Post v1.42 ZSNES WIPs

ipher · Post by **ipher** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:51 am

One month later...

10/08/05
ALL: Auto-increase save slot now shows the right slot onscreen, and works while recording movies as well. [grinvader]
ALL: SPC700 and DMA fixes [pagefault]
ALL: Fixed SRAM Check+Save once and for all. [Jonas Quinn]
ALL: Stupid (and old) mistake successfully corrected after manual tracking, fixed bug #52, and probably lots of other sound issues upon state load... Thanks to Jonas Quinn for helping. [grinvader]
ALL: Fixed sound after loading certain savestates. [Jonas Quinn]
ALL: Fixed crash when mmx is disabled and 25% scanlines with interpolation is enabled (bug #142). [Jonas Quinn]
ALL: Added Jonas Quinn to the Developer list in the about menu [Nach]
W_L: Notebook battery status option is now availabe in the Misc Keys window (Thanks to David Lee Lambert for code used in Linux port with this) [pagefault, Nach]
SDL: Removed dangerous checking of enviroment variable for user's home path. [Nach]
WIN: Added 1600x1200 FDR/FDS. [Aerdan]
WIN: Fixed corrupted graphics when alt-tabbing [pagefault]
MOV: Powercycling sequence corrected, should now work with everything - thanks to pagefault for pointing out the errors [grinvader]
SRC: Cleaner code for repackfunct, it was rather pitiful. [grinvader]
SRC: Little source cleanup in spc700.asm [grinvader]
SRC: Removed some alignment dependancy, removed some archaic code such as Dracula X hack. [Nach]
SRC: Some cleanup [Nach]

EDIT: 1680x1050 FDR was never committed, and the frameskip code was rolled back before the WIP, changelog has been modified to reflect this

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:55 am

Note: This doesn't actually have a 1680 x 1050 video mode. Just the 1600 x 1200 ones.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:15 am

Hey, new WIP release. Great job devs.

Post by **Agozer** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:13 am

I saw the changelog yesterday, but there were no binaries... Now things are better.

Aerdan · Post by **Aerdan** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:25 pm

It appears that someone didn't commit my latest hires.tbz2 code, then, cos that has 1680x1050.

Post by **pagefault** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:01 pm

Also I would like to mention that some games may be buggy due to DMA changes. This is a work in progress like everything else. But you can see where we are going with this as SFA2 and SSF2 graphic problems are now totally fixed.

ipher · Post by **ipher** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:23 am

Minor updates

10/13/05
ALL: Made gui option save config override dontsave option. Fixed bug #13. [Nach]
WIN: Added 1680x1050 FDR [Aerdan]
SRC: Cleanup and consolidation [Nach]

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:28 am

Aerdan wrote:It appears that someone didn't commit my latest hires.tbz2 code, then, cos that has 1680x1050.

I really, really hate to sound like I'm ungrateful, but this is marked DR, when it should be DS. Would it be possible to add a DR mode, basically 1280x960 DR FULL with more borders?

Aerdan · Post by **Aerdan** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:49 am

It is?

*fixes that in local source, tarballs, and whines at someone to commit*

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:59 am

Just a thought, those DMA fixes better come quick... because the grass used in some of the Super Mario All Stars games really hurt the eyes.

Post by **Nach** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:47 am

Deathlike2 wrote:Just a thought, those DMA fixes better come quick... because the grass used in some of the Super Mario All Stars games really hurt the eyes.

If you want to revert to the old DMA, just do it yourself, it's a single line.
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/z ... 62&r2=1.63

Post by **pagefault** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:34 pm

Please remember this is a work in progress build. This is not stable. If you want a stable release use 1.42.

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:42 pm

Idea for ipher for WIPs:

You might want to package a "warning.txt" file or "readme.txt" file or whatever with the releases that says that WIPs are unstable and should not be regarded as official releases. Mention that some features may not be fully functional and that some games may be broken. You may also want to refer them to the 1.42 release for a documentation.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:53 pm

Actually.. I think it would be better to have a warning after a release that does something significant. You had a release months ago with some drastic changes and you said not to report the effects of some of the changes (unless it was some show stopping bug) since you were going to fix it in subsequent changes.

In the same way, the DMA changes are very similar and should have been handled like before.

ipher · Post by **ipher** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:28 am

Early Morning WIP!

10/20/05
ALL: Reenable all sound channels on state load, removed some useless code. [Nach]
ALL: SPC filenames are no longer truncated if there is a dot in the filename. [Jonas Quinn]
ALL: Hacks can now be disabled via command line (-dh). [Jonas Quinn]
W_S: As requested, 'Gamepad' instead of 'Joystick'... [grinvader]
SDL: Fixed bug in secure browser launcher. (Thanks Matt Messier!) [Nach]
WIN: 1680x1050 FDR is really FDR now (not FDS) [Aerdan]
GUI: Fixed cosmetic bug in cheat window when removing cheats (bug #15). [Jonas Quinn]
SRC: Cleanup [Jonas Quinn]
SRC: Get_Date returns correct year now [Jonas Quinn]

Cyrus · Post by **Cyrus** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:47 am

ipher wrote:Early Morning WIP!

10/20/05
ALL: Reenable all sound channels on state load, removed some useless code. [Nach]
ALL: SPC filenames are no longer truncated if there is a dot in the filename. [Jonas Quinn]
ALL: Hacks can now be disabled via command line (-dh). [Jonas Quinn]
W_S: As requested, 'Gamepad' instead of 'Joystick'... [grinvader]
SDL: Fixed bug in secure browser launcher. (Thanks Matt Messier!) [Nach]
WIN: 1680x1050 FDR is really FDR now (not FDS) [Aerdan]
GUI: Fixed cosmetic bug in cheat window when removing cheats (bug #15). [Jonas Quinn]
SRC: Cleanup [Jonas Quinn]
SRC: Get_Date returns correct year now [Jonas Quinn]

I have to say I'm rather impressed by the latest WIPs. The fastforward/slowdown options, the dramatic improvement to the buggy sounds in square games, and the many other improvements which would take too long to list out. I've been using Zsnes for 7 years(?) now, keep up the great work.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:32 am

The hack disabler will come in handy - no need for a separate build for this now.

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:22 am

Clements wrote:The hack disabler will come in handy - no need for a separate build for this now.

I have to ask, only beacue that I have had 2 hours of sleep in the last 48+ hours, does that mean the hacks are back in, but those of us who like to test games without them can disable them?

Post by **Nach** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:23 am

SquareHead wrote:
Clements wrote:The hack disabler will come in handy - no need for a separate build for this now.
I have to ask, only beacue that I have had 2 hours of sleep in the last 48+ hours, does that mean the hacks are back in, but those of us who like to test games without them can disable them?

There were always hacks in ZSNES. However you can disable the ones that are in ZSNES if you want.

Stifu · Post by **Stifu** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:29 pm

Looks like ipher (or whoever) forgot to update the links to the WIP... However, you can still download it by changing the URL manually (20 instead of 13).

Anyway, keep up the good work guys... Being able to disable hacks will probably help making more precise bug reports and all...

Post by **Agozer** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:21 pm

Stifu wrote:Looks like ipher (or whoever) forgot to update the links to the WIP... However, you can still download it by changing the URL manually (20 instead of 13).

Anyway, keep up the good work guys... Being able to disable hacks will probably help making more precise bug reports and all...

The link is there, just not on the left side. Just check under Current WIPs.

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:28 pm

1680x1050 now seems to be working correctly. Thanks Aerdan!

Aerdan · Post by **Aerdan** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:41 pm

Thank ipher for making [and committing] the change, more than me for adding it in the first place.

ipher · Post by **ipher** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:12 pm

Stifu wrote:Looks like ipher (or whoever) forgot to update the links to the WIP... However, you can still download it by changing the URL manually (20 instead of 13).

Thanks for pointing that out, I forgot that all of my files still look to an... odd directory for that section of the page. Fixin it now

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:42 pm

Hey cool, new WIP version. Nice job devs!