Monthly Archives: January 2013

FS-UAE 2.1.23dev Released

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A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.1.23dev:

  • New option save_states can be used to disable the save state feature.
  • Marked several warning messages for translation.
  • Updated translations: de [nexusle].
  • (Launcher) Disable the save state feature in cases were it is known to not work (with temporarily created hard drives).
  • (Launcher) Updated translations: de [nexusle].

Changes in FS-UAE 2.1.22dev:

  • Fixed a missing bit in the UTF-8 decoding (for text rendering).
  • Fixed a potential crash due to an uninitialized variable (2.1.21).
  • Generated source files were by mistake not updated.

Changes in FS-UAE 2.1.21dev:

  • Added A3000 model (68030 + FPU, 2 MB chip + 8 MB fast, KS 3.1)
  • New aliases for theme overlays (power_led, df0_led, etc).
  • Theme coordinate system can be defined with theme_width, theme_height.
  • Old overlay option is deprecated, new overlay types available.
  • Audio led flashes red on buffer underruns, turns off when the Amiga is not outputting audio data.
  • New theme_zoom option (preferred over viewport for theme purposes).
  • Updated translations: pl [grimi].
  • (Launcher) Updated translations: pl [grimi].

FS-UAE 2.1.20dev Released

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A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.1.20dev:

  • Implemented bsdsocket_library support for Windows.
  • New LED/overlays: CDTV/32 memory access, vsync, fps, audio.
  • Flicker CD LED instead of HD LED when CDFS is used.
  • New modes for LED / overlays (overlays can have several states).
  • Improved scanline renderer (but also more resource hungry..), may become optional or rewritten as a GPU shader.
  • Fixed bug selecting joystick port mode for port > 0 (2.1.19).
  • Fixed stuttering in RTG modes (2.1.19).
  • Fixed scanline rendering on bigendian computers (PPC).
  • Clear video buffer on target_graphics_buffer_update, e.g. when display mode switches from PAL to NTSC. Fixes garbled graphics on bottom of display.
  • Allow theme config to overwrite (default) values set by Launcher.
  • (Launcher) Removed unnused dependency on Python Imaging (PIL).

FS-UAE 2.1.19dev Released

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A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.1.19dev:

  • Fix proper stereo audio output when using OpenAL soft implementation.
  • Automatically adjust to 50Hz / 60Hz Amiga mode change.
  • video_sync = full is deprecated (now handled as auto), will enable full video sync only when host frame rate ~= Amiga frame rate.
  • Fixed a bug with the number of enabled floppy drives, introduced with the support for custom floppy sounds.
  • Some minor source code and build improvements.
  • Experimental support for a “fifth joystick port“, which can be mapped to Amiga keyboard keys.

FS-UAE 2.1.17dev Released

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A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.1.17dev:

  • Autoselect device for port 0 when “fire” button of unmapped device is pressed.
  • New options to specify alternative floppy drive sound sets (floppy_drive_x_sounds).
  • Built-in floppy drive sounds are now loaded from disk.
  • Partially merged GLES support code [lunixbochs, lallafa].
  • Some code in libfsemu is restructured / cleaned up.
  • FS-UAE can be compiled without Glib (with a few caveats).
  • Compile-time option to use posix threads/mutex/semaphores.
  • Updated translations: it [Speedvicio].
  • (Launcher) Fixed display of variant user rating.
  • (Launcher) Updated translations: fr [Foul], sr [Milanchez], de [nexusle], pl [grimi], it [Speedvicio].

Workaround for 50Hz on Linux with Recent nVIDIA Drivers

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Since upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10 (with upgraded nVIDIA drivers), I have no longer been able to use 1920×1080 @ 50 Hz. I can run xrandr -r 50 without errors -and the screen turns off/on again, but the screen is still running at 60 Hz afterwards (and xrandr itself confirms this). I could of course (probably) have downgraded the drivers, but I didn’t..

I have however just now found a workaround, I can successfully switch to my defined 50 Hz mode with the nvidia-settings program, like this:

nvidia-settings -a CurrentMetaMode=1920x1080_50_0

And to switch back to 60 Hz:

nvidia-settings -a CurrentMetaMode=1920x1080_60_0

This requires that valid modelines are defined with the names 1920x1080_50_0 and 1920x1080_60_0. See 50Hz Display Modes on Linux with nVIDIA Drivers fore more information.

My original problem is also reported by someone else:

“When trying to change refresh rate the screen goes blank for a second as it usually does but rate is not changed. Both xrandr and nvidia-settings show the old refresh rate still.”

The report got the following response:

“Thanks for reporting this. I can confirm that, at least on my system, the –rate option seems to be ineffective on a recent 304 driver. I’ve filed NVIDIA bug 1054623. Feel free to use this bug number in future inquiries about this issue.”

FS-UAE 2.1.16dev Released

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A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.1.16dev:

  • (Launcher) Only show variant name (without game name) in variant list.
  • (Launcher) New horizontal layout for game/variants lists.
  • (Launcher) Variant list now disappears when choosing a non-database entry.
  • (Launcher) Render square covers inside a portrait cover.
  • (Launcher) Better differentiation of game and variant info.
  • (Launcher) Adjusted screenshot sizes for 1920×1080 maximized.
  • (Launcher) You can click on the screenshot area to show the other screenshots, if not all are shown.
  • (Launcher) Automatically extract SetPatch from WB disks for WHDLoad.
  • (Launcher) Copy WHDLoad.key from base dir (Documents/FS-UAE) if found.
  • (Launcher) Documents/FS-UAE/WHDLoad dir not needed/supported anymore, but you can put files to merge in Documents/FS-UAE/Hard Drives/WHDLoad instead if needed.
  • (Launcher) Updated translations: pl [grimi], de [nexusle].

FS-UAE 2.1.15dev Released

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A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.1.15dev:

  • Determine the size of block devices on OS X, making it possible to mount block devices as hard drives on OS X [lallafa].
  • Fixed source to remove some compiler warnings in hardfile_host.cpp.
  • (Launcher) Create “Devs/system-configuration” when running WHDLoad games.
  • (Launcher) Fixed initialization of (last used) game info on startup.
  • (Launcher) Added mobygames link button.
  • (Launcher) Use icon button to toggle fullscreen / windowed mode.
  • (Launcher) Updated translations: de [nexusle].

Changes in FS-UAE 2.1.14dev:

  • Fixed return value in two stub functions.

FS-UAE 2.1.13dev Released

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A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.1.13dev:

  • Merged updated emulation core from WinUAE 2.5.1.
  • Fixed performance when using full video sync.
  • Fix right alt key on Linux.
  • Use joystick name “Unnamed” when joystick device has no name.
  • Support action_none, so keys can be mapped against “no action”.
  • Fixed crash when entering fullscreen mode on OS X 10.5 [Tobias Netzel].
  • Tuned autoscaling for CD32 boot and menu screens.
  • (Launcher) Fixed WHDLoad games in directories with + in name.
  • (Launcher) Some improvements for the game database support.
  • (Launcher) Show year/publisher/developer information if available.
  • (Launcher) URL buttons for links to game entries on several game web sites.

Changes in FS-UAE 2.1.12dev:

  • Tweaked CD32 startup animation viewport.
  • (Launcher) Fixed Startup-Sequence for WHDLoad.

Changes in FS-UAE 2.1.11dev:

  • Config for gamtec_ltd/smartjoy_plus_adapter.ini [JOPS].
  • Small compilation fix for OS X 10.5
  • (Launcher) Handle square-ish covers.
  • (Launcher) Indicate ADF, IPF CD, or WHDLoad also with icon.
  • (Launcher) Reload game variant list after refreshing database.
  • (Launcher) Support sort_key from online database.
  • (Launcher) Run SetPatch (if found) before starting WHDLoad games.
  • (Launcher) Kickstart import task can overwrite old read-only files.