hagbard
April 13th, 2006, 10:57
The Open Source NES emulator FakeNES has been updated again. This is the change log:
Notes:
Due to recent changes, the FakeNES Save State (FNSS) file format (used by both save states and replays in FakeNES) has been updated to version 1.01. Older state files *should* continue to load, but as always I make no guarantees.
Changes:
AUDIO: Overhauled entire audio system almost completely.
AUDIO: Added auto-detection of sound system sampling rate and sample depth on first run.
AUDIO: Added a master volume control with GUI interface.
AUDIO: Added support for recording audio to WAV files.
AUDIO: Improved OpenAL support (still not correct).
AUDIO: Renamed 'Pseudo Stereo' to 'Virtual Stereo', per Astxist's suggestion.
AUDIO: Changed default audio mixing mode to Virtual Stereo Mode 2.
AUDIO: Separated APU updates from resets, allowing APU parameters to be updated without adversely affecting gameplay.
AUDIO: Disabled reinitialization of the audio system during a hard reset, since there is no longer any need for it, and it might've been causing problems.
CODE: General code clean-ups.
CODE: Split platform-specific initialization code into it's own file.
CODE: Merged pAPU with APU.
CODE: Merged HQ2X, HQ3X, and HQ4X into a single file.
CORE: Quick and dirty clean-up of the CPU interface.
CODE: Added support for linking against Allegro statically under Mingw32.
CODE: Implemented separate directories for optimized, debug, and static builds under Mingw32.
CODE: Added 'VERBOSE' makefile macro that passes -Q to gcc when defined (DJGPP/Mingw32).
CODE: Now linking against ALUT when FakeNES is built with OpenAL support.
CODE: Reorganized input handling code.
CODE: Updated copyright messages.
CODE: Removed Clarified Artistic License notice from file headers.
CODE: Removed 'build.h' since DJGPP is no longer a primary development platform anyway.
GUI: Fixed a crash in the Cheat Manager.
GUI: Fixed a bug in the input configuration dialog.
GUI: Added an entry to the Video menu to enable/disable page buffering.
GUI: Updated and cleaned up the Help->Shortcuts dialog.
GUI: Moved a few menus around.
GUI: Reorganized Video menu a bit.
INPUT: Made all input Unicode-compatible.
MISC: Added real-time game rewinding (activated by holding down the backslash key on US keyboards).
MISC: More reliable FPS reporting.
MISC: Fixed a problem with the generic mouse pointer used by the color themes.
MISC: Removed resync, since it is no longer required.
MISC: Increased default maximum frame skip setting from 3 to 4 to improve performance on slow machines.
VIDEO: Fixed a possible crash when the screen resolution was not sufficient for the selected blitter.
VIDEO: Added support for multiple video filters of the same type.
VIDEO: Reduced edge clipping from 12 to 8 pixels, which still seems sufficient enough to hide most scrolling artifacts.
VIDEO: Added check for VRAM-based destination bitmap before attempting page buffering.
VIDEO: Disabled page buffering by default, since it causes a significant speed hit.
VIDEO: Disabled the drawing of message history when the chat box is not open.You can get it here (http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/nes/fakenes.html)
Notes:
Due to recent changes, the FakeNES Save State (FNSS) file format (used by both save states and replays in FakeNES) has been updated to version 1.01. Older state files *should* continue to load, but as always I make no guarantees.
Changes:
AUDIO: Overhauled entire audio system almost completely.
AUDIO: Added auto-detection of sound system sampling rate and sample depth on first run.
AUDIO: Added a master volume control with GUI interface.
AUDIO: Added support for recording audio to WAV files.
AUDIO: Improved OpenAL support (still not correct).
AUDIO: Renamed 'Pseudo Stereo' to 'Virtual Stereo', per Astxist's suggestion.
AUDIO: Changed default audio mixing mode to Virtual Stereo Mode 2.
AUDIO: Separated APU updates from resets, allowing APU parameters to be updated without adversely affecting gameplay.
AUDIO: Disabled reinitialization of the audio system during a hard reset, since there is no longer any need for it, and it might've been causing problems.
CODE: General code clean-ups.
CODE: Split platform-specific initialization code into it's own file.
CODE: Merged pAPU with APU.
CODE: Merged HQ2X, HQ3X, and HQ4X into a single file.
CORE: Quick and dirty clean-up of the CPU interface.
CODE: Added support for linking against Allegro statically under Mingw32.
CODE: Implemented separate directories for optimized, debug, and static builds under Mingw32.
CODE: Added 'VERBOSE' makefile macro that passes -Q to gcc when defined (DJGPP/Mingw32).
CODE: Now linking against ALUT when FakeNES is built with OpenAL support.
CODE: Reorganized input handling code.
CODE: Updated copyright messages.
CODE: Removed Clarified Artistic License notice from file headers.
CODE: Removed 'build.h' since DJGPP is no longer a primary development platform anyway.
GUI: Fixed a crash in the Cheat Manager.
GUI: Fixed a bug in the input configuration dialog.
GUI: Added an entry to the Video menu to enable/disable page buffering.
GUI: Updated and cleaned up the Help->Shortcuts dialog.
GUI: Moved a few menus around.
GUI: Reorganized Video menu a bit.
INPUT: Made all input Unicode-compatible.
MISC: Added real-time game rewinding (activated by holding down the backslash key on US keyboards).
MISC: More reliable FPS reporting.
MISC: Fixed a problem with the generic mouse pointer used by the color themes.
MISC: Removed resync, since it is no longer required.
MISC: Increased default maximum frame skip setting from 3 to 4 to improve performance on slow machines.
VIDEO: Fixed a possible crash when the screen resolution was not sufficient for the selected blitter.
VIDEO: Added support for multiple video filters of the same type.
VIDEO: Reduced edge clipping from 12 to 8 pixels, which still seems sufficient enough to hide most scrolling artifacts.
VIDEO: Added check for VRAM-based destination bitmap before attempting page buffering.
VIDEO: Disabled page buffering by default, since it causes a significant speed hit.
VIDEO: Disabled the drawing of message history when the chat box is not open.You can get it here (http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/nes/fakenes.html)