[arcade] Demul v0.7 alpha 190715

Afterburner II - minigame in Shenmue2

Demul v0.7 alpha 190715

• Crackin' DJ 1&2 playable
• Ferrari F355 Deluxe have sound/music
• fix Naomi 2 materials, lights refactor (gpuDX11ng)
• foolproof VMU files creation
• remember last path in gdrCHD, gdrImage, etc
• better Xinput deadzone handling
• fix GDI audio in gdrCHD (this plugin is recommended now for usage with GDI images too)
• workarounds for newest ATI bugs in 15.7 drivers (gpuDX11)
• SH4 MMU fixes & improvements, Shenmue's Afterburner II minigame playable
• several minor tweaks

Demul v0.7 180426

PowerVR2:

• fully emulated scaler/filter, should fix most if not all games which was cut in size if in TV-modes
• filtered NaN UV texture coordinates (Soul Reaver lifebar)
• filtered negative vertex coords (MK Gold with ATI fix)
• allowed upto 128 layers
• emulated primary/secondary render target buffers for Opaque/PunchTrought lists (Agartha proto flashlight)
• fixed MvSC2 SCORE blinking
• handle edge case ELAN IRQs

Display:

• auto hide mouse cursor when in full screen (5sec timeout)
• prettify "start in full screen" option
• renamed SPG/GPU display to FPS/RPS

Input:

• corrected purupuru device reply (Resident Evil 2)
• fixed xinput crash if attempt to configure inputs during emulation
• fixed few games with inverted "pedal" inputs

AICA:

• fixed AEG/FEG which might stuck in edge cases (some sounds in MvSC2, ReVolt jump sound, etc)

NAOMI:

• fixed RF ID generators for Dinoking, Love&Berry, etc
• small correction JVS I/O Sense line

Misc:

• patch for Orion Puzzle Collection (workaround for Kalisti SDK bug)
• documented actual game developers in game list

DEmul 0.7 WIP 11 november 2017

Misc updates.

Changelog:

• ARM: DP immediate Carry little fix
• CAVE YMZ770: implemented main volume and clip control
• CAVE: Akai Katana added
• DX11: fixed Cave bilinear filter
• DX11OLD: fixed shader filter settings load
• GAELCO: improved ball mechanic simulation
• MISC: basic analogs simulation when playing from keyboard (arcade only)
• MISC: fixed Dreamcast game name handle
• NAOMI: Mushiking IV/V/VI added. A new card codes included (to change 4-5-6 game version go to game test mode BACKUP CLEAR and hold both players buttons 1 for 3 seconds).

DEmul 0.7 WIP 12/10/17

Critical compiler error fix version.

Changelog:

• MISC: The About box no longer crashes lol

DEmul 0.7 WIP Bugfix version 11/10/17

Changelog:

• MISC: -listxml now generate "merge" tags
• MISC: minor romset corrections
• AICA: fix DSP recompiler state load crash

DEmul 0.7 WIP 10/07/17

Up-to-date build of almost year of developing. Enjoy

Changelog:

• SH4: OnChip access correct bit width only
• SH4: add flti0/1 PR flag check
• SH4: reg binding cleanups and fixes, PR sanity checks
• SH4: fix DIV0S, optimize DIV1 and add linking current block
• SH4: fix Invalidation code
• SH4: fix delayed slot exceptions
• SH4: interrupts fixes / improvements
• GD-ROM: fix CD PLAY after SEEK for Taxi2
• GD-ROM: small fix for bleemcast (almost work)
• GD-ROM: G1 DMA discrete step
• AICA: use less attenuated ALFO
• AICA: mixing levels fixes
• AICA: EG timer fixes
• AICA: properly handle Decay level = 0 case
• AICA: optimize IRQs
• HOLLY: rewrite SPG
• HOLLY: fix Holly registers for wince
• HOLLY: add real HOLLY IDs for all supported platforms
• GAELCO: speedup boot
• GAELCO: decode boot from Altera firmware
• GAELCO: render fixes: offset color flag, handle flats
• GAELCO: add Gaelco Footall
• GAELCO: preliminary support Gaelco Footall analog inputs
• MISC: SCIF link for AW Maximum Speed and Chase1929
• MISC: fix Marvel vs Capcom 2 intro Guile character head
• MISC: disable menu in fullscreen (fix clicking it with mouse in light gun games)
• MISC: netplay: add option to disable flash/sram sync
• MISC: set windows timer resolution to min possible value
• MISC: rom loading refactoring, NAOMI GD-ROM sets now require security PIC dumps, old GD-rip binaries not supported anymore
• MISC: fix save states crash
• MISC: improved creation of Dreamcast flash and "timehack"
• MISC: NAOMI DIMM CF support
• MISC: fix mouse X/Y calc then screen rotated
• MISC: fix error when set memcard time in DC bios
• MISC: fix DC flash erase, handle correct sector sizes
• MISC: Elo touchscreen fixes for Atomiswave and NAOMI StarHorse
• MISC: emulated HW210 IC card reader (Dragon Treasure, WCCF)
• MISC: SHIO hopper board HLE, Kick'4'Cash playable
• MISC: Added all recently dumped games for supported platforms
• MISC: Romset in sync with current MAME

and many other changes and fixes, not worth or forgot to mention.

Demul v0.7 alpha 180816

• fixed hang in KalistiOS based games with DC keyboard controller
• fixed hang in some WinCE games if VMU present
• better Dev.Box emulation
• patches for Cycraft InitialD and ClubKart (boots, but not yet playable)
• better aspect correction and filtering for Cave CV1000
• InitialD, ClubKart and Derby Owners magnetic card readers emulated (press PUSH6 key then game ask insert/take card)
• fixed Marvel vs Capcom 2 character pictures during intro
• ClubKart2003 input fixes
• WWF Royal Rumble 4 players inputs
• NAOMI DIMM Board emulated
• added recently dumped NAOMI and Atomiswave sets
• romset in sync with MAME
• bunch of minor things not worth mention
• fix current LBA after Mil-CD security check
• ADPCM decoder tweaks (thanks kode54 for info)

Half Life, Sierra

Demul v0.7 alpha 221215

• ATI texture perspective correction fix is an option now (cause glitches on Nvidia GPUs)
• ancient CDI v2 parsing was killed by accident
• GD-ROM status/irq corrections (Gauntlet Legends)

Demul v0.7 alpha 201215

• due to googlecode shut down, we moved to https://github.com/p1pkin/demul/issues issue tracker
• fixed finally disk swap functionality (D2, Skies of Arcadia, etc)

Demul v0.7 alpha 181215

• SH4 MMU optimizations, many WinCE games works at fullspeen on ~recent PCs
• Tile Accelerator rewrite&optimize
• Xinput devices without vibration supported
• automatic DC video mode selection
• simple deinterlace for TV-modes
• fix rotate and aspect ratio
• optional Bilinear filter
• libchd doesn't require SSSE3 anymore
• crash fix at exit after fullscreen switching (I hope)
• gdrImage subcodes emulation fixes and improvements
• gdrImage fix cue/bin booting support
• SH4 exceptions handlindg fixes
• Supid Invaders boots now
• fixes for recent indie games
• sync romset with current MAME
• other minor things was fixed or rewritten, I forget about

Demul v0.7 alpha 200915

• NAOMI 2 emulation rewritten almost from scratch, must be really close if not the same as real hardware, a lot of optimizations, can use separate thread (DX11NG)
• shadow render fix (Cosmic Smash)
• romset sync with current MAME

Demul v0.7 alpha 310715

• Naomi2 shadows improvements (DX11NG)
• Naomi2 screen scale (DX11NG)
• DirectInput thread close fix AKA 'VMU window not closes'
• VMU's windows auto open/close
• exit by ALT+F4
• romset corrections to make some rom managers happy
• more precise SH4 FSRRA opcode
• several minor corrections