[ATARI] Altirra x86 i x64 4.30 test VII 19/02/2024

Dude Story (2024, "Mq" Mariusz Ejchsztet)

Altirra 4.30 Beta VII (7) 19/02/2024

changes:

features added:

• Disk: Super Archiver emulation now supports slow speed.
  
• Disk: Added emulation of the BitWriter add-on for the Super Archiver.
  
• UI: Added support for more direct file association setting on Windows 11.

bugs fixes:

• Input: Fixed a crosstalk problem between ports 1/2 and 3/4.

author's comment:

• Fixed an crosstalk issue between input ports 1/2 and 3/4.
• Fixed registration of file types for the current user only and added support for more direct entry to the default settings page for the program (Windows 11 only).
• Tweaked the inactive selection colors in dark theme.
• Super Archiver full emulation now supports slow disk speed.
• Added initial BitWriter emulation.

Altirra 4.30 Beta VI (6) 10/02/2024

changes:

• nw

features added:

• nw

bugs fixes:

• Debugger: Fixed panes not adapting properly after debug font change if undocked.
  
• IDE: Read Verify command fixed.
  
• UI: Fixed internal BASIC option not being selectable for the XEGS.

author's comment:

• Debugger: Fixed font updates on undocked panes.
• Debugger: Memory window now highlights location in both sections.
• IDE: Fixed Read Verify command.
• Fixed incorrect 5200 floating bus and XEGS internal BASIC settings.

Altirra 4.30 Beta V (5) 05/02/2024

Demo gry "Tony" - więcej AtariOnLine

changes:

• nw

features added:

• Debugger: Ctrl+Alt+click now reports scrolling offsets, pixel addresses, and VBXE information.
  
• Debugger: Added .vbxe_xdlhistory command.

bugs fixes:

• VBXE: Overlay and attribute map addressing are no longer reset at vertical blank.
• CPU: Fixed incorrect LDA (zp) and STA (zp) execution in 65C02 mode only.

author's comment:

• Added a cvar to apply a one-line vertical offset to the VBXE XDL in NTSC: devices.vbxe.ntsc_vertical_offset. It delays the XDL start from line 8 to line 9. This is disabled by default for now until we get more confirmation in the other thread.
• Fixed LDA (zp) instruction in 65C02 mode only.
• VBXE no longer resets overlay and attribute map addressing on vertical blank.
• Debugger: Added .vbxe_xdlhistory command.
• Debugger: Expanded Ctrl+Alt+click information. It now shows exact byte address at point, current value of that address (best effort), and also shows XDL and attribute map information for VBXE.

Altirra 4.30 Beta IV (4) 30/01/2024

changes:

• nw

features added:

• Display: Added support for deinterlacing interlaced video.

bugs fixes:

• Cassette: Fixed a crash that could occur when loading raw tape audio.
  
• CPU: Fixed incorrect STA (zp) execution in 65C02 mode only.
  
• Debugger: Register (r) command can now set S high byte in 65C816 native mode.
  
• Disk: Adjusted ATX density detection to allow for enhanced density disks with no non-boot sectors on track 0.
  
• UI: Added workaround for blank window label on Windows 11 taskbar.

author's comment:

• Fix for BRK flags push in 65C816 native mode (attempt 2).
• Debugger register (r) command can now set full 16-bit S register in native mode.
• Fixed STA (zp) instruction being broken only in 65C02 mode.
• Added video deinterlacing option.
  The deinterlacer is just a very simple auto-switch between bob and weave for areas of the screen based on a motion mask, no fancy ELA or mocomp. The effect is similar to what you see from some TVs that don't have true support for noninterlaced video and force-interlace the Atari's output.
• Workaround for empty label in Windows 11 taskbar (which is broken AF).
• Fixed a crash when loading some raw audio tapes.
• Tweaked ATX density detection to prevent false 1050 Duplicator DD detection with ED disks that have only boot sectors on track 0.

Altirra 4.30 Beta III (3) 24/01/2024

Dungeon Adventurer (2024, Next Generation)

changes

• nw

features added:

• UI: Added option to force program to efficiency or performance cores.
• UI: Added tool to scan for global hotkeys that block keyboard mappings.

bugs fixes:

• nw

author's comment:

• Fixed crash with some error dialogs.
• Added support for forcing the program to performance or efficiency cores.
• Added tool in the keyboard customization and shortcut dialogs to scan for global hotkeys.
• The performance/efficiency core selection will only work if you have a CPU with hybrid CPU cores. YMMV; it has some serious stuttering problems on my x64 device but no issues on the ARM64. It is the same as forcing CPU affinity, as the CPU sets API turned out to be ineffective (as in, it did absolutely nothing).

Rant about global hotkeys: It seems that almost any program these days feels entitled to commandeer random global keyboard shortcuts without warning, messing up other programs. The hall of shame includes: Macrium Reflect (Ctrl+Alt+M), Alienware Command Center (Ctrl+Shift+Y), and the winner, Intel Arc Control Panel with the ridiculous and unchangeable Alt+I and Alt+O keys. Some of these programs also fail to unregister global hotkeys even if you've disabled them in the UI, which leaves the corresponding key shortcuts simply inexplicably broken. There is also no way built into Windows to tell that this is happening. So now Altirra can tell you if another program is doing this.

Altirra 4.30 Beta II (2) 19/01/2024

Last Box (Agenda, 2024).

changes:

• nw

features added:

• Devices: Added Microbits MPP-1000E modem.
  
• Disk Explorer: Added MAC/65 file viewing mode.
• UI: Added screen reader support for word granularity.
• UI: Improved screen reader support in message boxes.

bugs fixes:

• CPU: Fixed 65C816 BRK instruction writing to wrong addresses in native mode with stack outside of page 1.

author's comment:

• CPU: Fixed BRK instruction pushing flags to wrong page in 65C816 mode with relocated stack.
  
• Devices: Added Microbits MPP-1000E modem.
  
• UI: Improved Unicode support in error messages.
  
• UI: Generic dialogs can now be closed by Esc key even when there is no Cancel button.
  
• UI: Added word boundary support to screen reader provider.
  
• UI: Improved screen reader output for generic dialogs.

Altirra 4.30 Beta I (1) 29/12/2023

changes:

• nw

features added:

• Cassette: Added Ogg Vorbis decoding support.
• Cassette: Added support for paired .data.cas+.audio.ogg files for more compact tape storage.
• Debugger: Added keyboard shortcuts to memory window.
• Printer: ATASCII special characters are now converted to Unicode equivalents.
• Tape Editor: Added Select All (Ctrl+A) and Deselect (Ctrl+Shift+A).
• VFS: Improved handling of Unicode filenames within .zip archives.

bugs fixes:

• nw

author's comment:

• Cassette: Added Ogg Vorbis decoding support.
• Cassette: Added support for paired .data.cas+.audio.ogg files for more compact tape storage.
• Debugger: Added keyboard shortcuts to memory window.
• Printer: ATASCII special characters are now converted to Unicode equivalents.
• Tape Editor: Added Select All (Ctrl+A) and Deselect (Ctrl+Shift+A).
• VFS: Improved handling of Unicode filenames within .zip archives.