[zx] Spectral 1.02 5/03/2025

Spectra; v1.02 5/03/2025

• Gamepad support (Windows, Linux)
• ZXDB AY player
• Updated ZXDB to latest
• Many UI/UX QoL changes (thanks @Korb!)
• Fixed malware false positives (thanks to everyone!)
• Fixed compatibility with Haswell X64 and earlier architectures (thanks @Korb!)
• AVX2 no longer required

Changelog:

• new: gamepad support (Windows, Linux)
• new: added setting hints (UI)
• new: ZXDB use screen$ as background during AY play
• new: ZXDB include ripped AY tunes
• chg: update zxdb to latest (1.0.207)
• chg: centered multi-line UI notifications
• chg: do not reset ZX when changing issue2/3 setting
• chg: added home/end keys while zxdb browsing (thanks @Korb!)
• chg: get rid of large pure black areas in fullscreen mode (thanks @Korb!)
• chg: unzip() may accept wildcards now
• fix: increases X64 compatibility. dropped AVX2 support in favor of AVX1. Fixes #4 (Windows) (thanks @Korb!)
• fix: UB during __builtin_clz()/__builtin_ctz() ops. fixes glitches while drawing font on some old cpus (thanks @Korb!)
• fix: fixed osx compilation errors (thanks @imneme!)
• fix: edge case where modal dialogs be hidden when rendering in fullscreen mode (Windows) (thanks @Korb!)
• fix: fixed tape pulse overflow in pzx loading code (thanks @imneme!)
• fix: misplaced pixel in ui_notify() messages
• fix: fixed compilation VS+X86 build (unsupported).
• fix: dropped UPX compressed binaries (Windows), which would trigger malware detection.
• fix: recompiled with VS19 instead of VS22, which would trigger malware detection.
• wip: partial RZX support
• wip: partial SZX support

 Spectral 1.01 14 Jul 2024

• new: PZX support
• chg: animate flash attributes in gallery
• chg: switch default AY core back to floooh's
• chg: ZXDB bumped up to latest
• chg: ZXDB display version within About dialog
• chg: moved titlebar logic to a separate file
• fix: added U+011A Ě, U+011B ě czech glyphs
• fix: allow alt-enter to switch fullscreen on linux/osx (3rd_tigr)
• fix: allow ini fields to be read in any order
• fix: loading settings from ini
• fix: window was being prevented from being closed by SCR viewer
• fix: window was being prevented from being closed while 128 menu was in HALT state (see: cursor right key)
• fix: ZXDB browser was always disabled after local browser was used
• fix: ZXDB picked wrong II/III titles sometimes (see: dan dare 3 vs 2, "*2">"*II*" patch)

 Spectral 1.00 6 Jul 2024

• new: zxdb game browser. async + progress bar
• new: zxdb cache
• new: zxdb download games on demand
• new: zxdb overlays panning (mouse)
• new: append games to the spectral binary (copy /b spectral.exe+game.ext game.exe ; thanks for the idea callmesnake!)
• new: display zxdb bonus tracks
• new: AY player
• new: .Spectral/ tree layout made human-readable.
• new: .Spectral/ cache contents are zipped now.
• new: .Spectral/Spectral.fav database
• new: .Spectral/Spectral.ini config file
• chg: zxdb add bugfix tapes
• chg: zxdb bump up latest
• chg: zxdb do not download szx/slt snapshots (unsupported)
• chg: zxdb improve search filters
• chg: zxdb prevent from downloading null urls
• chg: zxdb retrieve features (tags)
• chg: zxdb retrieve non-initial releases too
• chg: zxdb update window title automatically
• chg: bump up 3rd_deflate.h
• chg: bump up beeper core
• chg: can search for zxdb identifiers as well
• chg: game browser v2: can bookmark and flag games now
• chg: game browser v2: efforts to display romanized eastern games in A-B-C tabs
• chg: game browser v2: recolorize png/jpg thumbnails to use our custom zx palette
• chg: made ui to display fonts in both mono and variable sizes
• chg: made ui_notify() animated
• chg: move tape browser to bottom screen
• chg: simplify .sav impl (iff1/2/ir)
• chg: use (smaller) bescii punctuaction glyphs
• chg: zxdb browser: async/threaded
• chg: zxdb browser: filtered thumbnails
• fix: 2 asan buffer overflows
• fix: do not patch K/L modes when trdos is mapped
• fix: do not render AY on 16/48 models (motos)
• fix: fix 3 out of mem accesses (via sanitize address)
• fix: improve zxdb to detect tape_X/side_X cases
• fix: infinite loop while deallocating ansi console
• fix: prevents hang on 3rd_tfd popups by initializing COM sooner (win)
• fix: yet another fix for our .sav/z80 corruption (add step,add pins,no prefetch)
• fix: zxdb t chars on instructions
• fix: zxdb convert instructions to utf8 (gonzzalezz)
• fix: zxdb prefer branded searches or those with higher scores
• lab: redo border renderer (border break)