[cpc] Arnold 11/06/2016

Mr. Heli

CPC+ 6128 wersja hiszpańska - prawda, że fajnie wygląda? Szkoda, że lifting zrobiono już w czasach, kiedy wszystkie eksperymenty związane z komputerami 8bitowymi były skazane na porażkę. Foto CPCWiki.

Arnold 11/06/2016

• menus with checkmarks didn't update in debugger
• another ASIC Split bug fixed. Delirium Tremens demo now works.
• another PRI bug fixed.
• more than 1 positional keyboard configuration can be chosen.
• positional keyboard configuration can be configured in a basic way.
• added debugging feature: reveal graphics under border. (enable/disable border drawing)
• moved debugging switches to where debugger is (here you can turn on/off audio channels, sprites, split etc).
• improvements to crtc emulation (more to come). All types except HD6845R are improved.
• Yarek's 4MB ram expansion is more accurate (thanks @TFM )
• emulation of blanking on kc compact.
• added multiplay 3rd fire button and added placeholder multiplay mouse registers (currently always  0)
• Source uploaded for Linux users to build

Full list:

Since january 20th (which I think was the last release on all platforms):

• added "interlace field" to debugger information. This tracks the internal frame the crtc uses for interlace
• fixed i/o port decoding for symbiface 2 for selecting it's rom and ram
• added ide drive address register
• used RAII for dialogs instead of new and delete
• fixed refresh of menus with checkable items under windows
• added cursor flash state to type 3 status registers
• fixed more of the type 3 status register bits
• fixed annoying screen jumping.
• fixed opening cpr from finder on mac
• fix IPC (this is where if you start a second instance of arnold it tells you and then it communicates the opened file to the other one)
• turn off IPC on mac
• move where resources are within mac bundle
• fixed blank screen when launching games on mac from finder
• set initial prescale value to 0 on power-on because that seems to be the most common value
• fixed most initial asic register values when powering on
• obtained sample rate was incorrectly reported in console window
• attempted to improve sound synchronisation on start up
• translated key mode no longer interrupts autotype
• upgraded code for wx3.1 and sdl2.0.4
• initially centre window on screen
• much closer crtc r9, r4 and r7 emulation. much closer to the tests.
• improved r12/r13 emulation on type 2 including correct time when values are captured and when they are used
• if attempting to autostart a dsk and too many files qualify do a CAT to list them for the user.
• type 3 "vertical adjust" - defined by crtc r5 fixes
• if you auto start a single sided dsk switch to side 0 (fixes problems if you force side 1 in the settings)
• changed crtc r6 handling, works more like my tests but breaks "From Scratch" XD
• fixed vertical sync length handling on CRTC type 0.
• improvements for CRTC R8 handling in terms of interlace and interlace and sync.
• type 2 interlace now working correctly.
• vortex 512kb ram is now a useable device
• fix loading arnold from paths with '#' in them
• if an override rom has been defined (basic, amsdos, os) ignore if the filename is empty. stops confusion with black screen
• physical keyboard mode key assignments were not always reported correctly. now fixed.
• allow choice of different positional keyboard layouts
• fixed handling of reload media when modified. Yes was ignored.
• kc compact blanking fixed (blanking happens during hsync and vsync)
• improved positional keyboard redefinition
• fixed i/o port decoding for Yarek's 4MB expansion. Thanks to TFM for testing 
• fixed split screen on last line of screen - fixes Delerium Tremens demo.

RoboCop 2 (Ocean Software Ltd., 1990)

MyArnold

I have had some features :

• Full joystick support for 2 players.
• Better Fullscreen support. I have put 3 /4 possible resolution in the application but you can try other in the ini file.
• It work with ini file instead of registry.
• Better command line, you can use the auto run now, so the game run directly.

It s a computer so I have add :

• Joypad shortcut for enter/space/esacape.
• A special "On screen display menu".
• A special key for joypad to quit, because escape is used by the emulated system.
• The F1 > F9 key are simulated by 1 - 9 key, F1 to F10 are used by arnold for shortcut (like fullscreen, load, save reset ect ...).

On the menu, usable with joypad, you can :

• - Change disk
• - Load/save snapshoot.
• - Simulate a key, It s not yet a virtual keyboard, but you can use your joypad to press a "Y" or a "N" without using your keyboard.