Emulation News 278: Updates for 1-29-12

Here are the news for today! ^_^ Happy Sunday!

WinUAE v2.4.0 Beta 14

"- Input panel qualifier key/button support. I think this was requested many many years ago.
(I didn't originally plan to do this now but someone reminded me few days ago..)
* - Any key or button can be configured as a qualifier (like a shift or control key that modifies behavior of other keys)
* - Any Input Target can be configured to require qualifiers. Input Target only triggers if it's Input Source and all configured qualifiers are active at the same time.
* - If multiple slots are configured, only slot(s) that have matching qualifier will be triggered, for example if slot 1 has qualifier and slot 2 has none: Only slot 2 triggers if Input Source matches without qualifier active and only slot 1 if Input Source matches with active qualifier.
* - Same qualifer code (1-8) can be configured to more than one key/button.
* - Qualifier(s) set to any other types than keys or buttons is currently undefined.
* - End ("*" in GUI), Shift, Alt and Control keys are mapped to built-in qualifiers.
* - Most previously hardwired key mappings (END+F1 etc..) are now implemented using Input qualifier system
* -- Exceptions: F12 so that there is no way for users to accidentally disable GUI access. END+ and END+ disk swapper and statefile shortcuts, I didn't want to add 30+ new mostly pointless input targets.. Disabled if END-key's qualifier flag is removed.
* - Qualifiers and custom events: slots 1 to 4 and 5 to 8 can have different qualifiers.

- Doubled number of input target slots (4 to 8)
- "Copy from"-button corrupted memory.
- Added keyboard default options to "Copy from"-button. Can select either Amiga or PC default mapping.
- TODO: restore only single input target to default.

- Less than 35Hz vsync display refresh rate: show only every other frame.
- Workaround for strange Windows feature or a bug. First call raw input RegisterRawInputDevices() to unregister HID devices and then immediately call to register them again: Windows randomly stops reporting HID events.
- Windows to Amiga clipboard sharing wrong string size if string contained cr/lf line endings.
- Low latency VSync screen mode switch fixes and updates.
- Native code execution (winlauch.alib etc..) is not anymore allowed by default. Option in misc panel.
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puNES v0.50

"Implemented mappers VRC6 (24 and 26) and VRC7 (85) including their extra audio channels.
Added extra audio on the mapper Sunsoft 5B (69)."

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Fceux SVN r2391

"r2386
fix vcproj
r2387
sdl: don't closeGame() on escape key when running in gui mode
r2388
sdl: gtk version 2.24 required
r2389
sdl: gtk > 2.24 recommended - everything should work but gamepad options with < 2.24 and > 2.04
r2390
sdl: minor doc update
r2391
sdl: make '--help' text spacing consistant"

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FourDO SVN r223

"r222
GDI Rendering fix wasn't checked in
r223
Some utilities"

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Stella SVN r2370

"r2370
Fixed SWCHA read handler in the case where the ports are swapped."

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MESS SVN r14250

"r14250
Some data work-around"

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QMC2 SVN r3486

"r3472
doc: change-log corrections
r3473
wip: software-detail widget: HTML editor will now auto-save/load files to the 'software notes folder' (saving the content currently has issues with special characters due to wrong HTML encoding)
r3474
imp: binary-only translation updates
r3475
wip: HTML editor: corrected special character encoding on save
r3476
wip: HTML editor: correctly auto-save when HTML code-editing is
currently active
r3477
wip: HTML editor: save only when the page has been modified
r3478
wip: HTML editor: supplemental fix to previous change
r3479
wip: HTML editor: if BROWSER_PLUGINS are allowed, enable them for the
WYSIWIG editor as well (i.e. to embed YouTube videos)
r3480
imp: updated comments regarding BROWSER_PLUGINS
r3481
imp: YouTube video player: made YouTube video URL capture reg-exp more
flexible
r3482
wip: added a 'software notes template' setting (not actively used yet)
fix: added missing (new) data-settings to ini-template
r3483
imp: translation updates
r3484
fix: corrected a compile-time bug for WIP=0
r3485
wip: (re)store use-software-template toggle's value
r3486
wip: disable software-notes template browse button during reload"

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Ootake v2.64

"- At setting of "Option" button in the start window, "MiddleLight" button
was added. If your PC power isn't enough, please use this.
- At "TV Mode" and "Horizonal Scanlined" mode (Setting->Screen menu), the
image quality setting of default was changed. The density of scanlines was
changed to 70% from 30%.
- At 640x480FullScreen, Horizonal Scanlined (& TV Mode) and Full-Stretched
Mode, the image quality was improved. * At this mode, a stretch of screen
isn't performed. The FullScreen is drawn with drawing of overscan area.
- The speed and timing were brought close to the movement of a real machine.
In "Circuslide", The problem that BGM occasionally fell into disorder was
solved.
- The processing of switching to full-screen has been improved. (
correspondence to older PC environment)
- Additionally, a detailed part has been improved and corrected.
+ The execution file for "Windows 98/Me" was opened to the public. The
operation test is not done. Please see "Readme98.txt" in the ZIP file
about details and notes, etc.
http://www.ouma.jp/file/Ootake264-for98.zip
+ I began Twitter. (Japanese language)
http://twitter.com/kitao_n

* The happiness of the game is the world human race commonness. It longs for
peace.
* I think that it cannot do improvement & correction of the above-mentioned
if there are many neither operation report nor defect report. Thank you
really for you who reported."

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