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July 10, 2011
Emulation News 101: Updates for 7-10-11
Here are today's updates. Lots of new updates including SSF Test Version, MESS, puNES, PCSX2, multiMAN, Dolphin, Emu Loader, and even Pasofami! Check them out!
July 02, 2011
Emulation News 092: Updates for 7-1-11
Lets start the month right, news for you my friends. New MESS, Mame, Fceux, Speak & Spell, and much more!
June 28, 2011
Emulation News 089: Updates for 6-28-11
Here are today's updates. Not as many as other days but gotta keep you guys up to date right?
To sum up some of the updates involve your favorites such as MESS, Jpcsp, and PCSX2. There is also a new version of SPU2-X that finally reaches to version 2.0. There are lots of other updates as well so check them out!
May 17, 2011
Emulation News 052: Updates for 5-17-11
Here are the news for today. Enjoy!
QMC2 v0.2.b20Source
"- fix: ROMAlyzer / checksum wizard: correctly handle ROM files when their names contain special characters (i.e. ´&´)
- fix: corrected the handling of repeated log messages (the repetition counter was correctly logged, but the actual new message was eaten)
- fix: remove Phonon effects asynchronously (aka QObject::deleteLater()) -- note that this finally also fixes the long-standing post-mortem crash on Mac OS X
- fix: file and directory edit widgets did only commit any data changes when they were ´edited´, but not when their data changed ´spontaneously´ -- see bug tracker ID #17
- fix: MESS targets: avoid crash when exiting while a device setup is open
- fix: emulator configuration: correctly position the text cursor for ´int´ and ´float´ option types as well
- fix: corrected hiding of category-/version-columns in the category-/version-views
- fix: embedder: under certain window-managers (i.e. KDE4 >= 4.6) the snapshot-viewer wasn´t correctly updated -- fixed by adding an explicit paintEvent() method which just repaints the background brush
- fix: Win32: emulator control panel: hide LED0-, LED1- and status-columns, because notifiers aren´t supported on Windows (yet)
- imp: SDLMAME/MAME/MAMEUIFX32 templates updated to 0.142u3 (new option menu for MAME, removed option uimodekey for MAME)
- imp: SDLMESS/MESS templates updated to 0.142u3
- imp: ghost image enhanced, including a derived ´no video´ pendant
- imp: improved log output when the validation of the emulator executable fails
- imp: MESS targets: added new / alternate emulator type identification string (´M.E.S.S.´ vs. ´MESS´) as used since 0.142 SVN -- see bug tracker ID #16
- imp: MESS targets: the device configurator now also saves / restores the last selected setup (if any) and includes a context menu for the device instance map
- imp: added an option to let the user decide if the ROM status icons are to be shown or not (see in game/machine-list tab of the main setup dialog)
- imp: avoid potential blocking when synchronously calling external programs
- imp: updated template format to v0.2.4 which adds support for a new ´combo´ option-type (editable combo-box with pre-defined choices the user can select from) and a new ´visible´ attribute to hide certain options (esp. to hide the ramsize option for MAME, where it´s not used, but the emulator still reports it as a valid option)
- imp: setup dialog: added the ability to reset a customized application- or log-font as well as to reset the style-sheet (note that the system´s default font will be gathered during startup, so if its value changes at run-time you will have to restart QMC2 for correct behavior)
- new: added command line option -qmc2_config_path to allow for overwriting the path where QMC2 stores its setup, caches etc. -- it´s in the user´s responsibility to copy/move the data to the desired directory (otherwise QMC2 will start over, which may be wanted behavior, though)
- new: support for game/machine attached YouTube videos (Phonon-based video player)
- new: added three tool-functions to allow for forced removal of any game/machine-list related cache data stored on disk
- new: added support to provide lists of available BIOS sets (MAME & MESS) and RAM size options (MESS-only) in the game/machine-specific emulator configuration widgets
- wip: completing the support for software lists -- basically working, but some planned functionality is still missing, and there are open questions regarding the official way to scan the hash XML data
- doc: added Q2.14, Q2.15, Q2.16 and Q2.17 to the FAQ"
Jpcsp SVN r2136Source
"r2133
Added draft version for sceUtilitiyNpSigninXXX().
Fixed sceUtilityGetNetParamLatestID().
r2134
Further network improvements.
Implemented sceNetInetListen, sceNetInetAccept (server sockets), sceNetInetInetPton.
Fixed sceNetInetRecvfrom, sceNetInetInetNtop, improved sceNetInetSelect.
r2135
Improved sceNetApctlTerm so that a sceNetApctlInit is possible again (e.g. disconnect/reconnect).
r2136
Updated Linux start scripts.
Reversed and added MSG flags to sceNetInet.
Improved SAVEDATA MODE_SIZES in sceUtility and added small new finding to SceUtilitySavedataParam.
Implemented MD5 and SHA-1 utilities in UtilsForUser.
Improved viewport resizing (currently disabled) in VideoEngine.
Fixed a bug in sceFont.
Added new crucial finding to ThreadManForUser that can affect hleKernelExitThread is some games."
OpenEmulator SVN r637
"r634
Added OpenGL paper canvas page separator, updated device count in emulation
window, fixed PAAudio when playing a sound twice, fixed OpenGL paper canvas
borders, implemented OpenGL paper canvas pixel density
r635
Work in progress: viewframe update
r636
Implemented CanvasView paper scrolling, defined paper vertical clip region
r637
Improved OpenGLCanvas configuration logic, implemented paper canvas postImage,
implemented OEImage overlay and clipping, implemented paper canvas update when
paper size changes, fixed paper canvas size getting stuck"
Source
Dolphin SVn r7547
"r7547
Fix IOCTL_ES_GETVIEWCNT (uninitialized data)
GH5 Loads again
use the existing function instead of checking titleid each time a NANDLoader is needed"
Source
Dolphin texcache-rewrite SVN r7549
"r7549
texcache-rewrite: Virtual EFB copies for OpenGL.
We still need a depalettizing shader for OpenGL."
Source
Project64k v0.22
"Project64k 0.22 HYBRID is the first stable release of my emulator that is pretty much perfect. Still some issues to look into but for most part it is best modified version of pj64 for netplay.
New Shortcuts
- Ctrl C for cheats
- Ctrl N for Netplay
- Ctrl S for Settings
- Ctrl R for Rom folder
- Ctrl L for Refresh rom list
- Ctrl Q for Force quit
New Features
-Menu made easier to understand
-More user friendly
-Help menu added (with tutorial)
Fixed
-Multi-Language support fixed (Now supports most languages again)
-Emulator crash glitch
-Limit FPS removed (causes problems)
-Full screen taken out (Causes DS)
-Kailleraclient minor fixes"
Source
VirtualBox v4.0.8
"Mac OS X hosts: fixed incompatibility with recent Mac OS X versions in 64-bit mode (bug #8474)
Mac OS X hosts: fixed incompatibility with hosts with more than 16 cores (bug #8389)
Mac OS X hosts: fixed painting corruptions on a second monitor in 64-bit mode (bug #7606)
GUI: restored functionality to set an empty host key to disallow any host key combination (4.0.6 regression; bug #8793)
VBoxManage: added controlvm screenshotpng subcommand for saving the screenshot of a running VM in PNG format
VBoxHeadless: fixed potential crash during shutdown (Windows hosts only)
NAT: built-in services use the correct Ethernet addresses in Ethernet header and in ARP requests
Host-only networking: fixed adapter reference counting
E1000: fixed rare guest crashes with Linux SMP guests (bug #8755)
SATA: fixed guest disk corruption under rare circumstances (only relevant for guests with more than 2GB RAM; bug #8826)
Storage: fixed data corruption after a snapshot was taken with asynchronous I/O enabled (bug #8498)
Floppy: several improvement
HPET: another fix for time jumps (bug #8707)
USB: removed assumption that string descriptors are null-terminated (Windows hosts only)
3D support: fixed a potential crash when resizing the guest window
3D support: fixed GNOME 3 rendering under Ubuntu 11.04 and Fedora 15
Snapshots: fixed another bug which could lose entries in the media registry when restoring a snapshot (bug #8363)
Shared Folders: don't stop mounting the other valid folders if one host folder is inaccessible (4.0.6 regression)
Linux Additions: check whether gcc and make are installed before building kernel modules (bug #8795)
Solaris Additions: added support for X.Org Server 1.10
Guest Additions: fixed inappropriate Guest Additions update notification when using vendor-specific version suffixes (bug #8844)"
Source
PCSX2 SVN r4656
"r4656
GUI: BUGFIX: (Save)State in GS window title can get out of sync with actual current slot (after loading/saving state via the menu).
Details:
- It seems that due to legacy reasons, Lilypad is setting the current state at the GS window title, as a hack which is enabled by default (at Lilypad's main GUI tab). However, it's buggy because it only changes the display when (shift/)F2 is pressed, while the current slot actually also changes when loading/saving state via the PCSX2 main menu, so it can get out of sync (possibly with unpleasant results, especially when saving). Now it's disabled by default at Lilypad, and if enabled, displayed as "State(Lilypad)".
- PCSX2 itself now properly handles the current State slot at the GS title window.
Note: ZeroGS still changes its title independently (not via the "standard" PCSX2 mechanism) so Lilypad's title hack might still be useful for it. However, it's still buggy and can get still out of sync.
TODO: Remove this option completely from Lilypad because it's buggy? ZeroGS can still use it, but I think it can cause more harm than good. What do you think?"
Source
Mupen64Plus 20110517
"- updated video plugin for new Mupen64plus 2.0 API
- updated Console-UI front-end for new Mupen64plus 2.0
- updated RSP plugin for new Mupen64plus 2.0 API
- updated input plugin for new Mupen64plus 2.0 API
- updated core for new Mupen64plus 2.0 API versioning
- updated audio plugin for new Mupen64plus 2.0 API"
Source
April 22, 2011
Emulation News 027: MESS SVN r11278, VirtualBox v4.0.6 Final, Boxer v1.0.2 , DOSBox SVN r3698, Jpcsp SVN r2098
[IPB] Modernised. Added terminal connection. After pressing Space, it will start up and respond to your inputs. NOTE: It is missing a rom, so I've borrowed one from 'ipb' driver.
r11278
Created device_rtc_interface which can be used to initialize RTC's to a certain date/time at driver startup, useful for regression testing. Implemented the interface in most of the modern RTC devices. Note: this is not yet plumbed down to the command line. [Curt Coder]"
Source
"VirtualBox v4.0.6 Final Changelog:
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
VMM: fixed incorrect handling of ballooned pages when restoring a VMM from a saved state
VMM: don't crash on hosts with more than 64 cores / hyperthreads; implemented support for up to 256 host cores (except Windows hosts; bug #8489)
VMM: fixed guru meditation for PAE guests running on hosts without PAE (bug #8006)
VMM: fixed slow Linux guests with raw mode and recent guest kernels (bug #8726)
GUI: support host key combinations (bug #979)
GUI: fixed progress indicator (bug #7814)
GUI: show the mouse pointer while the VM is paused if the USB tablet mouse emulation is used (bug #6799)
GUI: adapt the snapshot folder as well when renaming a VM (bug #8469)
GUI: persistently remember the last folders of the disk/DVD/floppy selectors
GUI: never allow to start a VM with USB-2.0 activated if the proper extension pack is missing (bug #8182)
GUI: fixed hang/crash when opening a file dialog in an non-existing folder (bug #8673)
Snapshots: fixed a bug which could lose entries in the media registry when restoring a snapshot (bug #8363)
Snapshots: allow snapshots to be stored in the VM directory
3D support: fixed a crash if a VM was forced to terminate (Windows hosts only; bug #7133)
Storage: fixed memory leak (4.0 regression; bug #7966)
Storage: fixed access to iSCSI targets over internal network
Storage: fixed reading from disks with more than one snapshot for VHD and VMDK images with disabled host cache (bug #8408)
Storage: fixed a possible hang during VM suspend after an I/O error occurred
Storage: fixed a possible hang during VM suspend / reset (bug #8276, #8294)
Storage: automatically create a diff image when attaching a streamOptimized VMDK image to a VM
ATA/SATA: fixed automounting of virtual CD/DVD mediums with recent Linux distributions by correctly reporting the current profile as 'none' if no medium is present
Buslogic: fixed emulation for certain guests (e.g. jRockit VE)
Host-Only Networking: fixed interface creation failure on Windows hosts (4.0.4 regression; bug #8362)
Host-Only & Bridged & Internal Networking: fix for processing promiscuous mode requests by VMs, defaulting to switch behaviour
Host-Only Networking: fixed connectivity issue after resuming the host from sleep (bug #3625)
Bridged Networking: support for interface bonding on Mac OS X hosts (bug #8731)
NAT: fixed processing of ARP announcements for guests with static assigned IPs (bug #8609)
VRDP: backward compatibility with VRDPAuth external authentication library (bug #8063)
Shared Folders: don't fail to start a VM if a path is not absolute, for example when importing an OVF from a different host (bug #7941)
Audio: fixed crash under certain conditions (bug #8527)
USB: fixed a crash when plugging certain USB devices (bug #8699)
HPET: fixed time jumps when reading the counter (bug #8707)
OVF/OVA: automatically adjust disk paths if the VM name is changed on import
OVF/OVA: fix export to slow medias
OVF/OVA: automatically repair inconsistent appliances with multiple disks (bug #8253)
rdesktop-vrdp: fixed an assertion triggered under certain conditions (bug #8593)
Windows hosts: fixed occasional hangs during VM shutdown because sometimes COM was not properly uninitialized
Mac OS X hosts: prevent the mouse from leaving the VM window while captured
Mac OS X hosts: keep aspect ratio while resizing in scale mode (shift for old behaviour) (part of bug #7822)
X11 hosts: fixed Yen key support (bug #8438)
X11 hosts: fixed a regression which caused Host+F1 to pop up help instead of sending Ctrl+Alt+F1
Linux hosts / Linux Additions: mangle IPRT symbols to allow installing VirtualBox inside a VM while the Guest Additions are active (bug #5686)
Linux hosts / Linux guests: workaround for a bug in GLIBC older than version 1.11 leading to crashes under certain conditions (signed/unsigned problem with memchr on 64-bit machines)
Solaris hosts: fixed a deadlock in event semaphores that could lead to unkillable VM processes
Windows Additions: fixed Sysprep parameter handling
Windows Additions: fixed spontaneous guest reboots under certain circumstances (4.0.2 regression; bugs #8406, #8429)
Windows Additions: added auto logon support for locked workstations on legacy Windows versions
Windows Additions: fixed driver bugcheck error when handling PnP messages (4.0 regression; bug #8367)
Windows Additions: fixed memory leak in VBoxVideo
X11 Additions: added support for X.Org Server 1.10 final
Linux Additions: Linux kernel 2.6.39-rc1 fixes
Linux Additions: improved auto-run support (bug #5509)
Linux Additions: fix mouse support on SUSE 11 SP 1 guests (bug #7946)
Solaris Additions: added support for X.Org Server 1.9
Guest Additions: various bugfixes for guest control execution
Webservice: use own log file, with log rotation to limit size"
Source
Source
"Boxer v1.0.2 Changelog:
Boxer 1.0.2 Improvements to game importing: Physical CD-ROMs are now ripped as disc images during game importing: fixes copy protection in many games and makes CD audio into a part of the gamebox. If you’ve had copy protection trouble with a game you imported from CD, try importing it again now. Better progress messages, option to skip lengthy CD rips, and various other tweaks to game import UI behaviour. Better PowerPC compatibility: Fixed corrupt graphics in CGA and Tandy emulation modes on PowerPC Macs. Reverted default CPU speed back to 3000 cycles, to improve PowerPC performance and fix timing issues in several old games. If you find that any of your older games now run too slow, please send me a bug report! Fixes to mouse and keyboard handling: Mouse input is now enabled for all games, not just ones that ask for the mouse. Fixes mouse control in Space Crusade, Fantasy Empires, Precision Simulator and others. Tweaked three-finger tap gesture to prevent accidental clicks and work more like OS X's own single and double-taps. Fixed mouse getting unlocked whenever the window size changes. Tweaked how key repeats are handled, fixing misbehaviour in some games when holding down a key. Shoutouts to my MT-32 bros: Added documentation for making games play through a real MT-32: search for “mt32” from the Help menu. No MT-32 emulation yet, for now Boxer only supports the real thing. Optional MIDI delay for early-model MT-32s to fix lockups and missing instruments (see documentation for details.) Fixed CoreMIDI output leaving notes hanging when you pause or quit. Other nice things: Per-game option to close the window once the game exits to DOS. Off by default but can be toggled from the Game Inspector panel. Fixed crashes when launching programs from Finder while a DOS session is open. Doubleclicking a gamebox in Finder while it is waiting at the DOS prompt will now start the gamebox’s default program."
"Jpcsp SVN changelog:
r2098
Improved module handling in sceUtility:
- Provided a waiting queue for non loadable modules;
- Added the proper error codes as required by certain applications;
- Generally refactored and improved several HLE load/unload methods (base, Av and Net).
Reworked and fixed several bugs in CheatsGUI.
Added small new finding to IoFileMgrForUser.
Removed unnecessary display mode change in MainGUI."
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"DOSBox SVN Changelog:
r3698
add compatibility POST chaining, certain game exiting should look better now (ripsaw, sort of fixes a hangup with Astro Dodge)"
