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Work in Progress :: WIP 03-11-2010 [sound]

Author: Zepper
Subject: WIP 03-11-2010 [sound]
Posted: Mar 11, 2010 22:06 (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

- Fixed a couple of uninitialized values in the APU driver. The DMC output has been fixed on playback start.
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Work in Progress :: WIP 02-28-2010

Author: Zepper
Subject: WIP 02-28-2010
Posted: Feb 28, 2010 17:10 (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

- I'm still out of luck getting a proper way to resample the NES sound and converting to signed samples. My work will continue, but that's it - no news about another emu update.

- Send your feedback.
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RockNES author

Work in Progress :: WIP 02-23-2010 [sound]

Author: Zepper
Subject: WIP 02-23-2010 [sound]
Posted: Feb 23, 2010 20:49 (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

- I've finished the sound output mixer rewrite. All the APU channels generate unsigned samples, then filtered by an high-pass. The final result is much better and easier to handle. The final code is much cleaner.
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Releases :: RELEASE 02-21-2010 [5.05]

Author: Zepper
Subject: RELEASE 02-21-2010 [5.05]
Posted: Feb 21, 2010 21:56 (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

- This is a minor update.

Code:

What's new for version 5.05 (02/21/2010)
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- Fixed bitmap clearing again, when switching blitters.
- More optimizations and cosmetic changes.

DOWNLOAD:

Code:

http://rocknes.net/

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RockNES author

RockNES & NES hardware related :: How good is RockNES for you?

Author: Zepper
Subject: How good is RockNES for you?
Posted: Feb 18, 2010 22:06 (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

- Please, vote! ^_^;;
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Zepper
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Work in Progress :: WIP 02-18-2010

Author: Zepper
Subject: WIP 02-18-2010
Posted: Feb 18, 2010 22:03 (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

- I misplaced a line of code. Switching between non-scanlined to scanlined will not clear the bitmap, only on triple buffering. This has been fixed.

- There are some minor optimizations too. Next release is Saturday, sorry about the blitter error! ^_^;;
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RockNES author

Releases :: RELEASE 02-17-2010 [5.04]

Author: Zepper
Subject: RELEASE 02-17-2010 [5.04]
Posted: Feb 17, 2010 08:21 (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

Code:

What's new for version 5.04 (02/17/2010)
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- Fixed broken color emphasis calculation.
- Fixed a bug on APU reset.
- Fixed bitmap/screen clearing.
- Fixed keyboard buffer clearing call time.
- Fixed keyboard key status, immediate poll shouldn't occur.
- Added a fix to make Famitracker NSF files compatible, no crashing.
- Added NSF header display information.
- Minor additions to the APU savestate, plus bug fixes.
- Changed the video timing system to something MUCH easier.
- Updated color emphasis' table of coheficients.
- Cosmetic changes, minor fixes and cleanups.
- Documentation updated.

DOWNLOAD:

Code:

http://rocknes.net/rnes504_i586.zip (single core)
http://rocknes.net/rnes504_m2.zip (core2duo)

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Zepper
RockNES author

Work in Progress :: WIP 02-15-2010

Author: Zepper
Subject: WIP 02-15-2010
Posted: Feb 14, 2010 22:31 (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

- Fixed keyboard key status on emulation start. By default, all the flags are zero, allowing a keypress; the clear_keybuf() call helps, but isn't enough. Someone has complained about starting a game and "skipping" the title screen or intro, I don't remember. It has been fixed for good by changing the default initial value from zero (not pressed) to 1 (already pressed).
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RockNES author

RockNES & NES hardware related :: NSF Player - stopping and starting tracks?

Author: Franpa
Subject: NSF Player - stopping and starting tracks?
Posted: Feb 14, 2010 10:14 (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

Hi, can it be made so we can stop and start playback? Would make it easier to get a clean dump of a song.
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Releases :: Test version 5.04 [UPDATE: 02/14/2010]

Author: Zepper
Subject: Test version 5.04 [UPDATE: 02/14/2010]
Posted: Feb 14, 2010 09:47 (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

- Optmized for Pentium 4. Be warned.

Code:

http://rocknes.net/rnes504_p4b2.zip

- You need alleg44.dll to get it working. Just download 5.03 for the file.
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Work in Progress :: WIP 02-14-2010

Author: Zepper
Subject: WIP 02-14-2010
Posted: Feb 14, 2010 09:45 (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

- Franpa and I have noticed that most of non-ripped NSFs were crashing with RockNES. It includes those made in Famitracker. Well, I've found the cause of such crashes. Example: let's say a file is 8192 bytes long, with header. Its load address is 8000h. The bankswitch values are 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07. Of course, only banks 00 and 01 are valid! The Famitracker writes such values regardless the file size! So, it fails on loading.

- All the Famitracker's nsf should be compatible now. Wait for the next release.
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Official announcements :: First cleanup done

Author: Zepper
Subject: First cleanup done
Posted: Feb 13, 2010 07:55 (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

- For all our dummy users (zero posts), I'm doing a major cleanup this Sunday 21st. So, if you have something to say, do it now.

UPDATE: it's done. All zero-posts users were deleted (02/23/2010).
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Work in Progress :: WIP 02-12-2010

Author: Zepper
Subject: WIP 02-12-2010
Posted: Feb 11, 2010 22:15 (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

- Fixed a problem with triple buffering and video blitters. All the bitmaps are properly cleared before a redrawing, plus the backbuffer is cleared when the blitter is switched. It avoids glitches, specially the menubar flashing.
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Work in Progress :: WIP 02-11-2010

Author: Zepper
Subject: WIP 02-11-2010
Posted: Feb 11, 2010 09:39 (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

- I used a very old suggestion from tepples about the frame rate timing and it worked nicely. The sound skips much less than before, but it's only for double buffering; the triple buffering is unaffected.

- I really would appreciate any help regarding the Allegro's sound stream.
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Portugu�s BR :: Bem vindos! Leiam por favor.

Author: Zepper
Subject: Bem vindos! Leiam por favor.
Posted: Feb 10, 2010 19:57 (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

- O emulador RockNES estar� dispon�vel em portugu�s (BR) a partir da pr�xima vers�o, 5.06, nos mesmos moldes da vers�o original em ingl�s. Devido a certas limita��es, ainda n�o posso fazer pacotes de idioma; ent�o, a tradu��o ser� numa "c�pia" do c�digo fonte atual.

- Espero que haja maior retorno dos usu�rios (feedback), e que, finalmente, a vers�o em portugu�s seja bem recebida.
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