mr_tap
03-09-2010, 02:32 PM
Love the new HS, it's great, personally this version feels more like a finished product, love the response out of games and like the way
i basically never see the desktop not too mention all the nice menus etc.
So these are just minor suggestions:
1. Not sure of the technical name, I think it maybe 'breadcrumbs', basically it would be nice to go back to the previous wheel in certain listings.
For example currently when i enter the mame wheel, press genre, press back - HS takes me back to the system wheel, it would be nice if I was back at the mame wheel (the last wheel I was on), the same for favourites.
2. This links to #1, toggle between favourites and main and genre and main, a single button press would be nice but otherwise an option in the menu:
#back to main wheel
#add to favourites
3. On the jump to letter menu it would be nice if holding left or right accelerated the scroll left and right
4. Maybe an icon or something showing already favourited games in the main list, perhaps a gold star by the name.
5. Indication of a game starting, it's already quick to load but some kind of
visual response would be nice and/or a noise.
6. Ability to select a start wheel. 9 times out of 10 I use MAME so have to
enter HS then select mame, be nice if there was a way of just setting HS so that it defaults to mame everytime but still means that I can have other emualtors (read: not just single wheel mode)
7. Inform the user that a game is not found. Currently if I select a game and HS cannot find the rom a blank screen briefly appears then i'm back to HS. I know what has happened but anyone else that uses the cabinet doesn't and usually hits the play button again and again thinking they've done something wrong. Nothing flashy or techy just a "Game not found".
8. Option to automatically remove games from list on the fly or manually. This links to #7, if a game is not found then as far as I see it there is no point having it in the list, be useful if a message displays after being informed that the game is not in the list to 'remove from list?' this will save manually editing the XML.
9.(this is how minor i'm getting now) The blue pointer arrow that indicats which game is currently selected. I like the new bobbing motion when tapping through the list, makes it feel more alive. Just would be nice if it looked a little better, its' just a simple blue at the moment, perhaps give it a little depth, gradients etc. Maybe different colors also for different systems.
10. Game sequels out of order, quite a few games that should appear in the order they were released show out of order, like 2,3,1 when it should be 1,2,3. For example check street fighter alpha series, the first entry is alpha 2, then alpha 3 then finally alpha 1.
11. Ignore 'The '
12. display the number of games in a given view.
Off Topic but is the Super Street Fighter II Turbo Theme not working for anyone else?
i basically never see the desktop not too mention all the nice menus etc.
So these are just minor suggestions:
1. Not sure of the technical name, I think it maybe 'breadcrumbs', basically it would be nice to go back to the previous wheel in certain listings.
For example currently when i enter the mame wheel, press genre, press back - HS takes me back to the system wheel, it would be nice if I was back at the mame wheel (the last wheel I was on), the same for favourites.
2. This links to #1, toggle between favourites and main and genre and main, a single button press would be nice but otherwise an option in the menu:
#back to main wheel
#add to favourites
3. On the jump to letter menu it would be nice if holding left or right accelerated the scroll left and right
4. Maybe an icon or something showing already favourited games in the main list, perhaps a gold star by the name.
5. Indication of a game starting, it's already quick to load but some kind of
visual response would be nice and/or a noise.
6. Ability to select a start wheel. 9 times out of 10 I use MAME so have to
enter HS then select mame, be nice if there was a way of just setting HS so that it defaults to mame everytime but still means that I can have other emualtors (read: not just single wheel mode)
7. Inform the user that a game is not found. Currently if I select a game and HS cannot find the rom a blank screen briefly appears then i'm back to HS. I know what has happened but anyone else that uses the cabinet doesn't and usually hits the play button again and again thinking they've done something wrong. Nothing flashy or techy just a "Game not found".
8. Option to automatically remove games from list on the fly or manually. This links to #7, if a game is not found then as far as I see it there is no point having it in the list, be useful if a message displays after being informed that the game is not in the list to 'remove from list?' this will save manually editing the XML.
9.(this is how minor i'm getting now) The blue pointer arrow that indicats which game is currently selected. I like the new bobbing motion when tapping through the list, makes it feel more alive. Just would be nice if it looked a little better, its' just a simple blue at the moment, perhaps give it a little depth, gradients etc. Maybe different colors also for different systems.
10. Game sequels out of order, quite a few games that should appear in the order they were released show out of order, like 2,3,1 when it should be 1,2,3. For example check street fighter alpha series, the first entry is alpha 2, then alpha 3 then finally alpha 1.
11. Ignore 'The '
12. display the number of games in a given view.
Off Topic but is the Super Street Fighter II Turbo Theme not working for anyone else?