[N64]1964mod V1.4.5 beta 8

1964mod V1.4.5 beta 8

Video

• consolidate and refactor video speed hacks into one simple speed hack
  • fix Blast Corp (regression from v7)
  • fix unstable speedup variation (too many speed hacks conflict)
  • fix misleading VI/s counter
  • fix games soft volume e.g. Top Gear Rally music sounds better
• MyGlide64 is no longer Zilmar spec compliance

1964mod V1.4.5 beta 7

Core Changes & Fixes

• Re-organize timer events, interrupt codes and game ini settings
• fix Banjo-Tooie(U) random intro cutscene hang
• fix Beetle Adventure Racing(E) in-game hang when car crash into objects with force
• fix Body Harvest intro / in-game hang (no need to use RAW input)
• remove Azimer old fix for Banjo-Kazooie
• remove Hacktarux Banjo-Tooie hack for N64 Boot
• Fix a regression bug in ListView column items from an earlier BoxArt fix
• Enhance ListView Column checks using status info from ini
• Enhance GameName column detection using status info from ini
• Enhance emu window placement and sizing stability and robustness
• Re-write speed hacks algorithm again for v7 (aggressive mode)

Audio:

• improved game sound quality by increasing audio cycle and reducing audio delay e.g.
• fix Star Fox(U) cracking sound from using 1964Audio
• fix Pokemon Stadium 2 cracking sound from using 1964Audio
• improved audio counter synchronization
• fix Top Gear Rally missing sound/flickering video (BGM=10,SFX=2,volume=high)
• improve South Park Rally intro audio and video synchronization
• improved existing timer counter speed hack
• reduce counter targets check for immediate timer counter countdown
• tweak the Audio "k" value

Video:

• increase video display refresh cycle based on video profile resource
• interrupt processing
• video task processing
• skip video frame based on video profile resource
• video task processing
• skip audio frame based on video & audio profile resource
• audio task processing
• tweak the Video "k" value
• Re-organize MusyX games detection and handling
• replace MusyX games default timing from DELAY_DMA_AI to new DELAY_MusyX
• bypass certain MusyX game default timing for good game audio with 1964Audio e.g.
• Pokemon Stadium 2
• StarFox(U)
• reduce audio cycle and audio delay for normal MusyX games to avoid speed slowdown and for full VI/s speed e.g.
• South Park Rally
• TWINE
• Replace "UsingInternalVideo" with an emuoptions and codes cleanup
• Fix old gui timer which timeout easily which last for entire emu session
• create new gui timer for each game session
• kill new gui timer at the end of each game session
• Fix "out of focus" romlist selection mark for the following :
• close ROM
• exit the emu
• "Plugins" dialog box
• "Folders" dialog box
• "Window" dialog box
• "RomInfo" dialog box
• switch to BoxArt window
• "Cheat Codes" dialog box
• specific plugin dialog box
• "Rom Browser" dialog box
• "About 1964mod" dialog box
• "ROM Properties" dialog box
• "About Warranty" dialog box
• refresh (Ctrl-L) romlist or BoxArt window

Plugin Changes & Fixes

• Incorporate official Glide64 fixes till r251
• Minor changes to 1964Audio for MusyX games

Other Changes & Fixes

• Fix wrong statusbar msg for rom loaded when same internal name for different roms are loaded in succession e.g. Perfect Dark
• Fix Rom Browser window with zero column enabled on initial 1964mod startup
• the first 5 columns of Rom Browser window will be automatically enabled on emu startup
• Implement common debugging logs
• Change default input plugin to "NRage_DInput8_V2_2.1a.dll"