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Author SHA1 Message Date
Tim Allen eaa2c1f6c0 Update to v106r13 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - game/memory/category → game/memory/content
  - game/memory/model → game/memory/architecture
  - game/memory/identity → game/memory/identifier
  - Super Famicom: memory/content=Bitmap → memory/content=Save
  - Super Famicom: memory/architecture=DMG,MGB →
    memory/architecture=LR35902

The game manifest field names are now officially set in stone. I won't
change them again, I'll only add new fields if required.

As for the values in the field, I'm still undecided on the manufacturer
of the ST018, and I could be talked into different identifiers for the
Super Game Boy (SGB1/SGB2, DMG/MGB, or just ICD(2)?)

The board manifest format is still in flux, as is the choice of what to
name firmware files (it's between manufacturer and architecture, where
I'm leaning toward the latter currently.)

Board memory to Game memory mappings will require both the manufacturer
and architecture fields to match.

I'll be updating doc.byuu.org soon with the finalized game manifest
format.
2018-04-09 09:50:42 +10:00
Tim Allen 72b824cf1a Update to v106r11 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - genius: improve sorting when game name is identical (eg revisions)
  - icarus, genius: update to finalized manifest syntax
2018-03-14 14:51:35 +11:00
Tim Allen 2dd35f984d Update to v106r10 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - manifest: memory/battery now resides under type at
    memory/type/battery
  - genius: volatile option changed to battery; auto-disables when not
    RAM or RTC type
  - higan: added new Emulator::Game class to parse manifests for all
    emulated systems consistently
  - Super Famicom: board manifest appended to manifest viewer now
  - Super Famicom: cartridge class updated to use Emulator::Game objects
  - hiro: improve suppression of userland callbacks once
    Application::quit() is called
      - this fixes a crash in genius when closing the window with a tree
        view item selected

My intention is to remove Emulator::Interface::sha256(), as it's not
really useful. They'll be removed from save states as well. I never
bothered validating the SHA256 within them, because that'd be really
annoying for ROM hackers.

I also intend to rename Emulator::Interface::title() to label() instead.

Most everything is still broken. The SNES still needs all the board
definitions updated, all the other cores need to move to using
Emulator::Game.
2018-03-06 09:42:10 +11:00
Tim Allen e216912ca3 Update to v106r09 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - higan, icarus, genius: new manifest syntax (work in progress)

Pretty much only LoROM and HiROM SNES games will load right now, and RAM
will only work right if the save.ram file already exists to pull its
file size from (a temporary cheap hack was used.)

Basically, I'm just getting this out there for evaluation.

One minor errata is that I switched icarus to using “memory/battery” to
indicate battery-backed RAM, whereas genius still uses “memory/volatile”
to indicate non-battery-backed RAM.

I intend to make it “memory/battery” in genius, and have the field
auto-enable when RAM or RTC is selected for type (obviously allowing it
to be unchecked for volatile memory.)

I need to update all 64 production boards, and 25 of 29 generic boards,
to use the new slot syntax; and I also need to update every single core
in higan to use the new manifest game syntax. I want to build out a
generic manifest game parser that all emulation cores will use.

Once I finish this, I'll also need to write a database converter to
update all of my licensed game dumps to the new database syntax.

I also need to write up something for doc.byuu.org explaining the new
manifest game syntax. The manifest board syntax will still be “internal”
and subject to revisions, but once v107 is out, the gamepak manifest
format will be set in stone sans extensions.
2018-03-05 15:34:07 +11:00
Tim Allen c49d3b2006 Update to v106r07 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - Super Game Boy: for the 50th time, higan won't segfault if you
    cancel the Game Boy cartridge load request
  - icarus: moved to new manifest syntax for all remaining systems
  - Game Boy: moved to new manifest syntax

Errata:

  - Game Boy: save RAM does not appear to be working for some reason
  - Famicom: higan won't even start to run this system; it just acts
    like a cartridge was never loaded ...
  - cores outside of the Super Famicom and Game Boy/Color will not run
    due to icarus/higan manifest syntax differences
2018-02-21 11:12:09 +11:00
Tim Allen 4d2e17f9c0 Update to v101r09 release.
byuu says:

Sorry, two WIPs in one day. Got excited and couldn't wait.

Changelog:

  - ADDQ, SUBQ shouldn't update flags when targeting an address register
  - ADDA should sign extend effective address reads
  - JSR was pushing the PC too early
  - some improvements to 8-bit register reads on the VDP (still needs
    work)
  - added H/V counter reads to the VDP IO port region
  - icarus: added support for importing Master System and Game Gear ROMs
  - tomoko: added library sub-menus for each manufacturer
      - still need to sort Game Gear after Mega Drive somehow ...

The sub-menu system actually isn't all that bad. It is indeed a bit more
annoying, but not as annoying as I thought it was going to be. However,
it looks a hell of a lot nicer now.
2016-08-18 08:05:50 +10:00