Emulation News 285: Updates for 2-5-12

Happy Super Bowl Weekend! Now for the news!


Dolphin Git 3.0-415

"* TextureCacheBase: Remove a superfluous TODO (texture hashing takes care of that stuff)
* Merge branch 'texcache-preload'
For further info, see revision 56ccfc5d9d4defb308e02a71d201aee9eef0a76e.
* Added an error check for invalid contents in ES_OPENCONTENT. Fixes Jungle Speed and Doc's Punch Out.
Fixes issue 3035.
* Removed the busy-wait from DSP LLE on thread. Reduces the CPU usage in this scenario by around a third."

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WinUAE v2.4.0 Beta 15

"- Append 'i' to PC resolutions that are interlaced. (TV Out, VGA + 15KHz hacks etc..)
- Low latency Amiga interlace mode odd/even fields are now in sync with output's odd/even fields, if output resolution is also interlaced.
- Set cpu speed to "real" if it was fastest possible originally when switching cycle-exact on the fly using uae-configuration.
- MIDI device IDs are correct again (b1)
- Display panel displaydata PAL/NTSC/etc select box now mirrors currently active emulated setting.
- "Default refresh rate" skipped every other frame in DirectDraw mode (b14)
- gfx_autoresolution_min_vertical and gfx_autoresolution_min_horizontal support on the fly adjustment using uae-configuration.
- Write winuaebootlog.txt to Windows temp directory if original directory is read-only.
- Directory harddrives configured as unbootable are now really unbootable under KS 1.3.
- Mequa's optimized Akiko C2P added.
- HID raw input mask overflow when HID bitsize was 32. (PPJoy)"

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MESS SVN r14348

"r14347
Proper fix for issues with slots, removed old fix too (no whatsnew)
r14348
Sync with MAME r15303 (nw)"

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QMC2 SVN r3516

"r3512
imp: ROMAlyzer: checksum-wizard: when the user changes the checksum-type
and the current checksum is available in the 'other' type as well,
display it in the line-edit (not available when the checksum is edited
manually)
r3513
fix: embedder on X11: corrected initial input focus after launching a
new embedded emulator
r3514
imp: icon loader: ignore file extension completely when loaded from ZIP
r3515
imp: updated Polish translation
imp: added configurations for Fedoras 17 (soon to be branched) and 18 (what rawhide will become after that)
r3516
Updated the SVN exclude list"

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