TODO - v0.1, 05-FEB-2008

Known bugs and restrictions

• Certain GUI styles may cause display problems for the MAME options widget
• Under rare circumstances, the game-specific MAME configuration widget may not be updated correctly (empty widget)
• When Qt 4.2.x is used, the search-, favorites- and history-lists may unexpectedly select the wrong game; fixes to solve this issue where introduced in v0.1.b11, but they are only effective if Qt 4.3+ is used
• The ROM state filter cannot be applied to the hierarchical parent/clone view, because the display of clones depends on the display of their parents
• Some of the newer features have not been tested with XMAME, because its development has stopped at MAME 0.106 - XMAME support by QMC2 is still given (for 0.1 at least), so feedback is welcome if you (still) use it

Work in progress

• None

Planned changes, new features and improvements for the QMC2 0.2 series

• Complete ROMAlyzer perl-script & create corresponding frontend dialog(s)... or create a built-in remake of the ROMAlyzer
• Upgrade UI-definitions to Qt 4.3 (or even 4.4) format - this means Qt 4.3 (or 4.4) will be mandatory!
• Create an improved setup wizard with QWizard (Qt 4.3 and up)
• Use a clean semaphore mechanism for mutual exclusive operations
• Improve image caches to (optionally) read-ahead previews and flyers
• Consider adding support for nplayers and catver files (+ support sorting by game type)
• If XMAME development will still be inactive at the time we start 0.2, XMAME support will most likely be dropped!
• Consider making QMC2 an Eclipse project (Qt Eclipse integration for C++ is now available at http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qt/eclipse-integration-download)
• Add a game catalog as a MAME DB & frontend; catalog will include support for mameinfo.dat, history.dat, comments, ratings, more images etc.; see infos about supported DBs at http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/sql-driver.html#supported-databases; SQLite will be the default (and mandatory, either version 2 or 3)
• Add a report generator (ROM-, sample- and image-status, different output-formats, filters etc.)
• Add support for direct GUI control via a joystick (most probably through SDL)
• Add a preview generator
• Add support for more artwork: titles, controls, marquees, cabinets, ... these will most likely be integrated into the new MAME DB!
• Consider Win32 support