Commit Graph

10 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Tim Allen 7af270aa59 Update to v103r09 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - gba/apu: fixed wave RAM nibble ordering (fixes audio in Castlevania,
    PocketNES)
  - emulator: restructured video information to just a single
    videoResolution() → VideoResolution function
      - returns "projected size" (between 160x144 and 320x240)
      - "internal buffer size" (up to 1280x480)
      - returns aspect correction multiplier that is to be applied to
        the width field
          - the value could be < 1.0 to handle systems with taller
            pixels; although higan doesn't emulate such a system
  - tomoko: all calculations for scaling and overscan masking are done
    by the GUI now
  - tomoko: aspect correction can be enabled in either windowed or
    fullscreen mode separately; moved to Video settings panel
  - tomoko: video scaling multipliers (against 320x240) can now me
    modified from the default (2,3,4) via the configuration file
      - use this as a really barebones way of supporting high DPI
        monitors; although the GUI elements won't scale nicely
      - if you set a value less than two, or greater than your
        resolution divided by 320x240, it's your own fault when things
        blow up. I'm not babysitting anyone with advanced config-file
        only options.
  - tomoko: added new adaptive windowed mode
      - when enabled, the window will shrink to eliminate any black
        borders when loading a game or changing video settings. The
        window will not reposition itself.
  - tomoko: added new adaptive fullscreen mode
      - when enabled, the integral scaling will be disabled for
        fullscreen mode, forcing the video to fill at least one
        direction of the video monitor completely.

I expect we will be bikeshedding for the next month on how to describe
the new video options, where they should appear in the GUI, changes
people want, etc ... but suffice to say, I'm happy with the
functionality, so I don't intend to make changes to -what- things do,
but I will entertain better ways to name things.
2017-07-06 18:29:12 +10:00
Tim Allen 191a71b291 Update to v103r08 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - emulator: improved aspect correction accuracy by using
    floating-point calculations
  - emulator: added videoCrop() function, extended videoSize() to take
    cropping parameters¹
  - tomoko: the overscan masking function will now actually resize the
    viewport²
  - gba/cpu: fixed two-cycle delay on triggering DMAs; not running DMAs
    when the CPU is stopped
  - md/vdp: center video when overscan is disabled
  - pce/vce: resize video output from 1140x240 to 1120x240
  - tomoko: resize window scaling from 326x240 to 320x240
  - tomoko: changed save slot naming and status bar messages to indicate
    quick states vs managed states
  - tomoko: added increment/decrement quick state hotkeys
  - tomoko: save/load quick state hotkeys now save to slots 1-5 instead
    of always to 0
  - tomoko: increased overscan range from 0-16 to 0-24 (in case you want
    to mask the Master System to 240x192)

¹: the idea here was to decouple raw pixels from overscan masking.
Overscan was actually horrifically broken before. The Famicom outputs at
256x240, the Super Famicom at 512x480, and the Mega Drive at 1280x480.
Before, a horizontal overscan mask of 8 would not reduce the Super
Famicom or Mega Drive by nearly as much as the Famicom. WIth the new
videoCrop() function, the internals of pixel size distortions can be
handled by each individual core.

²: furthermore, by taking optional cropping information in
videoSize(), games can scale even larger into the viewport window. So
for example, before the Super Famicom could only scale to 1536x1440. But
by cropping the vertical resolution by 6 (228p effectively, still more
than NTSC can even show), I can now scale to 1792x1596. And wiht aspect
correction, that becomes a perfect 8:7 ratio of 2048x1596, giving me
perfectly crisp pixels without linear interpolation being required.

Errata: for some reason, when I save a new managed state with the SFC
core, the default description is being set to a string of what looks to
be hex numbers. I found the cause ... I'll fix this in the next release.

Note: I'd also like to hide the "find codes..." button if cheats.bml
isn't present, as well as update the SMP TEST register comment from
smp/timing.cpp
2017-07-05 16:39:14 +10:00
Tim Allen 40802b0b9f Update to v103r05 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - fc/controller: added ControllerPort class; removed Peripherals class
  - md/controller/gamepad: removed X,Y,Z buttons since this isn't a
    6-button controller
  - ms/controller: added ControllerPort class (not used in Game Gear
    mode); removed Peripherals class
  - pce/controller: added ControllerPort class; removed Peripherals
    class
  - processor/spc700: idle(address) is part of SMP class again, contains
    flag to detect mov (x)+ edge case
  - sfc/controller/super-scope,justifier: use CPU frequency instead of
    hard-coding NTSC frequency
  - sfc/cpu: move 4x8-bit SMP ports to SMP class
  - sfc/smp: move APU RAM to DSP class
  - sfc/smp: improved emulation of TEST registers bits 4-7 [information
    from nocash]
      - d4,d5 is RAM wait states (1,2,5,10)
      - d6,d7 is ROM/IO wait states (1,2,5,10)
  - sfc/smp: code cleanup to new style (order from lowest to highest
    bits; use .bit(s) functions)
  - sfc/smp: $00f8,$00f9 are P4/P5 auxiliary ports; named the registers
    better
2017-07-01 16:15:27 +10:00
Tim Allen 8af3e4a6e2 Update to v102r22 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - higan: Emulator::Interface::videoSize() renamed to videoResolution()
  - higan: Emulator::Interface::rtcsync() renamed to rtcSynchronize()
  - higan: added video display rotation support to Video
  - GBA: substantially improved audio mixing
      - fixed bug with FIFO 50%/100% volume setting
      - now properly using SOUNDBIAS amplitude to control output
        frequencies
      - reduced quantization noise
      - corrected relative volumes between PSG and FIFO channels
      - both PSG and FIFO values cached based on amplitude; resulting in
        cleaner PCM samples
      - treating PSG volume=3 as 200% volume instead of 0% volume now
        (unverified: to match mGBA)
  - GBA: properly initialize ALL CPU state; including the vital
    prefetch.wait=1 (fixes Classic NES series games)
  - GBA: added video rotation with automatic key translation support
  - PCE: reduced output resolution scalar from 285x242 to 285x240
      - the extra two scanlines won't be visible on most TVs; and they
        make all other cores look worse
      - this is because all other cores output at 240p or less; so they
        were all receiving black bars in windowed mode
  - tomoko: added "Rotate Display" hotkey setting
  - tomoko: changed hotkey multi-key logic to OR instead of AND
      - left support for flipping it back inside the core; for those so
        inclined; by uncommenting one line in input.hpp
  - tomoko: when choosing Settings→Configuration, it will
    automatically select the currently loaded system
      - for instance, if you're playing a Game Gear game, it'll take you
        to the Game Gear input settings
      - if no games are loaded, it will take you to the hotkeys panel
        instead
  - WS(C): merged "Hardware-Vertical", "Hardware-Horizontal" controls
    into combined "Hardware"
  - WS(C): converted rotation support from being inside the core to
    using Emulator::Video
      - this lets WS(C) video content scale larger now that it's not
        bounded by a 224x224 square box
  - WS(C): added automatic key rotation support
  - WS(C): removed emulator "Rotate" key (use the general hotkey
    instead; I recommend F8 for this)
  - nall: added serializer support for nall::Boolean (boolean) types
      - although I will probably prefer the usage of uint1 in most cases
2017-06-09 00:08:02 +10:00
Tim Allen 0bf2c9d4e1 Update to v102r13 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - removed Emulator::Interface::videoFrequency(), audioFrequency()¹
  - (MS,GG,MD)/PSG: removed inversion on noise channel LFSR update
    [mic_]
  - MD/PSG: lowered volume to match YM2612 volume
  - MD/YM2612: added Cydrak's emulation of FM channels and LFO²

¹: These were no longer used by the UI. The video frequency is
adaptive on many systems. And the audio frequency is meaningless due to
Emulator::Audio always outputting a consistent frequency specified by
the UI. Plus, take the Genesis where there's two sound chips running at
different frequencies. So, these had to go.

²: Due to some lurking bugs, the audio is completely broken
unfortunately. Will need to be debugged :(

First pass looking for any typos didn't yield any obvious results.
2017-03-02 07:40:55 +11:00
Tim Allen 8071da4c6a Update to v102r09 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - MD: restructured DMA to a subclass of VDP
  - MD: implemented VRAM copy mode (fixes Langrisser II ... mostly)
  - MS: implemened PSG support [Cydrak]
  - GG: implemented PSG stereo sound support
  - MS: use the new struct Model {} design that other cores use

The MS/GG PSG should be feature complete, but I don't have good tests
for Game Gear stereo mode, nor for the noise channel. There's also a
really weird behavior with when to reload the channel counters on volume
register writes. I can confirm what Cydrak observed in that following
the docs and reloading always creates serious audio distortion problems.
So, more research is needed there.

To get the correct sound out of the PSG, I have to run it at 3.58MHz /
16, which seems really weird to me. The docs make it sound like it's
supposed to run at the full 3.58MHz. If we can really run it at
223.7KHz, then that's help reduce the overhead of PSG emulation, which
will definitely come in handy for Mega Drive, and possibly later Mega
CD, emulation.

I have not implemented the PSG into the Mega Drive just yet. Nor have I
implemented save states or cheat code support into the MS/GG cores yet.
The latter is next on my list.
2017-02-21 22:07:33 +11:00
Tim Allen ee7662a8be Update to v102r04 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:
  - Super Game Boy support is functional once again
  - new GameBoy::SuperGameBoyInterface class
  - system.(dmg,cgb,sgb) is now Model::(Super)GameBoy(Color) ala the PC
    Engine
  - merged WonderSwanInterface, WonderSwanColorInterface shared
    functions to WonderSwan::Interface
  - merged GameBoyInterface, GameBoyColorInterface shared functions to
    GameBoy::Interface
  - Interface::unload() now calls Interface::save() for Master System,
    Game Gear, Mega Drive, PC Engine, SuperGrafx
  - PCE: emulated PCE-CD backup RAM; stored per-game as save.ram (2KiB
    file)
      - this means you can now save your progress in games like Neutopia
      - the PCE-CD I/O registers like BRAM write protect are not
        emulated yet
  - PCE: IRQ sources now hold the IRQ line state, instead of the CPU
    holding it
      - this fixes most SuperGrafx games, which were fighting over the
        VDC IRQ line previously
  - PCE: CPU I/O $14xx should return the pending IRQ bits even if IRQs
    are disabled
  - PCE: VCE and the VDCs now synchronize to each other; fixes pixel
    widths in all games
  - PCE: greatly increased the accuracy of the VPC priority selection
    code (windows may be buggy still)
  - HuC6280: PLA, PLX, PLY should set Z, N flags; fixes many game bugs
    [Jonas Quinn]

The big thing I wanted to do was enslave the VDC(s) to the VCE. But
unfortunately, I forgot about the asynchronous DMA channels that each
VDC supports, so this isn't going to be possible I'm afraid.

In the most demanding case, Daimakaimura in-game, we're looking at 85fps
on my Xeon E3 1276v3. So ... not great, and we don't even have sound
connected yet.

We are going to have to profile and optimize this code once sound
emulation and save states are in.

Basically, think of it like this: the VCE, VDC0, and VDC1 all have the
same overhead, scheduling wise (which is the bulk of the performance
loss) as the dot-renderer for the SNES core. So it's like there's three
bsnes-accuracy PPU threads running just for video.

-----

Oh, just a fair warning ... the hooks for the SGB are a work in
progress.

If anyone is working on higan or a fork and want to do something similar
to it, don't use it as a template, at least not yet.

Right now, higan looks like this:

  - Emulator::Video handles the platform→videoRefresh calls
  - Emulator::Audio handles the platform→audioSample calls
  - each core hard-codes the platform→inputPoll, inputRumble calls
  - each core hard-codes calls to path, open, load to process files
  - dipSettings and notify are specialty hacks, neither are even hooked
    up right now to anything

With the SGB, it's an emulation core inside an emulation core, so
ideally you want to hook all of those functions. Emulator::Video and
Emulator::Audio aren't really abstractions over that, as the GB core
calls them and we have to special case not calling them in SGB mode.

The path, open, load can be implemented without hooks, thanks to the UI
only using one instance of Emulator::Platform for all cores. All we have
to do is override the folder path ID for the "Game Boy.sys" folder, so
that it picks "Super Game Boy.sfc/" and loads its boot ROM instead.
That's just a simple argument to GameBoy::System::load() and we're done.

dipSettings, notify and inputRumble don't matter. But we do also have to
hook inputPoll as well.

The nice idea would be for SuperFamicom::ICD2 to inherit from
Emulator::Platform and provide the desired functions that we need to
overload. After that, we'd just need the GB core to keep an abstraction
over the global Emulator::platform\* handle, to select between the UI
version and the SFC::ICD2 version.

However ... that doesn't work because of Emulator::Video and
Emulator::Audio. They would also have to gain an abstraction over
Emulator::platform\*, and even worse ... you'd have to constantly swap
between the two so that the SFC core uses the UI, and the GB core uses
the ICD2.

And so, for right now, I'm checking Model::SuperGameBoy() -> bool
everywhere, and choosing between the UI and ICD2 targets that way. And
as such, the ICD2 doesn't really need Emulator::Platform inheritance,
although it certainly could do that and just use the functions it needs.

But the SGB is even weirder, because we need additional new signals
beyond just Emulator::Platform, like joypWrite(), etc.

I'd also like to work on the Emulator::Stream for the SGB core. I don't
see why we can't have the GB core create its own stream, and let the
ICD2 just use that instead. We just have to be careful about the ICD2's
CPU soft reset function, to make sure the GB core's Stream object
remains valid. What I think that needs is a way to release an
Emulator::Stream individually, rather than calling
Emulator::Audio::reset() to do it. They are shared\_pointer objects, so
I think if I added a destructor function to remove it from
Emulator::Audio::streams, then that should work.
2017-01-26 12:06:06 +11:00
Tim Allen bdc100e123 Update to v102r02 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - I caved on the `samples[] = {0.0}` thing, but I'm very unhappy about it
      - if it's really invalid C++, then GCC needs to stop accepting it
        in strict `-std=c++14` mode
  - Emulator::Interface::Information::resettable is gone
  - Emulator::Interface::reset() is gone
  - FC, SFC, MD cores updated to remove soft reset behavior
  - split GameBoy::Interface into GameBoyInterface,
    GameBoyColorInterface
  - split WonderSwan::Interface into WonderSwanInterface,
    WonderSwanColorInterface
  - PCE: fixed off-by-one scanline error [hex_usr]
  - PCE: temporary hack to prevent crashing when VDS is set to < 2
  - hiro: Cocoa: removed (u)int(#) constants; converted (u)int(#)
    types to (u)int_(#)t types
  - icarus: replaced usage of unique with strip instead (so we don't
    mess up frameworks on macOS)
  - libco: added macOS-specific section marker [Ryphecha]

So ... the major news this time is the removal of the soft reset
behavior. This is a major!! change that results in a 100KiB diff file,
and it's very prone to accidental mistakes!! If anyone is up for
testing, or even better -- looking over the code changes between v102r01
and v102r02 and looking for any issues, please do so. Ideally we'll want
to test every NES mapper type and every SNES coprocessor type by loading
said games and power cycling to make sure the games are all cleanly
resetting. It's too big of a change for me to cover there not being any
issues on my own, but this is truly critical code, so yeah ... please
help if you can.

We technically lose a bit of hardware documentation here. The soft reset
events do all kinds of interesting things in all kinds of different
chips -- or at least they do on the SNES. This is obviously not ideal.
But in the process of removing these portions of code, I found a few
mistakes I had made previously. It simplifies resetting the system state
a lot when not trying to have all the power() functions call the reset()
functions to share partial functionality.

In the future, the goal will be to come up with a way to add back in the
soft reset behavior via keyboard binding as with the Master System core.
What's going to have to happen is that the key binding will have to send
a "reset pulse" to every emulated chip, and those chips are going to
have to act independently to power() instead of reusing functionality.
We'll get there eventually, but there's many things of vastly greater
importance to work on right now, so it'll be a while. The information
isn't lost ... we'll just have to pull it out of v102 when we are ready.

Note that I left the SNES reset vector simulation code in, even though
it's not possible to trigger, for the time being.

Also ... the Super Game Boy core is still disconnected. To be honest, it
totally slipped my mind when I released v102 that it wasn't connected
again yet. This one's going to be pretty tricky to be honest. I'm
thinking about making a third GameBoy::Interface class just for SGB, and
coming up with some way of bypassing platform-> calls when in this
mode.
2017-01-23 08:04:26 +11:00
Tim Allen 26bd7590ad Update to v101r32 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - SMS: fixed controller connection bug
  - SMS: fixed Z80 reset bug
  - PCE: emulated HuC6280 MMU
  - PCE: emulated HuC6280 RAM
  - PCE: emulated HuCard ROM reading
  - PCE: implemented 178 instructions
  - tomoko: removed "soft reset" functionality
  - tomoko: moved "power cycle" to just above "unload" option

I'm not sure of the exact number of HuC6280 instructions, but it's less
than 260.

Many of the ones I skipped are HuC6280-originals that I don't know how
to emulate just yet.

I'm also really unsure about the zero page stuff. I believe we should be
adding 0x2000 to the addresses to hit page 1, which is supposed to be
mapped to the zero page (RAM). But when I look at turboEMU's source, I
have no clue how the hell it could possibly be doing that. It looks to
be reading from page 0, which is almost always ROM, which would be ...
really weird.

I also don't know if I've emulated the T mode opcodes correctly or not.
The documentation on them is really confusing.
2017-01-14 10:59:38 +11:00
Tim Allen bf90bdfcc8 Update to v101r31 release.
byuu says:

Changelog:

  - converted Emulator::Interface::Bind to Emulator::Platform
  - temporarily disabled SGB hooks
  - SMS: emulated Game Gear palette (latching word-write behavior not
    implemented yet)
  - SMS: emulated Master System 'Reset' button, Game Gear 'Start' button
  - SMS: removed reset() functionality, driven by the mappable input now
    instead
  - SMS: split interface class in two: one for Master System, one for
    Game Gear
  - SMS: emulated Game Gear video cropping to 160x144
  - PCE: started on HuC6280 CPU core—so far only registers, NOP
    instruction has been implemented

Errata:

  - Super Game Boy support is broken and thus disabled
  - if you switch between Master System and Game Gear without
    restarting, bad things happen:
      - SMS→GG, no video output on the GG
      - GG→SMS, no input on the SMS

I'm not sure what's causing the SMS\<-\>GG switch bug, having a hard
time debugging it. Help would be very much appreciated, if anyone's up
for it. Otherwise I'll keep trying to track it down on my end.
2017-01-13 12:15:45 +11:00