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Tim Allen 372e9ef42b Update to v106r45 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - sfc/ppu-fast: added hires mode 7 option (doubles the sampling rate
    of mode 7 pixels to reduce aliasing)
  - sfc/ppu-fast: fixed mode 7 horizontal screen flip [hex_usr]
  - bsnes: added capture screenshot function and path selection
      - for now, it saves as BMP. I need a deflate implementation that
        won't add an external dependency for PNG
      - the output resolution is from the emulator: (256 or 512)x(240 or
        480 minus overscan cropping if enabled)
      - it captures the NEXT output frame, not the current one ... but
        it may be wise to change this behavior
      - it'd be a problem if the core were to exit and an image was
        captured halfway through frame rendering
  - bsnes: recovery state renamed to undo state
  - bsnes: added manifest viewer tool
  - bsnes: mention if game has been verified or not on the status bar
    message at load time
  - bsnes, nall: fixed a few missing function return values
    [SuperMikeMan]
  - bsnes: guard more strongly against failure to load games to avoid
    crashes
  - hiro, ruby: various fixes for macOS [Sintendo]
  - hiro/Windows: paint on `WM_ERASEBKGND` to prevent status bar
    flickering at startup
  - icarus: SPC7110 heuristics fixes [hex_usr]

Errata:

  - sfc/ppu-fast: remove debug hires mode7 force disable comment from
    PPU::power()

[The `WM_ERASEBKGND` fix was already present in the 106r44 public
beta -Ed.]
2018-07-02 11:57:04 +10:00
Tim Allen 40a5fbe605 Update to v106r44 public beta release:
byuu says (in the public announcement):

I'm releasing a beta version of bsnes, for the purpose of gathering feedback and
ensuring that the first official release of bsnes is as solid as possible.

With the exception of dynamic rate control for automatic audio/video sync, and
no pack-in video shaders or cheat code database, it is mostly feature complete.
However, please do not form a lasting opinion of bsnes based on this beta.
2018-06-28 16:35:49 +10:00
Tim Allen ec960c5172 Update to v106r44 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - hiro/Windows: use `WS_CLIPSIBLINGS` on Label to prevent resize
    drawing issues
  - bsnes: correct viewport resizing
  - bsnes: speed up window resizing a little bit
  - bsnes: fix the cheat editor list enable checkbox
  - bsnes: fix the state manager filename display in game ROM mode
  - bsnes: fix the state manager save/rename/remove functionality in
    game ROM mode
  - bsnes: correct path searching for IPS and BPS patches in game ROM
    mode
  - bsnes: patch BS-X town cartridge to disable play limits
  - bsnes: do not load (program,data,expansion).(rom,flash) from disk in
    game pak mode
      - this is required to support soft-patching and ROM hacks
  - bsnes: added speed mode selection (50%, 75%, 100%, 150%, 200%);
    maintains proper pitch
  - bsnes: added icons to the menubar
      - this is particularly useful to tell game ROMs from game paks in
        the load recent game menu
  - bsnes: added emblem at bottom left of status bar to indicate if a
    game is verified or not
      - verified means it is in the icarus verified game dump database
      - the verified diamond is orange; the unverified diamond is blue
  - bsnes: added an option (which defaults to off) to warn when loading
    unverified games
      - working around a bug in GTK, I have to use the uglier
        MessageWindow instead of MessageDialog
  - bsnes: added (non-functional) link to <https://doc.byuu.org/bsnes/>
    to the help menu
  - bsnes: added GUI setting to toggle memory auto-save feature
  - bsnes: added GUI setting to toggle capturing a backup save state
    when closing the emulator
  - bsnes: made auto-saving states on exit an option
  - bsnes: added an option to auto-load the auto-saved state on load
      - basically, the two combined implements auto-resume
  - bsnes: when firmware is missing, offer to take the user to the
    online help documentation
  - bsnes: added fast PPU option to disable the sprite limit
      - increase from 32 items/line + 34 tiles/line to 128 items/line +
        128 tiles/line
      - technically, 1024 tiles/line are possible with 128 sprites at
        64-width
      - but this is just a waste of cache locality and worst-case
        performance; it'll never happen

Errata:

  - hiro/Windows: fallthrough on Canvas `WM_ERASEBKGND` to prevent
    startup flicker
2018-06-28 16:28:27 +10:00
Tim Allen b14c6bf155 Update to v106r43 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - bsnes: added video settings panel
  - bsnes: added audio settings panel
  - bsnes: disable assign/clear buttons at startup for hotkeys panel
  - bsnes: program initialization restructured: drivers initialize last
      - this lets me reinitialize the settings panel values on driver
        changes
      - so eg things like input/hotkey remappings should work after
        input driver changes now
      - ... but I had to disable the window icon for this ... it takes
        too long to show up this way
  - bsnes: added synchronize video/audio options to settings menu
  - bsnes: added audio skew slider for video/audio synchronization
  - bsnes: state manager edit/remove works on game ROM .bsz archives now
  - bsnes: removed View→Color Emulation; default to 150% gamma instead
    (it's a touch brighter but similar)

At this point, I'm pretty much ready to make an initial beta release for
wider testing.

Please use this WIP to indicate any must-fix issues before I do so.
2018-06-27 11:56:27 +10:00
Tim Allen 5b97fa2415 Update to v106r42 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - emulator: added `Thread::setHandle(cothread_t)`
  - icarus: added special heuristics support for the Tengai Maykou Zero
    fan translation
      - board identifier is: EXSPC7110-RAM-EPSONRTC (match on SPC7110 +
        ROM size=56mbit)
      - board ROM contents are: 8mbit program, 40mbit data, 8mbit
        expansion (sizes are fixed)
  - bsnes: show messages on game load, unload, and reset
  - bsnes: added support for BS Memory and Sufami Turbo games
  - bsnes: added support for region selection (Auto [default], NTSC,
    PAL)
  - bsnes: correct presentation window size from 223/239 to 224/240
  - bsnes: add SA-1 internal RAM on cartridges with BS Memory slot
  - bsnes: fixed recovery state to store inside .bsz archive
  - bsnes: added support for custom manifests in both game pak and game
    ROM modes
  - bsnes: added icarus game database support (manifest → database →
    heuristics)
  - bsnes: added flexible SuperFX overclocking
  - bsnes: added IPS and BPS soft-patching support to all ROM types
    (sfc,smc,gb,gbc,bs,st)
      - can load patches inside of ZIP archives (matches first “.ips” or
        “.bps” file)
  - bsnes/ppu: cache interlace/overscan/vdisp (277 → 291fps with fast
    PPU)
  - hiro/Windows: faster painting of Label widget on expose
  - hiro/Windows: immediately apply LineEdit::setBackgroundColor changes
  - hiro/Qt: inherit Window backgroundColor when one is not assigned to
    Label

Errata:

  - sfc/ppu-fast: remove `renderMode7Hires()` function (the body isn't in
    the codebase)
  - bsnes: advanced note label should probably use a lighter text color
    and/or smaller font size instead of italics

I didn't test the soft-patching at all, as I don't have any patches on
my dev box. If anyone wants to test, that'd be great. The Tengai Makyou
Zero fan translation would be a great test case.
2018-06-26 13:17:26 +10:00
Tim Allen f70a20bc42 Update to v106r41 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - hiro: added Label::set(Background,Foreground)Color (not implemented
    on Cocoa backend)
  - hiro: added (Horizontal,Vertical)Layout::setPadding()
      - setMargin(m) is now an alias to setPadding({m, m, m, m})
  - hiro/Windows: update Label rendering to draw to an offscreen canvas
    to prevent flickering
  - sfc: reverted back to 224/240-line height (from 223/239-line height
    in earlier v106 WIPs)
  - bsnes: new multi-segment status bar added
  - bsnes: exiting fullscreen mode will resize and recenter window
      - this is required; the window geometry gets all scrambled when
        toggling fullscreen mode
  - bsnes: updated to a new logo [Ange Albertini]

Errata:

  - hiro/Windows: try to paint Label backgroundColor quicker to avoid
    startup flicker
      - `WM_ERASEBKGND` fallthrough to `WM_PAINT` seems to work
  - hiro/Qt: use Window backgroundColor for Label when no Label
    backgroundColor set
  - bsnes: update size multipliers in presentation.cpp to 224/240 (main
    window size is off in this WIP)
2018-06-24 14:53:44 +10:00
Tim Allen 470e27323d accuracy/fast is now a runtime toggle, not compile-time. 2018-06-11 14:54:49 +10:00
Tim Allen 5a8c814e25 Update to v106r40 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - hiro: added BrowserDialog::openObject() [match file *or* folder
    by filters]
  - hiro: BrowserDialog accept button is now disabled when it would
    otherwise do nothing
      - eg openFile without a folder to enter or file to open selected
      - eg saveFile without a file name or with a file name that matches
        a folder name
  - bsnes: added support for gamepaks (game folders)
  - bsnes: store all save states inside per-game .bsz (ZIP) archives
    instead of .bst/ folders
      - this reduces the number of state files from 10+ to 1; without
        having folders sort before files
  - hiro: both gtk2 and gtk3 now use cairo to render Canvas; supports
    sx,sy [BearOso]
  - higan, bsnes: fast PPU/DSP are now run-time options instead of
    compile-time options
  - bsnes: disable fast PPU when loading Air Strike Patrol / Desert
    Fighter
  - bsnes: disable fast DSP when loading Koushien 2
  - bsnes: added options to advanced panel to disable fast PPU and/or
    fast DSP
2018-06-11 14:50:18 +10:00
Tim Allen 91bb781b73 Update to v106r39 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - ruby/video: implement onUpdate() callback to signal when redraws are
    necessary
  - ruby/video/GLX,GLX2,XVideo,XShm: implement onUpdate() support
  - bsnes: implement Video::onUpdate() support to redraw Viewport icon
    as needed
  - bsnes: save RAM before ruby driver changes
  - sfc/sa1: clip signed multiplication to 32-bit [Jonas Quinn]
  - sfc/sa1: handle negative dividends in division [Jonas Quinn]
  - hiro/gtk3: a few improvements
  - bsnes: added empty stub video and audio settings panels
  - bsnes: restructured advanced settings panel
  - bsnes: experiment: input/hotkeys name column bolded and colored for
    increased visual distinction
  - bsnes: added save button to state manager
2018-06-10 18:07:19 +10:00
Tim Allen 15b67922b3 Update to v106r38 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - hiro: added Qt5 support
  - hiro: added GTK3 support (currently runs very poorly)
  - bsnes: number of recent games and quick state slots can be changed
    programmatically now
      - I may expose this as a configuration file setting, but probably
        not within the GUI
  - nall: use -Wno-everything when compiling with Clang
      - sorry, Clang's meaningless warning messages are just endless ...
2018-06-10 18:06:02 +10:00
Tim Allen 173a5d67bc Update to v106r37 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - bsnes: cheat code “enabled” option changed to “enable”
  - bsnes: connected “Cancel” action on add/edit cheat code window
  - hiro: improved BrowserDialog::selectFolder() behavior
      - can choose “Select” inside of a target folder when no items are
        selected
  - bsnes: implemented state manager
  - bsnes: save a recovery state before loading a state, quitting, or
    changing drivers
  - bsnes: input settings, hotkey settings, cheat editor, state manager
    entries are now batchable
      - this allows bulk clearing/deleting of entries
  - bsnes: cheat code list now auto-sorts alphabetically instead of
    using up/down move arrows

I know most people will probably prefer to order cheat codes the way
they want, but the issue is that the state manager can't really work
this way. Each state is a file on disk. So yes, we could store a
states-manifest.bml to track the order of the states, or try to insert
numbers into the filenames and do bulk filesystem rename operations on
sorting, but then we would run into oddities when users delete state
files manually. And really, manual sorting is just clumsy. If you really
want a specific ordering, you can prefix cheats/states with numeric
indices instead.
2018-06-07 21:48:41 +10:00
Tim Allen ec9729a9e1 Update to v106r36 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - nall: renamed array to adaptive_array; marked it as deprecated
  - nall: created new array class; which is properly static (ala
    std::array) with optional bounds-checking
  - sfc/ppu-fast: converted unmanaged arrays to use nall/array (no speed
    penalty)
  - bsnes: rewrote the cheat code editor to a new design
  - nall: string class can stringify pointer types directly now, so
    pointer() was removed
  - nall: added array_view and pointer types (still unsure if/how I'll
    use pointer)
2018-06-04 12:44:57 +10:00
Tim Allen 77ac5f9e88 Update to v106r35 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - sfc/ppu-fast: fixed overscan crash
  - sfc/ppu-fast: fixed direct color mode
  - sfc: reconnected MSU1 support
      - higan: game.sfc/msu1/data.rom, game.sfc/msu1/track-#.pcm
      - bsnes: game.msu, game-#.pcm
  - bsnes: added cheat code editor
  - bsnes: added cheat code database support
  - sfc/ppu-fast: clear overscan lines when overscan disabled
  - sfc: output 223/239 lines instead of 224/240 lines
  - bsnes: fix aspect correction calculation
  - bsnes: crop line 224 when overscan masking is enabled
  - bsnes: exposed Expansion Port menu; but hid “21fx” from the list of
    devices
  - bsnes: tools menu is hidden until a game is loaded
  - ruby/input/keyboard/quartz: fixed compilation error

So only bsnes the automated overscan cropping option. In higan, you can
crop however many lines you like from the top or bottom of the image.
But for bsnes, it automatically eats sixteen lines. My view right now is
that if bsnes is meant to be the casual gaming emulator, that it should
eat line 224 in this mode. Most games show content here, but because of
the way the SNES PPU works, the very last line ends up on its very own
tile row (line 0 isn't rendered), if the scroll registers don't account
for it. There's a small number of games that will draw junk data to the
very last scanline of the frame as a result of this. So I chose, at
least for now, to hide it. Users can obviously disable overscan cropping
to see this scanline. I'm open to being convinced not to do this, if
someone has a compelling reason.

We're pretty much screwed one way or the other with no overscan masking.
If we output 239 lines, then most games will render 7 blank lines + 224
drawn lines + 8 blank lines, and the black top and bottom aren't
centered. But if we output 240 lines to get 8 + 224 + 8, then games that
do use overscan will have a blank line at the very bottom of the window.

I'm also trying out a modified cheat code file format. It's been forever
since I bothered to look at it, and the “cartridge” parent node doesn't
match what I'm doing with trying to rename “cartridge” to “game” in
manifests. And indeed, the idea of requiring a root node is rather
superfluous for a cheat code file. Current format looks like this:

    cheat
      description: foo
      code: 7e2000=20+7e2001=30?40
      enabled

    cheat
      description: bar
      code: 7e4000=80

Open to discussing this, and I'd like to sync up with Snes9X before they
push out a new release, and I'll agree to finalize and never change this
format again.

I chose to use .cht for the extension when using game files (eg
gamename.cht)
2018-06-03 23:14:42 +10:00
Tim Allen 8c337d4ac6 Make sure the libretro core builds with the accuracy profile. 2018-06-03 15:01:54 +10:00
Tim Allen 73354923eb Add another task to the release procedure. 2018-06-03 14:55:45 +10:00
Tim Allen 3aa90590ca bsnes binaries do not need the systems directory. 2018-06-02 14:43:40 +10:00
Tim Allen 52d0cd8dfb Now that byuu is ready for bsnes bug reports, I'll enable automated builds.
Also, since byuu changes the defaults according to what he's working on, let's
be explicit tat higan gets the accuracy core and bsnes gets the performance
core.
2018-06-02 13:21:16 +10:00
Tim Allen c67fb2c726 Update to v106r34 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - sfc/ppu-fast:
      - don't use mosaicSize unless mosaicEnable is set
      - fix background tiles that aren't 8x8 in size
      - flush (render) queued lines whenever VRAM or OAM are modified
        mid-frame
      - queue tile outputs to buffer for object rendering final pass
      - fix object window mask indexing
      - disable color bleed when output width is 256 pixels
      - handle reset(bool) events
      - implemented save states
  - icarus: fixed SPC7110-RAM-EPSONRTC mapping typo [hex_usr]
  - bsnes: fixed overscan masking mode when output height is 240

Todo:

  - sfc/ppu-fast: should not have deleted the tilecache freeing in
    ~PPU()
  - ruby/input/carbon: change setPath() call to setPathID()

Errata:

  - Rendering Ranger R2 crashes at startup, seems to be an issue with
    the expansion port device

Bug reports on the new fast SNES PPU are now welcome.
2018-06-02 12:47:37 +10:00
Tim Allen 5d29700fa1 Update to v106r33 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - nall/GNUmakefile: added `openmp=(true,false)` option; can be toggled
    when building higan/bsnes
      - defaults to disabled on macOS, because Xcode doesn't stupidly
        doesn't ship with support for it
  - higan/GNUmakefile: forgot to switch target,profile back from
    bsnes,fast to higan,accurate
      - this is just gonna happen from time to time, sorry
  - sfc/dsp: when using the fast profile, the DSP syncs per sample
    instead of per clock
      - should only negatively impact Koushien 2, but is a fairly
        significant speedup otherwise
  - sfc/ppc,ppu-fast: optimized the code a bit (ppu 130fps to 133fps)
  - sfc/ppu-fast: basic vertical mosaic support (not accurate, but
    should look okay hopefully)
  - sfc/ppu-fast: added missing mode7 hflip support
  - sfc/ppu-fast: added support to render at 256-width and/or 240-height
      - gives a decent speed boost, and also allows all of the older
        quark shaders to work nicely again
      - it does violate the contract of Emulator::Interface, but oh
        well, it works fine in the bsnes GUI
  - sfc/ppu-fast: use cached CGRAM values for mode7 and sprites
  - sfc/ppu-fast: use global range/time over flags in object rendering
      - may not actually work as we intended since it's a race condition
        even if it's only ORing the flags
      - really don't want to have to make those variables atomic if I
        don't have to
  - sfc/ppu-fast: should fully support interlace and overscan modes now
  - hiro/cocoa: updated macOS Gatekeeper disable support to work on
    10.13+
  - ruby: forgot to fix macOS input driver, sorry
  - nall/GNUmakefile: if uname is present, then just default to rm
    instead of del (fixes Msys)

Note: blur emulation option will break pretty badly in 256x240 output
mode. I'll fix it later.
2018-05-31 17:06:55 +10:00
Tim Allen 5e7fdbe2c0 Update to v106r32 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - sfc/ppu-fast: everything other than vertical mosaic and interlace
    support is in

Games are quite playable now, and you're welcome to try things out, but
please don't report bugs yet. It's still too early for that.
2018-05-29 21:26:48 +10:00
Tim Allen 51e3fcd3fa Update to v106r31 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - sfc/ppu-fast: added a barebones background renderer; very incomplete

Right now, the 2bpp Mega Man X2 splash screen is rendering correctly,
but everything else looks really garbled. I'm thinking my tile cache
conversions from 4bpp to bitmap pixels is wrong, but I'm not seeing any
obvious issues.

If anyone wants to take a look at it, I'd appreciate it. The renderer is
mostly modeled after ppu-performance's.
2018-05-28 11:51:38 +10:00
Tim Allen 18852bcbe2 We definitely don't need genius with bsnes for Windows. 2018-05-28 11:44:06 +10:00
Tim Allen bcc2627793 Don't hack up nall/GNUmakefile for Windows builds.
All our changes are now in official nall releases, so we don't need to mess with
it anymore.
2018-05-28 11:42:52 +10:00
Tim Allen 685cec6583 Update to v106r30 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - nall/GNUmakefile: fixed findstring parameter arguments [Screwtape]
  - nall/Windows: always include -mthreads -lpthread for all
    applications
  - nall/memory: code restructuring

I really wanted to work on the new PPU today, but I thought I'd spend a
few minutes making some minor improvements to nall::memory, that was
five and a half hours ago. Now I have a 67KiB diff of changes. Sigh.
2018-05-28 11:16:27 +10:00
Tim Allen 6882bd98cf Update to v106r29 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - sfc/ppu: collapsed folders to a single directory to match all other
    emulated processors
  - sfc/ppu-fast: implemented I/O registers
2018-05-27 09:04:43 +10:00
Tim Allen 6c8e3c885d Update to v106r28 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - SNES: started on skeleton of the new parallel PPU core

To build the new PPU core, set profile=fast via GNU make. The old core
is profile=accurate.

The names of the profiles, and the name of the folder for the fast PPU
are subject to change.

The new PPU core doesn't do anything but demonstrate the proof of
concept: every scanline, make a copy of all the PPU registers and CGRAM.
Share the VRAM and OAM. Batch render all scanlines at once using OpenMP
at the end of each frame and blit the result.

With no PPU core at all, bsnes runs 91% faster than with the accuracy
PPU (230fps vs 120fps.) That's the absolute theoretical best-case
scenario. With the skeleton in place, we're already around 220fps. It'll
go down more as the PPU line renderer starts to do real work. I don't
know where things will end up yet. I suppose we'll find out in time.

My own copy of TDM/GCC can't use OpenMP on Windows, so ... it won't
parallelize if you build with that. I'm going to have to switch to a
different MinGW distribution once this is complete, I suppose.
2018-05-26 13:29:14 +10:00
Tim Allen 8f5bc80f01 Ignore generated file dependency information. 2018-05-25 18:07:03 +10:00
Tim Allen 2b8df2e70e Update to v106r27 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - nall: merged Path::config() and Path::local() to Path::userData()
      - ~/.local/share or %appdata or ~/Library/ApplicationSupport
  - higan, bsnes: render main window icon onto viewport instead of
    canvas
      - should hopefully fix a brief flickering glitch that appears on
        Windows
  - icarus: improved Super Famicom heuristics for Starfox / Starwing RAM
  - ruby/Direct3D: handle viewport size changes in lock() instead of
    output()
      - fixes icon disappearing when resizing main window
  - hiro/Windows: remove WS_DISABLED from StatusBar to fix window
    resize grip
      - this is experimental: I initially used WS_DISABLED to work
        around a focus bug
      - yet trying things now, said bug seems(?) to have gone away at
        some point ...
  - bsnes: added advanced settings panel with real-time driver change
    support

I'd like feedback on the real-time driver change, for possible
consideration into adding this to higan as well.

Some drivers just crash, it's a fact of life. The ASIO driver in
particular likes to crash inside the driver itself, without any error
messages ever returned to try and catch.

When you try to change a driver with a game loaded, it gives you a scary
warning, asking if you want to proceed.

When you change a driver, it sets a crash flag, and if the driver
crashes while initializing, then restarting bsnes will disable the
errant driver. If it fails in a recoverable way, then it sets the driver
to “None” and warns you that the driver cannot be used.

What I'm thinking of further adding is to call emulator→save() to
write out the save RAM contents beforehand (although the periodic
auto-saving RAM will handle this anyway when it's enabled), and possibly
it might be wise to capture an emulator save state, although those can't
be taken without advancing the emulator to the next frame, so that might
not be a good idea.

I'm also thinking we should show some kind of message somewhere when a
driver is set to “None”. The status bar can be hidden, so perhaps on the
title bar? Or maybe just a warning on startup that a driver is set to
“None”.
2018-05-25 18:02:38 +10:00
Tim Allen ec4ab1dc11 Update GitLab CI settings.
We shouldn't need to specify static compiler helpers anymore,
and ruby now uses SDL2.0 rather than 1.2.
2018-05-24 13:10:24 +10:00
Tim Allen 5961ea9c03 Update to v106r26 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - nall: added -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ to Windows/GCC link
    flags
  - bsnes, higan: added program icons to main window when game isn't
    loaded
  - bsnes: improved recent games menu sorting
  - bsnes: fixed multi-game recent game loading on Windows
  - bsnes: completed path override support
  - bsnes, higan: added screensaver suppression on Windows
  - icarus: add 32K volatile RAM to SuperFX boards that report no RAM
    (fixes Starfox)
  - bsnes, higan: added automatic dependency generation [Talarubi]
  - hiro/GTK: appending actions to menus restores enabled() state
  - higan: use board node inside manifest.bml if it exists
  - bsnes: added blur emulation and color emulation options to view menu
  - ruby: upgraded input.sdl to SDL 2.0 (though it makes no functional
    difference sadly)
  - ruby: removed video.sdl (due to deprecating SDL 1.2)
  - nall, ruby: improvements to HID class (generic vendor and product
    IDs)

Errata:

  - bsnes, higan: on Windows, Application::Windows::onScreenSaver needs
    `[&]` lambda capture, not `[]`
      - find it in presentation/presentation.cpp
2018-05-24 12:14:17 +10:00
Tim Allen 3353efd3a1 Update to v106r25 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - bsnes:
      - added full input mapping support (multi-mapping, digital+analog
        inputs, rumble, hotkeys, etc)
      - can now load multi-part games (eg Super Game Boy) from the
        command-line
      - added recent games menu with list clear function; supports
        multi-part games (sorting logic incomplete)
      - added automatic binding of gamepads on new configuration files
      - added view scaling support with aspect correction, overscan
        cropping, and integral scaling modes
      - added video shader support
      - added status bar (can be hidden)
      - added save states (both menu and hotkeys)
      - added fullscreen mode support
      - added support for loading compressed (ZIP) archives for any
        supported media type (SNES, GB, etc)
      - added frame counter
      - added auto-memory saving
      - added pause / block-input modes when main window loses focus
      - added --fullscreen command-line option to start bsnes in
        fullscreen mode
      - added input settings panel
      - added hotkeys settings panel
      - added path settings panel (paths aren't actually used set, but
        can be assigned)
  - higan: fixed macOS install rule [Sintendo]
  - higan: minor UI code cleanups
  - nall: renamed Processor to Architecture to fix macOS builds
    [Sintendo]

Yeah, you read right: recent games menu, path settings. And dynamic rate
control + screensaver suppression is on the todo list. I'm not fucking
around this time. I really want to make something special here.
2018-05-23 13:45:24 +10:00
Tim Allen a73a94f331 Update to v106r24 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:
* yes.

But seriously, a list of changes on a pre-alpha GUI is going to get annoying.

Basically, work on embedding stuff in the binary, firmware loading (both
appended to the ROM and in a firmware/ subfolder) added, SGB games can be
loaded, config file holds more values for driver settings, added ruby drivers to
other platforms, etc.
2018-05-20 14:39:29 +10:00
Tim Allen 7ee1534093 bsnes won't need icarus to load games. 2018-05-19 15:39:48 +10:00
Tim Allen 87e2154ea1 Update the link to the nightly builds. 2018-05-19 12:54:41 +10:00
Tim Allen d8bd1fca1f Temporarily disable bsnes binaries at byuu's request.
Once it gets to the point of actually doing something, we can re-enable them.
2018-05-19 12:52:59 +10:00
Tim Allen 7acbf5c3dd Ignore bsnes binaries too. 2018-05-19 12:52:26 +10:00
Tim Allen ea11c6d098 Update to v106r23 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - bsnes: work on the new GUI; can load games now, but no input support
    yet
  - icarus: heuristics game/label uses filename instead of internal
    header name
2018-05-19 12:51:34 +10:00
Tim Allen f5b96e9e9e Set up automatic WIP builds for the new bsnes front-end too. 2018-05-18 15:26:41 +10:00
Tim Allen 6078cdacbb Update to v106r22 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - created new bsnes target (it currently does nothing)
  - Super Famicom: fixed BS Memory pack support in the MCC emulation
  - icarus: fixed manifest-free support for BS Memory flash-based
    cartridges
  - icarus: database improvements
2018-05-18 15:21:22 +10:00
Tim Allen c2648faeab Mention the final manifest spec. 2018-05-17 20:20:31 +10:00
Tim Allen 2e14bd1c81 Let's prefer footnote-style link syntax. 2018-05-17 20:11:07 +10:00
Tim Allen cd5dde0f62 Update more docs for v107. 2018-05-17 20:10:57 +10:00
Tim Allen e5f19e49d4 Update importing docs for v107. 2018-05-17 17:10:06 +10:00
Tim Allen c6ed8bb4b1 Warn that icarus in command-line mode doesn't offer much feedback. 2018-05-17 17:09:28 +10:00
Tim Allen c24eb6e592 Update some import instructions. 2018-05-17 14:32:43 +10:00
Tim Allen d537eaa0fd Start updating the docs for v107. 2018-05-17 14:32:42 +10:00
Tim Allen 8bbbc5e737 Update to v106r21 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - higan: target-tomoko has been renamed to target-higan
  - Super Famicom: event has been renamed to
    processor(architecture=uPD78214)
  - Super Famicom: SNES-EVENT supported once more; under board IDs
    EVENT-CC92 and EVENT-PF94
  - Super Famicom: SNES-EVENT preliminarily set up to use DIP switch
    settings ala the Nintendo Super System (incomplete)
  - Super Famicom: MCC PSRAM moved inside the MCU, as it is remappable
  - Super Famicom: MCC emulation rewritten from scratch; it is now
    vastly more accurate than before
  - Super Famicom: added BSC-1A5B9P-01 board definition to database;
    corrected BS-MCC-RAM board definition
  - Super Famicom: moved SHVC-LN3B-01 RAM outside of
    processor(identifier=SDD1)
  - higan: when selecting a default game to load for a new system entry,
    it will change the system option to match the media type
  - higan: the load text box on the system entry window is now editable;
    can be used to erase entries
  - icarus: fixed bug in Famicom importing
  - icarus: importing unappended SNES coprocessor firmware will now
    rename the firmware properly
  - hiro/GTK,Qt: WM_CLASS is now set correctly in `argv[0]`, so
    applications should show “higan”, “icarus” instead of “hiro” now

Note: if you wish to run the BS-X town cartridge, the database currently
lists the download RAM as type “PSRAM”. This needs to be changed to
“RAM” in order to load properly. Otherwise, the emulator will bomb
out on the load window, because BSC-1A5B9P-01 expects PSRAM to always be
present, but it won't find it with the wrong memory type. I'll correct
this in the database in a later release. For now, you can copy the game
portion of the manifest to a new manifest.bml file and drop it into the
gamepak folder until I fix the database.
2018-05-17 13:37:29 +10:00
Tim Allen 210306e661 Update to v106r20 release.
byuu says:
Changelog:

  - Super Famicom: fixed loading of BS Memory and Sufami Turbo
    cartridges
  - Super Famicom: renamed NSS to DIP; as that's really all it is, it's
    not true NSS emulation
  - Super Famicom: slot loading now happens inside of board parsing
    instead of generically in loadCartridge()
  - Super Famicom: BS-X cartridges with flash memory now serialize their
    data and write it out to disk¹
  - icarus: fixed Famicom game importing (hopefully) and set file import
    title to “Load ROM File”

¹: there's no emulation of write commands yet, so the data is never
going to change anyway. This is just in preparation for more advanced
emulation of BS Memory cartridges.
2018-05-15 00:13:30 +10:00
Tim Allen 6847058210 Update to v106r19 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - Super Famicom: everything outside of Nintendo Super System, Campus
    Challenge '92 and Powerfest '94 should play
  - Super Famicom: removed RAM from coprocessor/event (should use global
    RAM)
  - Super Famicom: removed RAM from SDD1 (should use global RAM)
  - icarus: fixed Super Famicom game importing [hex_usr]

Also worth reminding that you'll need to disable database lookup in
order to run the BS-X Town cartridge right now. Plus, Star Ocean's
database entry still has the RAM in the wrong spot. The MSU1 code is not
looking at the right locations for data, so it's not going to work in
this release either.

I need to figure out what to call coprocessor/event and coprocessor/nss,
as neither are slots or processors like everything else.

Outside of those issues, all games for all systems should be playable,
at least to the extent they were in v106.
2018-05-13 23:00:48 +10:00
Tim Allen b7dca2f317 Update the CI builds to match the new directory structure. 2018-05-09 14:04:45 +10:00