illegal eagle wrote:ZSNES could show the picture of the first available savestate, or leave it blank.
Excellent idea.
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Post by kieran_ »

grinvader wrote:
illegal eagle wrote:ZSNES could show the picture of the first available savestate, or leave it blank.
Excellent idea.
My thoughts exactly.
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Post by snkcube »

kilivipin wrote:
grinvader wrote:
illegal eagle wrote:ZSNES could show the picture of the first available savestate, or leave it blank.
Excellent idea.
My thoughts exactly.
Now thats sounds pretty good.
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Post by Ichinisan »

Doesn't ZSNES have the option to make a state when you exit the emulator while a game is running, then auto-load that state when the game is loaded?

It would be good if this "initial" savestate is displayed instead if the first slot, or perhaps overridden by "romname.bmp" (or PCX, PNG, etc).

Grin: I don't think anyone would have suggested bundling images with ZSNES. Be a little bit more creative ;)
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