A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.3.17dev:

• Remove old log file paths so they’ll not be mistaken for current logs.
• Fix initial mute when option volume is set to 0.
• Updated translations: fi [Goingdown], pl [grimi], fr [Foul].
• (Launcher) Option download_file from DB does not have to be an archive.
• (Launcher) Fixed bug when doubleclicking on an URI in the floppy list.
• (Launcher) Fixed bug with selecting multiple files [2.3.16].
• (Launcher) Fixed trailing colon in translatiion of option description.
• (Launcher) Updated translations: fi [Goingdown], pl [grimi], fr [Foul].

Changes in FS-UAE 2.3.16dev:

• (Launcher) Always include Configurations directory in file scan regardless of scan dirs.
• (Launcher) Make file picker code compatible with both PySide and PyQT4.
• (Launcher) Added support for WHDLoad 17.2, set as default WHDLoad version.
• (Arcade) Fixed bug preventing games from launching.

A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.3.15dev:

• Reverted to previous MinGW compiler (Windows).
• (Launcher) Fixed a bug loading online database games with cpu specification.
• (Arcade) Fixed Windows shortcut for FS-UAE Arcade.

A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.3.14dev:

• JIT should work on Windows too now.
• New options: audio_frequency, audio_buffer_target_size.
• Default frequency is now 48000 Hz (will try 44100 Hz if 48000 Hz fails).
• Default audio buffer size is now 40ms (slightly lower than before).
• Deprecated the old audio_buffer_target_bytes option (it is now instead calculated from audio_buffer_target_size).
• Speed up startup by caching information about kickstart ROMs.
• Skip initializating stuff in inputdevice.cpp which are not used by FS-UAE, speeds up startup – report if it seems to have bad side-effects…
• Split Savestates into two main menu entries (Load State, Save State).
• Removed superfluous More… entries.
• Include #define GLXContextID XID in glee.h to work with recent Mesa.
• (Launcher) Respect writable_floppy_images option in cases where the floppy drive options directly refer to local paths (don’t copy disk images to temp directory).
• (Launcher) Defragment databases function (Settings -> Maintenance).
• (Launcher) Use QT to open all URLs, for consistent behavior.
• (Launcher) Will now try to find and use either of PySide, PyQt5 or PyQt4.
• (Launcher) Added GUI controls to tweak audio freqency and also audio target buffer size (in ms). The latter can be used to reduce audio latency.

Another change is that the Windows version is now built with a MinGW-w64/x86 toolchain instead of MinGW (This shouldn’t really change anything, but it can be useful to be aware of when testing).

Also, some changes to the JIT code paths has been made, so please let me know if JIT suddently stops working with this version…

A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.3.13dev:

• Video sync is disabled by default.
• Updated translations: pl [grimi].
• (Launcher) New video synchronization settings page, reorg. video settings.
• (Launcher) New dialog for manual game downloads with scan function to make manual downloads more streamlined.
• (Launcher) Re-enabled support for manually downloadable games.
• (Launcher) Re-enabled support for automatically downloadable games.
• (Launcher) Support downloading and displaying terms for auto-downloadable game files.
• (Launcher) Changed icons for downloadable games.
• (Launcher) fullscreen_mode was erroneously specified as fullscreen, should be empty string. Also, fullscreen_mode will now show in advanced settings if overriden.
• (Launcher) Updated translations: pl [grimi], fi [Goingdown].

One important change in this version is that video_sync now defaults to off. The reasons for this include:

• On some systems, syncing to video causes performance issues or unstable frame rates (esp. with compositing window managers).
• On some systems, the OpenGL drivers use a lot of CPU while waiting for vblank (can often be fixed by choosing a suitable video sync method).

So now I experiment with having this option off by default, so people won’t erroneously conclude that FS-UAE does not work properly, or have bad performance when the problem could be the desktop environment and/or driver problems. Instead, there is now a new preference page for enabling / tweaking video sync options with information about what effect the options have.

The other major change is that support for manually and automatically downloadable games (via the online game database) is re-enabled and much improved 🙂

A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.3.12dev:

• On OS X, simulate middle click (alt) and right click (ctrl).
• Don’t move mouse to right bottom on exit without requested with environment variable FSGS_SEAMLESS=1.
• New option load_state = 1..9.
• New option stereo_separation (0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100).
• (Launcher) Added GUI control for stereo_separation.
• (Launcher) Database change, a refresh is needed for the game database.
• (Launcher) Convert from UTF-8 str to unicode when loading and vice versa when saving config.
• (Arcade) Game filters: platform, letter and shuffle.
• (Arcade) Further re-branding to FS-UAE Arcade.
• (Arcade) Don’t display wraparound items if items would be repeat on screen.
• (Arcade) Can start with –platform argument (–amiga, –cd32 etc).

A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.3.11dev:

• When deleting a directory from a dir HD, remove Thumbs_DB and .DS_Store files first if they exist.
• (Launcher) Changed where fs-uae-device-helper is stored in FS-UAE.app so it is picked up by the fix-libs script.
• (Launcher) Removed refresh game database from left “main menu”.
• (Launcher) Fixed a problem with lhafile caused by Python 3-compat changes.

New packages are also available in the Ubuntu PPAs (python-lhafile, libfs-capsimage). These are added as recommended “dependencies” and should be automatically pulled in when updating to 2.3.11dev.

A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.3.10dev:

• Initial support for SDL2 (make sdl=2), does not yet take full advantage of it.
• Enable SDL2 by default on OS X.
• New options window_x, window_y and keyboard_input_grab (SDL2 only).
• New options min_first_line_ntsc, min_first_line_pal.
• Windows distributions/packaging updated.
• fs-uae deb package marked as Multi-Arch: foreign, fs-uae:i386 can then be installed on amd64 without breaking fs-uae-launcher dependency.
• Updated translations: pl [grimi], fi [Goingdown], tr [Decypher], fr [Foul], nb.
• (Launcher) Fixed dialog centering on OS X.
• (Launcher) Center main window on desktop when opening.
• (Launcher) Marked some texts for translation.
• (Launcher) Use native file/directory dialogs (in most places).
• (Launcher) Fixed a bug where game info panel wasn’t always refreshed.
• (Launcher) Code update for compatibility with Python 3.
• (Launcher) Support for PyQT5 in addition to Pyside.
• (Launcher) Experimental net play UI is available again.
• (Launcher) Ensure floppy file name is visible when floppy field changes.
• (Launcher) Support for hd_requirements = workbench (with online database).
• (Launcher) Game database now in Cache/Games.sqlite.
• (Launcher) Database now in Data/Database.sqlite.
• (Launcher) Updated translations: pl [grimi], fi [Goingdown], it [Speedvicio], tr [Decypher], fr [Foul], nb.
• (Game Center) Renaming to FS-UAE Arcade (not complete).
• (Game Center) Merged with Launcher distr on some platforms (Windows).
• (Game Center) Fix joystick selection on input selection screen.

For this version, there has been some slight packaging changes (again). If you’re using the Windows version, and the setup executables, I recommend you uninstall all FS-UAE* programs before installing 2.3.10dev or newer. Don’t worry, uninstalling will not remove anything from Documents/FS-UAE.

Uninstalling isn’t strictly necessary, but will prevent unneeded cruft from lying around. There’s now a single installer with FS-UAE, FS-UAE Launcher and FS-UAE Arcade together (bundling Launcher and Arcade saves quite some space since libraries are not duplicated). Similarly, if you are using the portable version, you can delete the Programs and or Windows directory from previous versions before extracting the new version to clear out old files.

FS-UAE Game Center is now renamed to FS-UAE Arcade. One advantage is fewer syllables, and it also prevents confusion if/when the full FS Game Center is later released. On OS X, you can delete FS-UAE Game Center.app, it will not be updated. In the Ubuntu PPA, fs-uae-game-center is now a transitional dummy package which pulls in fs-uae-arcade.

If you are using the online database, you need to use the refresh database function after updating.

A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.3.8dev:

• New option “volume” to specify initial audio volume.
• (Launcher) New OAGD.net login and logout dialog.
• (Launcher) New login system (store authentication tokens instead of username and password).
• (Launcher) Drop-down list for choosing game list (from OAGD.net).
• (Launcher) Support for synchronizing game lists from OAGD.net.
• (Launcher) Initial support for OAGD.net locker (only available to a few select users right now).
• (Launcher) If local files are missing, files will be downloaded on demand from the user’s OAGD.net locker, if present there.
• (Launcher) More compact (OAGD) game database, faster synchronization.
• (Launcher) Nicer database refresh dialog, stop button works now.
• (Launcher) Fixed bugs in HDF Creator appearing after split from ADF Creator.
• (Launcher) Language preferences page now actually works.
• (Launcher) New language detection code for OS X, not dependent on wx.
• (Launcher) Fixed bugs preventing info panel from showing some warnings.
• (Launcher) Settings file moved into FS-UAE/Data, shared with Game Center.
• (Launcher) Several other minor UI updates, bug fixes, and restructured code.
• (Launcher) WHDLoad runner installs the file C:OSEmu.400.
• (Launcher) Load QT stylesheet (if found) from FS-UAE/Plugins/<name>/fs-uae-launcher-theme/stylesheet.qss
• (Launcher) Added icons to settings dialog, removed close button.
• (Launcher) QT port now displays application / window icon again.
• (Launcher) Moved “Custom Settings” to Preferences -> Advanced Settings.
• (Launcher) Remember last used preferences page.
• (Launcher) Added preference control for new audio volume option.
• (Game Center) Now reads and applies (most) FS-UAE Launcher settings.

A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.3.7dev:

• New utility program: fs-uae-device-helper (used by FS-UAE Launcher).
• (Launcher) pygame is no longer an dependency, joystick event detection for mapping purposes is done via fs-uae-device-helper.
• (Launcher) Program startup and focus issue should be fixed on OS X.
• (Launcher) Added language preference page.
• (Launcher) ADF & HDF Creator split into two, and they are now non-modal.
• (Launcher) Joystick config tool shows existing config when opening (only when the user has already configured it, bundled config is not shown yet).
• (Launcher) Joystick device for mapping is selected in joystick prefs.
• (Launcher) Completed porting to QT (using pyside bindings for Python).
• (Launcher) Old wxPython GUI layer still exists (–wx) but not 100% updated.
• (Launcher) Input Settings prefs page split into mouse and keyboard.
• (Launcher) Fixed bug when choosing a zip with select multiple floppies.
• (Launcher) Search-as-you type could in some case return multiple entries for the same game.
• (Launcher) Updated don’t checksum BSD device nodes code [vext01].

Packagers should see this post: Packaging changes (important information for packagers).

A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.3.6dev:

• Joystick indices (for use with custom input mapping) were skewed due to the new mouse devices (fixed).
• Swapped display order of mouse and joystick ports, call them “Joystick Port” and “Mouse Port” instead of Joystick Port 0/1.
• Fade in when starting FS-UAE, looks better when using themes since the graphics won’t just suddently pop out.
• (Launcher) Search-as-you type has returned.
• (Launcher) Show homepage_url, thelegacy_url in links menu.
• (Launcher) Swapped display order of mouse and joystick ports.
• (Launcher) Spin controls did not work properly on OS X.
• (Launcher) Handle importing kickstarts from the kickstarts dir gracefully.
• (Game Center) Don’t create ~/Documents (unless needed) and ~/Games.