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byuu 448a8336b1 Update to bsnes v036r10? release.
Sorry, was a bit under the weather lately.

Anyway, new WIP, very little changed.

Updated nall::sort from insertion sort to merge sort* [O(n log n)],
and then used that to add a "Keep cheat code list sorted by
description" checkbox to the cheat code editor. I'll admit this
probably isn't very useful, I really just wanted an excuse to
implement a proper sorting algorithm and get rid of the embarassing
O(n^2) sorting code I had in my template library. It's actually the
first time in 11 years of programming that I've ever used a sort
function in an application, believe it or not. I'll make it an
advanced mode option if it really bothers people (eg as feature
bloat.) It was only ~12 extra lines of code.
(* not using quick sort as I need a stable sort for my purposes (eg
two descriptions that are the same, but with different codes -- it
shouldn't bounce around every time the list changes or you toggle the
sort option), and it's nice avoiding the worst-case O(n^2) issue with
quick sort.)

Updated the mouse acquired check to work, but only on mouse input. Not
that it matters much since I still don't have a method for
distinguishing between mouse and joypad movement deltas. Eg this build
only works with joypads, not mice.

Moved the endian stuff from bsnes/src/lib/bbase.h to nall/endian.hpp.
I've been trying to eliminate bbase.h for quite a while now. Getting
pretty close, just some Windows POSIX wrappers and typedefs left.

Hid a bunch of the new config file options from the advanced panel.
The idea, of course, is to hide anything that can already be
controlled from the GUI anyway.

Sigh, no way I can make an October 14th release this year. Way too
much stuff is broken.

Dullaron, no, that's not the problem at all. See the input driver
thread for more info.

FitzRoy, wow, 1800dpi. Yeah, my mouse can do that, too; but I leave it
at 1000dpi. That's odd, the work mouse is only 400dpi and its slower
there than my 1000dpi. I'd have expected 1800dpi to be way too fast
for you. I'm at a loss, maybe I'll take a look at how other emulators
handle mouse movement ...

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readme.txt

bsnes
Version: 0.036
Author: byuu

========
General:
========

bsnes is a Super Nintendo / Super Famicom emulator that began on
October 14th, 2004.

The latest version can be downloaded from:
http://byuu.org/

Please see license.txt for important licensing information.

==============
Configuration:
==============

bsnes has two configuration files: bsnes.cfg, for program settings; and
locale.cfg, for localization.

For each file, bsnes will start by looking inside the same folder where the
bsnes executable is located. If said file is not found, it will then check your
user profile folder. On Windows, this is located at "%APPDATA%/.bsnes". On all
other operating systems, this is located at "~/.bsnes". If said file is still
not found, it will automatically be created in your user profile folder.

If you wish to use bsnes in single-user mode, be sure that both files exist
inside the same folder as the bsnes executable. If they do not, you can simply
create new blank files and bsnes will use them in the future.

If you wish to use bsnes in multi-user mode, simply delete these two files from
the bsnes executable directory if they exist.

If you wish to have multiple configuration profiles for the same user, you will
need to make copies of the bsnes executable, and use each one in single-user
mode.

====================
Known Limitation(s):
====================

S-CPU
- Multiply / divide register delays not implemented
- "Glitch" when reading joypad registers during auto polling not implemented

S-PPU
- Uses scanline-based renderer. This is very inaccurate, but few (if any)
  games rely on mid-scanline writes to function correctly
- Does not support FirstSprite+Y priority
- OAM / CGRAM accesses during active display not supported correctly
- RTO flags are not calculated on frames that are skipped when frameskipping
  is enabled. This provides a major speedup, however it will cause in issues
  in games that test these flags, eg the SNES Test Program Electronics Test.
  Turning frameskipping off will allow RTO flag calculation on every frame

Hardware Bugs
- S-CPU.r1 HDMA crashing bug not emulated
- S-CPU<>S-SMP communication bus conflicts not emulated

===============
Known Issue(s):
===============

On Windows, attempting to load a ZIP, GZ or JMA compressed archive with
non-ANSI characters in the filename will fail. This is because Windows
requires UTF-16 encoding, but these libraries only work with UTF-8.
Note that loading uncompressed images (SMC, SFC, etc) with non-ANSI characters
works properly on all platforms.

=====================
Unsupported Hardware:
=====================

SA-1
Coprocessor used in many popular games, including:
- Dragon Ball Z Hyper Dimension
- Kirby Super Star
- Kirby's Dreamland 3
- Marvelous
- SD Gundam G-NEXT
- Super Mario RPG

Super FX
Coprocessor used in many popular games, including:
- Doom
- Star Fox
- Star Fox 2 (unreleased beta)
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

ST-011
SETA DSP used by Quick-move Shogi Match with Nidan Rank-holder Morita

ST-018
SETA RISC CPU used by Quick-move Shogi Match with Nidan Rank-holder Morita 2

Super Gameboy
Cartridge passthrough used for playing Gameboy games

==========================
Unsupported Controller(s):
==========================

Mouse
Super Scope
Justifier

=============
Contributors:
=============

Andreas Naive, anomie, blargg, DMV27, FitzRoy, GIGO, Jonas Quinn, kode54, krom,
mudlord, Nach, neviksti, Overload, RedDwarf, Richard Bannister, tetsuo55, TRAC,
zones