ask the OS to asynchronously fetch the next chunk from disk before we actually
use it. We then cancel this request and ignore the data before the next extract
but it's very likely that when extract tries to read from disk the data will
already be cached by the OS.
This frequently allows to overcome HDD seek time (mostly due to fragmentation)
of the compressed file.
PCSX2 applies patches from several sources: GameIndex.dbf, cheats folder,
widescreen patches folder and widescreen patches zip (cheats_ws.zip).
all these patche sources are typically applied whenever any kind of
configuration changes (e.g. aspect ratio etc), depending on config.
typically we want to display all this info at the console/log only on boot,
unless we're in Devel mode or if the user enables the verbose console.
this patch unifies all the verbosity related prints to use PatchesCon, where
this object is controlled according to the conditions (devel mode, boot time,
console mode).
it replaces passing around a "verbose" and includes some more prints which did
not adhere to this policy earlier (e.g. the patches lines were only printed
if verbose console was enabled - now they also print on boot).
warnings and errors are unmodified and always print to the console.
It conflicts with the global definition
I don't remember why this option was set on GSdx. Potentially it could be dropped (or fixed correctly)
Anyway, it will help to enable Address Sanitizer on Linux Build
using the data from the forums and web site.
update summary:
Not at dbf (and added): 21
Unchanged: 1832
Better compat: 656
Worse compat: 23
new status:
Compatibility 1: 8 games
Compatibility 2: 38 games
Compatibility 3: 54 games
Compatibility 4: 67 games
Compatibility 5: 2607 games
Some post-processing updates.
- Fixed an old overlooked typo (scalar:scaler)
- Specified some function parameters as input only, for compiler's sake.
- Improved interpolation of the BlendGlow bloom type between light and dark pixels.
- Added a brightpass filter to the bloom to specifiy a light threshold that the bloom will affect.
- Improved some cross processing curve logic.
- Added pre luminance scaling before tone mapping takes place.
- Added both LDR & HDR variants to the tone map options.
- Removed clamping of the tone mapping output.
- Rearranged output of the gamma correction, for a more accurate transition of effects.
- Updated some option descriptions.
- Added the 'BloomCutoff' setting which can a alter the threshold offset for the bloom.
- Adjusted a few option defaults to compensate for logic changes.
We should have tagged v1.3.0 at 1fb3d7dd17
but we didn't, and tagging v1.3.0 now (HEAD or retroactively) would only create
confusion.
Instead we're setting a new baseline version of 1.3.1 which will be displayed
at the buildbot lists, at pcsx2, and at the git tag.
This doesn't indicate any change to pcsx2 other than aligning the version
numbers of the various places which use it.
1. When changing settings, such as aspect ratio, patches message was spamming
the console, now they don't.
2. Added more verbose patches messages when ELF-log is enabled at the console.
These messages now show whenever patches/cheats are applied, including when
changing settings such as aspect ratio.
3. When rebooting the same game again, some of the cheats messages were not
displayed since it's the same CRC and the logic thought it should remain quiet,
now verbose gets reset on boot which will show all patches messages correctly.
4. Errors/warnings stay the same and not afected by this change.
It explains why first 'register' isn't included in the loop.
Hardware note: it is called a register but in hardware they're just wire
stuck on 0/1, so not a real HW register
3kinox