About
CPWizard is a control
panel editor, control panel viewer (controls.dat),
game info (listinfo.xml/Catver.ini/nplayers.ini/HallOfFame.xml),
game history (history.dat), mame info (mameinfo.dat),
special moves (command.dat) and hiscore (story.dat)
viewer, manual viewer (pdf), mame
artwork viewer (cabinet, control panel,
flyers, marquees, snaps, titles, character select,
artwork previews and pcb's), emulator artwork viewer
(manuals, nfo, operation cards, snaps, titles, carts and
boxes) and IRC client will full color and smilie
support. It can export CP's to Mame's bezel artwork
format to view your controls while inside Mame.
CPWizard is designed to run in the Icon
Tray. When you minimize CPWizard it will go to the
Icon Tray.
You can run Mame and press the show key (default 'L')
and the CPWizard will show it's Menu system.
You can make CPWizard Run on Startup by selecting
Edit > Options > General tab and put a tick next to "Run
on Startup".
With the File > Export Batch feature you can
export CP's for your entire Mame collection as bezel's
to place in Mame's artwork folder. When you play
a game in Mame you can go to the Video Options
menu and select Show CP or Hide CP. You
can also apply the
bezel_0121.zip patch so pausing Mame will
show your CP. You don't need CPWizard
running to use this feature. You can also export
your CP's as png, and export Game Info
cards for viewing in your own FE.
CPWizard can run in standalone or
resident mode. If you send CPWizard command
line args while it is running in the
Icon Tray it will process them and remain open (resident
mode). If you
send it command line args without CPWizard running in the Icon Tray it will process them
then exit (standalone mode).
If you run CPWizard in standalone mode it is
recommended you Enable the Dynamic Data
Loading option under Edit > Options > General.
Features
- Batch export CP or Game Info as Images or bezels
for viewing in Mame or FE
- Keyboard or Joystick controlled menu system
- Support for Mame, PC games &
other emulators
- Database support for
GoodName named ROMs (Category, Developer, NumPlayers,
Date and Description info)
- Advanced Mame control
mapping (supports ini, ctrlr and cfg custom control
entries)
- Detailed Mame game
information (including version added, number of
players, game status, CPU/audio chips, display info
and MAWS Hall of Fame ratings).
- History.dat, MameInfo.dat,
Command.dat and
Story.dat (Mame
scores) support
- Auto detects when data
files or Mame is updated and auto updates data upon
launching
- Mame artwork display
(including cabinet, control panel, flyers, marquees,
snaps, titles, character select, artwork previews
and pcb's)
- Emulator artwork display
(including manuals, operation cards, snaps, titles,
carts and boxes)
- Manual viewer (pdf support with GhostScript installed)
- IRC Chat will full color
and smilie support
- Multiple layout and
control support
- Lots of arcade controls,
controllers and logo graphics included
- Default arcade control
panel layouts (including HotRod, X-Arcade, Mahjong
and Lightgun)
- Fully featured control
panel editor
- Support for colors.ini
(Buttons colors to match real CP's)
- Alpha faded controls that
are not used
- Multiple monitor support
- Screen rotation support
(90, 180 or 270)
- Label grouping support
- Global volume control
Command Line Options
USAGE: CPWizard.exe <options>
Most Command Line Options are not necessary to run
CPWizard in resident mode (running in the icon tray).
Most things are done automatically. The only option
necessary is -game <name> for emulators other than
Mame to tell it which game your running. The other
options are for launching CPWizard in standalone mode
(Run then exit) or in resident mode (icon tray) to show
the CP before launching a game or to run in a single
mode (-mode option) such as IRC.
-minimized
Run Minimized
-emu [mame | <name>]
Set mame or <name>. This option is only required
when launching CPWizard as standalone or before
launching an emu. If you are running CPWizard in
resident mode the emulator is detected automatically
using it's exe name or it's Window/Class names. To add
Emulators go to Edit > Options > Emulators.
-game <name>
Sets the game name. For Mame the game name is
detected automatically and you don't need to send this
option. For other emulators this option is required.
-mode [mainmenu | layout | gameinfo | gamehistory | mameinfo | gamecontrols | hiscore | artwork | manual | irc]
Sets the display mode if you only want to show
specific information.
-exitmenu
This will exit back to the menu if using the -mode
command line option.
-layout <name>
Load layout. This is only required to override an
existing layout for an Emulator. Layouts are assigned to
Emulators in Edit > Options > Mame/Emulators. This is
not usually required as you can use the "Layout
Override" for showing layouts for specific games.
-show
Show the display
-exit
Exit CPWizard
-timeout <milliseconds>
Show display for <milliseconds>
-rotate [0 | 90 | 180 | 270]
Rotate the display
Command Line Examples
CPWizard.exe -emu mame -game 1942 -timeout 5000
Show the Mame layout for 1942 then exit after 5
seconds
CPWizard.exe -emu "Project 64" -game "Mario
Kart 64" -timeout 5000
Show the layout for Mario Kart 64 using the Project
64 profile for 5 seconds then exit
CPWizard.exe -mode irc -show
Show the IRC client
System Requirements
- 1 Ghz Processor
- 512 MB of RAM
- Windows XP / Vista
- .NET Framework 2.0
Hiscore Diff
This is a patch for Mame which adds hiscore support to Mame as well as
removes nag and loading screens. With this patch applied you can view your
hiscore tables in CPW via HiToText (see below). To download the latest Hiscore
Diff patches visit
here.
HiToText
HiToText is the application used for displaying Mame's live hiscore
information in CPW. You can read more information about it
here. You
can also directly download the latest version of
HiToText.exe
Artwork
You can get artwork like PCB's, Artwork Preview,
Character Select etc.
http://www.progettoemma.net/dany69/
Data Files
Thanks
Thanks to Howard Casto, SirPoonga, Frostillicus,
u_rebelscum and thanks to RandyT for giving me
permission to use his CP graphics, and to Jonathan Firth
(XPAdder) for permission to use his controller graphics
and also thanks to Aaron Giles and the Mame team.
Thanks to Fyrecrypts, NOP & redhorse for HiToText
Thanks to Matt McLemore (Tempest) for the
documentation.
Also thanks to sbaby for testing
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