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)
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Tim Allen